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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:
Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.
Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.
| What you are looking for: | Try these records first: | Other useful records: |
| Age | civil, church, notarial, school | naturalization, emiigration |
| Birth date and birthplace | civil, church, notarial, jewish | census, military, cemetery, boigraphies |
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county) | gazetters, maps, history | historical geography |
| Death information | civil, church, notarial, jewish | cemetry, bipographies |
| Emigration information | emigration and imigration | |
| Historical background | history | maps |
| Language helps | language | |
| Living relatives | directories | |
| Maiden name | civil church | notarial |
| Marriage information | civil, church | notarial |
| Naming customs | names | genealogy |
| Noble families | heraldry, nobility | |
| Occupations | directories, occupations | military, emigr |
| Parents, children, and other family members | church civil genealogy | notarial |
| Physical description | military | emigr immigr |
| Place-finding aids | gazetters, maps | historical geography |
| Places of residence | church civil emigr directories | taxation |
| Previous research (compiled genealogy) | genealogy | |
| Record-finding aids | archives and libraries | |
| Religion | church jewish | cemeteries |
| Social activities | social | history |