FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProjects Seeking Contributors

This is a list of the WikiProject that are currently active and working on content. The projects are always seeking contributors, so feel free to join a group and have fun!

Creating New Projects[edit | edit source]

If you would like to create a new project, following the naming conventions for WikiProjects to help make your project easy to find:

The name of the project should begin with the word "FamilySearch Wiki" and followed by a colon :
After the colon type the word "WikiProject"
The type the name of the project. Example: FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah
Be sure to add the new project to the list below, under the subject heading that is related to the new project:

For more details about naming new WikiProject pages, see FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages

FamilySearch Projects[edit | edit source]

Historical Records Wiki Pages[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Records -- add content to articles describing collections on FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Projects[edit | edit source]

Idaho[edit | edit source]

Idaho -- adding content to the county pages of Idaho

Canada Projects[edit | edit source]

Nothing right now

South America Projects[edit | edit source]

Nothing right now

Julian and Gregorian calendars is a stub that needs fleshing in.
The Barbour Collection is a small article that needs lots of improvement!

Europe Projects[edit | edit source]

Sweden
Ireland Court Records
FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee needs volunteers to welcome new contributors and help them get started in various ways. Also to help develop the guidance for committee members.
WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives needs volunteers to link wiki pages to digitized county and state histories on the BYU Family History Archives site.
Professional Genealogists, a project to help professional genealogical researchers market their services for free on their user pages.
Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki

The England Barn Raising project has launched! Tasks await English experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.

WikiProject Maryland News and Events needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events relating to Maryland and link to them from the News and Events section of the Maryland Portal.

Denmark has several individual projects that need volunteers to help with expanding and improving content about Danish research.

Link wiki articles mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the main PERSI article.

Maintenance Projects[edit | edit source]

Portals to un-portals[edit | edit source]

Portals to un-portal pages All portal pages on the wiki need to be converted to un-portal pages. Questions can be directed to Laralee

Copy Old FamilySearch Content[edit | edit source]

Copying Research Guidance and Help Content from FamilySearch.org into the Wiki.