Research Wiki

FamilySearch Wiki is a large, on-line library where you can find thousands of articles and how-to instructions about doing family history. It is being developed by the Family History Department and the genealogical community. It also contains a Forums Beta. Use the Forum to search for information, ask questions, or offer answers to others. To learn how to use this site: 1. Go to https://wiki.familysearch.org/ and sign in 2. On the home page, click Help under the Navigation tab 3. Click on Begin Your Genealogy Research 4. This portal contains articles, tutorials, and links on the following topics:

• How to use the Wiki video demo (under Wiki tutorials)
• Where to start
• Research analysis
• Organization and Documentation
• Get Started in Research
• Technology
• News and Events
• Links to other Internet sites with online family history tutorials

Ireland Beginning Research Series Available

The Ireland Beginning Research Series has been added to the Research Series Classes Online page of the FamilySearch.org Web site. It introduces key principles and processes for conducting research on Irish ancestors. It includes helpful tips on how to find and use records and sources for Irish research, including:

• Church records
• Civil Registration
• Immigration

We invite you to visit FamilySearch.org and view these classes.

Family History Library - Research Series Classes Online

Family History Library - Research Series Classes Online

Other Online Sources

World Vital Records -- www.worldvitalrecords.com. This is a paid subscription site, but is available free of charge at the LDS Family History Center. US GENWEB Project -- www.usgenweb.org Search by state and then by county. Great source for background information, birth, death and marriage records, cemetery listings, etc...... Newspapers Newspaperarchive.com -- paid site, but available free of charge at the LDS Family History Center. Military Records World War II draft registration cards are on line at familysearch.org's pilot program. WWI and WWII draft registration cards are available at ancestry.com ($)

New Digital Resources for German Research

Try this link to find new digital resources for German research: https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany_Digital_Resources

• German Research on the Internet - an Overview
• Internet Resources for Locating 19th Century German Emigrants
• German Town Genealogies and Parish Register Indexes on the Internet

Explore the entire German "Wiki".

Place Indexes

Place Indexes use the place your ancestor lived to find records and data about them. These indexes list specific records and resources available on the Internet for that location. The two oldest place indexes are USGenWeb at www.usgenweb.org and GENUKI at www.genuki.org.uk. USGenWeb has Web pages for every state in the United States and for each county within each state. GENUKI lists resources for the United Kingdom and Ireland. When completed, GENUKI will have Web pages for more than 15,000 parishes in the United Kingdom. Other major place indexes include WorldGenWeb at www.worldgenweb.org (which seeks to create Web pages for every country in the world), and the Federation of East European Family History Societies at www.feefhs.org for Eastern European countries.

Records to Search and Where to Find Them

Submitted Pedigrees/Family Trees Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/) Subscription required ($) Rootsweb (http://www.rootsweb.com/) Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org/) New Family Search (http://www.new.familysearch.org/) Background Material Local Library, Idaho State Historical Library Family History Library Catalog (place search) Worldcat.org (sorts location by nearest zip code) Google Book Search (go to advanced search and then choose book search) Cemetery records Findagrave.com Vital Records Historyresearch.utah.gov Digital Archives - Death Certificates 1904-1956 Utah State History -- Online Sources -- Cemetery Records Familysearch.org -- prototype for searching millions of new records Western States Marriage Index -- http://abish.byui.edu/specialcollections (Idaho Death Records 1911-1956 are also here.) Census Records Ancestry.com (subscription required) Heritage Quest -- Available free of charge at FHC Familysearch.org's pilot program