FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 29 August 2013: Difference between revisions

Steps contributors can take to help users in their localities find resources for extinct and redistricted areas  (We will then move to Colonial Era and Antebellum resources).

We need to assist in identifying records from 1900 back to pre-colonial times. For African Americans, we need to identify records between 1865-1870 (For example in SC: 1869 State Census, agricultural census, 1868 Voter's Registration, tax records) which can help link them back to resources generated prior to 1865. Researching dissertations at the Charleston County Libary revealed the fact that several colonial era records exist for South Carolina that even identify persons of color.  

The challenge that we must overcome:  

*many records having genealogical value remain untouched in courthouses and exist nowhere else  

*after researchers tap out using onine resources they need to be able to understand the research changes going back in time.  Many useful records going back in time are not readily discussed and are not accessible online.