FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Copy Research Guidance and Help Content into the Wiki/International Content

International research content previously listed on the Task to Copy Research Guidance and Help Content page was moved to this page. The International research help content was originally available on FamilySearch.org and is in the process of being copied into the FamilySearch Research Wiki:

Letter-writing Guides

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Letter-writing Guides	Copy to Wiki	Sign up	% Done
Czech and Slovak	Only a link to the guide on FamilySearch.org has been added to the Wiki. The content itself still needs to be added.		0%
Finland	The content has been added to the Wiki, but a lot of formatting errors need fixing		90%
France	The guide needs to have the formatting errors fixed.		90%
Germany	The first 4 sections of the guide are not in the Wiki. (Introduction; Before You Write; Research By Mail; What To Expect) Are they needed? The rest of the guide has already been copied into the Wiki but formatting errors need to be fixed.		50%
Italy	yes		100%
Poland	All the content from the original PDF file was added to the Wiki. Some clean up with the formatting of tables still needs to be done.		90%
Portuguese	yes		100%
Spanish	Small sections of the guide have been copied into the Wiki. There is a lot of content that still needs to be copied and added to the Wiki.		30%

Other letter-writing guides added to the Wiki include: Bosnia, Croatia, Hercegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

Reference Documents

Reference Documents on FamilySearch	Wiki Article	Sign up	% Done	Reference Documents on FamilySearch	Wiki Article	Sign up	% Done
Baden, Germany Historical Background	yes	-	0%	Bayern, Germany Historical Background	yes	-	0%
Brandenburg, Germany, Historical Background	yes	-	0%	Braunschweig, Germany Historical Background	yes	-	0%
Denmark Historical Background	Denmark: History	N/A	100%	France Historical Background	France History	N/A	100%
Genealogical Handbook of German Research	yes	-	0%	Hannover, Germany Historical Background	yes	-	0%
Hessen, Germany Historical Background	yes	-	0%	Hessen-Nassau, Germany Historical Background	yes	-	0%
Hohenzollern, Germany Historical Background	yes	-	0%	Italy Historical Background	Italy History	N/A	100%
Lippe, Germany Historical Background	Cannot find a single article in the Wiki about Lippe history	-	0%	Mecklenburg, Germany Historical Background	yes	-	0%
Mexico Historical Background	Mexico History	N/A	100%	Netherlands Historical Background - make sure all the timeline entries were copied	Netherlands History	-	98%
Norway Historical Background	Norway History	N/A	100%	Oldenburg, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Oldenburg – Herzogtum (duchy) The portal exists, but not the history article	-	0%
Ostpreussen, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Prussia - Ostpreußen The portal exists, but not the history article	-	0%	Pommern, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Prussia - Pommern The portal exists, but not the history article	-	0%
Posen, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Prussia - Posen The portal exists, but not the history article	-	0%	Rheinland, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Prussia - Rheinland The portal exists, but not the history article	-	0%
Sachsen, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Prussia - Provinz Sachsen The portal exists, but not the history article	-	0%	Sachsen, Preussen, Germany Historical Background	Not sure about this one. Someone with German locality expertise needs to evaluate this one.	-	?
Schlesien, Preussen, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Prussia - Schlesien The portal exists, but not the history article	-	0%	Schleswig-Holstein, Preussen, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Prussia - Schleswig-Holstein The portal exists and so does a history article, but the article links to an article about the history of witches and sorcerers in the locality. The history as found on FamilySearch does not exist in the Wiki right now.	-	0%
Sweden Historical Background	Portal:Sweden The portal for Sweden exists, but an article about the history does not	-	0%	Thuringen, Germany Historical Background	Someone with German locality expertise needs to evaluate this one	-	?
Westfalen, Preussen, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Prussia - Westfalen The portal page exists, but not the history article	-	0%	Westpreussen, Preussen, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Prussia - Westpreußen The portal page exists, but not the history article	-	0%
Wurttemberg, Germany Historical Background	Portal:Württemberg – Königreich (kingdom) The portal page exists, but not the history article	-	0%	-	-	-	-

Resource Guides

Resource Guides on FamilySearch	Wiki Article	Sign up	% Done
Denmark, Finding Your Ancestors	This still needs to be added to the Wiki
Finding Records of Your Ancestors in Finland before 1900]	Yes, this still needs to be added to the Wiki		0%
Finding Records of Your Ancestors in France 1792 to 1880	Yes, this still needs to be added to the Wiki
Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934	Yes, this still needs to be added to the Wiki
Handwriting Guide: German Gothic	Yes, this still needs to be added to the Wiki
Iceland, Finding Your Ancestors	Yes, this still needs to be added to the Wiki
Italy, Finding Your Ancestors 1809 to 1910	Yes, this still needs to be added to the Wiki
Mexico, Finding Your Ancestors 1859-present	Yes, this still needs to be added to the Wiki
Norway, Finding Your Ancestors 1827 to 1900	Yes, this still needs to be added to the Wiki
Sweden, Finding Your Ancestors 1860 to 1920	Yes, this still needs to be added to the Wiki

Step by step Guides

International Step by step Guides

Step-by-step Guides	Guide in Wiki	Sign up	% Done	Step-by-step Guides	Guide in Wiki	Sign up	% Done
Denmark Church Record Christenings				Denmark, Church Record Christening 1771-1874
Denmark, Church Record Christening 1875-Present				Denmark, Church Record Marriage 1572-1770
Denmark, Church Record Marriage 1771-1873				Denmark, Church Record Marriage 1874-Present
Denmark, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present				Denmark, Civil Registration Marriage 1874-Present
France Church Record Baptisms				France, Church Record Baptism 1792-Present
France, Church Record Marriage 1564 -1791				France, Church Record Marriage 1792-Present
France, Civil Registration Birth 1792-Present				France, Civil Registration Marriage 1792-Present
How to Use the Netherlands Gazetteer				How to Use the Norwegian Gazetteer
Italy Church Record Baptism 1809-1865				Italy Church Record Baptism 1866-Present
Italy Church Record Christenings				Italy Civil Registration Birth 1809-1865
Italy Civil Registration Birth 1866-Present				Italy, Church Record Marriage 1520-1808
Italy, Church Record Marriage 1809-1865				Italy, Church Record Marriage 1866-Present
Italy, Civil Registration Marriage 1809-1865				Italy, Civil Registration Marriage 1866-Present
Mexico Church Record Baptism				Mexico, Church Record Baptism 1859-Present
Mexico, Church Record Marriage 1530-1858				Mexico, Church Record Marriage 1859-Present
Mexico, Church Record Marriage Information 1530-1858				Mexico, Church Record Marriage Information 1859-Present
Mexico, Civil Registration Birth 1859-Present				Mexico, Civil Registration Marriage 1859-Present
Netherlands Church Record Christenings				Netherlands Church Record Marriage 1550-1810
Netherlands, Civil Registration Birth 1811-Present				Netherlands, Civil Registration Marriage 1811-Present
Norway Church Record Christenings				Norway, Church Record Christening 1814-Present
Norway, Church Record Marriage 1500-1813				Norway, Church Record Marriage 1814-Present
Sweden Church Record Christenings				Sweden, Church Record Christening 1860-Present
Sweden, Church Record Clerical Survey 1500-1859				Sweden, Church Record Clerical Survey 1860-Present
Sweden, Church Record Marriage 1500-1859				Sweden, Church Record Marriage 1860-Present
Sweden, Civil Registration Birth 1860-Present				Sweden, Civil Registration Marriage 1860-Present

Step-by-step Guides for Germany

Everyone of these articles were imported into the Wiki when the Wiki was first implemented. Since then every article has was either deleted or edited beyond recognition by members of the Wiki community. As an example, see Schleswig-Holstein, Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Strategies. The step-by-step guides for German research that are listed here should be added back into the Wiki. Note that many of the titles for these articles in FamilySearch include diacritics, especially in the place names. When adding these guides to the Wiki, DO NOT use diacritics in the title of the articles.

Step-by-step Guides	Guide in Wiki	Sign up	% Done
Baden, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875 - Present
Baden, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Baden, Germany, Church Record Family Register 1500-1874
Baden, Germany, Church Record Family Register 1875-Present
Baden, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Baden, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Baden, Germany, Civil Registration 1875-Present
Baden, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Bayern, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Bayern, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Bayern, Germany, Church Record Family Register 1500-1874
Bayern, Germany, Church Record Family Register 1875-Present
Bayern, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Bayern, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Bayern, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Bayern, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Braunschweig, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Braunschweig, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Braunschweig, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Braunschweig, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Braunschweig, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Braunschweig, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Determining a Place of Origin in Germany
Hannover Preußen Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Hannover, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Hannover, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Hannover, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Hannover, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Hannover, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Hessen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Hessen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Hessen, Germany, Church Record Family Register 1500-1874
Hessen, Germany, Church Record Family Registry 1875-Present
Hessen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Hessen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Hessen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Hessen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Family Registry 1500-1874
Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Family Registry 1875-Present
Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
How to Use the Württemberg Gazetteer
Lippe, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875 - Present
Lippe, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Lippe, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Lippe, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875 - Present
Lippe, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Mecklenburg, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Mecklenburg, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Mecklenburg, Germany, Church Record Family Register 1500-1874
Mecklenburg, Germany, Church Record Family Register 1875-Present
Mecklenburg, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Mecklenburg, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Mecklenburg, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Mecklenburg, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Oldenburg, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Oldenburg, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Oldenburg, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Oldenburg, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Oldenburg, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Oldenburg, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Pommern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Pommern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Pommern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Pommern, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Pommern, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Pommern, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Posen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Posen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Posen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Posen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Posen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Posen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Rheinland, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Rheinland, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Rheinland, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Family Registry 1500-1874
Rheinland, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Family Registry 1875-Present
Rheinland, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Rheinland, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Rheinland, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Rheinland, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Sachsen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Sachsen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Sachsen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Sachsen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Sachsen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Sachsen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Sachsen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Sachsen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Sachsen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Sachsen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Sachsen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Sachsen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Schlesien, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Schlesien, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Schlesien, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Schlesien, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Schlesien, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Schlesien, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany , Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Family Register 1500-1874
Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Family Registry 1875-Present
Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Thüringen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875 - Present
Thüringen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Thüringen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Thüringen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Thüringen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875 - Present
Thüringen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Westfalen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Westfalen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Westfalen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Westfalen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Westfalen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Westfalen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875-Present
Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Christenings
Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1500-1874
Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Church Record Marriage 1875-Present
Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Birth 1875-Present
Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present
Württemberg, Germany, Church Record Christening 1875 to the Present
Württemberg, Germany, Church Record Christenings, 1500 to 1874
Württemberg, Germany, Church Record Family Register 1875-Present
Württemberg, Germany, Church Record Marriages 1875-Present
Württemberg, Germany, Church Record Marriages, 1500-1874
Württemberg, Germany, Church Records Family Register 1500-1874
Württemberg, Germany, Civil Registration Births 1875 to the Present
Württemberg, Germany, Civil Registration Marriage 1875-Present

Research Guidance

Research Guidance for Germany

       

FamilySearch Content	Wiki Article	Sign up	% Complete
Determining a place of origin in Germany
Baden, Germany
Bayern, Germany
Brandenburg, Germany
Braunschweig, Germany
Hannover, Preußen, Germany
Hessen, Germany
Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany
Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany
Lippe, Germany
Mecklenburg, Germany
Oldenburg, Germany
Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany
Pommern, Preußen, Germany
Posen, Preußen, Germany
Rheinland, Preußen, Germany
Sachsen, Germany
Sachsen, Preußen, Germany
Schlesien, Preußen, Germany
Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany
Thüringen, Germany
Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany
Württemberg, Germany

Research Guidance for Other International Areas

FamilySearch Content	Wiki Articles	Sign up	% complete
Denmark
France
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden

Word Lists

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Word Lists on FamilySearch	Word Lists on Wiki	Sign up	% Done	Word Lists on FamilySearch	Word Lists on Wiki	Sign up	% Done
Czech	FamilySearch only has a pdf file online. All content from the pdf file has been added to the wiki, but the pdf itself has not been added. Should the pdf be removed?		0%	Danish	Only the first page of content has been added. All general words, numbers, dates and times have not been added to the Wiki yet.		1%
Dutch	Only the first page of content has been added. All general words, numbers, dates and times have not been added to the Wiki yet.		1%	Finnish	yes		0%
French	Only the first page of content has been added. All general words, numbers, dates and times have not been added to the Wiki yet. The page title is "France Language and Languages" not "French Genealogical Word List" as it is in FamilySearch.		1%	German	Only the first page of content has been added. All general words, numbers, dates and times have not been added to the Wiki yet.		1%
Hungarian	FamilySearch only has a pdf file online. All content from the pdf file has been added to the wiki, but the pdf itself was not uploaded and is not needed, right? If the PDF file is not needed, then this task is 100% complete		99%	Icelandic	FamilySearch only has a pdf file online. All content from the pdf file has been added to the wiki, but the pdf itself has not been added.		100%
Italian	yes		100%	Latin	Only the first page of content has been added. All general words, numbers, dates and times have not been added to the Wiki yet.		1%
Norwegian	Only the first page of content has been added. All general words, numbers, dates and times have not been added to the Wiki yet. The page also links to the word list on FamilySearch. This link needs to be deleted after all the content is added to the Wiki.		1%	Polish	Only the first page of content has been added. All general words, numbers, dates and times have not been added to the Wiki yet. The article title in the Wiki is "Poland Language and Languages" not "Polish Genealogical Word List" as it is in FamilySearch. Several links to other genealogical word lists need to be changed to link to the word lists in the Wiki and not on FamilySearch.		1%
Portuguese	The first page of content from FamilySearch and the numbers, dates and times section of content has been added to the Wiki. All the words listed in the General Words section has not been added to the Wiki.		5%	Spanish	yes, it needs to be copied (I thought it was added months ago, but now I can't find it.)		0%
Swedish	Only the first page of content has been added. All general words, numbers, dates and times have not been added to the Wiki yet. The page title is "Sweden: Language and Languages" not "Swedish Genealogical Word List" as it is in FamilySearch.