Useful Information to Add to a Place Portal: Difference between revisions

The following are ideas concerning useful information you might add to pages about places.  

#Links to pages about major ethnic groups of the area  

#Events  

#Links to non-English versions of the page  

#Research Tools  

#Date the jurisdiction was created, as well as the name(s) of its parent jurisdiction(s). For example, the creation date and parent counties of a county. (This information is usually available from Family History Library Catalog.)  

#Minimalist/simple/mandatory information rather than general information. (Exclude information that doesn't directly relate to genealogical research.)  

#Links to other helpful/relevant pages in Wiki  

#Strategy documents that help users select the right type of record to fulfill a research objective  

#Links to major finding aids, such as gazetteers  

#Links to major reference tools, such as translation helps or handwriting guides  

#Link to the forum which covers the area

#Links to information on how to write narratives  

#Links to local histories

#Timelines  

#Use of Timelines (destruction, natural disasters, etc..)  

#Genealogical/Historical events in media  

#Images  

#Events affecting jurisdictions and records  

#Events affecting numerous deaths or migrations  

#Laws affecting marriages, migrations, adoption, voting, record format, or record access  

#Epidemics  

#Wars and drafts  

#Natural disasters  

#Migration routes per time period  

#How to make one category a subcategory of another