FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Maine Town Cemeteries

Purpose

Part 1

• To add TOWN Cemeteries List from Find A Grave.com to the Cemeteries section of the Maine Town pages

Part 2

• To add TOWN Cemeteries from the FamilySearch.org Catalog to the Cemeteries Section of the Main Town page

Part 3

• To add COUNTY Cemeteries from the FamilySearch.org Catalog to the Cemeteries section of the Maine Town pages

Additional Information

• If there are any links or other information already in the Cemeteries section in the Town, place these new links at the top to add to what is already there. Do not remove anything that was there before

Contact

• Angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org

Task List

• Select a Town you want to work on from the Task List and put the date and your name by that Town
• Task List

Sample Pages

• These samples only show Find A Grave and County level links

Abbot, Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy
Acton, York County, Maine Genealogy

Project Instructions

Part 1

• To add TOWN Cemeteries List from Find A Grave.com to the Cemeteries section of the Maine Town pages

Step 1

• Make sure to log into FamilySearch.org first
• Click on the town in the task list to open up the town page

• This first image is what a Maine Town page looks like
• Towards the bottom of this image is the Cemeteries section

• Click on edit source in the Cemeteries section of the Town chosen from the Task List
• Copy and paste these 3 WikiTexts to the Cemeteries Section
• When you right click on the mouse and it doesn't give you the "paste" option then use "Ctrl V"

*[URL TOWN Cemeteries List] at FindAGrave
*{{FSC|SUBJECT NUMBER|subject-id|disp=TOWN Cemeteries}} at FamilySearch Catalog
*{{FSC|SUBJECT NUMBER|subject-id|disp=COUNTY County Cemeteries}} at FamilySearch Catalog

• This image shows what the WikiTexts will look like in the Cemeteries section in edit source

Step 2

• Go to Find A Grave Cemeteries
  

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• Enter the Town and State in Cemetery Location
• This should bring the dropdown with the Town, County, State, United States of America
• Make sure this Place matches with what you chose on the Task List
• Click the Search button

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• This page shows how many cemeteries are in that town and is the page we want linked to our Cemeteries section

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Step 3

Creating the link

• Copy the URL from the top of the FindAGrave Town Cemeteries page and paste it into the WikiText added to the Cemeteries section in step one

• This is only an example do not copy:

*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Alfred%2C+York+County%2C+Maine%2C+United+States+of+America&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=city_68467 TOWN Cemeteries List] at FindAGrave

• Add the TOWN name to the end of the URL and before the word Cemeteries
• Make sure there is a space between the URL and the TOWN name

• This is only an example do not copy:

*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Alfred%2C+York+County%2C+Maine%2C+United+States+of+America&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=city_68467 Alfred Cemeteries List] at FindAGrave

• It should look like this in the Show preview

• This is only an example do not copy:

• Alfred Cemeteries List at FindAGrave

• Here is an example of a preview of Alfred, York County, Maine

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• In Summary add: Project Added FindAGrave Cemeteries list
• Save changes

• Then go on to the next section:
• To add TOWN Cemeteries from the FamilySearch.org Catalog to the Cemeteries Section of the Main Town page

Project Instructions

Part 2

• To add TOWN Cemeteries from the FamilySearch.org Catalog to the Cemeteries Section of the Main Town page

• Click on edit source in the Cemeteries section of the Town chosen from the Task List

Step 1

• To search for cemeteries at the Maine Town level, follow directions below:

• Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
• Enter: United States, Maine in the Place box
• Click on: Search

• 
  

• Click on: Places within United States, Maine at the top of the page
• Next click on the County you want to search

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• Then click on Places within United States, Maine, County Name
• Last click on the town you want to search

Step 2

• This is an image for the Town of Abbot in Piscataquis County, Maine

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• If there are no cemetery records on the Town level, (like in the town of Abbot):
• Delete the Town Link

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• Skip to Part 3 *To add COUNTY County Cemeteries from the FamilySearch.org Catalog to the Cemeteries section of the Maine Town pages

• If there are Cemeteries at the Town Level keep the Town Link:

Step 3

• Here is an image of the Town of Alfred, York County, Maine
• It shows that there is a Cemeteries link to click on:

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• When the link is clicked on it will next show this
• Click on the first link

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• This is the next page
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• Scroll down to Subjects
• Click on the one for the Town that was chosen from the Task List
• Choose the link for Alfred, York County, Maine
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• This page shows all the records for the Town of Alfred
• Go to the side and copy the Subject Number and paste it into the WikiText

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• Then paste Alfred in the TOWN section

Creating the link

*{{FSC|SUBJECT NUMBER|subject-id|disp=TOWN Cemeteries}} at FamilySearch Catalog

• This is only an example do not copy:

• Copy and paste the Subject Number into the WikiText

:*{{FSC|417217|subject-id|disp=TOWN Cemeteries}}at FamilySearch Catalog

• This is only an example do not copy:

• Copy and paste the Town into the WikiText

:*{{FSC|417217|subject-id|disp=Alfred Cemeteries}} at FamilySearch Catalog

• This is only an example do not copy:

• It will then look like this when previewed:

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• In Summary add: Project Added FamilySearch Catalog Cemeteries list
• Save changes

• When finished with the Towns section go to:
• Part 3
• To add COUNTY County Cemeteries from the FamilySearch.org Catalog to the Cemeteries section of the Maine Town pages

Project Instructions

Part 3

• To add COUNTY County Cemeteries from the FamilySearch.org Catalog to the Cemeteries section of the Maine Town pages

• Click on edit source in the Cemeteries section of the Town chosen from the Task List

Step 1

• Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
• Enter: United States, Maine in the Place box
• Click on: Search

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• Click on: Places within United States, Maine at the top of the page
• Next click on the County that matches the Town that was chosen on the Task List

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• For this example York County, Maine was chosen
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• If there are cemetery records on the County level click into the first cemetery record from The Cemeteries section

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• This image is of the page for York County, Maine
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• Scroll down to Subjects, Locality Subjects

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• Click on United States, Maine, York - Cemeteries

• This page will show all of the cemetery records belonging to that particular County

• Copy the Subject Number from the side of the page and paste into the Subject Number section from Part 1

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Creating the link

*{{FSC|SUBJECT NUMBER|subject-id|disp=COUNTY County Cemeteries}} at FamilySearch Catalog

• This is only an example do not copy:

• Copy and paste the Subject Number into the WikiText

:*{{FSC|399184|subject-id|disp=COUNTY County Cemeteries}} at FamilySearch Catalog

• This is only an example do not copy:

• Copy and paste the COUNTY name into the WikiText

:*{{FSC|399184|subject-id|disp=York County Cemeteries}} at FamilySearch Catalog

• This is only an example do not copy:

• It will then look like this when previewed:

• In Summary add: Project Added FamilySearch Catalog Cemeteries list
• Save changes

• All steps are now finished for the Town and County that was chosen from the Task List
• Move on to the next Town and County on the Task List and start over at the top of the instructions with FindAGrave

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