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==People in this Document==
*[[has person::Person Name]]

==Places in this Document==
*location when applicable

<noinclude>{{#set:has source=source name}}</noinclude>

Category

Include the type of source which best describes the new source.

Primary

• Category:Birth Certificate - For Sources that provide birth certificates.

  [[Category:Birth Certificate]]

• Category:Census - For sources that provide census records.

  [[Category:Census]]

• Category:Death Certificate - Sources that provide death certificates.

  [[Category:Death Certificate]]

• Category:Marriage Certificate - For sources that provide marriage certificates.

  [[Category:Marriage Certificate]]

• Category:Military Records - For sources that provide general military records.

  [[Category:Military Records]]

  • Category:Revolutionary War - For sources that provide military records from Revolutionary War.

    [[:Category:Revolutionary War]]

  • Category:Indian War - For sources that provide military records from Indian Wars

    [[:Category:Indian War]]

  • Category:Civil War - For sources that provide military records from Civil Wars

    [[:Category:Civil War]]

  • Category:World War One - For sources that provide military records from World War One

    [[:Category:World War One]]

  • Category:World War Two - For sources that provide military records from World War Two

    [[:Category:World War Two]]

• Category:Online Index - For general online indexes.

  [[Category:Online Index]]

• Category:Property Records - For property records.

  [[Category:Property Records]]

Secondary

• Category:Books‎ - Sources that are books (print or digital) -

  [[Category:Books]]

• Category:Headstones‎ - Sources that are images of headstones, transcriptions of headstones, or sites that provide indexes of headstones (i.e. FindAGrave.com -

  [[Category:Headstones]]

• Category:Website‎ - general websites

  [[Category:Website]]

  • Category:Forums‎ - online forums

    [[Category:Forums]]

  • Category:Genealogies - online genealogies

    [[Category:Genealogies]]

  • Category:Online Databases - online databases

    [[Category:Online Databases]]

• Category:Email - email correspondence.

  [[Category:Email]]