FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New England Town Pages, Part 21

Project Leader

Taylor Huguely

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to add catalog records for land, probate, and town records section on the Maine town pages.

Task List

New England Town Pages, Part 21 Task List

Instructions

1. Open the task list and go to Part 21.



2. Place your name next to the town that you are going to edit.



3. Go to the town page.



4. Click on the Edit Source button on the top of the page.



5. Go to FamilySearch Catalog



6. Search for the town in the Place field. It should come up in reverse order. For instance if I were editing Darien it would show up as United States, Connecticut, Fairfield, Darien.



7. Look for Land and Property. Additionally, look at the county level in the catalog for Land and Property'. There should be a link to the county level at the top of the page. If there is not a land and property section on either page, skip to step 12.



8. Click on the first link below the header.



9. For this part of the project you need to make sure that you are signed in to FamilySearch. Look at the format of the records. If they have a camera with a key over it or a microfilm roll, we will not link to it and you can move on to the next record if there are more records in that section, or if there are no other records in the Land and Property section, you can skip to step 12.
   
   
10. If there is a camera icon, we will want to add it to the town page. We use the following template when linking to the catalog:
    
    

    *'''YEAR 1-YEAR 2''' {{FSC|NUMBER|title-id|disp=RECORD TITLE}} at FamilySearch Catalog — images

    
    
    The year range is often found in the title of the record. The number is a little trickier. It is found in the url after catalog/ and before ?availability. Copy this and add it to the template.


For instance, if I was doing this for the town of Darien, my template would look like the following:



*'''1765-1873''' {{FSC|467586|title-id|disp=Town records, 1765-1873}} at FamilySearch Catalog — images




11. Add the template to the Land Records section on the town page. It should go below The following are online land records for the town of Town:



12. Continue the steps above for any available land records for the town. Once you have finished adding them all, paste the following code in the land records sections:




*'''1835-1838''' {{RecordSearch|1881491|Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838}} at FamilySearch — [[Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], index & images




13. Additionally, for towns in Aroostook County, add the following code:




*'''1865-1900''' {{RecordSearch|1447693|Maine, Aroostook County Deed Books, 1865-1900}} at FamilySearch - [[Maine, Aroostook County Deed Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], images




14. For towns in Piscataquis County, add the following code:




*'''1838-1902''' {{RecordSearch|1447336|Maine, Piscataquis County, Deed Books, 1838-1902}} at FamilySearch - [[Maine, Piscataquis County, Deed Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], images




15. Go back to the town page on the Catalog. Look for the Probate records section. Additionally, look at the county level in the catalog for Probate records'. There should be a link to the county level at the top of the page.



16. Click on the first link below the header.



17. Follow the steps for Land and Property but add the collections to the Probate Records section of the page. It should go below The following are online probate records for the town of Darien:



18. Also, paste the following code in the probate records sections:




*'''1584-1999''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8994/ Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999] at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry ($)] — index & images




19. Additionally, for towns in Androscoggin County, add the following code:




*'''1854-1918''' {{RecordSearch|2037995|Maine, Androscoggin County, Probate Estate Files, 1854-1918}} at FamilySearch - [[Maine, Androscoggin County, Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], images




20. For towns in Aroostook County, add the following code:




*'''1837-2007''' {{RecordSearch|1415491|Maine, Aroostook County, Probate Records, 1837-2007}} at FamilySearch - [[Maine, Aroostook County, Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], images




21. For towns in Kennebec County, add the following code:




*'''1779-1915''' {{RecordSearch|1386085|Maine, Kennebec County Probate Estate Files, 1779-1915}} at FamilySearch - [[Maine, Kennebec County Probate Estates Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], images




22. For towns in Knox County, add the following code:




*'''1861-1915''' {{RecordSearch|1931808|Maine, Knox County, Probate Estate Files, 1861-1915}} at FamilySearch - [[Maine, Knox County, Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], images




23. For towns in Oxford County, add the following code:




*'''1805-1915''' {{RecordSearch|2040540|Maine, Oxford County, Probate Estate Files, 1805-1915}} at FamilySearch - [[Maine, Oxford County, Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], images




24. For towns in Somerset County, add the following code:




*'''1809-1915''' {{RecordSearch|2094263|Maine, Somerset County, Probate Estate Files, 1809-1915}} at FamilySearch - [[Maine, Somerset County, Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], images 




25. For towns in York County, add the following code:




*'''1690-1917''' {{RecordSearch|2094226|Maine, York County, Probate Estate Files, 1690-1917}} at FamilySearch - [[Maine, York County, Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]], images




26. Go back to the town page on the Catalog. Look for the Vital records or Town records section.



27. Follow the steps for Land and Property But add the collections to the Town Records section of the page and any corresponding Vital Records sections.



28. Once you have finished write adding collections from the catalog into the summary box and save the page.



29. Place the date that you finished the page in the task list and move on to the next town.

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