Selecting Record Types
To Find Ancestors
Objective:
To Find Information
About - 		      Record Types:
      Look in Family History Library Catalog section for these record types:
            First look for:                                                              Then Look for:
Age Census, Vital Records*,
Cemeteries 		Military Records,
Taxation, Obituaries
Birth Date Vital records*, Church
Bible Records 		Cemeteries, Obituaries, Census,
Newspapers, Military Records
Birthplace Vital Records*, Church Records,
Bible Records 		Newspapers, Obituaries
Military Records
City or Parish
of Foreign Birth 		Church Records, Genealogy, Biography,
Obituaries, Natrualization & Citizenship 		Emigration & Immigration,
Vital Records*, History
Country of Foreign
Birth 		Census, Emigration& Immigration,
Naturalization & Citizenship,
Vital Records* 		Military Records, Church Records,
Newspapers, Obituaries
Country Origins
and Boundaries 		History, Maps Gazeteers
Death Vital Records*, Cemeteries, Probate
Records, Church Records,
Obituaries 		Newspapers, Military Records,
Court Records, Land,
and Property
Divorce Court Records,
Divorce Records 		Newspapers, Vital Records*
Ethnicity Minorities, Native Races,
Societies 		Church Records, Emigration
and Immigration, Naturalization,
and Citizenship
Historical Backgrounds History, Periodicals,
Genealogy 		Church History, Minorities
Immigration or
Emigration Date 		Emigration & Immigration,
Naturalization & Citizenship,
Genealogy 		Census, Biography, Newspapers,
Church Records
Maiden Name Vital Records*, Church Records,
Newspapers, Bible Records 		Military Records, Cemeteries,
Probate Records, Obituaries
Marriage Vital Records*, Church Records,
Census, Newspapers, Bible Records 		Biography, Genealogy, Military Records,
Probate Records, Land and Property,
Nobility
Occupation Census, Directories, Emigration
& Immigration, Civil Registration,
Ocupations, Probate Records 		Newspapers, Court Records, Obituaries,
Officials and Employees
Parents, Children, and
Other Family Members 		Vital Records*, Church Records, Census,
Probate Records, Obituaries 		Bible Records, Newspapers, Emigration &
Immigration, Land & Property
Physical Description Military Records, Biography,
Court Records 		Naturalization & Citizenship, Civil
Registration, Church Records,
Emigration and Immigration, Genealogy, Newspapers
Physical Description Military Records, Biography,
Court Records 		Naturalization & Citizenship, Civil
Registration, Church Records, Emigration
& Immigration, Genealogy, Newspapers
Place-finding Aids Gazeteers, Maps Directories, History, Periodicals,
Land and Property, Taxation
Place (town) of
residence when you
know only the state 		Census, Genealogy, Military Records,
Vital Records*, Church Records, Directories 		Biography, Probate Records, History,
Land and Property, Taxation
Places family has lived Census, Land and Property, History Military Records, Taxation, Obituaries
Previous Research
(compiled Genealogy) 		Genealogy, Periodicals, History Biographies, Societies, Nobility
Record-finding Aids Archives and Libraies, Societies, Genealogy Periodicals
Religion Church Records, History, Biography,
Civil Registration 		Bible Records, Cemeteries,
Obituaries, Genealogy
* Outside the United States and Canada, see "Civil Registration" instead of "Vital Records."
Note: Also search the Family History Library Catalog, Subject section for key topics in your objective.
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