FHC Quickstart

Researching on the Wiki

• Getting Started on the Wiki
• Search
• Search Tips

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
  

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Additional Resources

• Research Communities

Some Beginning Research Articles

• Principles of Family History Research

#Identify What You Know

#Decide What You Want to Learn

#Select Records to Search

#Obtain and Search the Records

#Evaluate and Use the Information

• 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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