Organize Your Genealogy


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Research Tasks
Want more information about a specific locality/topic Organize my genealogy information

Contributing Tasks
Task: Understand how the wiki is organized (for contributors with a little more experience)

Looking for information about a specific locality or topic
In the Research Wiki helpful articles are organized in two different ways; by locality or by topic.

Genealogical sources are usually found in or near the place where a person was born, lived or died.

You can search for information about a location by typing the location into the search box. You should start with the largest geographic area.

What is the Research Wiki?
The Research Wiki is a huge collection of short articles about how to find your family and where to look for information about where tofind ancestors.

How can I use the Research Wiki?

 * Are you looking for information about doing genealogy or family history?
 * Are you looking for information about finding a specific ancestor?
 * Do you need help organizing your research?
 * Do you need help finding a specific type of record?
 * Did you want to find out about the Research Wiki?

How is the Research Wiki organized?
The Research Wiki has information in three major categories:
 * Information about the Research Wiki itself
 * Information about genealogical resources organizedby location
 * Information about genealogical resourcesorganized by subject matter

How do I find information in the Research Wiki?
The Research Wiki is basically a searchable collection of articles about genealogy. You do this by entering search terms such as place names, types of source documents, or other words in the search boxes on nearly every page. Here are some Research Wiki Articles on searching: What other information is in the Research Wiki? Entry tracks into the Research Wiki (Levels of interest and experience in the Research Wiki) Needs Information about genealogy and how to do genealogicalresearch Experienced in genealogy, needs information about ResearchWiki Looking for specific content information, needs help findingthe information
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