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Show Genealogy begins with IJ 1 There are normally three major events in a person's life (birth, marriage and death). All three events also play an important part of a person's religious life. Since churches were normally founded at or near the very beginning of a town's settlement, church records play an important role in genealogical research. Birth records may be found in baptism records, blessing or other similar religious practices. These records will usually state the date on this event, date of birth, child or person's name and names of parents, relatives or sonsors. By following up on these leads, their records furnish unlimited opportunity op-portunity for further research. If you find a person's baptism record at church, write to see if they have any records for their parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and grandparents. Marriage records are often found in the records of a church. This record will normally give you the maiden name of the wife, the age of the bride and groom and it may also give you the name of the parents. Although death records church "your relatives attended. If you have any questions about any genealogical problem, wirte me in care of your newspaper office and I will answer you. Next week we discuss the seventh genealogical principle The Newspaper. ANCESTOR LINE Lois Hale Pierson, 1404 N. 10th St., Colton, CA 92324, writes searching lor inf ormation on Robert Hale and his brother, Thomas Hale. They were born in the 1850s near Bloont County, Tenn. In the 1860s they lived in Greene County, Mo. , i Some of the Hales moved I to North East Texas in J the 1870s or 1880s. John j Wesley ( brother of I Robert and Thomas) lived near De Kalb, Texas. Lois is looking for any information on this family or their descendants. descen-dants. Bonnie Patterson, Rt. 2 Box 106 D, Hawkins, Texas 75765, writes looking for information on Thaddues Warren McCullock who lived in South East Oklahoma in the early 1900s. She is also interested in any information on the McCullock Mc-Cullock and Hill family. may include information such as birth, marriage and death dates, it, may le more valuable for information on the name of the next of kin, children of deceased, brothers or sisters and the parents. Because throughout their history churches have been taking care of cemeteries, these cemetery record will also be very important. In the case of genealogical research, persistency pays off. One tact or date revealed today becomes the clue lor the next fact or date tommorrow. Please remember, when writing a church or any other place lor information, be specific. Ask for information in-formation on one person or his family at a time. Always begin your research of church records at the local |