> > It would help if you would mention the country of origin, and > > specific town. A lot of countries have more than one town with the > > same name. Plus someone on the list may be familiar with the > > geographic area and be able to provide some insights based on that. singhals wrote: > I'm sorry, but I truly do not see why the methodology would change > country-dependent. The name of the specific references, yes, but > surely not the _methodology_? Well, of course it would. The resources are different in different countries. One wouldn't advise someone to look at Familienb=C3=BCcher for neighboring villages if the country were Italy, or advise someone to look at the national birth, marriage, and death register if the country were Germany. As Tom pointed out, he would give different advice for England, Germany, Sicily, and France. As Lesley also pointed out, historical differences have resulted in differences in the types of records that have survived. I'm sorry, but I truly do not see why you're so interested in hiding the country in which you're researching. If you ask a vague question, you can expect to get a vague answer. Kathy kql <[email protected]>

I can tell I'm beating my head against a brick wall, but one more thwack can't hurt that bad ... kql wrote: > > > It would help if you would mention the country of origin, and > > > specific town. A lot of countries have more than one town with the > > > same name. Plus someone on the list may be familiar with the > > > geographic area and be able to provide some insights based on that. > > singhals wrote: > > > I'm sorry, but I truly do not see why the methodology would change > > country-dependent. The name of the specific references, yes, but > > surely not the _methodology_? > > Well, of course it would. The resources are different in different > countries. One wouldn't advise someone to look at Familienb=C3=BCcher > for neighboring villages if the country were Italy, or advise No, but one MIGHT suggest any local family histories, whether written by the church or other civic group. Germany can't be the only country that had something similar. > someone to look at the national birth, marriage, and death register > if the country were Germany. As Tom pointed out, he would give No, but if the parish register doesn't contain the birth, marriage, or death one needs, and the civil registers don't have it -- what other alternate resource MIGHT exist? > different advice for England, Germany, Sicily, and France. As > Lesley also pointed out, historical differences have resulted in > differences in the types of records that have survived. And let's not forget that Jewish practices in any of those countries don't necessarily conform to to Christian practices (indeed, Judaism had a specific exception in British law). > I'm sorry, but I truly do not see why you're so interested in hiding > the country in which you're researching. I am researching in England, Germany, France, Holland, Scotland, and India. I have the same fundamental problem at least one time in each of them -- sooner or later, someone can't be found where all other records say he should be found. > If you ask a vague question, you can expect to get a vague answer. What's vague about: where else is there to look? singhals <[email protected]>