Help:Search for an article or topic

Search
Use this search to find information about any Wiki topic you are interested in. You do not need to know exact titles or topic names.


 * 1) In the Search box in the top left corner of the Wiki page, enter the key words that describe the information you are looking for. For example, enter United States census or New York City birth records.
 * 2) Click the Search button. In the list of search results, see the following: (a) Article titles will always be at the top of the page. (b) Text that is inside articles and that may match your request will always be at the bottom of the page.
 * 3) Click any title you would like to see.
 * 4) To see more search results, click on a number at the bottom of the page to move forward or backward from page to page.

Exact Match Search
Use this search when you know an exact title or phrase you want to find.


 * 1) In the Search box in the top left corner of the Wiki page, enter the exact title or phrase you want to find. For example, enter Finding a Person in the 1930 Census (Even Without An Index) or enter Families in British India Society 1600 to 1947
 * 2) Click the Exact Match button. In the list of search results, see the following: (a) Article titles will always be at the top of the page. (If you did not type the title exactly as it appears, including the spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, a message will tell you that no match was found. But a very similar title will likely be in the results list as a close but not exact match.) (b) Text that is inside articles and that may match your request will always be at the bottom of the page.
 * 3) Click any title you would like to see.
 * 4) To see more search results, click on a number at the bottom of the page to move forward or backward from page to page.

Search Tips

 * Searching for a specific article in the FamilySearch Wiki is relatively simple if you know the exact title. If you don't know the exact title, it would be like searching in the dictionary for a word you don't know how to spell.
 * If you don't know the title of a wiki article, search for a topic or category.
 * (1) At the bottom of every article is a category. Click the category name to see a list of all articles in that category. (2) Once you find an article about something you are interested in, find more similar articles by clicking the category at the bottom of the page.