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RESEARCH GOAL To obtain information about… |
RECORD TYPES First look for: |
Then look for: |
Age |
Census, Vital Records, Church Records |
Cemeteries, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization, 1940 National Registration, School Records, Military Records, Passenger Lists |
Birth date |
Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records |
Cemeteries, Obituaries, Naturalization, Newspapers, Census |
City or parish of foreign birth |
Vital Records, Church Records, Genealogy, Biography, Naturalization and Citizenship |
Gazetteers, Obituaries, History, Emigration and Immigration, 1940 National Registration |
Country of foreign birth |
Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records, Obituaries |
Passenger Lists, 1940 National Registration, Military Records, Vital Records, Newspapers, History Atlases, Obituaries |
County origins and boundaries |
History, Maps |
Gazetteers, History Atlases |
Death |
Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records, Obituaries |
Newspapers, Bible Records, Military Records |
Divorce |
Court Records, Vital Records |
Newspapers |
Ethnicity |
Passenger Lists, 1940 National Registration |
Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Passenger Lists, Naturalization and Citizenship |
Historical background |
History, Periodicals |
Minorities |
Immigration date |
Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, 1940 National Registration, Genealogy |
Census, Newspapers, Biography |
Living relatives (and adoptions) |
Genealogy, Directories, Court Records, Obituaries |
Census, Biography, Societies, Church Records, Probate Records |
Maiden name |
Vital Records, 1940 National Registration, Church Records, Newspapers, Bible Records |
Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Obituaries |
Marriage |
Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Newspapers, Bible Records |
Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property |
Occupation |
Census, Directories, 1940 National Registration, Emigration and Immigration |
Newspapers, Court Records |
Parents, children, and other family members |
Vital Records, Church Records, Census, 1940 National Registration, Probate Records, Obituaries |
Bible Records, Newspapers, Emigration and Immigration |
Physical description |
Military Records, Biography, Passenger Lists |
Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records, Emigration and Immigration, 1940 National Registration, Genealogy |
Place-finding aids |
Gazetteers, Maps |
History, Periodicals |
Place (town) of residence when you know only the Oblast |
Genealogy, Military Records, 1940 National Registration, Vital Records, Passenger Lists |
Biography, Probate Records, History |
Places family has lived |
Census, Land and Property, City Directories, Phone Books, History |
Employment Records, Taxation, Obituaries |
Previous research (compiled genealogy) |
Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies |
History, Biography |
Record-finding aids |
Archives and Libraries, Societies |
Periodicals |
Religion |
Church Records, History, 1940 National Registration, Biography, Passenger Lists |
Bible Records, Cemeteries, Genealogy |
Social activities |
History, Biography, Newspapers, Societies |
Town Records, Court Records, Cemeteries, Directories, Obituaries |
This article originally appeared in the September/October 1999 issue of Family Chronicle and has been adapted for doing Ukrainian searches.