Slide Show for FamilySearch Wiki

Wiki keys to success 10 2011

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What is a Wiki and Why Do I Care?

Read this article at TechTIps and find out.

Interesting Family Search Wiki Interview

On Blog Talk Radio, professional genealogist Thomas MacEntee recently interviewed Lise Embley about the Family Search Wiki. You can listen to it at this link: http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/show/2/740/show_2740735.mp3  or by clicking on the photo above.

FamilySearch Wiki Success

Wiki keys to success

Fran Jensen presented a "webinar" for us last year and has prepared this slide show to help us understand the FamilySearch Wiki.
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Tracing Immigrant Origins

This Wiki page introduce the principles, search strategies, and record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. These principles apply to almost any country. Finding an immigrant ancestor's place of origin is the key to finding earlier generations of the family. It provides access to many family history resources in that home area. Once you know a former place of residence or a birthplace, you may be able to add more generations to your pedigree. Click on the photo above to go to this page on the FamilySearch Wiki.

Revamped FamilySearch Wiki Help Page

We've heard a lot about the Family Search Wiki and have even been taught by one of its developers, Fran Jensen.  But from my personal experience, I've found it hard to maneuver. I just didn't know how to get around the site. I was happy when I saw the news that the help page has been redesigned. Now there are step-by-step links on the same page. Click the photo above, check out the site and bookmark it. You'll want to return there many times.