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| *[[Join a Facebook Research Community]] ('''New '''localities added!) | | *[[Join a Facebook Research Community]] ('''New '''localities added!) |
| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/England-Genealogy-Research-Community/183991398317906 England Genealogy Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Finland-Genealogy-Research-Community/193372724045988?ref=ts&sk=wall Finland Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Illinois-Genealogy-Research-Community/154024921331769?sk=wall Illinois Genealogy Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ireland-Genealogy-Research-Community/111217125636860?ref=ts&sk=wall Ireland Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Missouri-Genealogy-Research-Community/216269005073385 Missouri Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-Genealogy-Research-Community/130185953722196?sk=wall New York Genealogy Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Carolina-Genealogy-Research-Community/216323471741673?ref=ts&sk=wall North Carolina Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sweden-Genealogy-Research-Community/119750384772989?sk=wall Sweden Genealogy Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Genealogy-Research-Community/117055888382845?ref=ts&sk=wall Texas Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wales-Genealogy-Research-Community/224401064237715 Wales Research Community]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Virginia-Genealogy-Research-Community/230624450282663 West Virginia Research Community]
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| ==== FamilySearch Twitter Feeds ==== | | ==== FamilySearch Twitter Feeds ==== |
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| *[http://twitter.com/#!/FamilySearchInd FamilySearch Indexing Twitter Feed] | | *[http://twitter.com/#!/FamilySearchInd FamilySearch Indexing Twitter Feed] |
| *[https://twitter.com/#!/RecordsWiki FamilySearch Records Wiki] | | *[https://twitter.com/#!/RecordsWiki FamilySearch Records Wiki] |
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| ==== FamilySearch Skype Research Communities ====
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| *New York, United States
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| *Hemet, California, United States
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| *Mexico City, Mexico
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| *England
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| *Sweden
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| ==== FamilySearch YouTube Channel ==== | | ==== FamilySearch YouTube Channel ==== |
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| == Integration of Community Tools ==
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| ==== [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/ Forums] ====
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| *[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/ Social Groups] - One of the community features in the Forums is the social groups. From the "Community" drop-down menu select the "Social Groups" option. Currently there are six different types of social groups that can be created: [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?do=grouplist&cat=5 Ancestor], [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?do=grouplist&cat=2 Surname], [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?do=grouplist&cat=8 Organizations], [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?do=grouplist&cat=3 Family History Centers], [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?do=grouplist&cat=6 Indexing], [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?do=grouplist&cat=4 Wards or Stakes], plus [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/group.php?do=grouplist&cat=1 Uncategorized]. Join an existing group, or start one of your own. Take the time to view several groups to get ideas for how you can use this community tool.
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| *[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.
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| *[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.
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| *[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/forumdisplay.php?f=73 FamilySearch Indexing Forums] - Get help and also share your knowledge about indexing.
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| *[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.
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| ==== [https://learning.familysearch.org/researchcourses Research Courses] ==== | | ==== [https://learning.familysearch.org/researchcourses Research Courses] ==== |
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| == Finding Your Way Around the Wiki ==
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| ==== Search and Browse ====
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| *“What links here” on every page
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| == Self-Help ==
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| ==== Learn the Basics ====
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles]]
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Policies]]
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| *[[Help:Tour|Tour]]
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| *[[Help:Wiki Overview|Overview]]
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:Etiquette Guidelines|Etiquette Guidelines]]
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:FAQ|FAQs]]
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| ==== Learn How to Edit and Contribute ====
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| *[[Help:Contributor Help|Help: Edit and contribute]]
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| *[[Help:Editing a Page|Help: Editing a page]]
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| *[[FamilySearch Wiki:How To Demonstrations|Video tutorials]]
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| :#[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/FamilySearch/Wiki_Demos/En/videos.html?v=basic-editing Basic Editing]
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| :#[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/FamilySearch/Wiki_Demos/En/videos.html?v=creating-links Creating Links]
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| :#[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/FamilySearch/Wiki_Demos/En/videos.html?v=adding-images Adding Images]
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| :#[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/FamilySearch/Wiki_Demos/En/videos.html?v=create-new-page Creating a New Page]
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| == Help From Others ==
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| [http://forums.familysearch.org/en/ FamilySearch Forums]:
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| *Research Advice for Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania, United Kingdom and Ireland
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| *FamilySearch Support for FamilySearch.org, Historical Records Collections, Indexing, new FamilySearch, Wiki, Family History Centers, and Forums Feedback and Help.
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| *[https://help.familysearch.org/help/self-help FamilySearch Help]
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| == Authoring in the Wiki ==
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| *Connect with the community through your own user page. See examples of how other wiki contributors are connecting with others in the community through their user page and their user discussion page:
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| :[[User:Lembley|Lembley]]
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| :[[User:Cottrells|Cottrells]]
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| :[[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]]
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| :[[User:JensenFA|Fran]]
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| :[[User:VasquezJL|VasquezJL]]
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| :#How to [[Help:Submitting images for approval|submit images for approval]]
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| :#How to [[Help:Adding images to articles|add a photo to a wiki page]]
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| :#How to [[Help:Section|create section headings on a wiki page]]
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| :#How to [[Help:A quick guide to templates|use templates]]
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| :#How to [[Help:Create an internal link|create internal wiki links]]
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| :#How to [[Help:Create an external link|create external wiki links]]
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| ==== Content ideas for your user page ====
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| *Add a short biography
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| *Add user boxes (share more about yourself through these visual badges). See a [[FamilySearch Wiki:Userboxes|gallery]] of user boxes you can add to your page and the [[Help:Userbox|help page]] for instructions.
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| *Add links to the [[Projects Seeking Contributors|WikiProjects]] you are working on
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| *Add links to your Wiki [[Help:Subpages|Subpages]]
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| *Your own [[Template:Ahnentafel|pedigree chart]]
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| ==== Related articles ==== | | ==== Related articles ==== |