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Click to [http://meetingplace.ldschurch.org/a/307f32661e7dc26011b9f36cf0e99ed4 join the meeting], '''9:00–10:00 a.m. Wednesdays''' (Mountain). Meeting ID: 6804, click '''Attend Meeting''', Sign in as a Guest (preferably with your name). ([[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah#Community_Meetings|Further instructions]] under the label '''Join the meeting''')  
Click to [http://meetingplace.ldschurch.org/a/307f32661e7dc26011b9f36cf0e99ed4 join the meeting], '''9:00–10:00 a.m. Wednesdays''' (Mountain). Meeting ID: 6804, click '''Attend Meeting''', Sign in as a Guest (preferably with your name). ([[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah#Community_Meetings|Further instructions]] under the label '''Join the meeting''')  
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== Agenda  ==
== Agenda  ==


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<br>Anyone new to this meeting? <br>  
<br>Anyone new to this meeting? <br>


'''Meeting Participants:'''  
'''Meeting Participants:'''  


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== News and Events  ==
== News and Events  ==


*June 9 (Saturday) [http://www.murrayfamilyhistoryfair.com/ Murray Family History Fair] Saturday, June 9th. Click on Classes.  
*June 9 (Saturday) [http://www.murrayfamilyhistoryfair.com/ Murray Family History Fair] Saturday, June 9th. Click on Classes.  
*June 16 (Today is the deadline to register) [http://ugagenealogy.org/aem.php?eid=22 Mormon History Bus Tours] of Echo Canyon and of East Canyon.  
*June 16 (Saturday) [http://ugagenealogy.org/aem.php?eid=22 Mormon History Bus Tours] of Echo Canyon and of East Canyon.  
*June 21 [http://www.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=11 Supercharge Your Research: Cut Ten Years off Your Learning Curve] presented by Barry Ewell. This is the UGA Virtual Chapter meeting which occurs every 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m. (Mountain).  
*June 21 [http://www.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt=11 Supercharge Your Research: Cut Ten Years off Your Learning Curve] presented by Barry Ewell. This is the UGA Virtual Chapter meeting which occurs every 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m. (Mountain).  
*July 31-Aug 3 [http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwgeneal/ BYU Conference] on Family History &amp; Genealogy  
*July 31-Aug 3 [http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwgeneal/ BYU Conference] on Family History &amp; Genealogy  
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*1940 Census Help [http://ugagenealogy.org/ UGA's project] with FamilySearch Indexing.  
*1940 Census Help [http://ugagenealogy.org/ UGA's project] with FamilySearch Indexing.  
*There is a new subforum for Wiki Projects. Do we want to use it? If so, ideas for what to include?
*Creation of '''Utah Wiki Project Forum''' (date to be announced- but soon Forums were changed yesterday -- there is a thread for Wiki Projects. There is a new subforum. Put up a page in the wiki and thread in forums.
*Some people may discover through the forums. another place to check, to keep up with. Has to monitor it, etc. Can we identify that forum, and tell them to go to the project page. Just one or two threads that redirects them. Things they can do. The forums may not be getting much traffic. Frustrating to use. Perhaps post a thread or two -- mostly to redirect people.


== Review of last meeting  ==
== Review of last meeting  ==


*Wednesday, [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Community Meeting 2012 May 30|30 May]]
*Wednesday, [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Community Meeting 2012 May 23|23 May]]


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== Progress reports  ==
== Progress reports  ==


*[[Utah Newspapers#Digital_Issues_Online|Tip icon]] I was assigned to ask Steve to give us a few options, including color of the bar. Not done.  
*[[Utah Newspapers#Digital_Issues_Online|Tip icon]] template review: Steve gave us a few options, including color of the bar.  
*Obituaries task description totally ready and tested by Liz (Jana wrote it).  
*Newspapers update: Wilma with input from Jana and Liz.  
*Karen Coombs from Vernal has expressed interest in helping, but is going on vacation until June 17.  
*Obituaries task description totally ready and tested by (Lois?).  
*Patsy will make meeting recordings reviewable by public.  
*[Name] has expressed interest in helping. She has been contacted and ....  
*Review the revised [[Talk:Beaver County, Utah|Table at top]] by Jana, Liz, Wilma
*Patsy made meeting recordings reviewable by public.
*Review the revised [[Beaver County, Utah|Table at top]] by Jana, Liz, Wilma  


=== "Quick" Tasks ===
=== "Quick" Tasks ===


Topics that may need less discussion: Leader/assistants do examples, get suggestions and approval: Liz and Jana have volunteered to be assistants.  
Topics that may need less discussion: Leader/assistants do examples, get suggestions and approval: Liz and Jana have volunteered to be assistants.  
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=== Vital records (BMD, Div)  ===
=== Vital records (BMD, Div)  ===


[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Experimental County#Birth3|Birth in bulleted style]] Suggest resources, review for dates and content.  
*Continue discussion of charts vs. bullets: View some examples Wilma did in Word (for [[Talk:Pulaski County, Kentucky|Pulaski County, KY]]. Why? Jana had a great example that gives many conversation points. Focus is NOT on that county, but on:
 
**Chart vs. bullet
How ready are we to create a task description for birth?
**Types of resources (state or county only) (Linking to details and search tips?)
**Length whether bullet or chart (when to do a separate page)


Discussion minutes:  
Discussion minutes: None made during discussion


Summary of minutes:  
Summary of minutes:  


*liked explanations offset from dates  
*Bullet style was selected. Jana, Wilma, Liz will have something to review next week for 1) dates and 2) content under dates  
*Format was focus
*For a particular year, list resources for that topic (birth). If list other resources, such as for Death, do not list them. Link them instead to Death for that county.
*next meeting review dates that were used -- approve, get more sources.
*When listing non-birth resources, tell the user what birth information they may learn
*Decided on small table and to keep it above Table of Contents
*Link to state page rather than listing each one under each county.


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== Future meetings  ==
== Future meetings  ==

Revision as of 10:29, 30 May 2012

Click to join the meeting, 9:00–10:00 a.m. Wednesdays (Mountain). Meeting ID: 6804, click Attend Meeting, Sign in as a Guest (preferably with your name). (Further instructions under the label Join the meeting)

Welcome! Make a difference! Add your voice to the Utah Wiki Project.

Join with other Utah project participants to see progress, to share ideas, and to get news and training. Please add items to the agenda before or bring them up during the conversation.
The Wiki currently has 150,329 articles in English

Agenda[edit | edit source]

Introductions



Anyone new to this meeting?

Meeting Participants:


News and Events[edit | edit source]

  • 1940 Census Help UGA's project with FamilySearch Indexing.
  • Creation of Utah Wiki Project Forum (date to be announced- but soon Forums were changed yesterday -- there is a thread for Wiki Projects. There is a new subforum. Put up a page in the wiki and thread in forums.

Review of last meeting[edit | edit source]


Progress reports[edit | edit source]

  • Tip icon template review: Steve gave us a few options, including color of the bar.
  • Newspapers update: Wilma with input from Jana and Liz.
  • Obituaries task description totally ready and tested by (Lois?).
  • [Name] has expressed interest in helping. She has been contacted and ....
  • Patsy made meeting recordings reviewable by public.
  • Review the revised Table at top by Jana, Liz, Wilma

"Quick" Tasks[edit | edit source]

Topics that may need less discussion: Leader/assistants do examples, get suggestions and approval: Liz and Jana have volunteered to be assistants.

Future "quick" tasks to write:

  • Probate
  • Land and property
  • Court
  • Funeral home records

Idea share[edit | edit source]

Vital records (BMD, Div)[edit | edit source]

  • Continue discussion of charts vs. bullets: View some examples Wilma did in Word (for Pulaski County, KY. Why? Jana had a great example that gives many conversation points. Focus is NOT on that county, but on:
    • Chart vs. bullet
    • Types of resources (state or county only) (Linking to details and search tips?)
    • Length whether bullet or chart (when to do a separate page)

Discussion minutes: None made during discussion

Summary of minutes:

  • Bullet style was selected. Jana, Wilma, Liz will have something to review next week for 1) dates and 2) content under dates
  • For a particular year, list resources for that topic (birth). If list other resources, such as for Death, do not list them. Link them instead to Death for that county.
  • When listing non-birth resources, tell the user what birth information they may learn
  • Link to state page rather than listing each one under each county.


Future meetings[edit | edit source]

Meetings will be held on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m.

Next week:

  • Progress reports
  • Future focus for discussions:
  • Church records
  • Cemetery records
  • Library area of each county
  • Tip Bank
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