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Bring your knowledge to the table

This is a list of the WikiProjects that are currently active and working on content. Project teams are always seeking additional community members to help with their projects, so feel free to join a group!

England Counties

U.S. County Pages

American Indians

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Wiki Clean Up

Wiki support projects offer you ways to help others regardless of your research knowledge or writing skills. Come join the team of wiki support volunteers working to improve the wiki.

Wiki Support Role

To Do List

Outdated Articles

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Learn How To Help

There are a variety of wiki tasks contributors can get involved in. This is a list of how-to articles that can teach you the ins and outs of wiki participation and the tasks involved in wiki contribution.

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Get Involved Index

v • d• e Contributor Help

Getting Started	Navigation Basics • Wiki Basics • Editing • Genealogical Terms

Browsing the Wiki	Navigation • Searching • Advanced Searching • Search Tips

User Page and Preferences	User Pages • User Page Guidelines • User Talk Pages • Talk Pages • Talk Page Guidelines • Your User Sandbox • Navigation • Page History • Preferences • Signatures • Skins • • Page Changes • Diffs • Watchlist • How to Turn Notifications On

Resources and Lists	Request a New Help Article • Special Pages • Style Guide • Abbreviations • Editing With Wikitext • Finding an ISBN Number • Formatting • Wikitext Cheatsheet • Wiki Terminology

Guiding Principles and Policies	Guiding Principles • Wiki Policies • Conditions of Use • Purpose and Appropriate Topics

Community Center	Newsletter

Technical Info	Wiki Maintenance • Technical Information

Questions?	Ask a Question • Request Training • Report a Problem

v • d• e Contributor Help:Editing

General Editing	Basic Editing: Editing a Page • Copy and Paste Into a Wiki Page • Edit Summary • The Editing Tool • Sections • Table of Contents • Protected Pages • Page History • Adding Links Advanced Editing: Advanced Editing with Wikitext • Copy Documents Into the Wiki • Copy Spreadsheets Into the Wiki Editing Tools: Wiki Cheatsheet • Wiki Terminology • Abbreviations • Wiki Markup Practice Editing: Practice in Your Sandbox • Simple Edits You Can Make

Creating a Page	Page Naming • Creating a Page • Create a Page Linked from an Existing Page • Create a Page Not Linked from an Existing Page • Creating Sections Advanced: Deleting a Page • Namespaces • Creating a Society Page • Subpages • Archiving a Talk Page

Links and Citations	Links: Adding Links • Create An Internal LInk • Create An External Link • Advanced Linking Citations: Adding Citations • Sources Consulted

Images and Files	Images: Selecting images • Submitting Images • Images • Adding images to Articles • How to Edit and Resize Images • Using FS Library Images • Image Maps Files: Copy Documents Into the Wiki • Managing Files

Tables and Templates	Tables: Basic Tables • Advanced Tables • Historical Population Charts • Infoboxes • Navboxes • Quick Date Boxes Templates: Quick Guide to Templates • Templates • Maintenance Templates • Resource badges • Contributor Userboxes • External Searches • Magic Words

Renaming and Redirecting	Renaming a Page • Redirecting a Page • How to Split Articles • Adding a Page to the Correct Namespace

Categorizing	How to Categorize a Page • Advanced Categorization