FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England Parish Tables Part 2

England Parish Tables: Fixing Findmypast Years

Project Leader

Purpose

To update the years for parish records found in the Findmypast collections.

**NOTE: The years currently listed in the tables are generic, place holder years.**

Task List

County	Spreadsheet	FMP link	Status
Durham	Parish List	List of Northumberland and Durham Baptisms, List of Northumberland and Durham Burials	Complete
Essex	Parish List	List of Essex B, M, B	Complete
Hampshire	Parish List	List of Hampshire B, M, B	Complete
Herefordshire	Parish List	List of Herefordshire B, M, B	Complete
Hertfordshire	Parish List	List for Hertfordshire B, M, B	Complete
Huntingdonshire	Parish List	List for Huntingdonshire Burials	Complete
Leicestershire	Parish List	List for Leicestershire B, M, B	Complete
Lincolnshire	Parish List	List of Lincolnshire B, M, B, Banns	Complete
Middlesex	Parish List	List of Middlesex Baptisms, List of Greater London Marriages, List of Greater London Burials	Complete
Norfolk	Parish List	List of Norfolk B, M, B, List of Norfolk BTs B, M, B	Complete
Northamptonshire	Parish List	List of Northamptonshire M, B	Complete
Northumberland	Parish List	List of Northumberland and Durham Baptisms, List of Northumberland and Durham Burials	Complete
Nottinghamshire	Parish List	List of Nottinghamshire B, M, B	Complete
Somerset	Parish List	List of Somerset Baptisms, List of Somerset Marriages, List of Somerset Burials	Complete
Staffordshire	Parish List	List of Staffordshire B, M, B, Banns	Complete
Suffolk	Parish List	List of Suffolk Baptisms, List of Suffolk Marriages, List of Suffolk Burials	Complete
Surrey	Parish List	List for Surrey Baptisms	Complete
Sussex	Parish List	List of Sussex Burials	Complete
Wiltshire	Parish List	List of Wiltshire Parishes	Complete
Yorkshire East Riding	Parish List	List of Yorkshire B, M, B, Banns, List of Yorkshire BTs B, M, B	Complete
Yorkshire North Riding	Parish List	List of Yorkshire B, M, B, Banns, List of Yorkshire BTs B, M, B	Complete
Yorkshire West Riding	Parish List	List of Yorkshire B, M, B, Banns, List of Yorkshire BTs B, M, B	Complete

Instructions

Step 1

1. On the Task List above, choose a county to work on, make sure to choose the PART 2 - FMP to tab at the bottom of the the sheet to ensure the information is being recorded in the correct part of the project.

Put your name in the Contributor Name column(s) of the Task List. You can choose how many parishes you want to work on during each work period. This way multiple people can work on the same county at the same time.

2. Choose a parish page (links are embedded in the Parish name).

3. Click on the Talk tab at the top left of the page.

**For every Wiki page - in this case, Acton, Cheshire Genealogy - there is an associated talk page that is used by contributors to discuss improvements about the Wiki page. In this project, we are using the Talk page as a sandbox to add content to the parish table before we move the completed table back to the Wiki page.**

We will be adding the correct years for the baptism, marriage, and burial indexes found on Findmypast.

The code (FMP) we will be updating looks like:

|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-baptism-index '''1536-1918''']
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-marriage-index '''1534-1933''' ]
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-burial-index '''1536-1992''']
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-

It is found in this part of the code:

Step 2

1. Go back to the task list and choose the FMP link that is next to the chosen parish.

2a. Scroll down to the parish you are currently working on underneath [COUNTY] baptisms index.

For example:

The parish of Addington has baptism records from 1576 to 1817 in the Findmypast collection.

2b. Go back to the code and change the year range on the first line of the Findmypast code to match what the table says.

For example:

The parish of Addington would have the baptism years 1576-1817 instead of what is current listed, 1538-1917.

|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-baptism-index '''1576-1817''']
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-marriage-index '''1534-1933''' ]
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-burial-index '''1536-1992''']
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-

3a. Go back to the Buckinghamshire parish list page. Scroll down to the parish you are currently working on underneath [COUNTY] marriage index.

For example:

The parish of Addington has marriage records 1576 to 1813 in the Findmypast collection.

3b. Go to the code and change the year range on the second line of the Findmypast code to match what the table says.

For example:

The parish of Addington would have marriage year range 1576-1813 instead of what is currently listed, 1538-1931.

|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-baptism-index '''1576-1817''']
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-marriage-index '''1576-1813''' ]
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-burial-index '''1536-1992''']
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-

4a. Go back to the Berkshire parish list page. Scroll down to the parish you are currently working on underneath [COUNTY] burials index.

For example:

The parish of Addington has burial records from 1576 to 1817 in the Findmypast collection.

4b. Go to the code and change the year range on the third line of the Findmypast code to match what the table says.

For example:

The parish of Addington would have burial years 1576-1817 instead of what is currently listed, 1538-1966.

|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-baptism-index '''1576-1817''']
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-marriage-index '''1576-1813''' ]
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-burial-index '''1576-1817''']
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-

Step 3

7. Choose the Show preview button to check your work before you save your changes.

Put "Changing the Findmypast year ranges in the table" in the Summary box and then click "Save page".

Exceptions

If Baptisms, Marriage, or Burials are Not Listed

Not Listed in 1 Category

If the parish was not listed in one of the areas, that means that the Findmypast collection does not have any baptism/marriage/burial records from that parish. If this is the case, put a <br> where that line of code is:

For example, if the parish is not listed in the baptism table:

|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-marriage-index '''1534-1933''' ]
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/buckinghamshire-burial-index '''1536-1992''']
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-

Not Listed in Any Catagories

1. If the parish is not listed in any of the tables, that means that no Findmypast collection has records from that parish. If this is the case, delete the entire Findmypast code (7 lines of code) and the |- above it:

The new code will look something like:

2. Also delete the FMP line of code here and the |- above it (found right underneath the "Church Records" heading):

The new code will look something like: