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*'''Found a revision list?''' Are any earlier revisions available? Try to find the family again in an earlier revision. You may also be able to find individual family members in local religious records. | *'''Found a revision list?''' Are any earlier revisions available? Try to find the family again in an earlier revision. You may also be able to find individual family members in local religious records. | ||
*'''Found a census return or military record?''' Take note of any names, dates, and/or locations provided in the document. Can the information you found help you to start researching someone born pre-1918? The details you find in these records may help you to move into religious records or revision lists. | *'''Found a census return or military record?''' Take note of any names, dates, and/or locations provided in the document. Can the information you found help you to start researching someone born pre-1918? The details you find in these records may help you to move into religious records or revision lists. | ||
The following "How to" Guides might help you to interpret the records: | |||
* Roman Catholic Records (some Orthodox records may be similar in style): | |||
** Reading Lithuanian and Belarusian Roman Catholic Birth Records Written in Russian | |||
** Reading Lithuanian and Belarusian Roman Catholic Marriage Records Written in Russian | |||
** Reading Lithuanian and Belarusian Roman Catholic Death Records Written in Russian | |||
* Jewish Records: | |||
** Reading Jewish Birth Records Written in Russian | |||
** Reading Jewish Marriage Records Written in Russian | |||
** Reading Jewish Death Records Written in Russian | |||
* Reading Revision List Records | |||
* Reading the 1897 Census | |||
===<font color="#92c053">Share</font>=== | ===<font color="#92c053">Share</font>=== | ||
Before you finish, save everything you have found. Save links and write good notes in your sources so it is easy to relocate records as needed. Make sure you have recorded your new research goals so you know where to start next time. | Before you finish, save everything you have found. Save links and write good notes in your sources so it is easy to relocate records as needed. Make sure you have recorded your new research goals so you know where to start next time. | ||