If your ancestral family were members of a denomination that practiced infant baptism, do you pay attention to the names of sponsors at the baptisms of family members? There's a good chance those sponsors are relatives.
This can be a good technique when researching new immigrant families in the area of settlement.
I found this to be true, about 80% of the sponsors were siblings that I had no ideas about. I am still trying to determine the remaining 20%.
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