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==How | ==How Information from Death Records can Help Research== | ||
Dates | '''Dates:''' birth date and year of immigration can be listed. <br> | ||
'''Places:''' birth place, address to help in the search for land records, city directories, locate on map and narrow un-indexed census'. <br> | |||
'''Names:''' maiden, parent's, children, spouses, or witnesses help to find other relatives that you seek. The name of the cemetery and/or funeral home, leads to further information on you ancestor. If death is listed as an accident or killed, there might be a newspaper article about the individual. The mention of cause of death could develop a medical family history for your family. | |||
==Places to look for Death Records== | ==Places to look for Death Records== | ||
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