Wiki Wizard Videos

The Wiki Wizard is a collection of 5 minute videos on different countries. Classes give instructions on how to use the Research Wiki in finding your ancestors.

Italy Research using the Wiki

 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 1 of 13: The Italy Main Page: How to use the Research Wiki Italy Genealogy main page as an index to topic articles, province pages, research tools, resources, and strategies for family history research.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 2 of 13: An Italy Province Page: How to use the FamilySearch Research Wiki page for a specific province in Italy for links to civil registration and church records. Helps for locating and reading Italian genealogical records. Information on writing letters for records.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 3 of 13: Finding a Birth Certificate Online: Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki to locate online Italian birth certificates. How to translate the certificate using tools in the wiki.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 4 of 13: Finding a Marriage Certificate Online: Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki to locate and translate marriage certificates in the records of Italy.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 5 of 13: Finding a Death Certificate Online: Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki to locate and translate death certificates in the records of Italy.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 6 of 13: Writing for a Birth, Marriage or Death Certificate: How to use the Italy Letter Writing Guide in the FamilySearch Research Wiki to write to a civil registrar in Italy and order a birth, marriage, or death certificate.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 7a of 13: Finding a Church Baptism Record Online, Lesson: Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki to locate online Italian baptism records in church records for genealogy. Learn how to translate the certificate.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 7b of 13: Finding a Church Baptism Record Online, Case Study: A case study demonstrating using the FamilySearch Research Wiki to locate online Italian church baptism records for genealogy. Learn how to translate the record.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 8 of 13: Finding a Church Marriage Record Online: Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki to locate online Italian church marriage records for genealogy. Learn how to translate the record.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 9 of 13: Finding a Church Death/Burial Record Online: Learn to use the FamilySearch Research Wiki to locate online Italian church death and burial records for genealogy. Learn to translate the record.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 10 of 13: Writing to a Priest for Church Records: Learn how to use the Italy Letter Writing Guide to write to a priest in Italy to ask him to search the church records for you.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 11 of 13: Finding Your Town of Origin in Italy: Home Records: Searching documents commonly found in homes for emigration information on Italy ancestors. Interviewing older relatives. Searching compiled family trees and printed genealogy books.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 12 of 13: Finding Your Town of Origin in Italy: U S Records: Using United States census records, vital records, cemetery records, obituaries, Social Security records, and military records to find the town of origin for an Italian emigrant for genealogy.
 * Italy Research With the Wiki Part 13 of 13: Finding a Town of Origin:Immigration and Naturalization: Using passenger lists and petitions for citizenship to find the town of origin for an Italian emigrant for genealogy.

Germany Research using the Wiki

 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 1 of 14: The Germany Genealogy Main Page: Learning how to use the Germany Main Page of the FamilySearch Research Wiki as an index of links to genealogical record articles, online records, and articles about genealogical research in the different states of Germany.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 2 of 14: Finding Your German Town of Origin in Home Records: Learn to search your home and relatives' homes and how to interview relatives to discover the town where your ancestors lived in Germany so that you can further your family history research in genealogical records.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 3 of 14: Finding Your German Town of Origin in U.S. Records: Learning to use census records, vital records, military records, cemetery records, obituaries, and Social Security records to discover the name of the town in Germany where your ancestors lived so you can do further family history research in genealogical records.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 4 of 14: Finding German Origin: Naturalization and Immigration: Learning to find U.S. naturalization and immigration records to discover the town where your ancestors lived in Germany so you can further your family history research in genealogical records.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 5 of 14: Finding German Town of Origin in German Records: Learn how to use the Hamburg passenger lists, German state emigration lists, and German birth, marriage, and death databases to discover the town your ancestors came from in Germany to further family history research in genealogical records.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 6 of 14: Germany Maps and Gazetteers: Learn to use the Meyer's 1871 Gazetteer and Kartenmeister to find the German Empire province and the current state and country of your ancestors' town of origin in Germany. Then use the maps on the main page of the wiki to locate the detailed genealogical research instructions in the Research Wiki for your locality.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 7 of 14: Germany Wiki Province Pages: Learning to use a German province page on the FamilySearch Research Wiki to access church and civil registration records by using the online databases, FamilySearch Historical records, and addresses and support for writing for genealogical records, specific to each province/state of Germany. Links for German Empire and current locations.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 8 of 14: Finding Aids for German Records: Learn to use German reference finding aids to determine the Lutheran parish, Catholic parish, civil registry location of your German ancestors' town of origin, so you can locate church records and civil registration records to further your genealogy research and complete your family history goals.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 9 of 14: Germany Indexed Records: Learn a methodical strategy for compiling German church or civil records about a family to complete a family group. Learn to use search engines to search indexed databases of German vital records.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 10 of 14: Reading Original German Records: Learn to read original German church and civil registration by learning to read Old Gothic or Kurrent script and the basic genealogical vocabulary found in those records.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 11 of 14: Germany Online Civil Registration: Learn how to 1) locate online databases of German civil registration, 2) use the FamilySearch Catalog to find online records, and 3) find addresses for the correct Standesamt (civil registry) to write for German birth, marriage, and death records.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 12 of 14: Germany Online Church Records: Learn how to 1) locate online databases of German church records, 2) use the FamilySearch Catalog to find online records, and 3) find addresses for parishes to write for German baptism, marriage, and death records.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 13 of 14: Germany Archives: Learn how to find church and civil registration records preserved in German church archives or government archives.
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 14 of 14: Writing for German Records: Learning how to write a letter in German to churches, civil registries, or archives to request a search for birth, marriage, or death records to help with your genealogy.