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#'''Go to the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog].''' | #'''Go to the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog].''' | ||
#("Places" is the default search option. If it does not appear, select it from the drop-down menu.)<br> | #("Places" is the default search option. If it does not appear, select it from the drop-down menu.)<br> | ||
#'''Type the locality.''' The catalog organizes places from the largest jurisdiction in a place-name to the smallest. Generally, the pattern is country, state or province, county (where applicable), city or town. Places in the United States and Canada do not have a country level. The locality can be entered in reverse order to obtain the same results.<br> | #'''Type the locality.''' The catalog organizes places from the largest jurisdiction in a place-name to the smallest. Generally, the pattern is country, state or province, county (where applicable), city or town. Places in the United States and Canada do not have a country level. The locality can be entered in reverse order to obtain the same results.<br>As you slowly type a phrase into the '''Places''' search box, possible matches will appear in a drop-down list below it. Click on the match that best matches the locality you seek. | ||
#'''Click''' '''Search''' (even if the locality was selected from the drop-down menu).<br> | #'''Click''' '''Search''' (even if the locality was selected from the drop-down menu).<br> | ||
#'''Click a topic''', such as Church records. (See also [[Locality Subject Subdivisions]].) | #'''Click a topic''', such as Church records. (See also [[Locality Subject Subdivisions]].) | ||