Wiki Categories

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Wiki Policies and Guidelines

 * FamilySearch Wiki Policy
 * Style Guidelines
 * Dispute Resolution
 * Image Approval

Wiki Content Administration

 * Adopted Pages
 * Community Meetings
 * Completed Projects
 * Inactive WikiProjects
 * WikiProject Help Topics
 * WikiProjects

Wiki Maintenance

 * Multiple categories used by the maintenance team only
 * Wiki Maintenance Help
 * Testing

Using the Wiki

 * Searching the Wiki
 * Personal Pages Help

Contributor Help

 * How to Contribute to the Wiki
 * Writing and Editing Articles
 * Writing
 * Editing
 * Personal Pages Help

Training

 * Wiki University
 * Wiki
 * Wiki Missionary
 * Wikitext
 * HTML
 * Additional Wikitext Help
 * Video Lessons
 * Lesson Archives

Americas

 * Countries in Central America
 * Countries in North America
 * Countries in South America
 * Countries in the Caribbean

Asia

 * Countries in Asia
 * Countries in Central Asia
 * Countries in Eastern Asia
 * Countries in South-eastern Asia
 * Countries in Southern Asia
 * Countries in the Middle East

Europe

 * Countries in Europe
 * Countries in Central Europe
 * Countries in Eastern Europe
 * Countries in Mediterranean Europe
 * Countries in Scandinavia
 * Countries in the British Isles

Oceania

 * Countries in Oceania
 * Countries in Australia and New Zealand
 * Countries in Melanesia
 * Countries in Micronesia
 * Countries in Polynesia

a. Birth, Marriage, Divorce, and Death

 * i. Bible Records
 * ii. Cemeteries
 * iii. Church Records
 * 1. Church Records By Country
 * 2. Church Records By Denomination
 * iv. Civil Registration
 * 1. How to Articles
 * v. Obituaries
 * 1. England Obituaries
 * 2. United States Obituaries
 * viii. Town Records
 * vii.Vital Records
 * 1. Women (focuses on finding maiden name)
 * 2. How to Articles

b. Business and medical records

 * i. Business Records and Occupations
 * 1. Business Records
 * 2. Industries
 * 3. Occupations
 * 4. Agriculture
 * ii. Hospital Records

c. Religions

 * i. Bible Records
 * ii. Church Directories
 * iii. Church History
 * iv. Church Records
 * 1. Church Records By Denomination
 * 2. Church Records By Country
 * v. Religions By Country

d. Population

 * i. Census
 * ii. Taxation
 * iii.Voting Registers
 * iv. Directories

e. Court Records

 * i. Adoption
 * ii.Court Records By Country
 * iii. Guardianship
 * iv. Land and Property Records
 * v. Probate Records

f. Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

 * i. African American Records
 * ii. Slavery and Bondage
 * iii. Minorities
 * iv.Native Races
 * v. Jewish Records
 * vi.Huguenots

g. Genealogy Collections

 * i. Compiled Genealogies
 * ii. Family Trees
 * iii.Fraudulent Genealogy
 * iv. Heraldry

h. Genealogy Websites and Online Collections

 * i. FamilySearch Historical Records
 * ii. Genealogy Websites By Country
 * iii.Major Genealogy Websites
 * iv. NARA Online Records
 * v. Online Genealogy Records
 * vi.Digitized Book Collections
 * vii.Social Media
 * 1. Message Boards and Forums
 * 2. Blogs

i. History and Geography

 * i.Biography
 * ii. Church History
 * iii. Disasters
 * iv.History
 * v. Local Histories
 * vi. Maps and Gazetteers
 * vii. Migration Routes
 * viii.Personal Histories, Memories, and Stories
 * 1. Personal History

j. Institution and School Records

 * i. Asylums
 * ii. Correctional Institutions
 * iii. Orphans and Orphanages
 * iv.School Records
 * v. Poor

k. Language and Handwriting

 * i. Handwriting
 * ii. Language and Languages
 * iii.Word List
 * iv. Letter Writing Guides
 * v. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
 * vi.Glossary

l. Migration

 * i. Emigration and Immigration
 * ii. Naturalization and Citizenship
 * iii. Migration Routes

m. Military records

 * i. Military Records By Country
 * ii. Military Records By War
 * 1. Wars Involving Canada
 * 2. Wars Involving England
 * 3. Wars Involving France
 * 4. Wars Involving Germany
 * 5. Wars Involving the United States

o. Newspapers and Periodicals

 * i. Newspapers
 * ii. Obituaries
 * iii.Periodicals

p. Reference Materials and Finding Aids

 * i. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
 * ii. Maps and Gazetteers
 * iii.Names Personal
 * iv. Record Selection Tables (will be later changed to Record Finder)
 * v. Research Guides
 * vi.Calendars

q. Repositories

 * i. Archives and Libraries
 * 1. University Libraries
 * 2. Family History Library
 * 3. WorldCat Libraries
 * ii. Family History Centers
 * iii. Museums
 * iv. National Archives and Records Administration
 * 1. NARA Online Records

r. Societies

 * i. Family Organizations
 * ii. Genealogical and Historical Societies
 * 1. Genealogical and Historical Societies By Country
 * 2. United States Societies
 * iii. Surname Societies
 * iv. Historical Membership Societies

e. Basic Research Process

 * i. Gathering Family Information
 * ii. Organizing Records
 * iii.Setting Research Objectives
 * iv. Selecting Records to Search
 * v. Obtaining and Searching the Records
 * 1. Search Strategies
 * 2. Letter Writing Guides
 * vi.Recording Research Results
 * 1. Research Logs
 * 2. Charts and Forms
 * 3. Citations
 * 4. Genealogy Software
 * vii.Evaluating Evidence
 * viii.Sharing

j. Professional Genealogists

 * i. Accreditation