User:Optodad/Sandbox

Collection Content
(Only use these headings and sub-headings when available)

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

View the Images
(Not for collections with a fakey browse/DFNL)

View the Images (Only for Fakey Browse Collections with a DFNL page)
To view images in this collection: Add this template below after “Search the Index” or “View the Images” headers:
 * 1) Look at the [DFNL URL Link Text] article to determine the folder/film number for the images you want to see
 * 2) Go to the Browse Page
 * 3) Select the Film number to view the images

Longer coding is used when the link is to a catalog record that lists references to multiple catalog records:

How Do I Analyze the Results?
(Cut and Paste entire section) Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
This section can be made up of either sentences or bullet points.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the information found in the record to locate the death record
 * Search for vital records, such as birth, marriage, and death
 * Search for an obituary in a local newspaper
 * Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in census records

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials

Record Finder
Consult the North Dakota Research Tips and Strategies and its Record Finder to search other records

Citing This Collection
(Copy and Paste this section) Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
 * Collection Citation: Collection Name Database, or Images, or Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : publication date. Custodian.

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