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== Our multi-national users -- <br>and why serving every country is important == | == Our multi-national users -- <br>and why serving every country is important == | ||
[[Image:Globe.png|right|130px|Globe.png]]We serve millions of people each year here at the Research WIki. Although the Wiki is funded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter | [[Image:Globe.png|right|130px|Globe.png]]We serve millions of people each year here at the Research WIki. Although the Wiki is funded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the overwhelming majority of our users are not members of our Church. The folks who use the Wiki range from the richest of people to the poorest and from all over the world. They come to the Wiki to find their ancestors and to get help as they work on their genealogy. We have records here from 244 countries all over the planet and that number is growing. <br> Some people are curious as to how there could be a demand for genealogical research support regarding a country where people live on a dollar a day. If residents there must focus their time and resources so heavily on mere survival, how could anyone there be doing genealogy? One of the answers lies in emigration. | ||
When survival is tough in their nation of birth, people tend to emigrate to countries where life is not as difficult and once they settle in to their new country, their thoughts often turn to the ancestors who were left behind. Descendants of emigrants often become disconnected from their heritage and want to learn about their families. Thus, FamilySearch receives questions regarding genealogical research in even the poorest of countries -- including those where genealogy is an oral tradition rather than a process of documentation. | When survival is tough in their nation of birth, people tend to emigrate to countries where life is not as difficult and once they settle in to their new country, their thoughts often turn to the ancestors who were left behind. Descendants of emigrants often become disconnected from their heritage and want to learn about their families. Thus, FamilySearch receives questions regarding genealogical research in even the poorest of countries -- including those where genealogy is an oral tradition rather than a process of documentation. | ||