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| Object of Search |
| Searching Record Types |
| The following is a list of record types that should be looked into when others have been searched out |
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| First Look At |
| Then Look At |
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| Age |
| Vital Records, Census, Cemetery records |
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| Military records, Tax records, Obituaries |
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| Birth Date |
| Vital records, Church records, Bible records |
| Cemeteries, Census, Obituaries, Military records, Newspapers |
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| Birth Place |
| Vital records, Census, Church records |
| Newspapers, Military records, Obituaries |
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| City or Parish of Foreign Birth |
| Naturalization, Church records, Citizenship, Obituaries, Biography |
| Emmigration, Vital records, Immigration, History |
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| Country of Foreign Birth |
| Naturalization, Church records, Immigration, Emmigration, Vital records |
| Newspapers, Military records, Church records, Obituaries |
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| County Origins and Boundaries |
| History, Maps |
| Gazetteers |
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| Deaths |
| Obituaries, Cemeteries, Vital records, Probate records, Church records |
| Newspapers, Military records, Court records, Land records |
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| Divorce |
| Divorce & Court records |
| Newspapers, Vital records |
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| Historical Background |
| Periodicals, History |
| Church History |
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| Vital records, Church records, Newspapers, Bible records |
| Maiden Name |
| Cemeteries, Probate records, Obituaries, Military records |
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| Marriage |
| Newspapers, Church records, Bible records, Vital records |
| Military records, Land records, Nobility, Probate records |
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| Occupation |
| Emmigration, Probate records, Immigration, Civil registration, Census |
| Newspapers, Court records, Obituaries |
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| Parents, Children & Other Family |
| Probate records, Vital records, Church records, Census, Obituaries |
| Newspapers, Bible records, Land records, Immigration |
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| Religion |
| Church records, Civil registration, History |
| Cemeteries. Bible records, Obituaries |
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