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What is the Wiki, and How to Use it
Tools, Tips & Tricks
The FamilySearch Research Wiki
- What is it? What you can expect to find on it to help you discover your ancestors.
Wiki Basics
- 10 Essential tips for understanding and using the wiki. "The things I wish I had known when I started on the wiki."
- Note the 4 purple boxes on the right side of this page (Views, Toolbox, Community, Personal tools). This is knows as the "Navigation Bar" or "Nav Bar"
- Each of the boxes contains tools to help you use the wiki. Click Here to learn about these tools and how to use them..
Searching the Wiki
(how to find stuff)
- Basic Searches
- Watch a Video about searching the Wiki
- Searching
- Search Tips
- Boolean Searches in the Wiki
- External Searches
| Basic Searches | |
| Watch a Video about searching the Wiki | ![]() |
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