User:Lonnyyates/sandbox/FSW-WT-Lesson-3

Purpose of the Wiki?
💡 Gives patrons a starting location to locate the records needed for doing their genealogy.

A location on the web, giving direction, and information on locating the records of their ancestors.

You will not find a Wiki page about your particular ancestor, but you may find a database that contains your ancestor's death record!

The Wiki has records from the United States, as well as from 244 other countries. Here you will be able to find documents such as census records, marriage records, birth records, death records and much more.

Record Types
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 * Wiki pages are generally organized around the following areas:
 * Family👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 History Centers
 * Organizations/Societies
 * Geographical (drilling down by State, County, city or equivalent)
 * FamilySearch Publications
 * Census Pages (descriptions)
 * Historical Records Collection Pages (descriptions)
 * Research techniques and tools💻🖥🖨🖱💽💿📀


 * Typical types of content on the wiki are:
 * Links to online sites that can be used to search for ancestors' names (see an example of an online record page)
 * Instructions on how to find, use, and analyze records that are genealogically useful
 * Historical definitions of legal terms, occupations, and other terms that are useful to genealogists
 * Images of records used as examples of the types of information a particular record will contain
 * Translations of genealogical terms

Think of the Wiki as a Search Engine for 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Family History Research. The Wiki is in it's infant stage, it grows with each article! The more articles that are added to the Wiki the more mature it becomes.

Answers to the Quick Quiz
💡  Quick Quiz Answers


 * Links are limited only to other articles in the Wiki.
 * False


 * You can search for names of your ancestors in the Wiki.
 * False


 * The Wiki has a complete list of all places where genealogical records are kept in the world.
 * False

Check your answers

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