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Share your newly discovered information with family members who provided information and with others who may be interested. A family reunion or family newsletter can be an excellent way to share information and help locate others who are interested in your family history. | Share your newly discovered information with family members who provided information and with others who may be interested. A family reunion or family newsletter can be an excellent way to share information and help locate others who are interested in your family history. | ||
== Online Databases Like | == Online Databases Like FamilySearch == | ||
Another important way to share your findings is with large online genealogical databases. Some charge, others are free. For example: | Another important way to share your findings is with large online genealogical databases. Some charge, others are free. For example: | ||
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*[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/wfttop.html World Family Tree]<br><br> | *[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/wfttop.html World Family Tree]<br><br> | ||
''''' | '''''FamilySearch.''''' You can also help improve the information displayed in FamilySearch. This huge Internet database is a combination of the International Genealogical Index, Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, and several other large genealogical databases. There are several ways to help—<br> | ||
*'''''Clean up''''' the files already on display. This includes merging varying data entries for the same person, and getting the best data out front. At the moment, the LDS temple ordinance data is especially in need of careful merging and tender loving care.<br><br> | *'''''Clean up''''' the files already on display. This includes merging varying data entries for the same person, and getting the best data out front. At the moment, the LDS temple ordinance data is especially in need of careful merging and tender loving care.<br><br> | ||
*'''''Add source documentation.''''' Now is not the best time, but eventually there will be a better way to add source footnotes to the data.<br><br> | *'''''Add source documentation.''''' Now is not the best time, but eventually there will be a better way to add source footnotes to the data.<br><br> | ||
*'''''Contribute new information.''''' Again, now is not the best time, but the day will come when new data will be easier to submit.<br><br> | *'''''Contribute new information.''''' Again, now is not the best time, but the day will come when new data will be easier to submit.<br><br> | ||
== Test your DNA === | |||
[[Hiring a DNA Testing Company|Test your DNA]], and share the results with public DNA databases. | |||
== Social Media == | |||
Share your genealogy on [[Social Media|social media]] like '''''Facebook'''''. | |||
== Message Boards == | |||
Leave some family history, or a query, on an Internet genealogy [[Message Boards|message board]]—and repeat for several months, or until you get a response. | |||
== Self Publish == | == Self Publish == | ||