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Hello Welcome!

The Welcoming Committee is here to support you and offer a warm welcome to a Community that loves Family History. Thank you for your contributions! Please continue editing and consider joining the Welcoming Committee or Projects Seeking Contributors where you may work with experienced users who will help you feel comfortable. This message is posted on your talk page which is associated with your personal user page. You may practice editing on the Wiki by creating a user page about yourself. We hope you like this place and decide to join in.

There are a few pages you may find helpful:

The Community Center for the Wiki.
The Guiding Principles of FamilySearch Wiki.
Learn to search for articles.
Learn how to edit and contribute.
Check the Manual of Style.

You may find additional editing assistance from experienced contributors in the Social Groups on Forums.FamilySearch.org. We have groups for Newbies to the Wiki, Help for Wiki Contributors and Wiki Tech Power Users.

Please sign your name only on discussion/talk pages using four tildes (~). This will automatically create your username with a timestamp for your comments. If you need personal assistance, feel free to contact the Welcoming committee members.

Again, welcome! ~~~~

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+The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee|Welcoming Committee]] is here to support you and offer a warm welcome to a Community that loves Family History. Thank you for [[Special:Contributions/{{<includeonly>SUBST:</includeonly>PAGENAME}}|your contributions]]! Please continue [[Help:The Editing Tool (FCK Editor)|editing]] and consider joining the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee|Welcoming Committee]] or [[Projects Seeking Contributors]] where you may work with experienced users who will&nbsp;help you feel comfortable. This message is posted on your [[Help:Discussion Pages (Talk Pages)|talk page]] which is associated with your personal [[FamilySearch Wiki:User page|user page]]. You may practice editing on the Wiki by [[User:{{<includeonly>SUBST:</includeonly>PAGENAME}}|creating a user page]] about yourself. We hope you like this place and decide to join in.
-This message is posted on your [[Help:Discussion Pages (Talk Pages)|talk page]] which is associated with your personal [[Help:User page|user page]]. We invite you to create your User Page so that others in the community can get to know you better and what you are working on in the Wiki. Learn more about [[Help:User page#Creating your user page|creating your user page]].
+There are a few pages you may find helpful:
-Your user page is also a great place to practice new skills and lets others know something about you and your genealogical interests. We hope you like this place and decide to join in.
+*The [[Community Center]] for the Wiki.
+*The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles|Guiding Principles]] of FamilySearch Wiki.
+*Learn to [[Search for an article or topic|search for articles]].
+*Learn how to [[Help:Edit and Contribute|edit and contribute]].
+*Check the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]].
-Here are a few pages you may find helpful:
+You may find additional editing assistance from experienced contributors in the Social Groups on '''Forums.FamilySearch.org'''. We have groups for [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?groupid=59 Newbies to the Wiki], [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?groupid=65 Help for Wiki Contributors] and&nbsp;[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?groupid=60 Wiki Tech Power Users].
-*Take a [[Help:Tour|Wiki Tour]].
+Please [[FamilySearch Wiki:Signatures|sign your name]] only on discussion/talk pages using four tildes (~). This will automatically create your username with a timestamp for your comments. If you need personal assistance, feel free to contact the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee/members|Welcoming committee members]].
-*Learn to [[Help:Basic Searches|search for articles]].
-*Connect with others at the [[Community Center|Community Center]] for the Wiki.
-*Review the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles|Guiding Principles]] of FamilySearch Wiki.
-*Find out [[FamilySearch_Wiki:Purpose_and_Appropriate_Topics|which topics]] are within the wiki's scope.
-*Review the [[Help:Contributor Help|Contributor Help]].
-Please [[FamilySearch Wiki:Signatures|sign your name]] only on discussion/talk pages. If you need personal assistance, feel free to contact a member of the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee/members|Welcoming Committee]].
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