WikiProject:Ancestry Vital Records to CT Town Pages

Purpose

To add Ancestry Vital Records to CT Town Pages

Contact

angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org

Task Lists

Part 46

• Connecticut Task List

Project Instructions

We will be adding:

• New Record Links

to Marriages, Deaths, and Divorces
and if you need to...

Replacing:

• Old Record Links

with the new ones we have

Example Page

Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut Genealogy

Part One

Step One

• Open task list

• Choose one County

• Select the Town to work in and put your name

Step Two

• Open Town link and go to Vital Records - Marriages section

• Click on Edit Source

• In the Editing section:

• These are Marriage Records to copy & paste:

*'''1600s-1700s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
*'''1897-1968 ''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70865/ Web: Connecticut, U.S., Marriage Records, 1897-1968] at Ancestry - index ($); ''Also at: [https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/ Connecticut State Library]''
*'''1959-2012 ''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7158/ Connecticut, U.S., Marriage Index, 1959-2012] at Ancestry - index ($)

Step Three

• Put all of the Marriage records in chronological order

• Make sure there is no duplicate link

• If there is remove the old link

• Click on Preview

• Put this in the Summary:

Project Ancestry Vital Records to CT Town Pages

• Save Changes

Part Two

Step One

• Go to Vital Records - Deaths section

• Click on Edit Source

• In the Editing section:

These are Death Records to copy and paste:

*'''1650-1934 ''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2557/ Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934] at Ancestry - index ($)
*'''1897-1968 ''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70866/ Web: Connecticut, U.S., Death Records, 1897-1968] at Ancestry - index ($); ''Also at: [https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/death-records/ Connecticut State Library]''
*'''1949-2012 ''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4124/ Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012] at Ancestry - index ($)

Step Two

• Put all of the Death records in chronological order

• Make sure there is no duplicate link

• If there is remove the old link

Step Three

• Click on Preview

• Put this in the Summary:

Project Ancestry Vital Records to CT Town Pages

• Save Changes

Part Three

Step One

• Go to Vital Records - Divorce section

• Click on Edit Source

• In the Editing section:

These are Divorce Records to copy and paste:

*'''1968-1997 ''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1706/ Connecticut, U.S., Divorce Index, 1968-1997] at Ancestry - index ($)

Step Two

• Put all of the Divorce record in chronological order

• Make sure there is no duplicate link

• If there is remove the old link

Step Three

• Click on Preview

• Put this in the Summary:

Project Ancestry Vital Records to CT Town Pages

• Save Changes

Part Four

Step One

• Check all new links to make sure they are good

• Make sure your Name and Date are by the Town you just finished in the task list

• Then start over at Part One again

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