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*Guided Research pages can cover a country or other large jurisdiction such as states, provinces or counties. | *Guided Research pages can cover a country or other large jurisdiction such as states, provinces or counties. | ||
*Collections must have significant coverage for the locality for it to be considered to be placed on the main Guided Research page for the locality. | *Collections must have significant coverage for the locality for it to be considered to be placed on the main Guided Research page for the locality. | ||
*The | *The goal of the Guided Research pages for each locality is to have a 60% success rate. Because there are many reasons why you may not find a record for an ancestor (lack of records, loss of records, incomplete database coverage, incorrect indexing, incorrect search perimeters, lack of information, server failures, etc.), the ''Why can't I Find the Record?'' may help in overcoming these reasons and provide a higher success rate. | ||
*The purpose of these Guided Research pages is to lead helpers through basic steps to find birth, marriage, and death information. | *The purpose of these Guided Research pages is to lead helpers through basic steps to find birth, marriage, and death information. | ||
*The | *The ''Why Can't I Find the Record?'' pages in Guided Research are to provide tips for problem solving when the initial result proves unsuccessful. | ||
[[Category:Guided Research]] | [[Category:Guided Research]] | ||
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