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{{WikiProjects}} This is a list of the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] that are currently active and working on content. Project teams are always seeking additional community members to help with their projects, so feel free to join a group and have fun!
#REDIRECT [[Get Involved in Wiki Projects]]
 
If you would like help with organizing a new FamilySearch WikiProject, please [https://www.familysearch.org/help/?wicket:bookmarkablePage=:org.familysearch.help.helpcenter.page.OpenCase contact FamilySearch] or ask for help in the [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/forumdisplay.php?f=56 Contributor Help forums].
 
== Creating New Projects  ==
 
If you would like to create a new project, follow the naming conventions for WikiProjects to help make your project easy to find:
 
#The name of the project should begin with the word "FamilySearch Wiki" and followed by a colon:
#After the colon type the word "WikiProject"
#Then type the name of the project. Example: FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah
#Be sure to add the new project to the list below, under the subject heading that is related to the new project:
 
For more details about naming new WikiProject pages, see [[FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages|FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages]]
 
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== FamilySearch Records Project  ==
 
==== Historical Records Wiki Pages  ====
 
[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject FamilySearch Records|FamilySearch Records]] -- add content to articles describing collections on FamilySearch Historical Records
 
==== FamilySearch Indexing Projects  ====
 
:*[[FamilySearch Indexing Updates]]
:*[[:Category:FamilySearch Indexing]]
 
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== United States Wiki Projects  ==
 
{| class="sortable FCK__ShowTableBorders"
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! Project
! Description
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject United States|United States]]
| adding content that relates to the whole of the [[United States]]. Also scoping of tasks so that they are consistent throughout US State and US County pages.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Idaho|Idaho]]
| adding content to the county pages of [[Idaho]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indians of North America|Indians of North America]]
| The [[Indians of North America]], including their history, types of records, the location of those records, web sites of interest, and much more
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Maryland News and Events|Maryland News and Events]]
| needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events relating to Maryland and link to them from the News and Events section of the [[Maryland|Maryland Portal]].
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New York|New York]]
| cleaning, correcting links, adding content to the county pages of [[New York]].
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| [[FamilySearch WikiProject:Rural Records of the Southern United States|Rural Records of the Southern United States]]
| [[User:Marklowe|J. Mark Lowe]]’s rural and agricultural records project
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records|U.S. Vital Records]]
| Rewriting the [[United States Vital Records|U.S. Vital Records]] page and all the state vital records pages
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah|Utah]]
| Adding content to the county pages of [[Utah|Utah]].
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject County Page Template|County Page Template]]
| Although most United States county pages have already been created this project will serve to document the basic elements that seem to make a good county page and provide ideas for continued improvement.
|}
 
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== Europe Wiki Projects  ==
 
{| class="sortable"
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! Project
! Description
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Sweden|Sweden]]
| A collaborative effort to improve the coverage of [[Sweden]]-related articles on FamilySearch Research Wiki.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ireland Court Records|Ireland Court Records]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England|England]]
| Tasks await [[England|English]] experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Wales Parish Template|Wales Parish Template]]
| An effort to design parish pages that address the needs of Welsh family historians.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Wales|Wales]]
| adding content for articles about [[Wales]]
|}
 
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== Improving Your Wiki User Page Project  ==
 
==== The Professional Genealogist User Page Project  ====
 
The [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Professional Genealogists|Professional Genealogists]] wiki project will help professional genealogical researchers market their services for free on their user pages.
 
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== Wiki Content Improvement Projects  ==
 
{| class="sortable"
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! Project
! Description
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject Linking Wiki Articles Mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the Main PERSI Article|PERSI Linking Project]]
| Link wiki articles mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the main PERSI article
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|BYU Books Archive Linking Project]]
| WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives. Needs volunteers to link wiki pages to digitized county and state histories on the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php BYU Family History Archives] site.
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| [[Julian and Gregorian Calendars|Julian and Gregorian Calendar Project]]
| The page is an article with very little content. Work with others or by yourself to improve the information on this page.
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| [[Barbour Collection|Barbour Collection Project]]
| A small article that needs lots of improvement! Work with others or by yourself to improve the content on this page.
|}
 
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== Wiki Development Projects ==
 
{| class="sortable"
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! Project
! Description
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject portals to un-portals|Portals to un-portals]]
| All portal pages on the wiki need to be converted to un-portal pages. Questions can be directed to [[User talk:Laraleepn|Laralee]]
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| [[Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content|Research Guidance and Help Content]]
| Copying Research Guidance and Help Content from FamilySearch.org into the Wiki.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New Common Taxonomy|Topic Taxonomy Project]]
| Establishing a new taxonomy to be used as the way to structure topics on the Wiki.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki|Place Standards Project]]
| Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki
|}
 
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== Wiki Support  ==
 
[[Image:Broom icon.png|right|40px]][[FamilySearch_Wiki:Wiki_Support|Wiki Support]] - Join the Support project team whose members:
 
#Help contributors who make the wiki a better place to do research
#Keep the wiki clean by doing maintenance work in the wiki
#Help community members work together&nbsp;

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