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=== What Is the FamilySearch Catalog? === | === What Is the FamilySearch Catalog? === | ||
The '''[https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] '''(formerly '''''Family History Library Catalog''''') describes genealogical resources held by [http://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch.org], the [ | The '''[https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] '''(formerly '''''Family History Library Catalog''''') describes genealogical resources held by [http://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch.org], the [[Family History Library]], and selected [[Introduction to Family History Centers|FamilySearch Centers]]. <br><br> | ||
The Catalog is a guide to birth, marriage, and death records; census records; church registers; books; periodicals; family histories and many other records that contain genealogical information. These records may be searchable online, on microfiche or microfilm, in a book or in a computer file. | The Catalog is a guide to birth, marriage, and death records; census records; church registers; books; periodicals; family histories and many other records that contain genealogical information. These records may be searchable online, on microfiche or microfilm, in a book or in a computer file. | ||
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If a repository's catalog is not online, try contacting them by phone or mail to learn if they have records about an ancestor. For a directory of U.S. historical genealogical societies see http://[http://www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html]. | If a repository's catalog is not online, try contacting them by phone or mail to learn if they have records about an ancestor. For a directory of U.S. historical genealogical societies see http://[http://www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html]. | ||
<br> '''Search the Internet.''' Many records are being digitized and put on the Internet. In FamilySearch's '''[https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search Historical Records Collections]''' you will find billions of names across hundreds of [ | <br> '''Search the Internet.''' Many records are being digitized and put on the Internet. In FamilySearch's '''[https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search Historical Records Collections]''' you will find billions of names across hundreds of [[Family History Library]] collections including birth, marriage, death, probate, land, military, Ancestral File, and the International Genealogical Index. Also, search engines like [http://www.google.com/ Google], or [http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo] can help locate many other historical sources available on the Internet. | ||
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