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=== I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? ===
*Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information.  See [[Uruguay Civil Registration|Uruguay Civil Registration]] for further information.  You should obtain copies of both church records and civil registration, when possible, since they do not necessarily provide the same information. For example, baptismal registers sometimes provide the names of the fathers of illegitimate children when the civil registration does not
*There may be more than one person with the same name
*There may be more than one person with the same name
*Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name.
*Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name.
*Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information.  See [[Uruguay Civil Registration|Uruguay Civil Registration]] for further information.


=== Research Helps ===
=== Research Helps ===