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 |Compiled sources are a great place to start for finding a birth date.[[Denmark Biography|<u>Biographies</u>]]<u>, </u>[[Denmark Genealogy|<u>Genealogies</u>]]<u>, and </u>[[Denmark Periodicals|<u>Periodicals</u>]] are just a few of the compiled sources available. Although these records are secondary, they are usually well documented. The information in these sources should be sourced well enough that you could find the original record if you wanted to.
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-== Step 2: What records can I search to find birth information?  ==
+== Step 2:&nbsp; ==
+Once you have determined what you know, it is important to understand a few things before beginning to research:
+#It is important to research a family as a whole. An individual's life revolved around the family.&nbsp;
+== Step 3: What records can I search to find birth information?  ==
 If you could not find birth information in ''Step 1'', or if you need to verify the information you found, then the next step in the research is understanding what records contain birth information.&nbsp;<br>
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 #[[Denmark Taxation|<u>Taxes</u>]]: Tax records are meant to record how much each individual/household owed in taxes; however, many times the tax records will list the age of each individual.
 #[[Denmark Occupations|<u>Occupational Records</u>]]: Like the probates and tax records, occupational records, such as guild records and citizenship records, vary in information and were not necesarrily meant to record vital information. However, it is possible to find a birth date or at least an age in the records.<br>
-== Step 3: What records can I search to find a birth place?  ==
-''Finding the birth place''
-If your previous research in ''Step 1'' did not produce a birth place, then many of the records listed in ''Step 2''&nbsp;will list a birth place. Search the following records for a birth place:
-#<u>Biographies, Genealogies, and Periodicals</u>: will usually list the birth place along with the birth date.
-#<u>Church Records</u>: Usually, a church birth/christening record will list where the parents of the child were residing at the time of the christening. As most children were born at home up until the 20th century, it is safe to assume that the parents' residence was most likely the place of birth. The marriage and death records may also list the birth place, though not often.
-#<u>Censuses</u>: Birth places were included starting with the 1845 census.
-#<u>Civil Registration</u>: Civil registration records will usually list a place of birth in the birth records and death records.
-#<u>Military Levying Rolls</u>: The birth place, or at least the birth parish, is usually included on the levying rolls.
-If you cannot find the birth date or age in any of these records, you may need to begin researching one of the children of the ancestor. Remember to always start from what you know then work to the unknown.<br>
 == Step 4: What's next?  ==