If you have family who lived in the same small, somewhat isolated area for a few hundred years and there are records extant, always consider the possibility that you are related in more than one way to someone than you think you are–especially if your research on the family is not complete. This can impact your autosomal DNA results going back to your 5th great-grandparents at least. One more relationship than you think you have can confuse your matches more than they already are–especially if you’ve already got two or more relationships between a DNA match.
Those with an interest in the American Revolution may find our post about using the free index and images to these records at FamilySearch helpful. The index (not created by FamilySearch) and the images of the records at FamilySearch are not linked to each other.
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