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Have your own success story to share? Do one of the following: | Have your own success story to share? Do one of the following: | ||
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFlES2FLbHFwNHFJV054RWtaNUEwRnc6MQ#gid=0 Click here to share when the Wiki has helped you], | *[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFlES2FLbHFwNHFJV054RWtaNUEwRnc6MQ#gid=0 Click here to share when the Wiki has helped you], and someone will add it to this page, or | ||
*[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=FamilySearch_Wiki:Success_Stories&action=edit Edit this page] to add your experience directly. | *[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=FamilySearch_Wiki:Success_Stories&action=edit Edit this page] to add your experience directly. | ||
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=== Native American and Canadian First Nations Research === | === Native American and Canadian First Nations Research === | ||
I am a Research Support missionary. | I am a Research Support missionary. I like doing Native American and Canadian First Nations emails. Last September, I would sometimes spend hours looking for information to answer one of these. The last two or three months, I have found that I can usually find Wiki pages that will supply all the information that the patron needs, especially with links to other websites. I often answer these emails in minutes now and with better information. | ||
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=== Norwich Diocese Research Success === | === Norwich Diocese Research Success === | ||
In February 2010 a collection of Parish registers from the Diocese of Norwich was published online as an image only collection. In all microfilm conversions to digital images there are difficulties in ensuring that all of the images for each parish are as they should be. | In February 2010 a collection of Parish registers from the Diocese of Norwich was published online as an image only collection. In all microfilm conversions to digital images there are difficulties in ensuring that all of the images for each parish are as they should be. | ||
The Norwich Diocese contains many parishes | The Norwich Diocese contains many parishes with the same village or parish name and covers parishes in Suffolk Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire and even some parishes whose county has changed from the historic county to an administrative county. | ||
Wiki is the means by which researchers can be made aware of any issue relating to the images and | Wiki is the means by which researchers can be made aware of any issue relating to the images and of the many existing transcriptions in the county of Norfolk. It has grown in content in order to provide those supporting the collection users with questions and users themselves. It is evident that many visitors to the collection are now using wiki pages help locate "missing" parishes. At present about 76% of parishes have images online; the remaining parishes are described and only those parishes with microfilm available can be published at present or in future. The exisiting content is designed to be functional but also forms a platform for local contributions to expand and enhance it. The wiki is open to all with an interest in these Diocesan records to contribute their knowledge to. | ||
Norfolk and Suffolk contain a large number of surviving Saxon and Norman round tower churches and as the images are added to each parish over time wiki begins to impart the history of small communities and their faith. It is to be hoped that the building of content is forming a foundation for future researchers to learn and be able to teach of this heritage from a popular part of England. | Norfolk and Suffolk contain a large number of surviving Saxon and Norman round tower churches and as the images are added to each parish over time wiki begins to impart the history of small communities and their faith. It is to be hoped that the building of content is forming a foundation for future researchers to learn and be able to teach of this heritage from a popular part of England. | ||
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=== German Research Confidence === | === German Research Confidence === | ||
Sister Millie McCuen, FamilySearch Worldwide Support Research Missionary: | Sister Millie McCuen, FamilySearch Worldwide Support Research Missionary: Yesterday I got a call from a woman who was looking to hire a professional to help her with Germany research. She said she would rather do it herself but had no maps to follow and no documents to help her keep track of all the changes in Germany. I showed her the FamilySearch Wiki and went through the browse by countries list until we found the Germany portal. Then she found the Germany page and was really excited at all the information. When she saw the map and I showed her how to click on it and make it bigger and how to use the historial guidelines she was thrilled. She decided with the help of the Wiki she would try and tackle her own family history research. | ||
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