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'''Vital statistics'''Sources play a key role in [[genealogy]].
==Definition==
A source is a text (sometimes oral presentation, audio recording, video recording) from which (genealogical) information is derived.
 
Scientifically, one will make 3 distinctions:
#Primary source : text which is a firsthand written evidence of history, made at the time of the [[event]] by someone who has seen it happen. Eg: diaries, certificates, newspapers, ...
#Secondary source : Written accounts of history based upon the evidence from primary sources and other secondary sources, offering commentary and analysis. Eg: history books, genealogical publications,...
#Tertiary source : selection and compilation of primary and secondary sources. Eg: library catalogue, bibliographies, ...
 
== Most important genealogical sources ==
 
=== Official documents ===
* Birth certificates
* Still births
* Official name changes
'''=== Religious documents ===* Baptize records* Marriage records* Burial records === Legal documents ===* Court cases* Notary documents  === Migration'''===
* Passenger lists
* Record of landing
'''=== Residences'''===
* Census records
* Property documents
* Phone books
'''=== Final resting places'''===* Cemetery list of interments* War graves
=== Military ===* Cemetery list of intermentsEnlistment lists* Draft lottery documents* Medals* MIA - Missing in Action* Deserters
'''Other'''=== Personal Documents ===* Diaries* Correspondence* Household bills
== Other Possible Sources ==
* Bibles
* Stories
* Publications
* Photos
* Employment information
* Medical records
* DNA
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