User:Beccac1229/Sandbox8

=England County of Origin Guided Research= Knowing the county of origin in England is extremely beneficial in finding the desired ancestor. The population of England is too large to find an ancestor without knowing the county.

Here are a few steps to finding the county of origin in England:

Search through every possible record in the country of arrival in order to discover the county of origin. Some useful record types include:
 * 1) Survey Records of Previous Research. Search in genealogies to determine if someone else has found the county of origin. Survey records for your ancestor, their parents and siblings, and their spouse and children. Any of these may indicate the county the family emigrated from.
 * 2) Search Nationwide Indexed Records. Search for nationwide records in the country of origin. This can only occur if there is enough identifying information to recognize the ancestor.
 * 3) Search Departure Records. Search the records created at the time the ancestor emigrated from the old country.
 * 4) Localize the Surname. Some surnames are more common in certain areas, so creating a surname distribution map may locate the likely area an ancestor is from.
 * 5) Search Local Records. After a region or county has been identified, search in more localized records to find the ancestor in records and confirm the county of origin.

Search through every possible record in the country of origin in order to discover the county of origin. Some useful record types include: