Record Selection Tables at FamilySearch Wiki

Finding out where in the world to look next for clues about an ancestor isn't difficult. The key is understanding the variety of surviving record groups for a given ancestral place of residence. The wiki at FamilySearch.org has a number of Record Selection Tables.

In the screen shot above, cropped from the US Military Record Selection Table, we see the basic 3-columns (left to right.)


1. If you need
2. Look first in
3. Then Search

EXAMPLE
For instance, if you need the country of foreign birth,

• Look first in emigration and immigration, census, naturalization and citizenship and church records.
• Then search military records, vital records, newspapers and obituaries.

It's possible for records to be available in digital, microform or textual format. Note that when looking at the actual US Military Record Selection Table, record types are clickable.

HOW TO LOCATE A RECORD SELECTION TABLE
Record Selection Tables are found within a specific wiki page, such as under the topic of US Military Records. However, it is also possible to search the entire FamilySearch wiki for "Record Selection Table" (without quote marks.)

LINKS
These are the FamilySearch Wiki Record Selection Table results from my search today. Results may be listed in state, province, ethnic group or country level categories.

• Aguascalientes Record Selection Table
• Alabama Record Selection Table
• Alberta Record Selection Table
• Argentina Record Selection Table
• Arkansas Record Selection Table
• Australia Record Selection Table 
• Baja California Record Selection Table 
• Baja California Sur Record Selection Table
• Brazil Record Selection Table 
• Bremen Record Selection Table <---- volunteers are needed
• British Columbia Record Selection Table <---- province
• Campeche Record Selection Table  
• Canada Record Selection Table
• Chiapas Record Selection Table
• Chihuahua Record Selection Table
• Chile Record Selection Table <----country level
• Coahuila Record Selection Table
• Colima Record Selection Table 
• Denmark Record Selection Table 
• Distrito Federal Record Selection Table 
• Durango Record Selection Table
• England Record Selection Table
• Finland Record Selection Table 
• France Record Selection Table
• Germans from Russia Record Selection Table 
• Germany Record Selection Table
• Guanajuato Record Selection Table 
• Guerrero Record Selection Table
• Hamburg Record Selection Table
• Hidalgo Record Selection Table
• Illinois Record Selection Table 
• Indiana Record Selection Table
• Iowa Record Selection Table 
• Ireland Record Selection Table 
• Italy Record Selection Table 
• Jalisco Record Selection Table
• LDS Record Selection Table
• Louisiana Record Selection Table
• Manitoba Record Selection Table
• Mexico Record Selection Table 
• Michoacán Record Selection Table 
• Minnesota Record Selection Table 
• Morelos Record Selection Table
• Nayarit Record Selection Table  
• Netherlands Record Selection Table
• New Brunswick Record Selection Table 
• New Hampshire Record Selection Table
• New York Record Selection Table 
• Newfoundland and Labrador Record Selection Table
• North Carolina Record Selection Table
• Northwest Territories Record Selection Table
• Norway Record Selection Table
• Nova Scotia Record Selection Table
• Nuevo León Record Selection Table
• Nunavut Record Selection Table 
• Oaxaca Record Selection Table
• Ohio Record Selection Table
• Ontario Record Selection Table
• Panama Record Selection Table
• Philippines Record Selection Table 
• Prince Edward Island Record Selection Table
• Puebla Record Selection Table 
• Quebec Record Selection Table
• Querétaro Record Selection Table
• Quintana Roo Record Selection Table 
• San Luis Potosí Record Selection Table 
• Saskatchewan Record Selection Table
• Scotland Record Selection Table
• Sinaloa Record Selection Table
• Sonora Record Selection Table
• State of México Record Selection Table
• Tabasco Record Selection Table
• Tamaulipas Record Selection Table
• Tennessee Record Selection Table
• Texas Record Selection Table
• Tlaxcala Record Selection Table
• Tracing Immigrants Arrival Record Selection Table <----topic 
• Tracing Immigrants Origin Record Selection Table
• United States Record Selection Table
• US Military Record Selection Table <----topic 
• Utah Record Selection Table
• Veracruz Record Selection Table
• Vermont Record Selection Table
• Wales Record Selection Table
• Washington Record Selection Table
• Yucatán Record Selection Table 
• Yukon Record Selection Table
• Zacatecas Record Selection Table

CAVEAT
As with any wiki, some pages are fully developed while others are in the planning stages. 

COVER ART
The map graphic at the top of the page is from David Rumsey Maps. Joan by Joan Blaeu, Atlas Maior Sive Cosmographia Blaviana, Qua Solvm, Salvm, Coelvm, Accvratissime Describvntvr. Koeman B1 56; van der Krogt 2:601-3 (first volume dated 1665, all others dated 1662).