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FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indiana Tasks-FamilySearch Vital Records

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Description

The purpose of this task is to add any historical vital records for Indiana counties found on FamilySearch Historical Records.

This task is an intermediate task and requires some knowledge about or experience with writing in wikitext.

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To Print:

  • Go to the top right-hand corner of the page within the the white area.
  • Locate the word Print or the icon of a printer. Click on the icon.
  • Print.

Instructions

1. Check the Assignment Chart below to choose a county to edit.

2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign-up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below.

3. Click on your chosen county name in the Assignment Chart. This will take you to your county page.

4. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password. Find the sign-in area in the top right-hand corner of the page.

5. Click on the Vitals Records section in the Contents. This will take you to where the Birth, Marriage and Death Sections of the page are located.

6. Go to the Birth section heading within Vital Records.

7. On the right side of the heading, click on the edit button that looks like a pencil in a box. This takes you to the Edit section.

8. Click on the word wikitext with in toolbox at the top left side of the edit box.

9. Copy and paste the following two records in chronological(date) order with what records are already on that page under the Under that section heading, there is a heading that looks like this: ==== Birth==== and a heading that looks like this: ''Online Birth Indexes and Records''. Make sure to place your cursor where you want these to appear so they will end up in Chronological Order with the existing records under this heading. If there are no other records in this section, copy and paste both records at once by placing your cursor so that it is under the subheading that looks like this ''Online Birth Indexes and Records'', then hit enter on you keyboard so there is a blank line before adding these records:

:*'''1773–1933''' -{{RecordSearch|1674814|Indiana, Births and Christenings, 1773-1933}} at FamilySearch – free; Index. The collection includes a name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Indiana. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the FamilySearch Library and FamilySearch Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later..<br>


10. Hit enter on your keyboard.


11. In the 'Summary:' box at the bottom of the page type: "Adding Vital records from Historical Records collection"

12. Click on the Save Page button.

13. Now go to the Marriage section heading within Vital Records.

14. On the right side of the heading, click on the edit button that looks like a pencil in a box. This takes you to the Editing of that section.

15. Click on the word wikitext with in toolbox at the top left side of the edit box.

16. Copy and paste the following two records in chronological(date) order with what records are already on that page under the Marriage section: Make sure to place your cursor where you want these to appear so they will end up in Chronological Order. If there are no other records in this section, copy and paste both records at once by placing your cursor so that it is under the ===== Marriage ===== ,and so it is under the subheading that looks like this ''Online Marriage Indexes and Records'', then hit enter on you keyboard so there is a blank line before adding these records:

:*'''1780–1992''' - {{RecordSearch|1674830|Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992}} at FamilySearch – free; Index. Name index to marriage records from the state of Indiana. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the FamilySearch Library and FamilySearch Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later..<br>
:*'''1811–1959''' - {{RecordSearch|1410397|Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959}} at FamilySearch – free; Index. Indexed in partnership with the Indiana Genealogical Society. Name index of marriages recorded in the Indiana Territory and in the State of Indiana between 1811 and 1959. This collection includes searchable index data for marriage returns and licenses from all of the counties in Indiana except the following: Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Stark, Switzerland, Tipton, and Vermillion. <br>

17. Hit enter on your keyboard.

18. In the 'Summary:' box at the bottom of the page type: "Adding Vital records from Historical Records collection"

19. Click on the Save Page button.

20. Now go to the Death section heading within Vital Records.

21. On the right side of the heading, click on the edit button that looks like a pencil in a box. This takes you to the Edit section.

22. Click on the word wikitext with in toolbox at the top left side of the edit box.

23. Copy and paste the each of the following three records in chronological(date) order with what records are already on that page under the Death section: Make sure to place your cursor where you want these to appear so they will end up in Chronological Order. If there are no other records in this section, copy and paste both records at once by placing your cursor so that it is under the ===== Death ===== and under the subheading that looks like this ''Online Death Indexes and Records'', then hit enter on you keyboard so there is a blank line before adding these records:

:*'''1882–1954''' - {{RecordSearch|1947977|Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1954}} at FamilySearch – free; Index. Index of deaths from the Indiana State Board of Health, Division of Vital Records in Indianapolis. Index provided by Ancestry.com<br>


24. Hit enter on your keyboard.

25. In the 'Summary:' box at the bottom of the page type: "Adding Vital records from Historical Records Collection"

26. Click on the Save Page button.

  • If you have questions about editing, go to wiki help links under the heading Description.

27. Mark the Assignment Chart below to indicate you have finished the task.

28. Also, report your finished task on the Indiana FamilySearch Completed Task Google Form. Follow the instructions on the Google form. This step is important for documenting completed wiki volunteer work. Thank you!

Section Example

Vital Records

Birth
  • 1773–1933 -Indiana, Births and Christenings, 1773-1933 at FamilySearch – free; Index. The collection includes a name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Indiana. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the FamilySearch Library and FamilySearch Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later..
Marriages
  • 1780–1992 - Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch – free; Index. Name index to marriage records from the state of Indiana. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the FamilySearch Library and FamilySearch Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later..
  • 1811–1959 - Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at FamilySearch – free; Index. Indexed in partnership with the Indiana Genealogical Society. Name index of marriages recorded in the Indiana Territory and in the State of Indiana between 1811 and 1959. This collection includes searchable index data for marriage returns and licenses from all of the counties in Indiana except the following: Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Stark, Switzerland, Tipton, and Vermillion.
Deaths
  • 1882–1954 - Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1954 at FamilySearch – free; Index. Index of deaths from the Indiana State Board of Health, Division of Vital Records in Indianapolis. Index provided by Ancestry.com

Assignment Chart

If you are accepting this task:

1. Sign in to the wiki at the upper right-hand corner of this page. Use your FamilySearch account username and password.
2. Open the Assignment Chart for editing by clicking on the check mark in the box at the right opposite the Assignment Table heading.
3. Place your cursor in the box under the heading Name/Date Task Accepted and opposite your county of choice.
4. Type 4 tildes (~). This symbol is located on the upper left-hand part of your keyboard, next to the number 1. The ~~~~ is an electronic signature and will leave your user name and date when you signed.
5. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Selected Monroe County for adding FamilySearch Vital Records".
6. Click on the box "Save Page".
7. You are now signed up to complete this task.


If you are completing this task:

  • Follow the same instructions as accepting the task, except place your cursor in the correct county box under the heading Date Completed. Change your summary sentence to something like, "Completed Monroe County for societies."
County Name/Date Task Accepted Date Completed
Adams Lovebrenda 20:47, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:47, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Allen Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Bartholomew Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Benton Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Blackford Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Boone Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Brown Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Carroll Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Cass Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Clark Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Clay Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Clinton Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Crawford Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Daviess Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
DeKalb Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Decatur Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Delaware Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Dubois Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Elkhart Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Fayette Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Floyd Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Fountain Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Franklin Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Fulton Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Gibson Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Grant Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Greene Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Hamilton Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Hancock Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Harrison Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Hendricks Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Henry Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Howard Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Huntington Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Jackson Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Jasper Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Jay Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Jefferson Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Jennings Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Johnson Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Knox Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Kosciusko Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
La Grange Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
La Porte Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Lake Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Lawrence Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Madison Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Marion Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Marshall Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Martin Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Miami Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Monroe Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Montgomery Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Morgan Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Newton Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Noble Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Ohio Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Orange Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Owen Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Parke Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Perry Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Pike Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Porter Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Posey Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Pulaski Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Putnam Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Randolph Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Ripley Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Rush Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Scott Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Shelby Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Spencer Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
St. Joseph Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Starke Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Steuben Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Sullivan Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Switzerland Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Tippecanoe Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Tipton Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Union Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Vanderburgh Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Vermillion Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Vigo Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Wabash Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Warren Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Warrick Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Washington Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Wayne Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Wells Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
White Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Whitley Lovebrenda 20:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Lovebrenda 20:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

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