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For other possibilities, see How To Recognize Your Ancestor and How to Locate Your Ancestor. | For other possibilities, see How To Recognize Your Ancestor and How to Locate Your Ancestor. | ||
===Tip 5. What should I search next? === | |||
First look for marriage records of other family members, such as a spouse, brothers or sisters, parents and children. | |||
Then search for family information in records such as: | |||
*Censuses. | |||
*Church records. | |||
*Cemetery records. | |||
*Obituaries. | |||
*Birth, marriage, and death notices in newspapers. | |||
*Local histories. | |||
*Genealogies. | |||
*Probate records. | |||
*Land and property records. | |||
*Immigration records, especially border crossings. | |||
*Family letters and Bibles. | |||
*Military records. | |||
*Lineage society records, such as United Empire Loyalists. | |||
== Locating Vital Records == | == Locating Vital Records == | ||