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Welcome to the Maryland [[Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki|barn raising]] page! A wiki barn raising is a short, focused community effort to create or revise content relating to a single topic such as "genealogical research in Maryland." The following tasks need to be accomplished during the Maryland barn raising in January 2009. Please volunteer to complete one or more tasks by adding your name to this list. Before you can add your name to the list below, you must [http://fch.ldschurch.org/FSWiki/Register/Register8.html register.] After you have registered, log in to the Wiki, and while on this page, click the "Edit" option located in the page options box to the right. This will open the "Editing" window. Insert three tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>) in the 'sign up...' column (the third column below) across from the task you wish to help out with, go down to the bottom of the editing page, and click 'Save Page', to save your changes. More than one person may sign up to work on a given task. Those that sign up for a task can communicate with each other on what they are doing by clicking on the user's name and editing that user's discussion page.<br> | [[Image:Barn_Raising.jpg|thumb]]Welcome to the Maryland [[Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki|barn raising]] page! A wiki barn raising is a short, focused community effort to create or revise content relating to a single topic such as "genealogical research in Maryland." The following tasks need to be accomplished during the Maryland barn raising in January 2009. Please volunteer to complete one or more tasks by adding your name to this list. Before you can add your name to the list below, you must [http://fch.ldschurch.org/FSWiki/Register/Register8.html register.] After you have registered, log in to the Wiki, and while on this page, click the "Edit" option located in the page options box to the right. This will open the "Editing" window. Insert three tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>) in the 'sign up...' column (the third column below) across from the task you wish to help out with, go down to the bottom of the editing page, and click 'Save Page', to save your changes. More than one person may sign up to work on a given task. Those that sign up for a task can communicate with each other on what they are doing by clicking on the user's name and editing that user's discussion page.<br> | ||
== Maryland state pages to update == | == Maryland state pages to update == | ||
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Potentially, a large number of missionaries at Church Headquarters and volunteers in the community are available to do simple tasks that support the writing of articles. This is the place to list and/or volunteer for those tasks! If you're a writer, here's where you can get some help. If you're a missionary or community member, here's where you can give some! | Potentially, a large number of missionaries at Church Headquarters and volunteers in the community are available to do simple tasks that support the writing of articles. This is the place to list and/or volunteer for those tasks! If you're a writer, here's where you can get some help. If you're a missionary or community member, here's where you can give some! | ||
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>)''' | | valign="middle" align="center" | '''Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>)''' | ||
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| Add data to the table on [[Maryland County Creation Dates and Parent Counties|Maryland County Creation Dates and Parent Counties]] | | Add data to the table on [[Maryland County Creation Dates and Parent Counties|Maryland County Creation Dates and Parent Counties]] | ||
| width="38%" | Model the page after [[Pennsylvania County Creation Dates and Parent Counties|Pennsylvania_County_Creation_Dates_and_Parent_Counties]]. You can get all the info. for Maryland counties from the Family History Library [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Catalog] by doing a Place Search on the county. You can get a list of Maryland counties by doing a Place Search on Maryland and then clicking Related Places. The whole task should take only a couple hours. <br> | | width="38%" | Model the page after [[Pennsylvania County Creation Dates and Parent Counties|Pennsylvania_County_Creation_Dates_and_Parent_Counties]]. You can get all the info. for Maryland counties from the Family History Library [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Catalog] by doing a Place Search on the county. You can get a list of Maryland counties by doing a Place Search on Maryland and then clicking Related Places. The whole task should take only a couple hours. <br> | ||
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This is a note to [[User:RitcheyMT|Ritcheymt]] that RDhill would like some instructions on this task. | This is a note to [[User:RitcheyMT|Ritcheymt]] that RDhill would like some instructions on this task. | ||
RG and SG contain bullet lists which mention the types of information that can be gleaned from each type of U.S. records. Example: The '''What you are looking for''' section of the ''Research Guidance ''page "[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G&Aid=576&Gid=0&Sid=9787&Sisgid=8731&Lid=356&Did=506&Guide=AL_BMT3_PopulationSchedules1790-1920.asp&Juris1=356&Event=Birth&Year=506&Gloss=Census%20Population%20Schedule&Sub=Census&Tab=Search&Entry=3&Loc=Alabama%2C%20United%20States Alabama Federal Census Population Schedules, 1820 to 1920]." | RG and SG contain bullet lists which mention the types of information that can be gleaned from each type of U.S. records. Example: The '''What you are looking for''' section of the ''Research Guidance ''page "[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G&Aid=576&Gid=0&Sid=9787&Sisgid=8731&Lid=356&Did=506&Guide=AL_BMT3_PopulationSchedules1790-1920.asp&Juris1=356&Event=Birth&Year=506&Gloss=Census%20Population%20Schedule&Sub=Census&Tab=Search&Entry=3&Loc=Alabama%2C%20United%20States Alabama Federal Census Population Schedules, 1820 to 1920]." | ||
| [[User:Rdhill|Rdhill]] | | [[User:Rdhill|Rdhill]] | ||
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== Maryland county pages to update<br> == | == Maryland county pages to update<br> == | ||
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| [[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil]] | | [[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil]] | ||
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== Preliminary tasks for wiki veterans == | == Preliminary tasks for wiki veterans == | ||
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*[[Running a Barn Raising|Running a Barn Raising]]<br> | *[[Running a Barn Raising|Running a Barn Raising]]<br> | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Barn_Raising]] | ||