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a. Birth, Marriage, Divorce, and Death[edit | edit source]

i. Bible Records

ii. Cemeteries

iii. Church Records

1. Church Records By Country

2. Church Records By Denomination

iv. Civil Registration

1. How to Articles

v. Obituaries

1. England Obituaries

2. United States Obituaries

viii. Town Records

vii.Vital Records

1. Women (focuses on finding maiden name)

2. How to Articles

b. Business and medical records[edit | edit source]

i. Business Records and Occupations

1. Business Records

2. Industries

3. Occupations

4. Agriculture

ii. Hospital Records 

c. Religions[edit | edit source]

i. Bible Records

ii. Church Directories

iii. Church History 

iv. Church Records

1. Church Records By Denomination

2. Church Records By Country

v. Religions By Country 

d. Population[edit | edit source]

i. Census

ii. Taxation

iii.Voting Registers

iv. Directories

e. Court Records[edit | edit source]

i. Adoption

ii.Court Records By Country

iii. Guardianship

iv. Land and Property Records

v. Probate Records

f. Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups[edit | edit source]

i. African American Records

ii. Slavery and Bondage

iii. Minorities

iv.Native Races

v. Jewish Records

vi.Huguenots

g. Genealogy Collections[edit | edit source]

i. Compiled Genealogies

ii. Family Trees

iii.Fraudulent Genealogy

iv. Heraldry  

h. Genealogy Websites and Online Collections[edit | edit source]

i. FamilySearch Historical Records

ii. Genealogy Websites By Country

iii.Major Genealogy Websites

iv. NARA Online Records

v. Online Genealogy Records

vi.Digitized Book Collections

vii.Social Media

1. Message Boards and Forums

2. Blogs  

i. History and Geography[edit | edit source]

i.Biography  

ii. Church History

iii. Disasters

iv.History

v. Local Histories

vi. Maps and Gazetteers

vii. Migration Routes

viii.Personal Histories, Memories, and Stories

1. Personal History 

j. Institution and School Records[edit | edit source]

i. Asylums

ii. Correctional Institutions

iii. Orphans and Orphanages

iv.School Records

v. Poor  

k. Language and Handwriting[edit | edit source]

i. Handwriting

ii. Language and Languages

iii.Word List

iv. Letter Writing Guides

v. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

vi.Glossary 

l. Migration[edit | edit source]

i. Emigration and Immigration

ii. Naturalization and Citizenship

iii. Migration Routes

m. Military records[edit | edit source]

i. Military Records By Country

ii. Military Records By War

1. Wars Involving Canada

2. Wars Involving England

3. Wars Involving France

4. Wars Involving Germany 

5. Wars Involving the United States  

o. Newspapers and Periodicals[edit | edit source]

i. Newspapers

ii. Obituaries

iii.Periodicals  

p. Reference Materials and Finding Aids[edit | edit source]

i. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

ii. Maps and Gazetteers

iii.Names Personal

iv. Record Selection Tables (will be later changed to Record Finder)

v. Research Guides

vi.Calendars  

q. Repositories[edit | edit source]

i. Archives and Libraries

1. University Libraries

2. Family History Library

3. WorldCat Libraries

ii. Family History Centers

iii. Museums

iv. National Archives and Records Administration

1. NARA Online Records 

r. Societies[edit | edit source]

i. Family Organizations

ii. Genealogical and Historical Societies

1. Genealogical and Historical Societies By Country

2. United States Societies

iii. Surname Societies

iv. Historical Membership Societies

Research Process and Instruction[edit | edit source]

a. Beginners[edit | edit source]

b. New to Genealogy[edit | edit source]

d. Education Opportunities[edit | edit source]

e. Basic Research Process[edit | edit source]

i. Gathering Family Information

ii. Organizing Records

iii.Setting Research Objectives

iv. Selecting Records to Search

v. Obtaining and Searching the Records

1. Search Strategies

2. Letter Writing Guides

vi.Recording Research Results

1. Research Logs

2. Charts and Forms

3. Citations

4. Genealogy Software

vii.Evaluating Evidence

viii.Sharing

f. Writing and Publishing[edit | edit source]

g. Record Preservation[edit | edit source]

h. Descendancy Research[edit | edit source]

i. Genetic Research[edit | edit source]

j. Professional Genealogists[edit | edit source]

i. Accreditation 

FamilySearch[edit | edit source]

Articles by location and location/topic[edit | edit source]

Localities categories for countries and jurisdictions below that:

Subcategory of the United States[edit | edit source]

United States

1. States of the United States

a. Alabama, United States

i. Alabama Counties

a. Autauga County, Alabama

b. (Rest of counties in Alabama)

ii. Alabama Archives and Libraries

iii. Alabama Church Records

iv. (rest of Alabama topic pages)

b. Alaska, United States

c. Etc.

2. United States Archives and Libraries

a. Alabama Archives and Libraries

b. (Rest of states’ Archives and Libraries)

3. (Rest of United States topics)

Subcategory of England:[edit | edit source]

England Counties of England Bedfordshire, England Bedfordshire Parishes Bedfordshire Archives and Libraries (rest of Bedfordshire topic pages) England Archives and Libraries Bedfordshire Archives and Libraries (rest of counties’ Archives and Libraries) (Rest of England topic pages)

Subcategory of Germany Germany States of Germany Anhalt, Germany Anhalt Archives and Libraries (rest of Anhalt topic pages) Germany Archives and Libraries Anhalt Archives and Libraries (rest of states’ Archives and Libraries) (Rest of Germany topics)

Subcategory of Canada Canada Provinces of Canada Alberta, Canada Alberta Archives and Libraries (rest of Alberta topic pages) (Rest of Provinces) Canada Archives and Libraries Alberta Archives and Libraries (rest of provinces’ Archives and Libraries) (rest of Canada topics)

New Rule: Categories: all words in a category should be capitalized except Articles: a, an, the Coordinating Conjunctions: and, but, or, for, nor, etc. Prepositions (fewer than five letters): on, at, to, from, by, etc.  