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FamilySearch Community Tools was a workshop given at RootsTech 2011

During this hands-on workshop we learned how to become a part of the FamilySearch Community using tools like the Research Wiki, Research Forums, and online classes. The information shared in the workshop was added to this Wiki article to make it possible for anyone to explore and participate in the world of "community" with FamilySearch. We all know something that can help someone else find their ancestors!

Discover 21 Community Tools[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Community Tools[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Blog]
FamilySearch Wiki (English), (Spanish), (Portuguese), (Swedish)
FamilySearch Forums (English), (Spanish)
FamilySearch Indexing
FamilySearch Research Courses
FamilySearch-Getting started with family history
FamilySearch Feedback including 19 product filters)
FamilySearch Help
NEW - Family Tech

FamilySearch Facebook Pages[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Twitter Feeds[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch YouTube Channel[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch YouTube Channel

Integration of Community Tools[edit | edit source]

Forums[edit | edit source]

Locality forums – when you cannot find the answer to your research question in the Wiki, click on the link to the Forums and ask your question. Someone will respond, and if details are available in the wiki, they will likely include a link to the article. There are forums for Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania, United Kingdom and Ireland.
Historical Records Forums - the Historical Records on FamilySearch will often link to an article on the Wiki that describes in more detail how to use the collection. Sharing your own ideas for using the records will help others with their own research, plus it will preserve the knowledge you've gained through experience.
FamilySearch Indexing Forums - Get help and also share your knowledge about indexing.
FamilySearch Wiki Forums - Discuss using the wiki or report technical issues. Leave feedback or post suggestions regarding how the Wiki can improve. Plus, the newest forum is specifically for contributor's. On this forum you can ask questions about contributing, how to add or edits articles, etc.
Additional forums include: FamilySearch.org, new.FamilySearch.org, Family History Center Support, and Forums Feedback and Help.

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+''FamilySearch Community Tools'' was a workshop given at [http://rootstech.familysearch.org/ RootsTech] 2011
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-|date=Saturday, February 12, 2011
-|title=FamilySearch Community Tools
-|id=TU229
-|presenter=[[User:JensenFA|Fran Jensen]]
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 During this hands-on workshop we learned how to become a part of the FamilySearch Community using tools like the Research Wiki, Research Forums, and online classes. The information shared in the workshop was added to this Wiki article to make it possible for anyone to explore and participate in the world of "community" with FamilySearch. We all know something that can help someone else find their ancestors!
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 ==== FamilySearch Community Tools  ====
-[[Image:Family Tech.png|thumb|right|Family Tech.png]]
+*[https://blog.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch Blog]]
+*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page FamilySearch Wiki (English)], ([https://wiki.familysearch.org/es/P%C3%A1gina_Principal Spanish)], ([https://wiki.familysearch.org/pt/P%C3%A1gina_principal Portuguese]), ([https://wiki.familysearch.org/sv/Huvudsida Swedish])
+*[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/ FamilySearch Forums (English)], [http://forums.familysearch.org/es/index.php (Spanish)]
-*[[Main Page|FamilySearch Wiki (English)]], ([https://wiki.familysearch.org/es/P%C3%A1gina_Principal Spanish)], ([https://wiki.familysearch.org/pt/P%C3%A1gina_principal Portuguese]), ([https://wiki.familysearch.org/sv/Huvudsida Swedish])[http://forums.familysearch.org/es/index.php ]
+*[https://giveback.familysearch.org/indexing FamilySearch Indexing]
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/learning-center FamilySearch Learning Center]
+*[https://learning.familysearch.org/researchcourses FamilySearch Research Courses]
+*[https://learning.familysearch.org/getting_started FamilySearch-Getting started with family history]
+*[http://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch FamilySearch Feedback] including [http://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/products 19 product filters])
+*[https://help.familysearch.org/help/self-help FamilySearch Help]
+*''NEW'' - [http://familytech.familysearch.org/ Family Tech]
 ==== FamilySearch Facebook Pages  ====
 *[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48576012707 FamilySearch Facebook Page]
-*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Family-History-Library/169173515997 FamilySearch Library]
+*[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48576012707 FamilySearch Wiki Facebook Page]
+*[http://www.facebook.com/familysearchindexing FamilySearch Indexing Facebook Page (English)], [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indexation-de-FamilySearch/109782482404928 (Spanish)]
-==== FamilySearch Research Community Facebook Pages  ====
+*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Family-History-Library/169173515997 Family History Library]
-This article describes the research community pages:
-*[[Join a Facebook Research Community]] ('''New '''localities added!)
 ==== FamilySearch Twitter Feeds  ====
-*[https://twitter.com/#!/FSHistRecords FamilySearch Historical Records Twitter Feed] (not current April 2014)
+*[http://twitter.com/#!/fs_news FamilySearch News Twitter Feed]
 *[http://twitter.com/#!/FamilySearchInd FamilySearch Indexing Twitter Feed]
-*[https://twitter.com/#!/RecordsWiki FamilySearch Records Wiki]
 ==== FamilySearch YouTube Channel  ====
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 *[http://www.youtube.com/familysearch FamilySearch YouTube Channel]
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+== Integration of Community Tools  ==
-==== [https://learning.familysearch.org/researchcourses Research Courses]  ====
-*The option to give course feedback is a community effort. Example: ''German Town of Origin'' is sponsored by Teresa S. McMillin. Her course links to her website and also has the option to leave feedback about the course.
-*Linking courses to corresponding wiki articles is a community effort. Example: The ''Descendancy Research: Related Materials'' course links to the corresponding wiki article. Also note that the wiki article links to a three-part video recording of the course.
-*Anyone can add the links from the Wiki to the Courses.
-==== [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list/ Historical Record Collections]  ====
-*Records page will often link to "How to Use this Collection”. This is a link to the wiki page. See [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Utah,_Salt_Lake_County_Death_Records_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records] as an example.
-*The Wiki articles that describe the usage of an historical record collection will also link back to the search option on FamilySearch so you can immediately conduct the search for your ancestors. You can easily identify an Historical Record article in the wiki because of the banner that appears at the top of every Historical Record article. For example: <br>
-{{FamilySearch Collection
-|CID=
-|title=Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949
-|location=United States
-|category=}}<br>
-==== [https://familysearch.org/indexing Worldwide Indexing]  ====
-*Pages in the wiki are created for indexing projects. Sometimes the current status of the project is noted on the wiki page. See FamilySearch Indexing: US, Texas-Birth Records, 1903-1934 as an example.
-*Indexing articles in the Wiki are easily identified with a banner that includes links to the indexing project. Within the banner you will see a link to the indexing site where you can begin participating.
-==== English Wiki Links to Spanish Wiki  ====
-*The ability to link an English wiki article to the corresponding article that resides in one of the language wiki's is a multi-language community effort. If you can read and translate in other languages, you could support the wiki by translating articles and adding the content to one of the other wikis.
-*For example, see the [[Peru Genealogy|Peru]] page in the English wiki. At the bottom of the page you will see a link to the corresponding page for [https://wiki.familysearch.org/es/Perú Perú] in the Spanish Wiki.
-*Currently, all inter-wiki links to other languages exist at the bottom of the page. If you do not see a link to another language, then you know that the page has not been translated.
-*Note that the Spanish wiki does not yet have the inter-wiki links to the English wiki.
-[[Image:Language links.png|center|Language links.png]]
-==== Related articles  ====
-*[[Help:User page|User page]]
-*An explanation of the [[FamilySearch Wiki:User page|User page]]
-*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Talk page guidelines|Guidelines for the talk page]]
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-== External Links  ==
-View the slide deck and details about the other RootsTech sessions at:
-*[http://lanyrd.com/2011/rootstech/ Lanyrd - the social conference directory]
-*[http://lanyrd.com/2011/rootstech/scwxw/ FamilySearch Community Tools Workshop] - on Lanyrd that includes the slide deck
-*[http://www.slideshare.net/franjensen/community-tools The slide deck on slide'''share'''.net]
+==== [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/ Forums]  ====
-[[Category:FamilySearch|FamilySearch]] [[Category:Social_Media]]
+*[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/forumdisplay.php?f=70 Locality forums] – when you cannot find the answer to your research question in the Wiki, click on the link to the Forums and ask your question. Someone will respond, and if details are available in the wiki, they will likely include a link to the article. There are forums for Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania, United Kingdom and Ireland.
+*[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/forumdisplay.php?f=87 Historical Records Forums] - the Historical Records on FamilySearch will often link to an article on the Wiki that describes in more detail how to use the collection. Sharing your own ideas for using the records will help others with their own research, plus it will preserve the knowledge you've gained through experience.
+*[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/forumdisplay.php?f=73 FamilySearch Indexing Forums] - Get help and also share your knowledge about indexing.
+*[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/forumdisplay.php?f=5 FamilySearch Wiki Forums] - Discuss using the wiki or report technical issues. Leave feedback or post suggestions regarding how the Wiki can improve. Plus, the newest forum is specifically for contributor's. On this forum you can ask questions about contributing, how to add or edits articles, etc.
+*Additional forums include: FamilySearch.org, new.FamilySearch.org, Family History Center Support, and Forums Feedback and Help.