Wiki Categories

In November of 2015, the categories of the Wiki were reorganized and refined.

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

m. Migration

 * i. Emigration and immigration
 * ii. Naturalization and citizenship
 * iii. Migration routes

n. 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