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Before you write a letter to obtain family history information, you should do two things: | Before you write a letter to obtain family history information, you should do two things: | ||
•'''Determine exactly where your ancestor was born, married, or died.''' Because most genealogical records were recorded locally, you will need to know the specific locality where your ancestor was born, married, died, or resided for a given time. See the [[ | •'''Determine exactly where your ancestor was born, married, or died.''' Because most genealogical records were recorded locally, you will need to know the specific locality where your ancestor was born, married, died, or resided for a given time. See the [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article for help in finding home towns. | ||
•'''Determine where records from your ancestor’s home parish are stored today.''' When you have a locality name, use a gazetteer to determine whether the name is a village, parish, city, district, county, or province and which parish serves your ancestor’s locality. Parish record books in which the most recent entry is older than 90 years are generally sent to provincial archives. | •'''Determine where records from your ancestor’s home parish are stored today.''' When you have a locality name, use a gazetteer to determine whether the name is a village, parish, city, district, county, or province and which parish serves your ancestor’s locality. Parish record books in which the most recent entry is older than 90 years are generally sent to provincial archives. | ||