Try searching at a more or less specific place level. Use Any to enter information for events such as military enlistment or immigration. Sometimes you have information about an event other than birth, marriage, death, or residence. Click the type of life event you want to include in your search. Enter other information, such as the names of the spouse or parents. Leave the field blank, especially when searching for records for a woman. Try searching for women with their maiden names and married names. Your search results preserve the order of the names. 
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Try searching with only a first name and relationships. (Enter * to replace zero or more characters. If the individual moved to a new country, try spelling the name as it is spelled in the old country and in the new one. Your search results ignore the order of the names. Images often have more information than the index.Įnter the first and middle names of the individual. Always look at the image, if possible. Use the filters at the top of the search results page. Add a spouse, father, mother, or other person to your search criteria. You can also search with just the first name of a woman and the names of her spouse or parents. Search for women using their maiden and married names. For example, if you searched with a birth city and county, try searching only with the county. Try your search several times with variations:. To search with different information, click More Options. Expect records and indexes to contain errors, spelling variations, and estimations. Start with a broad search. You often get better results when you leave some search fields blank. Search for deceased people who were alive around 1940 or earlier. Understanding the way search options work helps you find the historical records you need.
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