Help:FamilySearch Templates

FamilySearch Templates - What are they?
There are FamilySearch templates are available to assist in creating links to FamilySearch Historical Records, Catalog and Family History Books. If the FamilySearch URL ever changes, Wiki Support will change the template and the links will then work again. It is advised to use these templates anytime you can to help save time in the future.

Below are the templates available and how to use them

Historical Records Collections - RecordSearch
This template is used to create links to Historical Records Collections that have an index.


 * Those letters in all caps contains description of changing text in the template.

How to find a RecordSearch (Historical Records databases on FamilySearch.org) title number

 * 1) Go to FamilySearch.org and choose the appropriate Historical Record database
 * 2) Once the search screen or the browseable screen for the databse is up, look at the URL at the top of the page.
 * 3) The title number of the database is at the very end of the URL. Use this number in the RecordSearch template.
 * 4) Example – the title number is bolded: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/  1307272