Wiki Categories

In November of 2015, the categories of the Wiki were reorganized and refined.

Articles by topic

Research sources

a. Birth, marriage, divorce, and death

i. Bible records

ii. Cemeteries

iii. Church records

1. Church records by Country

2. Church records by denomination

iv. Civil registration

1. How to articles

v. Obituaries

1. England obituaries

2. United States Obituaries

viii. Town records

vii.Vital records

1. Women (focuses on finding maiden name)

2. How to articles

b. Business and medical records

i. Business Records and Occupations

1. Business records

2. Industries

3. Occupations

4. Agriculture

ii. Hospital records


c. Religions

i. Bible records

ii. Church directories

iii. Church history


iv. Church records

1. Church records by denomination

2. Church records by Country

v. Religions by country


d. Population

i. Census

ii. Taxation

iii.Voting registers

iv. Directories

e. Court records

i. Adoption

ii.Court records by country

iii. Guardianship

iv. Land and property records

v. Probate records

f. Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

i. African American Records

ii. Slavery and Bondage

iii. Minorities

iv.Native races

v. Jewish records

vi.Huguenots

g. Genealogy collections

i. Compiled genealogies

ii. Family Trees

iii.Fraudulent genealogy

iv. Heraldry



h. Genealogy websites and online collections

i. FamilySearch Historical Records

ii. Genealogy websites by country

iii.Major genealogy websites

iv. NARA online records

v. Online Genealogy Records

vi.Digitized book collections

vii.Social Media

1. Message boards and forums

2. Blogs



i. History and geography

i.Biography 


ii. Church History

iii. Disasters

iv.History

v. Local Histories

vi. Maps and gazetteers

vii. Migration routes

viii.Personal Histories, Memories, and Stories

1. Personal History


j. Institution and school records

i. Asylums

ii. Correctional institutions

iii. Orphans and orphanages

iv.School records

v. Poor 


k. Language and handwriting

i. Handwriting

ii. Language and Languages

iii.Word List

iv. Letter Writing Guides

v. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

vi.Glossary


m. Migration

i. Emigration and immigration

ii. Naturalization and citizenship

iii. Migration routes

n. Military records

i. Military records by country

ii. Military records by war

1. Wars involving Canada

2. Wars involving England

3. Wars involving France

4. Wars involving Germany


5. Wars involving the United States



o. Newspapers and periodicals

i. Newspapers

ii. Obituaries

iii.Periodicals 


p. Reference Materials and Finding Aids

i. Encyclopedias and dictionaries

ii. Maps and Gazetteers

iii.Names Personal

iv. Record Selection Tables (will be later changed to Record Finder)

v. Research Guides

vi.Calendars



q. Repositories

i. Archives and libraries

1. University libraries

2. Family History Library

3. WorldCat libraries

ii. Family History Centers

iii. Museums

iv. National Archives and Records Administration

1. NARA online records


r. Societies

i. Family Organizations

ii. Genealogical and historical societies

1. Genealogical and historical societies by country

2. United States Societies

iii. Surname Societies

iv. Historical membership societies

Research process and instruction

e. Basic research process

i. Gathering family information

ii. Organizing records

iii.Setting research objectives

iv. Selecting records to search

v. Obtaining and searching the records

1. Search strategies

2. Letter Writing Guides

vi.Recording research results

1. Research logs

2. Charts and forms

3. Citations

4. Genealogy Software

vii.Evaluating evidence

viii.Sharing

h. Descendancy research

====i. Genetic research==== 


j. Professional Genealogists

i. Accreditation


National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.