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Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki

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Using the

FamilySearch

Research Wiki

The most valuable genealogical

resource on the Internet

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Finding the Research Wiki: Hide and Seek

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Get Help

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Help Center

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Research Assistance

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Research Assistance

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Finally There

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Catch the picture?

TwoClicks!

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Find the Search Links?

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There it is again

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What is a Wiki?

• Type of website

• Interrelated pages

• Multiple users

• Collaborative

• Editable with a browser

• Create and link pages

(articles)

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Why doesn’t a wiki just become junk?

The answer is not easy

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Why contribute to the Research Wiki?• Preserve• Teach• Explain• Instruct

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Who can contribute to the Research Wiki?

Anyone registered with FamilySearch

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Parts of the Wiki Startup Page

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Search by place or topic