Page 1 | 4 HOW TO NARROW YOUR SEARCH ON FAMILYSEARCH.ORG Some searches on FamilySearch.org will give you many thousands of records to review and a lot of them may not be in the area in which you are interested. So if you would like to look in just one state – for example New Jersey – this is how you can do that. Go to FamilySearch.org and click on Search and then Records. When the map appears, click on the United States section:
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HOW TO NARROW YOUR SEARCH ON FAMILYSEARCH.ORG
Some searches on FamilySearch.org will give you many thousands of records to review and a lot of them may not
be in the area in which you are interested. So if you would like to look in just one state – for example New Jersey
– this is how you can do that.
Go to FamilySearch.org and click on Search and then Records.
When the map appears, click on the United States section:
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A menu of the states will appear; click on New Jersey:
Then click on “Start researching in New Jersey”:
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Scroll down below the area where you will insert your ancestor’s name and click on “Show all 54 collections”:
A list of the collections will appear; check the boxes that you want to search and then…
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Scroll up to put in your ancestor’s name.
Then scroll down and click on the “Search” box and the records will appear.
Below the “Search” box there is also a list of “image only” collections below the indexed collections. They are not indexed yet but you may browse them. Have fun!! Bucks County Genealogical Society, April 2015 newsletter, pbg
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