Help:Tour

Welcome to the Research Wiki!


Click to learn more about how the FamilySearch Research Wiki can help you:


 * What is it? What types of information can you expect to find on it?
 * Research your Family History
 * Preserve your Research Knowledge

Research your Family History

 * In the Wiki, you can learn what records exist in specific areas or topics. Here are some articles to help you get started:
 *  1. Research Help


 * Video: Researching using the Wiki
 * Family History for Beginners
 * Principles of Family History Research


 * 2. Wiki Search Tips
 * Basic searches (also see video demonstrations)
 * Advanced searches (also see Help:Search Tips)

Share your knowledge with others

 * You know something that can help other researchers find their family members. Contribute your knowledge to the wiki to give others tips about researching in a specific area or topic.


 * The Contributor Help page is the central resource for instructions about how to edit in the Wiki.
 * Projects Seeking Contributors lists some of the community projects that are currently being worked on.
 * There is a Community Meeting for New Wiki Contributors on Thursday afternoons. Come to learn more about how to edit in the Wiki.

Store Information in the Wiki

 * As you learn tips and tricks that will help you in your genealogy research, instead of Bookmarking or creating a Favorite in your browser, go to the Wiki page for that locality or topic, and add a note about the resource. Then you and anyone else researching in that area/topic will be able to find it too.


 * Here are a few links to get you started:


 * Basic Editing
 * Adding Links
 * "Watching" pages of interest


 * If you would like to work with others who are trying the wiki together, see the following:
 * Work on projects with others
 * Use Talk/Discussion pages
 * Forums

More information?

 * If you would like to know more about what the Wiki is, the following links will help:


 * Wiki Overview
 * Why We Built FamilySearch Wiki
 * Wiki Purpose and Appropriate Topics