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{{breadcrumb | link1=[[FamilySearch Wiki:Current Projects|Current Projects Page]] | link2= | link3= | link4= | link5=Fixing New York County pages pt 1 }} ==Project Leader== Danielle ==Purpose== To help Danielle fix the New York county sandbox pages so she can quickly review them and move them to the county page. ==Video Instructions== *[https://office365lds-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/batsondl_churchofjesuschrist_org/EfiIl0TwcqFIgdy2OGbfkgEBJaCqr44mLg4qCIt7EkK86Q Video Instructions] ==Task List== *[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MCqVTn9uZGp96EkPpDJSGUkfnA-d0vbreiDhjxdHMLo/edit?usp=sharing Task List] ==Part A - Fix Miscellaneous Sections== ===Step One - Sign Up=== *Sign up for a sandbox to work on using this [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MCqVTn9uZGp96EkPpDJSGUkfnA-d0vbreiDhjxdHMLo/edit?usp=sharing Task List] and click on the link to open the Wiki page. ===Step Two - Fix Courthouse Link=== *Click on Edit Source for the page and go the the County Courthouse header. *Change the COUNTY County Courthouse link to COUNTY County Website. ===Step Three - Remove Civil War Subheader=== *Do Ctrl + F to get to the Civil War header under Military Records. Or scroll down the page. *Delete the header listed below: <nowiki>''Online Civil War Indexes and Records'' </nowiki> ==Part B - Fix Births Header== ===Step One - Move the Collection=== *Move the following collection to the regular Births header (instead of Birth Substitutes) and add it chronologically to the other collections. <nowiki>* '''1640-1962''' {{RecordSearch|1680842|New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962}} at FamilySearch — [[New York Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index</nowiki> ===Step Two - Copy and Paste the same collection=== *This collection (you just moved in Step One) is full of church records but it does have a few government births. *Copy the following collection and add it to the Church Records header before other denominations listed. This collection has records for many different denominations. <nowiki>* '''1640-1962''' {{RecordSearch|1680842|New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962}} at FamilySearch — [[New York Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index</nowiki> ===Step Three - Birth Substitute Header - Delete Some Text=== * If the following is listed in the Birth Substitutes header, please delete them: <nowiki>*See ''Town Clerks' Registers of Men who Served in the Civil War'' in the Civil War section of [[COUNTY County, New York Genealogy|COUNTY]] for birth information.</nowiki> *<nowiki>*See [[COUNTY County, New York Genealogy|COUNTY]] section above for birth information.</nowiki> ==Part C - Fix Marriages Header== ===Step One - Move the Template=== *Under the Marriages header, you should see a template that looks like this (the years in the template will be different for each county): <nowiki>{{NYMarriage|1870|1946}}</nowiki> *Cut and paste this template directly after the Vital Records header and Vital Records Intro template. ===Step Three - Marriage Substitutes Header - Remove Census Records=== *The following census records should be deleted: <nowiki>*'''1864-5, 1874-5''' See Marriage Schedule information in the State Census section of [[COUNTY County, New York Genealogy|COUNTY]] for marriage information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.</nowiki> ===Step Four - Marriage Substitutes Header - Marriages=== *We've found that sometimes this collection is accidentally in the Marriage Substitutes header. Move it to the Marriages header and place it in chronological order. <nowiki>* '''1686-1980''' {{RecordSearch|1680847|New York Marriages, 1686-1980}} at FamilySearch — [[New York Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index</nowiki> ==Part D - Fix Deaths Header== ===Step One - Add the collection to Deaths Header and Church Records Header=== *Under the Deaths Header locate the following collection, copy it, and paste it in the Church Records header just before the other denominations listed. <nowiki>* '''1824-1962''' {{RecordSearch|2373798|New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962}} at FamilySearch — [[New York, Church and Civil Deaths - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index</nowiki> ===Step Two - Death Substitutes Header - Newspapers=== * All or some of these collections are listed on the county Death Substitutes Header. Some of these collections you may have already copied and pasted in the Newspaper Header. Double check and copy and paste any that are not listed. <nowiki>*'''1777-1834 '''Fred Q. Bowman,''10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834'' (Baltimore,MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987). [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61695/ Ancestry ($)]; [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-56358/10000-vital-records-of-eastern-new-york-1777-1834 MyHeritage ($)]; {{WorldCat|15220119|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|508207|item|disp=FS Library Book 974.7 V2bfq}}. Abstracted from newspaper marriage and death columns. *'''1801-1890''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8920 ''Barber Collection- Newspaper Deaths''] at Ancestry – ($); Index. Information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post." *'''1804-1850''' Fred Q. Bowman, ''8000 More Vital Records of Eastern New York State, 1804-1850'' (Rhinebeck, New York: Kinship Books, 1991). {{WorldCat|25214683|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|485928|item|disp=FS Library Book 974.7 V2bfqa}}. Abstracts of newspaper marriage and death columns. *'''1809-1850''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61445/ ''10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850''] at Ancestry ($). Info from newspapers. *'''1856-1863''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49240 ''Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald''] at Ancestry – ($); Index. These newspaper notices refer to people up and down the East Coast as well as midwesterners and persons from as far west as the State of California. Also browsable.</nowiki> ===Step Three - Deaths Substitutes Header - Remove Census Records=== *There are also several links about Mortality schedules that only belong in the Census Records header. Remove the following collections if they are listed: <nowiki>*'''1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80''' See Mortality Schedule information in the Federal Census section of [[COUNTY County, New York Genealogy|COUNTY]] for death information. *'''1864-5, 1874-5''' See Mortality Schedule information in the State Census section of [[COUNTY County, New York Genealogy|COUNTY]] for death information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.</nowiki> ===Step Four - Death Substitutes Header - Delete Some Text=== * If the following is listed in the Deaths Substitutes header, please delete them: <nowiki>*See ''Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War'' in the Civil War section of [[Albany County, New York Genealogy|Albany]] for death information. For information about town vital statistics (including births and deaths) contact the the city, town or village clerk. </nowiki> ===Step Five - Rogue Collections === *Double check all the birth, marriages, and deaths section to make sure no substitute databases are listed. If you do find one, check to see if it is under the correct header. *Delete any unneeded databases ==Part E - GenWeb Collections== ===Step One - Move GenWeb Substitute Records Links=== *GenWeb collections: If there are any Genweb collections that are listed in the vital records section (including substitute records) for obituaries, churches, or Mortality censuses, move the collection to the respective header as you see fit. *''For your information: only collections labeled Obituaries belong under Obituaries; Anything labeled deaths or death notices, should be under Newspapers. There is overlap at times - if the collection says both Obituaries and death notices in the title, it goes under both headings, Obituaries and Newspapers.'' ===Step Two - Remove Substitute Records Headers=== *Be sure to delete any of the following headers you might find under the Vital Records header: Birth Substitutes Birth Indexes Marriage Substitutes Marriage indexes Death Substitutes Death Indexes ==Part F - Review Archives, Libraries, and Museums Headers== *In some of the counties, I have found Archives, Libraries, and Museums entries listed under the incorrect headers. Can you review the sections on the page and move the repository to the correct header? ==Part G - Newspapers== ===Step One - Marriage Substitutes Header - Newspapers=== *We do not list substitute records under different headings in Vital Records. Move any newspaper collection databases to the Newspaper header. ===Step Two - Add Newspaper Collections=== *Compare these collections to the Newspaper header. Copy and paste any listed here that are not in the county. '''All of New York''' <nowiki>*'''1800-1855''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4244 ''New York Marriage Notices''] at Ancestry – ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage notices published in newspapers around the state. Contains name of bride and groon, marriage date, marriage location, residence, and newspaper found in. *'''1801-1880''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8936 ''Barber Collection- Newspaper Marriages''] at Ancestry – ($); Index. Information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post." *'''1856-1863''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49240 ''Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald''] at [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry ($); Index. These newspaper notices refer to people up and down the East Coast as well as midwesterners and persons from as far west as the State of California. Also browsable. </nowiki> Western: Allegany, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates, '''For Western States only:''' *'''1809-1850''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61445/ ''10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850''] at Ancestry ($). Info from newspapers. '''For Eastern States only:''' *'''1777-1834 '''Fred Q. Bowman,''10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834'' (Baltimore,MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987). [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61695/ Ancestry ($)]; [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-56358/10000-vital-records-of-eastern-new-york-1777-1834 MyHeritage ($)]; {{WorldCat|15220119|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|508207|item|disp=FS Library Book 974.7 V2bfq}}. Abstracted from newspaper marriage and death columns. *'''1804-1850''' Fred Q. Bowman, ''8000 More Vital Records of Eastern New York State, 1804-1850'' (Rhinebeck, New York: Kinship Books, 1991). {{WorldCat|25214683|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|485928|item|disp=FS Library Book 974.7 V2bfqa}}. Abstracts of newspaper marriage and death columns. ==Part H - Save the Page== *Preview the page and review each section to make sure the links look correct. *Once everything looks correct, save the page. *Go to the next sandbox to review: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MCqVTn9uZGp96EkPpDJSGUkfnA-d0vbreiDhjxdHMLo/edit?usp=sharing Task List] [[Category:WikiProjects]]

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