WikiProject:CT Town FS Catalog Vital Records

Purpose

To add FS Catalog Vital Records and, or links to the CT Town Vital Records section

Contact

Angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org

Task Lists

• Connecticut FS Catalog Vital Records Part 41 Finished
• Maine Task List At a later date
• Massachusetts Task List At a later date
• New Hampshire Task List At a later date
• Rhode Island Task List At a later date
• Vermont Task List At a later date

Project Instructions

We will be adding:

• New Record Links

and, or...

Replacing:

• Old Record Links

Example Page

Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut Genealogy

Part One

Step One

Click on this Link to open the spreadsheet:

• Connecticut FS Catalog Vital Records Part 41

Step Two

• We will be working in the Connecticut Town pages

• We will also be checking links to the FamilySearch Catalog

Step Three

• Only choose one County at a time

• Choose a Town to work in

• Put your name by the Town

• Then click on the link to open the Town page

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Part Two

Step One

• Go to the Vital Records section

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• Click on Edit Source to open up the Editing (section)

This will show all of the sections of Births, Marriages, and Deaths

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Step Two

• Copy and paste the FS Catalog link or links to where it needs to be added

Look at column "C" named "Add to Section or Sections:"

This is where it will tell you which section or sections to add the FS Catalog link

"All" means to add the FS Catalog link to the Births, Marriages, and Deaths sections

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• If the same record and link is already in the Vital Records section or sections, then replace it with the new record and link that is in the spreadsheet

• Then put all of the Birth, Marriage, and Death records with dates in chronological order

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• Those records without dates put at the bottom of the list

Part Three

Step One

• Once this is done Click on Preview

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• In the Summary: put

Project FS Catalog Vital Records Updates

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• Click on Save changes

Step Two

• Next on the Town page check each link added to make sure the link to the FS Catalog is good

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• Put the date by your name on the Connecticut FS Catalog Vital Records spreadsheet

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Step Three

• Then start over at the top of the instructions at Part One

• Pick another Town to work in and put your name by that Town

FamilySearch Catalog (FS Catalog); formerly called, Family History Library Catalog (FHLC)