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This article sets out a '''''suggested''''' common {{wpd|taxonomy}} to be used in the FamilySearch Wiki. Applying a common taxonomy is a way to help structure topics and [[Wiki Categories|Wiki Categories]] that will result in a consistent approach and enable users to navigate topics easily.
== New Common Taxonomy  ==


=== Birth, Marriage and Death  ===
The addition of the third and fourth levels in this taxonomy is a work in progress.


:[[:Category:Bible Records|Bible records]]
=== Birth, Marriage and Death ===
:[[:Category:Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
 
::National cemeteries  
:Bible records  
:[[:Category:Church Records|Church records]]
:Cemeteries  
:[[:Category:Civil Registration|Civil registration]]
::National cemeteries
:Church records  
:Civil registration  
:Funeral records  
:Funeral records  
:[[:Category:Obituaries|Obituaries]]
:Obituaries  
:[[:Category:Town Records|Town records]]
:Town records  
::Registers of births, etc.  
::Registers of births, etc.
::Marriage  
::Marriage
::Marriage records  
::Marriage records
::Divorce records  
::Divorce records
::Registers of dead  
::Registers of dead
:[[:Category:Vital Records|Vital records]]<br><br>
:Vital records<br><br>


=== Business Records and Occupations ===
=== Business Records and Occupations ===


:[[:Category:Agriculture|Agriculture]]
:Agriculture
:[[:Category:Business and Occupations|Business and Occupations]]
:Business records and commerce
<br>
::Business records
::Commerce
::Pensions
::Insurance, Fire
:Industries:
:Livestock brands
::Cattle brands
:Occupations
::Note: numerous occupations are at the third and fourth levels. Each one will be added to this list after the page itself is redesigned.<br><br>


=== Census, Taxation, and Voter Lists ===
=== Census, Taxation, and Voter Lists ===


:[[:Category:Census|Census]]
:Census
:[[:Category:Taxation|Taxation]]
:Household registration:  
:[[:Category:Voting Records|Voting Records]]<br><br>
:Registers
:Taxation
::Appropriations and expenditures
::Church tax
:Voting registers<br><br>


=== Church History ===
=== Church History ===


:[[:Category:Bible Records|Bible Records]]
:Bible
:[[:Category:Church Directories|Church Directories]]
:Church property
:[[:Category:Church History|Church History]]
:Clergy
:[[:Category:Religions|Religions]]
:Dissenters, Religious
::Salzburgers
:Martyrs:
:Missions
:Monasticism and religious orders
:Protestant churches:  
:Religion and religious life
::Religious drama
::Passion-plays
:Religious trusts
:Temples<br><br>


=== Court, Land, and Wills ===
=== Court, Land, and Wills ===


:[[:Category:Adoption|Adoption]]
:Adoption
:[[:Category:Court Records|Court Records]]
::Wills
:[[:Category:Guardianship Records|Guardianship Records]]
:Castles
:[[:Category:Land and Property|Land and Property]]
:Court records
:[[:Category:Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
::Courts
:[[:Category:Probate Records|Probate Records]]
::Manorial courts
:[[:Category:Public Records|Public Records]]
::Grand jury
::Jury
::Witchcraft
:Dwellings
:Guardianship  
:Historic buildings
::Architecture
::Hotels, taverns, etc.
::Buildings
:Jury duty
::Jurors
:Land and property
::Land tenure
::Land grants
::Landowners
::Mortgage loans
::Indian land transfers
::Oil and gas leases
:Manors
:Notarial records
:Probate records
:Public records
:Witchcraft<br><br>


=== Directories ===
=== Directories ===
::Directories
:::Church directories
:::Telephone
:::Telephone directories<br><br>


::[[:Category:Directories|Directories]]
=== Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups ===
:::[[:Category:Church Directories|Church Directories]]
 
=== Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups ===


:Abolitionists  
:Abolitionists  
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:Hessians  
:Hessians  
:Indian allotments  
:Indian allotments  
::Indians of Central America  
::Indians of Central America
::Indians of Mexico  
::Indians of Mexico
::Indians of South America  
::Indians of South America
::Native people of New Zealand  
::Native people of New Zealand
::Native people of Polynesia  
::Native people of Polynesia
::Australian aborigines  
::Australian aborigines
:Native races<br><br>  
:Native races<br><br>
:Religion and religious life  
:Religion and religious life  
::Albigenses:  
::Albigenses:  
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::Baptists<br><br>
::Baptists<br><br>


=== Family Trees ===
=== Family Trees ===
 
:[[:Category:Family Trees|Family Trees]]
::[[:Category:Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
::[[:Category:Mayflower Colonists|Mayflower Colonists]]
::[[:Category:Nobility|Nobility]]
 
=== Geographic Aids  ===


:[[:Category:Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
:Family
:[[:Category:Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
:Genealogy
:[[:Category:Maps|Maps]]
:Household records
:Mayflower (Ship)
:Nobility
:Visitations, Heraldic<br><br>


=== Histories, Memories, and Stories  ===
=== Geographic Aids ===


:[[:Category:Biographies|Biographies]]
:Atlases
:[[:Category:Dates and Calendars|Dates and Calendars]]
:Census districts
:[[:Category:Children|Children]]
:Cities and towns
:[[:Category:Disasters|Disasters]]
:Description and travel
:[[:Category:History and Geography|History and Geography]]
:Gazetteers
:[[:Category:Histories|Histories]]
:Geography  
:[[:Category:Law and Legislation|Law and Legislation]]
:Maps
:[[:Category:Portraits|Portraits]]
:Postal and shipping guides<br><br>
:[[:Category:Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
:[[:Category:Women|Women]]<br><br>


=== Institutions  ===
=== Histories, Memories, and Stories ===


:[[:Category:Crime and Punishment|Crime and Punishment]]
:Biography
:[[:Category:Medical Records|Medical Records]]
:Calendars
:[[:Category:Orphans and Orphanages|Orphans and Orphanages]]
:Centennial celebrations, etc.
:[[:Category:Poor and Welfare Records|Poor and Welfare Records]]
:Children
:Collected works
:Disasters
:Elderly
:Epitaphs
:Folklore
:Historical events and periods
:History
:Law and legislation
:Photographs
:Politics and government
:Portraits
:Riots
:Social life and customs
:Women<br><br>


<br><br>
===Institutions ===


=== Instruction and Methodology  ===
:Crime and criminals
:Medical
:Medical records
:Orphans and orphanages
:Poorhouses, poor law, etc.
:Schools<br><br>


:[[:Category:Education|Education]]
=== Instruction and Methodology ===
:[[:Category:Genetic Research|Genetic Research]]


=== Migration and Citizenship  ===
:Education
:Genetic research
:Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br><br>


:[[:Category:Colonial Records|Colonial Records]]
=== Migration and Citizenship ===
:[[:Category:Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
:[[:Category:Migration Routes|Migration Routes]]
:[[:Category:Migration|Migration]]
:[[:Category:Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
:[[:Category:Passport Records|Passport Records]]
:[[:Category:Ships|Ships]]


=== Military  ===
:Aliens
:Colonies
:Emigration and immigration
:Immigrants
:Migration, Internal
:Naturalization and citizenship
:Passports
:Ship registers
:Ships
:Transportation<br><br>


:[[:Category:Military Records|Military Records]]
=== Military ===


=== Newspapers and Periodicals  ===
:Casualties
:Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
:Military art and science
:Military history
:Military parks
:Military records
:Military religious orders
:Prisoners of war
:Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
:Soldiers
:Treaties
:Veterans
:War crimes
:Wars, battles, and armies
:Warships<br><br>


:[[:Category:Newspapers|Newspapers]]
=== Newspapers and Periodicals ===
:[[:Category:Periodicals|Periodicals]]<br><br>


=== Reference Materials and Finding Aids  ===
:Editorials:
:Newspapers
:Periodicals<br><br>


:[[:Category:Encyclopedias and Dictionaries|Encyclopedias and Dictionaries]]
=== Reference Materials and Finding Aids ===
:[[:Category:Handwriting|Handwriting]]
:[[:Category:Language and Handwriting|Language and Handwriting]]
:[[:Category:Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]


=== Repositories  ===
:Abbreviations
:Almanacs
:Bibliography
:Books
:Encyclopedias and dictionaries
:Ethnology
:Handwriting
:Information storage and retrieval systems
:Language and languages
:Manuscripts
:Names
:Numismatics<br><br>


:[[:Category:Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
=== Repositories ===
:[[:Category:Inventories|Inventories]]
:[[:Category:Societies|Societies]]


=== Schools  ===
:Archives and libraries
:Inventories, registers, catalogs
:Societies
:Websites<br><br>


:[[:Category:Schools and Education|Schools and Education]]
=== Other ===


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[[Category:Wiki technical]]

Revision as of 16:04, 14 July 2011

New Common Taxonomy[edit | edit source]

The addition of the third and fourth levels in this taxonomy is a work in progress.

Birth, Marriage and Death[edit | edit source]

Bible records
Cemeteries
National cemeteries
Church records
Civil registration
Funeral records
Obituaries
Town records
Registers of births, etc.
Marriage
Marriage records
Divorce records
Registers of dead
Vital records

Business Records and Occupations[edit | edit source]

Agriculture
Business records and commerce
Business records
Commerce
Pensions
Insurance, Fire
Industries:
Livestock brands
Cattle brands
Occupations
Note: numerous occupations are at the third and fourth levels. Each one will be added to this list after the page itself is redesigned.

Census, Taxation, and Voter Lists[edit | edit source]

Census
Household registration:
Registers
Taxation
Appropriations and expenditures
Church tax
Voting registers

Church History[edit | edit source]

Bible
Church property
Clergy
Dissenters, Religious
Salzburgers
Martyrs:
Missions
Monasticism and religious orders
Protestant churches:
Religion and religious life
Religious drama
Passion-plays
Religious trusts
Temples

Court, Land, and Wills[edit | edit source]

Adoption
Wills
Castles
Court records
Courts
Manorial courts
Grand jury
Jury
Witchcraft
Dwellings
Guardianship
Historic buildings
Architecture
Hotels, taverns, etc.
Buildings
Jury duty
Jurors
Land and property
Land tenure
Land grants
Landowners
Mortgage loans
Indian land transfers
Oil and gas leases
Manors
Notarial records
Probate records
Public records
Witchcraft

Directories[edit | edit source]

Directories
Church directories
Telephone
Telephone directories

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

Abolitionists
Acadians
Africans
Hessians
Indian allotments
Indians of Central America
Indians of Mexico
Indians of South America
Native people of New Zealand
Native people of Polynesia
Australian aborigines
Native races

Religion and religious life
Albigenses:
Amish
Anabaptists
Anglicans
Armenian Church
Augustinians
Baptists

Family Trees[edit | edit source]

Family
Genealogy
Household records
Mayflower (Ship)
Nobility
Visitations, Heraldic

Geographic Aids[edit | edit source]

Atlases
Census districts
Cities and towns
Description and travel
Gazetteers
Geography
Maps
Postal and shipping guides

Histories, Memories, and Stories[edit | edit source]

Biography
Calendars
Centennial celebrations, etc.
Children
Collected works
Disasters
Elderly
Epitaphs
Folklore
Historical events and periods
History
Law and legislation
Photographs
Politics and government
Portraits
Riots
Social life and customs
Women

Institutions[edit | edit source]

Crime and criminals
Medical
Medical records
Orphans and orphanages
Poorhouses, poor law, etc.
Schools

Instruction and Methodology[edit | edit source]

Education
Genetic research
Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Migration and Citizenship[edit | edit source]

Aliens
Colonies
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Migration, Internal
Naturalization and citizenship
Passports
Ship registers
Ships
Transportation

Military[edit | edit source]

Casualties
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Military art and science
Military history
Military parks
Military records
Military religious orders
Prisoners of war
Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Soldiers
Treaties
Veterans
War crimes
Wars, battles, and armies
Warships

Newspapers and Periodicals[edit | edit source]

Editorials:
Newspapers
Periodicals

Reference Materials and Finding Aids[edit | edit source]

Abbreviations
Almanacs
Bibliography
Books
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Ethnology
Handwriting
Information storage and retrieval systems
Language and languages
Manuscripts
Names
Numismatics

Repositories[edit | edit source]

Archives and libraries
Inventories, registers, catalogs
Societies
Websites

Other[edit | edit source]