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New England New Collections

Project Leader

Caileigh Oldroyd

Purpose

These new collections need to be added to New England Locality Pages.

Video Instructions

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Task List

Task List

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Beginning Instructions

There are new collections that need to be added separately to locality pages in New England.

1. You will need to sign up for a locality under a collection title tab on the Task List.
2. Go to the instructions for the specific collection below.

Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750 tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Probate Records in the Contents

In the contents, select Probate Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Probate Records. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Probate Records

• Click Edit Source next to Probate Records.

• Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date under the small paragraph about probate records.
  
  

Exceptions:

• If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
• If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
• If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*'''1635-1750''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/82/connecticut-early-probate-records-1635-1750 Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750] at American Ancestors — index & images ($) 

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

• Enter in
  

/* Probate Records */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

• 1635-1750 Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

Connecticut: Marriages and Deaths, 1790-1833

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Connecticut: Marriages and Deaths, 1790-1833 tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Vital Records in the Contents

In the contents, select Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Vital Records. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Vital Records

• Click Edit Source next to Vital Records.

• Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date under the Marriages AND Deaths subheadings nestled under the Vital Records heading.
  
  

Exceptions:

• If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
• If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
• If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*'''1790-1833''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1704/connecticut-marriages-and-deaths-1790-1833 Connecticut: Marriages and Deaths, 1790-1833] at American Ancestors — index & images ($) 

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

• Enter in
  

/* Vital Records */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

• 1790-1833 Connecticut: Marriages and Deaths, 1790-1833 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

Rhode Island: Historical Cemeteries, 1647-2000

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Rhode Island: Historical Cemeteries, 1647-2000 tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Cemeteries in the Contents

In the contents, select Cemeteries. This should jump you down to the Subheading Cemeteries. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Cemeteries

• Click Edit Source next to Cemeteries.

• Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date.
  
  

Exceptions:

• If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
• If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
• If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*'''1647-2000''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/2732/rhode-island-historical-cemeteries-1647-2000 Rhode Island: Historical Cemeteries, 1647-2000] at American Ancestors — index & images ($) 

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

• Enter in
  

/* Cemeteries */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

• 1647-2000 Rhode Island: Historical Cemeteries, 1647-2000 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850 tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click HEADER NAME in the Contents

In the contents, select Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Vital Records. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Vital Records

• Click Edit Source next to Vital Records.

• Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date under each of the Birth, Marriages, and Deaths subheadings.
  
  

Exceptions:

• If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
• If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
• If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*'''1636-1850''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/532/rhode-island-vital-records-1636-1850 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850] at American Ancestors — index & images ($) 

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

• Enter in
  

/* Vital Records */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

• 1636-1850 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

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