Family Historians use a wide variety of records in their research. To effectively conduct research, it is important to understand how the records were created, what information is included in them, and how and where to access them.
In England, for instance, record-keeping started with parish registers in the early 1500s as the government began keeping records of common persons to keep track of its citizens. Major life events, such as births, marriages, and deaths, were often documented with a license, permit, or report. These types of records can be found in many archives and repositories around the world. By extracting information from these records, family historians are able to recreate timelines of a person’s life.
Some examples of records used in family history research:
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