Research Resources: Difference between revisions

VisualWikitext

Latest revision as of 13:08, 15 July 2025

Genealogical Research Instruction

Research Resources

Background[edit | edit source]

Listed below are some helpful genealogy research resources.

Beginning Genealogy[edit | edit source]

Start Your Family History
Organize Your Genealogy
Genealogy Research Process
Select Computer Software
Principles of Family History Research
More Research Helps
Poster: Identifying Your Ancestors, and Overcoming Hurdles - a process summary of multiple best-practice FamilySearch articles written by experienced genealogists, Expanded Printable References

Videos and Online Classes About How to Use the Wiki[edit | edit source]

Research Wiki Online Learning - List of online classes about using the Research Wiki for genealogical research.
Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki - webinar about how to use the Research Wiki
A Pro's Tip: Use the Research Wiki - tips for effectively using the Research Wiki RootsTech 2023
A Researcher's Golden Ticket: Using the Research Wiki - RootsTech 2023

Ask the Community for Help[edit | edit source]

There are online groups that allow you to ask genealogical questions and get help from other researchers.

FamilySearch Community - Research Groups by location
Other FamilySearch and Genealogy Research Groups - also links to Facebook research groups by location
Online Consultations - meet with a FamilySearch Library specialist for a 20 minute consultation

Research Tools[edit | edit source]

See Research Tools for more information.

Find Records by Place[edit | edit source]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{breadcrumb
+| link1=[[Genealogical Research Instruction]]
+| link2=
+| link3=
+| link4=
+| link5=[[Research Resources]]
+}}
+==Background==
 Listed below are some helpful genealogy research resources.
-===Beginning Genealogy===
+==Beginning Genealogy==
 *[[Begin your genealogy quest|Start Your Family History]]
@@ Line 11: / Line 21: @@
 *[[Media:Identifying Your Ancestors and Overcoming Hurdles.jpg|Poster: Identifying Your Ancestors, and Overcoming Hurdles]] - a process summary of multiple best-practice FamilySearch articles written by experienced genealogists, [[Media:Expanded References.pdf|Expanded Printable References]]
-===Videos and Online Classes About How to Use the Wiki===
+==Videos and Online Classes About How to Use the Wiki==
-*[[Wiki Wizard Videos|Wiki Wizard Videos Wiki Page]] - Five minute videos on how to use the Research Wiki and how to use it for genealogical research.
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/734 FamilySearch Research Wiki:What it Can Do for You!] - 47 minute webinar about how to use the Wiki
-===Research Tools===
+*[[Research Wiki Online Learning|Research Wiki Online Learning]] - List of online classes about using the Research Wiki for genealogical research.
+*[https://www.facebook.com/familysearchlibrary/videos/1737280040008448 Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki] - webinar about how to use the Research Wiki
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/a-pros-tip-use-the-research-wiki A Pro's Tip: Use the Research Wiki] - tips for effectively using the Research Wiki RootsTech 2023
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/a-researchers-golden-ticket-using-the-research-wiki A Researcher's Golden Ticket: Using the Research Wiki] - RootsTech 2023
-*[[Research Outlines|Research Outlines]]
+== Ask the Community for Help ==
-*[[Research Forms|Research Forms]]
+There are online groups that allow you to ask genealogical questions and get help from other researchers.
-*[[Census Records]]
+*[https://community.familysearch.org/en FamilySearch Community] - Research Groups by location
-*[[Birth and Death Date Calculators|Birth and Death Date Calculators]]
+*[[FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups|Other FamilySearch and Genealogy Research Groups]] - also links to Facebook research groups by location
-*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Using the Wiki in FamilySearch Centers|Using the Wiki in FamilySearch Centers]]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/online-consultations Online Consultations] - meet with a FamilySearch Library specialist for a 20 minute consultation
-*[[Online Genealogy Records by Location|Online Genealogy Records by Location]]
+==Research Tools==
-*[[Locating Online Databases Part One: FamilySearch Wiki Sources]]
-*[[Locating Online Databases Part Two: FamilySearch Historical and Library Records]]
-*[[Locating Online Databases Part Three: Digitized Books]]
-*[[Locating Online Databases Part Four: Internet Sources]]
-*[[Collecting Previous Research by Others Part One: Home and Relative Sources]]
-*[[Collecting Previous Research by Others Part Two: Online Family Tree Collections]]
-*[[Collecting Previous Research by Others Part Three: Digitized Books]]
-*[[Collecting Previous Research by Others Part Four: FamilySearch Wiki Tools]]
+*See [[Research Tools]] for more information.
-===Find Records by Place===
+==Find Records by Place==
 *[[United States Genealogy|United States]]