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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 Records | Census Records, Military Records, Biography, Obituaries |
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county) | Gazetteers, Maps, History | Historical Geography |
| Death information | Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Records | 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 Records | History |
| Social activities | Social Life and Customs | History |