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How to Find Birth Information in the United States (view source)
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===What do you need to get started finding birth information?=== | ===What do you need to get started finding birth information?=== | ||
Identification of any individual by genealogical research requires three pieces of information; a name, a date and a place. If you are missing any one of the three, you need to center your investigation one generation closer to the present. This means that instead of searching records for information about the target ancestor, you begin your search by looking for information about the ancestor's children. You look in the first generation for which you can find positive, verifiable information on at least one individual concerning the three necessary pieces of information. | Identification of any individual by genealogical research requires three pieces of information; a name, a date and a place. If you are missing any one of the three, you need to center your investigation one generation closer to the present. This means that instead of searching records for information about the target ancestor, you begin your search by looking for information about the ancestor's children. You look in the first generation for which you can find positive, verifiable information on at least one individual concerning the three necessary pieces of information. | ||
===Earliest Records=== | ===Earliest Records=== | ||