In traditional terms, a “large” country can be big in area—such as Russia, China, or Brazil—or population, such as China, India, or Indonesia. In the world of genealogy, a large country can be thought of one with a lot of available records, such as the United States, England, and Canada. In The Family History Guide, country pages are generally grouped by “size” or the number of available records.

Large

Near the top of the Countries menu, you can find the pages for three of the biggest genealogy countries: the United States, England, and Canada. Beneath those are the regions of North America, British Isles, Scandinavia, Central Europe, Western/Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia/Africa, and South America. Each region has links to the larger genealogy countries. You can also find the large countries in the All Countries page.

The United States is the largest genealogy country, with 23 Goals divided across four categories. Each of the other large countries has anywhere from three to 14 Goals.

Medium

In the All Countries page, some countries have enough genealogy information for just one Goal, such as Belarus. They are also grouped into geographic “collector” pages, such as Belarus in the Eastern Europe collection, Venezuela in the South America collection, etc.

Here are the medium-sized countries:

Armenia, Belarus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Ghana, Guatemala, Israel, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Moldova, Nigeria, Panama, Samoa, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Uruguay, Venezuela

Here are the Collector pages:

• Africa
• Asia
• Caribbean
• Central America
• Eastern Europe
• Europe
• Pacific Islands
• South America
• United Kingdom (this has no Goals, but it focuses on record collections that span the U.K.)

Small

In the All Countries page there is also a link for More Countries. These are the smaller countries that have enough genealogy information for one Choice but not one Goal, such as the Bahamas. The smaller countries are also included in geographic Collector pages, in the last Goal for each. So you can find a smaller country in the “More Countries” list, or by going to the last Goal in one of the Collector pages. There are currently 145 “small” countries in The Family History Guide.