FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Colorado Boundary Changes
Purpose[edit | edit source]
Adding information to the about boundary changes on the county page
Task List[edit | edit source]
Instructions[edit | edit source]
Step 1: Adding Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
1. Go to the Boundary Changes heading under the History heading on the page and copy and paste the following Wikitext and add it below the Parent County and County seat bullets on the page:
Be sure to check and see if one of them is already listed under the Boundary Heading. If it is, delete one of them:
*[http://www.mapofus.org/colorado/ Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Colorado] - shows boundary changes for Colorado Counties
*[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/CO_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies Colorado Historical Boundary Changes] - list of all boundary changes by county provided by [https://www.newberry.org/ Newberry Library]<br>
2. Once you have added the wikitext, preview the page by clicking on, Show Preview at the bottom of the page. Check your work to make sure it looks like it should. Make any necessary adjustments.
3. Go to the bottom of the page and enter "added boundary changes" in the edit summary box and save the page.
4. You are now done with the task. Go to the next County on your list.
Example[edit | edit source]
Wikitext:
=== Boundary Changes ===
{{CO Boundary Changes Intro|Adams}}
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*'''Parent County:''' Adams County was created from [[Arapahoe County, Colorado Genealogy|Arapahoe]] County 15 April 1901.
*'''1909:''' Annexed part of Denver County in 1909.<ref name="red book" />
*'''County seat:''' Brighton<ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref> <br>
*[http://www.mapofus.org/colorado/ Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Colorado] - shows boundary changes for Colorado Counties
*[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/CO_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies Colorado Historical Boundary Changes] - list of all boundary changes by county provided by [https://www.newberry.org/ Newberry Library]<br>
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Example on the county page: