How do I search the FamilySearch Research Wiki?

Article Id: 1111
June 25, 2024

Use the Research Wiki to help you in your research. The Wiki is a genealogical guide that gives information about record types, search strategies, records collections, and genealogical resources on FamilySearch, other online sites, and offline sites.

For guided research:

This is helpful to find birth, marriage, and death information. Not all countries are available for this feature.

  1. Sign in to FamilySearch.org
  2. In the upper-left corner, click Search.
  3. From the drop-down menu, click Research Wiki.
  4. For guided research, click Guided Research. This option is located toward the top of the gray panel on the left side of the page, as well as in the "Jump-start your research" box on the right side of the page.
  5. From the Guided Research page, select a country from the Countries Available list.
  6. Then, choose Birth, Marriage, or Death.
  7. Follow the guided research suggested collections to search for records.

Search by location:

Genealogy pages on the Research Wiki offer a wide variety of resources. For many locations, there are step-by-step instructions, research strategies, tools, maps, and other resources. Help with beginning your research, record types, location background, cultural groups, and local research resources are located on the right side of the page under Wiki Topics.

  1. Sign in to FamilySearch.org
  2. In the upper-left corner, click Search.
  3. From the drop-down menu, click Research Wiki.
  4. In the search bar, enter a location.
  5. To go to the genealogy page for the desired location, in the search bar, click the magnifying glass icon.
  6. From the genealogy page, review the location information and research resources.

Search by topic:

  1. Sign in to FamilySearch.org
  2. In the upper-left corner, click Search.
  3. From the drop-down menu, click Research Wiki.
  4. Or, click in the search box and enter a topic.
  5. In the search bar, click the magnifying glass icon.
  6. Select an article from the results page.
  7. Use the Advanced search and the Search in drop-down menus to refine the search.

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