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Become a FamilySearch Research Wiki Contributor[edit | edit source]

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-[[File:Erie Canal, Lock 32.jpg|thumb|Erie Canal Lock 32]]
+== Become a FamilySearch Research Wiki Contributor ==
-The Erie Canal in New York allowed boats from [[New York, United States Genealogy|New York]] City on the Hudson River to reach rural upstate New York and Lake Erie. Eventually the Great Lakes were also connected to the Ohio River and Mississippi River systems by other canals. As canals developed in America settlers were attracted to nearby communities because the canals provided access to markets. They could sell their products at distant markets, and buy products made far away. If an ancestor settled near a canal, you may be able to trace back to a place of origin on a connecting waterway.
+The FamilySearch Research Wiki is a free, online genealogical guide that lists websites, explains records, gives research strategies, and suggests other resources to help you find your ancestors from countries around the world. The Research Wiki is a community project, and we welcome all of those interested in sharing their genealogical knowledge to add to the Wiki.
-==Historical Background==
+== Share your knowledge ==
+You can help us by adding content to the Research Wiki to help others.  This can be done through fixing broken URLs, adding content about a record type, listing new resources available or giving strategies for locating records. <br>
+<br>There are different ways you can add this information:
-The construction of the Erie Canal began in '''1817'''. As more Irish laborers arrived the pace of construction picked up and overcame significant barriers. For example, during summer construction in a marsh, 1,000 workers died of swamp fever, so survivors were moved to another part of the canal until winter when it was safer to work in the frozen marsh. Sections of the canal opened as follows:
+=== Submit Wiki Content ===
+If you would like to submit a resource, URL, or even a paragraph on a topic in the Research Wiki, you can use our [[FamilySearch Wiki:Content Submission Form|online form]].  A volunteer will add the information to the Research Wiki in the appropriate place.
-*1819 Rome to Utica
+=== Report a Problem ===
-*1820 Utica to Syracuse
+Found some incorrect information on the Wiki? You can either [[FamilySearch:Contributing to the Wiki#Edit Directly to the Wiki|edit the Wiki]] yourself as listed below or [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhFHS21uSFf6MjdS17ApKW03CQtFcXgmeNdRRwBYNMy9YSPA/viewform?c=0&w=1 fill out this form]. A Wiki volunteer will fix the information for you.
-*1823 Brockport to Albany ([[Champlain Canal]] connecting the Hudson River to Lake Champlain was completed at the same time)
-*1824 Lockport locks
-*1825 Onondaga Ridge finishing the entire canal.
-The Erie Canal contributed to the wealth and importance of New York City, Buffalo, and New York State. It increased trade throughout the nation by opening eastern and overseas markets to Midwestern farm products and enabling migration to the West. New ethnic Irish communities formed in towns along the canal, as Irish immigrants were a large portion of labor force involved in its construction.<ref name=":0">Wikipedia contributors, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal Erie Canal]" in Wikipedia: ''The Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 15 April 2011).</ref>
+=== Edit Directly to the Wiki ===
+To edit the wiki, you must be assigned the wiki role of editor and page creator. You need only request this once. Once you are an editor and page creator, you will remain so as long as you follow Wiki Guidelines and Policies. To request to be an editor of the Wiki, click [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerHi0w9a0wRla8104bwH4oLHFYXu2f1ytNafRdRw8umoTWHg/viewform here].  Once your FamilySearch account is verified and the role of editor and page creator is granted, you should receive an email within 48 hours confirming your editing status.
-The [http://www.eriecanal.org Erie Canal website] and the {{FHL|181733|title-id|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}  have more information about the history of the Erie Canal.
+== More Information About Editing the Wiki ==
+There are many Wiki Help articles teaching you how to edit the Wiki:
+*[[Help:Editing a Page|Edit a Wiki Page]]
+*[[Help:VisualEditor|Editing a Wiki Page using VisualEditor]]
+*[[Help:Links|Adding Website Links]]
+*[[Help:Editing the Wiki|More editing wiki articles]]
+*[[Help:Guiding Principles and Policies|Wiki Guiding Principles and Policies]]
-==Settlers and Records==
+=== Wiki University ===
+The [[Help:Wiki_University_Tutorial|Wiki University]] contains a series of lessons on how to edit the Wiki using either [[Help:Wiki University VisualEditor -- Tutorial|VisualEditor]], a simplified way to edit the Wiki or [[Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Tutorial|Wikitext]], using simplified html code.
-Because so many immigrants traveled on the canal, many genealogists would like to find copies of canal passenger lists. Unfortunately, apart from the years 1827-1829, canal boat operators were not required to record or report passenger names to the New York State government. Those 1827-1829 passenger lists survive today in the New York State Archives.<ref name=":0" />
-Prior to the building of the Erie Canal the settlers in upstate New York were often from New England, especially Vermont. Once the Canal was finished, setters along the canal and farther west into Ohio would have reached the Erie Canal from New York City, or from along the Hudson River in New York, or from Vermont via the Champlain Canal. Most of the men who labored to build the Erie Canal were from Ireland and many of them settled near it.
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