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== FamilySearch Wiki is... == | == FamilySearch Wiki is... == | ||
[[Image:Rewrite.png|right|75px|Write about]] FamilySearch Wiki is a tool people can use to learn how to find their ancestors. It offers information on how to find, use, and analyze records of genealogical value. The site’s content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate researchers and experts.<ref>Today FamilySearch Wiki’s beginner content is quite sparse. Therefore, we will add research guidance, otherwise known as resolution flows or reference interviews, to enable beginners to find good research advice without having to know genealogical methodology or lingo. We will achieve this in a low-tech fashion without having to code anything new in the application.</ref> | [[Image:Rewrite.png|right|75px|Write about]] FamilySearch Wiki is a tool people can use to learn how to find their ancestors. It offers information on how to find, use, and analyze records of genealogical value. The site’s content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate researchers and experts.<ref>Today FamilySearch Wiki’s beginner content is quite sparse. Therefore, we will add research guidance, otherwise known as resolution flows or reference interviews, to enable beginners to find good research advice without having to know genealogical methodology or lingo. We will achieve this in a low-tech fashion without having to code anything new in the application.</ref> | ||
Some suitable types of content for the wiki are: | |||
*Links to online sites that can be used to search for ancestor's names<br> (see an example of an [[Minnesota Online Genealogy Records|online record]] page. | |||
*Instructions on how to find, use and analyze records that are genealogically useful. | *Instructions on how to find, use and analyze records that are genealogically useful. | ||
*Historical definitions of legal terms, occupations and other terms that are useful to genealogists. | *Historical definitions of legal terms, occupations and other terms that are useful to genealogists. | ||
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[[Image:Important.png|right|75px|Avoid inappropriate topics]] | [[Image:Important.png|right|75px|Avoid inappropriate topics]] | ||
*A place to post (or find) information or images about a specific ancestor. | *A place to post (or find) information or images about a specific ancestor although there are articles that list the appropriate links to websites for these activities <br>(see [[Searching Genealogy Names]]). | ||
*A place to post data sets and genealogical records, such as obituaries, military histories, or transcriptions of record sources. | *A place to post data sets and genealogical records, such as obituaries, military histories, or transcriptions of record sources. | ||
*A collection of product reviews. | *A collection of product reviews. | ||