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- Type the first name of your ancestor in the First Names box and the last name of your ancestor in the Last Names box.
- Click the Residence link below the search boxes.
- Type the name of the county and the state abbreviation (e.g., "Mercer County, OH" "Orange County, NC") in the Residence Place box.
NOTE: You may search on just a state rather than both a county and state.
- Click the Search button.
- Review your results. Twenty results are displayed at a time.
- Click a result of interest.
- After viewing the first 20 results, scroll to the bottom and click "2" to review the next set of 20 results.
- You may either go back to the main search page and start the new search,
OR you can refine your search in the left-hand column of the results page.
- Remove the place of residence.
- Click on Parents under Search by Relationships.
- Type the father's first name in the Father's First Names box.
- Type the mother's first name in the Mother's First Names box.
- Click the Search button.
- Review your results.
- Click a result of interest.
- You may either go back to the main search page and start the new search,
OR you can refine your search in the left-hand column of the results page.
- Remove the parents' first names.
- Click on Spouse under Search by Relationships.
- Type the wife's first name in the Spouse's First Names box.
- Type the wife's MAIDEN name in the Spouse's Last Names box.
- Click the Search button.
- To specify an exact match for the spelling of either the first name or the last name or both names, click the small check box next to the name so that a check mark appears in the box.
- To choose a range of years for a life event, first remove other search terms such as wife's names or parents' names.
- Click a life event of interest (i.e., birth, marriage, residence, or death).
- Enter a range of years to search.
- Click the Search button.
- Indicate a location (e.g., county and state or just state) for the life event.
- Click the Search button.
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