FHC Quickstart

Researching on the Wiki

• Getting Started on the Wiki
• Search
• Help:Search the Wiki

Key Features

• United States Pages
• Online Records Pages
• Census Pages
• Record Finders
• Research Tips and Strategies
• Country Pages
• American Indian Pages
• African American Pages
• Historical Record Collection Pages
• England Pages

Contributing to the Wiki

• Editing
• Images - email images to jcolmenares@familysearch.org
• Links
• Wikitext Cheatsheet
  

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Additional Resources

• Research Communities

Some Beginning Research Articles

• Principles of Family History Research

1. Identify What You Know
2. Decide What You Want to Learn
3. Select Records to Search
4. Obtain and Search the Records
5. Evaluate and Use the Information

• United States Basic Search Strategies
•  A Guide to Research
  
•  England Getting Started
•  Beginning African American Research
•  Indians of North America, A Beginner’s Guide
•  Research Guides (where they are in the wiki)
•  Organizing Your Files
•  Abbreviations Lists for Personal Names (English)
  
•  Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)
•  Determining if a Source is Relevant
•  Document AS YOU GO
•  Websites for Family History Beginners
•  Research Forms
•  Begin a Search for Confederate Records
•  Begin a Search for Union Records
•  How to Find Descendants in the United States
•  Major Databases for Beginning United States Research
•  Resource Checklist
•  Rookie Mistakes
•  Solving Tough Research Problems – Overcoming Brick Walls
•  Spelling Substitution Tables
•  United States Census – Analyzing Census Data
  

	Questions? Visit the Get Help to receive help with contributing to the Wiki.