After the war ended Deliverance's father remarried and they returned to their home in Maine. Her mother died when she was only about four years old, at the end of King Philip's War. Civil death records often exist for individuals for whom there are no birth or marriage records.Deliverance was born around 1679 in Hartford, Connecticut. Death records are especially helpful because they may provide important information about a person’s birth, spouse, and parents. Do not overlook the importance of death records.Marriages were usually performed and recorded where the bride lived.If you do not find earlier generations in the parish registers, search neighboring parishes.Search the death registers for all family members.On the average, people married in their early 20s, so subtact 25 or so years from the marriage date for a starting year to search for the parents' birth records. Search for the parents' birth records.Typically, the marriage took place one or two years before the oldest child was born. Search for the parents’ marriage record.When you find an ancestor’s birth or baptismal record, search for the births of siblings.Identify your ancestor by finding his birth or christening record.Effective use of civil registration and church records includes the following strategies:.Tips for Finding Your Ancestor in the Records Reading Dutch Marriage Records - handout.Beginner Dutch Handwriting - 18 lessons.

Use this Dutch Genealogical Word List to translate the important points in the document. You do not have to be fluent these languages to read your documents! Genealogical records usually contain a limited vocabulary.

Records are most commonly written in Dutch or Latin.

House registrations with those who lived there Lists of forced laborers to Germany in WW2 Register of freed prisoners elsewhere in the country Lists of 'Poorters' – more rights than dwellers Records for boys at school to learn to become sailors All of the records of the archives are indexed with images available.ģ2 Collections of Records, Definitions įamily cards, people who died or moved from Amsterdam

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