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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for:	Try these records first:	Other useful records:
Age	Civil Registration, Church Records, School Records	Census Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Obituaries
Birth date and birthplace	Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Research	Census Records, Military Records, Biography, Obituaries
Boundaries (parish, district, or county)	Gazetteers, Maps, History	Historical Geography
Death information	Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Research	Cemeteries, Biography, Obituaries
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration	Societies
Historical background	History	Maps, Societies
Language helps	Languages	—
Living relatives	Directories	Societies
Maiden name	Civil Registration, Church Records	Notarial Records
Marriage information	Civil Registration, Church Records	Notarial Records
Naming customs	Names, Personal	—
Noble families	Nobility, Heraldry	—
Occupations	Civil Registration, Church Records, Directories, Occupations	Military Records, Emigration and Immigration, Census Records
Parents, children, and other family members	Civil Registration, Church Records	Census Records, Land and Property, Probate Records, Notarial Records
Physical description	Military Records	Emigration and Immigration
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers, Maps	Historical Geography
Places of residence	Civil Registration, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Directories	Taxation
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Genealogy	Societies
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries	—
Religion	Church Records, Jewish Research	History
Social activities	Social Life and Customs	History