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| | GUIDE TO VITAL RECORDS |
 | | A census record, for example, can be used to either establish a period of time for a person's birth, marriage, or death or it may support the assumption that the person left the state. |
 | | Birth records may contain: child's name, race, sex, date and place of birth; number of children in family; number this child is in family; mother's name, age, race, occupation, and place of nativity; father's name, age, race, occupation, and place of nativity; and witnesses. |
 | | Marriage records may contain: name, age and nativity of bride, her parents' names and place of nativity; name, age, and nativity of groom, his parents names and place of nativity; number of previous marriages for both the bride and groom; date and place of marriage as well as witnesses and officials present. |
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