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 *Guided Research pages can cover a country or other large jurisdiction such as states, provinces or counties.
 *Collections must have significant coverage for the locality for it to be considered to be placed on the main Guided Research page for the locality.
-*The goal of the Guided Research pages for each locality is to have a 60% success rate.  Because there are many reasons why you may not find a record for an ancestor (lack of records, loss of records, incomplete database coverage, incorrect indexing, incorrect search perimeters, lack of information, server failures, etc.), the ''Why can't I Find the Record?'' may help in overcoming these reasons and provide a higher success rate.
+*The goal of the Guided Research pages and the databases selected for each locality is to have a 60% success rate when searched.  Because there are many reasons why you may not find a record for an ancestor (lack of records, loss of records, incomplete database coverage, incorrect indexing, incorrect search perimeters, lack of information, server failures, etc.), the ''Why can't I Find the Record?'' may help in overcoming these reasons and provide a higher success rate.
 *The purpose of these Guided Research pages is to lead helpers through basic steps to find birth, marriage, and death information.
 *The ''Why Can't I Find the Record?'' pages in Guided Research are to provide tips for problem solving when the initial result proves unsuccessful.
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