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*'''Family Tree.''' A worldwide compiled tree you can edit including names, relationships, birth, marriage, death data, with photos and source documentation. A good place to begin research, but remember to verify the information. | *'''Family Tree.''' A worldwide compiled tree you can edit including names, relationships, birth, marriage, death data, with photos and source documentation. A good place to begin research, but remember to verify the information. | ||
*'''Memories.''' Search for or contribute photographs, documents, stories or audio recordings linked to ''Family Tree''. | *'''Memories.''' Search for or contribute photographs, documents, stories or audio recordings linked to ''Family Tree''. | ||
*'''Search.''' Online searches of a variety of sources: | *'''Search.''' Online searches of a variety of sources: | ||
**'''''Records.''''' Billions of names across hundreds of our collections of worldwide primary records of births, marriages, deaths, census, church, cemetery, wills, military, court, naturalization, voting, land, passenger lists, obituaries, compiled genealogies, and many others. | **'''''Records.''''' Billions of names across hundreds of our collections of worldwide primary records of births, marriages, deaths, census, church, cemetery, wills, military, court, naturalization, voting, land, passenger lists, obituaries, compiled genealogies, and many others. | ||
**'''''Images.''''' Contains the newest images that may not be available through Historical Records and the FamilySearch Catalog. | |||
**'''''Genealogies.''''' Large static files of lineage-linked family history data from ''Ancestral File'', and the ''Pedigree Resource File''. | **'''''Genealogies.''''' Large static files of lineage-linked family history data from ''Ancestral File'', and the ''Pedigree Resource File''. | ||
**'''''Books.''''' | **'''''Catalog.''''' Describes the genealogical holdings (3 million microfilms, and 310,000 books) of the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] and a few other repositories. Also, now part of [[WorldCat Online Catalog|WorldCat]] online catalog. | ||
**'''''Books.''''' FamilySearch Digital Library has over 150,000 digitized online family histories including county and local histories, genealogy magazines, how-to books, gazetteers, and medieval histories, and pedigrees. | |||
**'''''Wiki.''''' An encyclopedia of how-to-research ancestors often with great hints about local sources. | **'''''Wiki.''''' An encyclopedia of how-to-research ancestors often with great hints about local sources. | ||
*'''Indexing.''' Volunteer indexing makes databases available worldwide on the Internet. Over 320,000 contributors added over 1.1 billion new names in 2014. Come learn how you can contribute, too. | *'''Indexing.''' Volunteer indexing makes databases available worldwide on the Internet. Over 320,000 contributors added over 1.1 billion new names in 2014. Come learn how you can contribute, too. | ||
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