FamilySearch Wiki:How To Demonstrations

Searching

• Searching the Research Wiki: shows a step-by-step process to begin using and searching the wiki.
  

Contributing

• Editing a Wiki Article: shows how to do basic editing of an existing page, including adding a category.
• Creating Links: shows how to create internal and external links.
• Adding Images: shows how to submit and insert images into a page.
• Adding Citations: shows how to add reference citations to a page.
• Using Templates: shows how to find and add a template to a page.
• Creating a Wiki Article: shows how to name and start a new page.
  
• Watching Wiki Articles: shows how to watch for changes to a page.
• Webinar by Michael Ritchey: Leveraging the Power of "We": a Watershed Event in Discovering Where to Find Your Ancestors (Research Wiki, Research Courses, and FamilySearch Forums). Today we're experiencing a watershed event in genealogy: the rapid publication of our ancestors' original records online. The pace of digitization and the number of organizations doing it is constantly increasing. That presents a challenge. As genealogists, it is very difficult for us to keep up with all the new records being made available online. We need some way to keep up with the availability of new records so that we can be constantly aware of the best sources to use and how to use them. That need is sparking another watershed event: a movement to leverage the Power of We. All of us learn new things about record availability and methodology. Why not share this knowledge with others who need it? This webinar is about how we as a genealogical community can join forces, leverage the Power of We, and use the Wiki and Forums at FamilySearch.org as tools to provide the research guidance all of us need.
  

Need additional help?

Review lots of helps for editing and contributing here.

Ask any of your family history questions on the Forums. There are two main sections of the forums of interest to Wiki Users:

• Researching your family? Go to the Research Forums for advice as you research your family.
• Contributing to the Wiki? Ask a question of other contributors on the Wiki Forums.

There, others will see and answer the questions you may have. You do not need to be a registered user to join in the conversations there. Feel free to browse questions and help out your fellow community members.

To access available information, first log into FamilySearch.