The above was the title of the video we watched at Tuesday's workshop. The Wiki is part of the FamilySearch website and there is much more content than when it was begun several years ago. Find the Wiki in the drop down "Search" menu. The Wiki is used for location and topic lookups, not surnames.
The presentation first provided a look at what was available for Germany, showing maps, language translations, and handwriting helps. There are separate pages for every province, many with links to online record sources.
Moving on to Indiana, the presenter gave examples of how he found biographies of ancestors because there were links directly from the Wiki to county histories.
In the final demonstration the name of a ship was used in the search box and the entire story of a voyage from New York to San Francisco by a group of Mormons was there to be read.
Note that there is a direct link to Family Search in our menu to the right.
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