Ancestry.com Wiki http://www.ancestry.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page MediaWiki 1.15.1 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Ancestry.com Wiki Ancestry.com Wiki talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Ancestry.com Ancestry.com talk RootsWeb RootsWeb talk Family Tree Maker Family Tree Maker talk Case Study Case Study talk Ancestry World Archives Project Ancestry World Archives Project talk Widget Widget talk 1 16450 2010-08-12T21:50:15Z Matrayback 4 __NOTOC__ {| style="width: 100%; background-color: #eff2d3; border: 1px solid #afbc22;" cellpadding="1" |- |style="60%; padding-left: 1%;"|[[file:Homepage.jpg|border|left|100px]]<p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">'''Welcome to the [[Main Page|Ancestry.com Family History Wiki]]'''</p><p style="margin-bottom: -1%; font-size: 90%;">A great place to learn more about family history</p><p style="margin-bottom: -1%; font-size: 90%;">A service from [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -1%; font-size: 90%;">[[Ancestry.com Wiki:About Us|Learn more]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -1%; font-size: 90%;">[[Ancestry.com Wiki:Getting Started|Get started]]</p> |style="20%; font-size: 75%; vertical-align: top;" align="right"|<p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[:Category:U.S. Census and Voter Lists|Census records]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[Overview of Immigration Research|Immigration records]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[:Category:U.S. Military Records|Military records]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[:Category:U.S. Birth, Marriage, and Death Records|Vital records]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[Overview of African American Research|African American research]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[Overview of Jewish American Research|Jewish American research]]</p> |style="20%; font-size: 75%; padding-right: 1%; vertical-align: top;" align="right"|<p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[:Category:The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy|Record types]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources|State research]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[:Category:United States County Lists|County research]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[:Category:United States Town Lists|Town research]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[:Category:Societies|Societies]]</p><p style="margin-bottom: -.5%;">[[:Category:Archives|Archives]]</p> |} {| |- | style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #eff2d3; vertical-align: top; padding: 1%;"| {| style="width: 100%; margin-top: 1%; padding-left: 1%; background-color: #eff2d3;" align="center" |- |'''Read the Featured Article''' |} <div style="margin-left: 1.5%;">[[File:AdoptionRecords-lores.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]'''Selected Proceedings and Courts'''<p>Adoption records usually result from court processes, although there are three methods through which adoption can take place: (1) agreement without judicial proceedings, (2) agreement filed in a court of law and accompanied by court order, and (3) petition filed in a court of law and accompanied by a court order. 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