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==Record Finder==

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

1. In column 1, find your goal.
2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for:	Try these records first:	Other useful records:
Age
Birth date and birthplace
Birth dates
Death information
Deaths
Emigration information
Ethnicity
Immigration dates
Language helps
Living relatives
Maiden name
Marriage
Municipal origins and boundaries
Naming customs
Occupations
Parents, children, and other family members
Places of residence
Record-finding aids
Religion

Record Types and Beginning Dates

Record Type (English)	Record Type (Malaysia)	Records Begin
Civil registration		1850
Church		1650
Muslim marriage		1800
Census		1900
Chinese community		1800
Immigraiton and naturalization		1800
Genealogical collections		1600
Cemetery		1700
Inheritance records and wills		1650
City directories		1800
Civil service		1650
Guardianship		1700
Land and tax		1650
Notarial		1650
Business		1775
School		1825