| 1. If You Need
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2. Look First In
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3. Then Search
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| Age
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Census, Vital Records, Cemeteries
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Military Records, Taxation
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| Birth date
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Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records
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Cemeteries, Obituaries, Census
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| Birthplace
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Vital Records, Church Records, Census
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Newspapers, Obituaries
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| City or parish of foreign birth
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Church Records, Genealogy, Biography, Naturalization and Citizenship, Societies
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Vital Records, Obituaries, History, Emigration and Immigration
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| Country of foreign birth
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Emigration and Immigration, Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records
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Military Records, Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries
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| County origins and boundaries
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History, Maps, Historical Geography
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Gazetteers
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| Death
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Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records, Obituaries, Societies
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Newspapers, Bible Records, Military Records, Town Records
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| Ethnicity
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Minorities, American Indians, Societies
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Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Periodicals
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| Historical background
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History, Periodicals
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Minorities
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| Immigration date
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Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Genealogy, Societies
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Census, Newspapers, Biography
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| Living relatives (and adoptions)
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Genealogy, Directories, Court Records, Obituaries, Internet, Adoptions
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Census, Biography, Societies, Church Records, Probate Records
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| Maiden name
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Vital Records, Church Records, Newspapers, Bible Records
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Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Obituaries
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| Marriage
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Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Newspapers, Bible Records, Town Records
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Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property
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| Occupation
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Census, Directories, Emigration and Immigration
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Newspapers, Court Records, Biography
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| Parents, children, and other family members
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Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Phone Disc, Probate Records, Obituaries, Genealogy
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Bible Records, Newspapers, Emigration and Immigration, Adoptions
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| Physical description
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Military Records, Biography
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Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records, Emigration and Immigration, Genealogy
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| Place-finding aids
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Gazetteers, Maps, Historical Geography
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History, Periodicals
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| Place (town) of residence when you know only the state
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Census (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records, Vital Records, and other records with a statewide index, Soundex
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Biography, Probate Records, History, Directories, Societies, Taxation
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| Places family has lived
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Census, Land and Property, History, Directories
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Military Records, Taxation, Obituaries
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| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
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Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies
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History, Biography
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| Record-finding aids
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Archives and Libraries, Societies
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Periodicals
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| Religion
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Church Records, History, Biography
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Bible Records, Cemeteries, Genealogy
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| Social activities
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History, Biography Newspapers, Societies
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Obituaries, Court Records, Cemeteries, Directories
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