Organize Your Genealogy


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Research Tasks
Want more information about a specific locality/topic Organize my genealogy information

Contributing Tasks
Task: Understand how the wiki is organized (for contributors with a little more experience)

Looking for information about a specific locality or topic
In the Research Wiki helpful articles are organized in two different ways; by locality or by topic.

Genealogical sources are usually found in or near the place where a person was born, lived or died.

You can search for information about a location by typing the location into the search box. You should start with the largest geographic area.

Understanding how the Wiki is organized
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The Research Wiki is a huge collection of short articlesabout how to find your family and where to look for information about where tofind ancestors. Why did you come tothe Research Wiki? ·    Are you looking for information about doinggenealogy or family history? ·    Are you looking for information about finding aspecific ancestor? ·    Do you need help organizing your research? ·    Do you need help finding a specific type ofrecord? ·    Did you want to find out about the ResearchWiki? How is the ResearchWiki organized? The Research Wiki has information in three major categories: ·    Information about the Research Wiki itself ·    Information about genealogical resources organizedby location ·    Information about genealogical resourcesorganized by subject matter How do I findinformation in the Research Wiki? The Research Wiki is basically a way of searching forinformation. You do this by entering search terms in the search boxes on nearlyevery page. Here are some Research Wiki Articles on searching: Help:Searching (https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Help:Searching) What other information is in the Research Wiki? Entry tracks into the Research Wiki (Levels of interest and experience in the Research Wiki) Needs Information about genealogy and how to do genealogicalresearch Experienced in genealogy, needs information about ResearchWiki Looking for specific content information, needs help findingthe information