FHC Quickstart
Researching on the Wiki
Key Features
- United States Pages
- Online Records Pages
- Census Pages
- Record Finders
- Research Tips and Strategies
- Country Pages
- American Indian Pages
- African American Pages
- Historical Record Collection Pages
- England Pages
Contributing to the Wiki
- Editing
- Images - email images to jcolmenares@familysearch.org
- Links
- Wikitext Cheatsheet
Remember, changing your hours on the wiki does not change them on the map. Click here to view instructions on editing the map (CDOL).
Additional Resources
Some Beginning Research Articles
- United States Basic Search Strategies
- A Guide to Research
- England Getting Started
- Beginning African American Research
- Indians of North America, A Beginner’s Guide
- Research Guides (where they are in the wiki)
- Organizing Your Files
- Abbreviations Lists for Personal Names (English)
- Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)
- Determining if a Source is Relevant
- Document AS YOU GO
- Websites for Family History Beginners
- Research Forms
- Begin a Search for Confederate Records
- Begin a Search for Union Records
- How to Find Descendants in the United States
- Major Databases for Beginning United States Research
- Resource Checklist
- Rookie Mistakes
- Solving Tough Research Problems – Overcoming Brick Walls
- Spelling Substitution Tables
- United States Census – Analyzing Census Data
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