Getting Started

Welcome to the FamilySearch Wiki! Below are links to help beginning users learn how to best use this site. Didn't find what you were looking for? Click here to add suggestions to our "Needed How To Articles" page.

How to Search the Wiki

Learn how tips and tricks to maximize your search!

How to search for an Article

How to Contribute to the Wiki

Learn how to create portal pages, add or edit articles, add photos to articles, and more!

• How to author an article in the Wiki
• Create a page linked from an existing page
• Create a page not linked from an existing page
  
• How to Name a page
• Create an external link
• Create an internal link
  
• How to write a Did You Know? article for the Main Page
• How to Categorize an article

• Edit a page
• Upload a file or image
• Delete or archive a page
  
• How to build a Portal Page