How to Search the FamilySearch Wiki (and find answers!)

VIDEO PREMIERE JULY 28: The FamilySearch Wiki is like a free encyclopedia of genealogy! In this week’s video premiere I’m going to help you navigate with ease. You’ll learn what the Wiki has to offer, how to access the FamilySearch Wiki, how to navigate the Family Search Wiki effectively, and how to overcome the number #1 reason people get frustrated when searching the Wiki!
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00:42 How to Access the FamilySearch Wiki
01:21 Searching the FamilySearch Wiki by Location
04:15 Location-based FamilySearch Wiki Pages
09:22 Locating and Using the County Wiki Page
14:45 The FamilySearch Wiki Helps with County Boundary Changes
22:01 How to Overcome the #1 Search Problem
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[@janeeprobst7596]

Excellent, thank you

[@geneewert7591]

Marion County, Kansas (where I grew up) now a “regular sized” county near the middle of the state, for a time in the 1860s extended to the Colorado boarder.

[@pamelaspooner8335]

Thank you for all the work that went into this presentation.

[@betsyriccomini488]

Great presentation with lots of handy tips. Thanks!

[@kathleenkelley1299]

Great tour of the wiki. Thanks for the tip “find on page”

[@peggytravels793]

The video of Search the Family Search Wiki is great in how to go through it…thanks

[@billmoneydavis58]

Thank you for the great information

[@cassa2419]

Terrific refresher on awesome FamilySearch tool.

[@TheZeebop2007]

thank you for this :)

[@cherylpuzon6616]

Thank you!!

[@GenealogyGems]

You're welcome!

[@dorothydotson7154]

I really don't use Family Search enough! I need to do better. I get overwhelmed with all the places I should be searching. I never feel like I've covered all the bases.

[@lillianliber1798]

My great grandfather lived in Rawalpindi in 1902 . It was part of India then but is now Pakistan. Would the records be found in India or Pakistan now when searching?

[@kts_solboy6216]

India didn’t exist in 1902. Wasn’t incorporated. It’s just Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas or the Indies/Indias in Spanish.

[@lillianliber1798]

@@kts_solboy6216 Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India in 1876. The British government took over its rule after the East India Company was dissolved after the rebellion in 1857. India did exist and before its independence was ruled by Britain. When India became independent Pakistan was formed and Rawalpindi became part of it.

[@kts_solboy6216]

@@lillianliber1798 it’s Asia, Indias is a Spanish word used to refer to the Americas. It’s 4 parts, Africa, Europe. Asia and America. Read the fourth part of the world.

[@sr2291]

Click Search - Images - and type in place.