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The United States Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for the United States. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.



United States Research Strategies


Beginning Your United States Research

United States Research Tips

  • Birth Information - For information on finding birth records see How to Find United States Birth Records. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
  • Finding Parents - Death certificates will often list the names of the parents.
  • Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.

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