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Purpose of Guided Research?

Prioritized Databases: The most comprehensive and complete databases were determined by FamilySearch genealogists for optimized research and are displayed first to the researcher. This is especially helpful in countries where there are multiple databases available on different genealogy websites.
Birth, Marriage and Death info: The experience focuses on finding birth, marriage, and death information by locality.
Online Databases and Images: Links to both free and subscription genealogy websites are provided for complete coverage of possible databases.
What Else You Can Find pages: The What Else You Can Try Wiki pages for each locality provides tips for problem solving if the initial result proves unsuccessful. These pages cover information regarding the lack and loss of records for the locality, substitute records available, and tips for better search results.
Easy to Use: Clear and concise presentation helps in navigating the experience and getting to the information you need quickly.

Is the Guided Research Project done?

No, it is still being actively worked on. The goal is to complete a Guided Research experience for each country - whether they have online records online or not. There are 4 phases for Guided Research:

Phase 1 – PHASE COMPLETE

Countries that have searchable databases with digitized images that would provide a 60% success rate.

List of Countries Completed

States of the United States
Provinces and Territories of Canada
Counties of England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Costa Rica
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
Isle of Man
Jersey

Phase 2 - CURRENT PHASE

Countries with few searchable databases and browsable digitized images

Countries being worked on:

Czechia (Czech Republic)
Norway (adding browsable records)
Puerto Rico
Fiji
American Samoa

Phase 3

Countries with only browsable images online

Phase 4

No online records available; information will focus on how to locate birth, marriage, and death information from government and archive repositories

How do you find Guided Research?

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-== What is Guided Research? ==
+==Purpose of Guided Research?==
+*'''Prioritized Databases:''' The most comprehensive and complete databases were determined by FamilySearch genealogists for optimized research and are displayed first to the researcher. This is especially helpful in countries where there are multiple databases available on different genealogy websites.
+*'''Birth, Marriage and Death info:''' The experience focuses on finding birth, marriage, and death information by locality.
+*'''Online Databases and Images:''' Links to both free and subscription genealogy websites are provided for complete coverage of possible databases.
+*'''''What Else You Can Find'' pages:''' The What Else You Can Try Wiki pages for each locality provides tips for problem solving if the initial result proves unsuccessful. These pages cover information regarding the lack and loss of records for the locality, substitute records available, and tips for better search results.
+*'''Easy to Use:''' Clear and concise presentation helps in navigating the experience and getting to the information you need quickly.
+==Is the Guided Research Project done?==
+No, it is still being actively worked on. The goal is to complete a Guided Research experience for each country - whether they have online records online or not.  There are 4 phases for Guided Research:
+=== Phase 1 – '''PHASE COMPLETE''' ===
+Countries that have searchable databases with digitized images that would provide a 60% success rate. <br>
+'''''List of Countries Completed'''''<br>
+*States of the United States
+*Provinces and Territories of Canada
+*Counties of England
+*Scotland
+*Wales
+*Ireland
+*Costa Rica
+*Norway
+*Denmark
+*Sweden
+*Finland
+*Italy
+*Mexico
+*Netherlands
+*Isle of Man
+*Jersey
+===Phase 2 - '''CURRENT PHASE''' ===
+Countries with few searchable databases and browsable digitized images<br>
+'''''Countries being worked on:'''''<br>
+*Czechia (Czech Republic)
+*Norway (adding browsable records)
+*Puerto Rico
+*Fiji
+*American Samoa
+=== Phase 3 ===
+Countries with only browsable images online
+===Phase 4 ===
+No online records available; information will focus on how to locate birth, marriage, and death information from government and archive repositories
+== How do you find Guided Research? ==
+*[[Guided Research for Online Records|Guided Research for Online Records]]
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+[[Category:Guided Research]]
-*The purpose of the Guided Research pages is to provide a prioritized list of genealogy resources for birth, marriage, and death records as evaluated by FamilySearch professionals for optimized research.
-*The Guided Research project was created for consultants (who know something about genealogy) and provides basic steps to find birth, marriage, and death information for a locality they may not be familiar with.
-*The list of countries or localities created are limited to those with online index collections and is not designed to cover every locality.
-*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.
-*The goal of the Guided Research pages and the databases selected for each locality is to have a 60% success rate when searched.  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 links under ''What else you can try'' may help in overcoming these reasons and provide a higher success rate.
-*The ''What else you can try'' pages in Guided Research are to provide tips for problem solving when the initial result proves unsuccessful.
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