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#'''Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog-search Family History Library Catalog].''' | #'''Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog-search Family History Library Catalog].''' | ||
#("Place-name" is the default search option. If it does not appear, select it from the drop-down menu.)<br> | #("Place-name" is the default search option. If it does not appear, select it from the drop-down menu.)<br> | ||
#'''Type the locality.''' The catalog | #'''Type the locality.''' The catalog organizes places from the largest jurisdiction in a place-name to the smallest. Generally, the pattern is country, state or provice, county (where applicable), city or town. Places in the United States and Canada do not have a country level. The locality can be entered in reverse order to obtain the same results.<br> | ||
#'''Click''' '''Search''' (even if the locality was selected from the drop-down menu).<br> | #'''Click''' '''Search''' (even if the locality was selected from the drop-down menu).<br> | ||
#'''Click a topic''', such as Church records. (See also [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Locality_Subject_Subdivisions%7C Locality Subject Subdivisions].) | #'''Click a topic''', such as Church records. (See also [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Locality_Subject_Subdivisions%7C Locality Subject Subdivisions].) | ||
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To search for a county, do not type the word "County" as a part of the search term. For example, to find Fairfax county, Virginia, type '''Fairfax Virginia''' or '''Virginia Fairfax''' in the search field. To find more records try a search by putting a comma after Fairfax, in the place name, a drop down list of each township or locality will appear. Click on the township or locality for links to more records.<br> | To search for a county, do not type the word "County" as a part of the search term. For example, to find Fairfax county, Virginia, type '''Fairfax Virginia''' or '''Virginia Fairfax''' in the search field. To find more records try a search by putting a comma after Fairfax, in the place name, a drop down list of each township or locality will appear. Click on the township or locality for links to more records.<br> | ||
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If you do not know how to spell the place-name, truncate (shorten) the name or use a wild card character to replace letters you are not sure of. | If you do not know how to spell the place-name, truncate (shorten) the name or use a wild card character to replace letters you are not sure of. | ||