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== Our mission and funding == | == Our mission and funding == | ||
FamilySearch is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide genealogical records and services to people worldwide. Our services are free, as are most of our products -- including data sets online.<ref>FamilySearch occasionally offers products at cost, such as genealogical records on CD-ROM, and we sometimes charge a fee to recuperate costs, such as the price of postage for a microfilm sent to a patron at a | FamilySearch is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide genealogical records and services to people worldwide. Our services are free, as are most of our products -- including data sets online.<ref>FamilySearch occasionally offers products at cost, such as genealogical records on CD-ROM, and we sometimes charge a fee to recuperate costs, such as the price of postage for a microfilm sent to a patron at a FamilySearch Center. We sometimes collaborate with commercial companies to provide indexes or digitized records. However, 99% of our resources are offered to the public free of charge.</ref> We are funded by contributions from members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | ||
== Our multi-national users -- <br>and why serving every country is important == | == Our multi-national users -- <br>and why serving every country is important == | ||
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Another type of content that is not for the FamilySearch Research Wiki is that which focuses on how to use FamilySearch products like Ancestral File, IGI, or Pedigree Resource File. Such information can be found in the [http://help.familysearch.org FamilySearch Help Center]. | Another type of content that is not for the FamilySearch Research Wiki is that which focuses on how to use FamilySearch products like Ancestral File, IGI, or Pedigree Resource File. Such information can be found in the [http://help.familysearch.org FamilySearch Help Center]. | ||
FamilySearch centers may add a page to the wiki that describes the services provided at the center, hours of operation. If a | FamilySearch centers may add a page to the wiki that describes the services provided at the center, hours of operation. If a FamilySearch center has specific research aides for a specific locale then it can be mentioned in an article about that locale. See the [[Riverton FamilySearch Library]] and the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] page as example pages for FamilySearch centers. (Please refer to the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1or28V5tNZdnJkcSC9KeZj-FlmxLbhTP-vu2nLjx9YfU FamilySearch Wiki Contributor Help Forum (archived)] concerning the change in this guideline concerning FamilySearch centers.) | ||
== You can make a big difference! == | == You can make a big difference! == | ||
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