Talk:Mexico Genealogy

I added the "Si usted entiende español" section as a test to: (1) invite those who understand Spanish to visit the Spanish wiki -which is still in a very basic stage-, (2) recruit contributors for the Spanish wiki and (3) start linking/syncing of contents between the English and Spanish wiki for the Spanish-Speaking country pages. According to the results, other languages might think in a similar approach. (GomezFJ)

The little text box to the left that has a link to expert help in Mexico research has a link that goes nowhere. The results page has zero results for Mexico. Should this be removed or is there something else available to link to?

I have added in several places the learning center's page for Latin American Research. That should be a good help for those getting started.

--Carol B. Moss 00:11, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The link to the learning center's page for Latin American Research added by Carol does not have any results on it. There is a learning center help page in Spanish on the Wiki.

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 * It appears that problems noted on this page have been corrected. averyld 16:48, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

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