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Carlisle Indian School Records
When searching for records many records do not come to mind. We may not even be aware that they exist. Here is how one case went.

Can you help me?

 * Looking for answers to my Family History Questions I came to the Wiki and  ask "Can you help me?"


 * On the Main Page
 * First I browsed by Counties finding many articles on Pennsylvania.
 * I clicked on Pennsylvania and was lead to that page.
 * Under Pennsylvania topics I found American Indians and clicked on it.
 * This took me to the page Indians of Pennsylvania
 * There I found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School

2nd try

Carlisle Indian School Records

 * When searching for records many records do not come to mind. We may not even be aware that they exist. Here is how one case went.

Can you help me?

 * Looking for answers to my Family History Questions I came to the Wiki and  ask "Can the Wiki help me?"


 * By going to wiki and following step by step we can often found sources that help.


 * First go the Main Page
 * Browsed by county/state or country and find (example: Pennsylvania).
 * Clicked on a county/state or country page and this will lead to that page.
 * Under topics you will find many items to search (example American Indians) and you can then click and search.
 * You may found a list of sources (example Indians of Pennsylvania)
 * Then within these sources the one that you need(example Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Pennsylvania))

3rd try

Search for Specific Historical Records or Collections

 * When searching for records, we may not know how to find the records we need. We may not even be aware that they exist.


 * You will want to know as many of the following as possible:
 * Name of the Record/Collection/Topic
 * Location or area covered by the Record
 * Time the record covers.
 * Other Actions that may help to search the Wiki Use different ways to search and browse
 * Example:Carlisle Indian School Records

Can you help me?

 * Looking for answers to my Family History Questions I came to the Family Search Wiki and  ask "Can the Wiki help me?"


 * By going to the wiki and following many of these steps we can often find sources that help.


 * First go to the Main Page
 * Browsed by county/state or country and find (example Pennsylvania). Also we can browse by topic (example Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Pennsylvania))
 * Clicked on a county/state or country page or topic page and this will lead to possible pages.
 * You may find under Topics on the right side of the page many items to search (example American Indians) and you can then click and search.
 * At the resulting page you may found a list of sources (example Indians of Pennsylvania)
 * Then within these sources you may find the item that you need (example Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Pennsylvania))

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