FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject The Barbour Collection

Purpose

To add the The Barbour Collection from FamilySearch Catalog, Ancestry, and WorldCat to select Connecticut Town pages

Contact

Angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org

Task List

This project is found in tab Part 39

• Connecticut Task List Finished

Project Instructions

To add the The Barbour Collection from FamilySearch Catalog, Ancestry, and WorldCat to select Connecticut Town pages

Initial Instructions

For these instructions Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut was used

• Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut Genealogy

Only select Connecticut Towns have a Barbour Collection

• Choose a Town in the Task List to work in, and put your name and date there

This image is of the Redding, CT and where the Vital Records are in the Contents box

• Click in the Vital Records section

This image shows the Vital Records section

Part One

Step One

• Click the edit source by Vital Records to show all sub-sections of Birth, Marriage, and Death

This image shows all 3 sections in Vital Records

Step Two

FamilySearch Catalog & WorldCat Library Locations

• Copy and paste these Wiki Text codes in the Birth, Marriage and Death sections, before the other records that are listed there

* '''Pre 1850''' {{FSC|295370|item|disp=Barbour Collection: Connecticut Vital Records Prior to 1850}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images; ''some towns maybe missing''
*'''Pre 1850''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/barbour-collection-of-connecticut-town-vital-records/oclc/746977528&referer=brief_results The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records] ''This collection of bound typescripts are available at these libraries;'' ''some towns maybe missing''

• Click Preview to make sure everything looks good

This image shows what the links will look like when you click Preview



Here are the links, and what they would look like on the Town page

• Pre 1850 Barbour Collection: Connecticut Vital Records Prior to 1850(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images;

some towns maybe missing

• Pre 1850 The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records This collection of bound typescripts are available at these libraries; some towns maybe missing

Step Three

• In the Summary add:

/* Vital Records */ Project The Barbour Collection

Here is an image of the Summary and Save changes

• Click Save changes and go to Part Two

Part Two

Ancestry

Step One

Birth

• Go to the Birth Section and click on edit source
• Copy and paste this Wiki Text code below the Pre 1850 entries

 *'''Pre 1870''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1034/ Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)] at Ancestry - index & images ($); ''some towns maybe missing''

• Pre 1870 Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) at Ancestry - index & images ($); some towns maybe missing

• Click on Preview to make sure everything looks good
• In the Summary add:

/* Births */ Project The Barbour Collection

• Click Save changes and go to Step Two

Step Two

Marriage

• Go to the Marriage Section and click on edit source
• Copy and paste this Wiki Text code below the Pre 1850 entries

 *'''Pre 1870''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1062/ Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)] at Ancestry - index & images ($); ''some towns maybe missing''

• Pre 1870 Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) at Ancestry - index & images ($); some towns maybe missing

• Click Preview to make sure everything looks good
• In the Summary add:

/* Marriages */ Project The Barbour Collection

• Click Save changes and go to Step Three

Step Three

Death

• Go to the Death Section and click on edit source
• Copy and paste this Wiki Text code below the Pre 1850 entries

 *'''Pre 1870''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1063/ Connecticut, U.S., Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)] at Ancestry - index & images ($); ''some towns maybe missing''

• Pre 1870 Connecticut, U.S., Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) at Ancestry - index & images ($) some towns maybe missing

• Click on Preview to make sure everything looks good
• In the Summary add:

/* Deaths */ Project The Barbour Collection

Step Four

This image is shown again with all three links on the Preview page

• Click Save changes and then start over at Part One

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