FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks Birth

Main Page of Utah Wiki Project

Task Description

Copy preset birth paragraphs and links under the "Birth" heading for each of Utah's 29 counties. Then adapt the paragraphs and links to the county.

FYI: Using templates allows wording to be consistent from county to county. Changes can be made in one place and appear wherever those templates were posted.

It is expected that this task will take 30 - 60 minutes per county, since some finding and citing of sources will be needed.

Steps

Step 1. Prep

A. Sign in to the Wiki, then open the county page

Once you have two windows opened, switch back and forth between them by mousing over the tabs, or Alt+Tab keys between two windows.

B. Sign up for a county

1. Go to the Sign up Chart and follow directions to sign up for a county.

2. Type the name of that county (such as Garfield) in the edit Summary box and Save Page

3. Click to the County and go to the Birth heading.

Step 2. Put the planned info on the county page

A. Copy the codes

1. Toggle (Alt+Tab or mouse) back to this task page

2. Copy (highlight then Ctrl+C) the following cryptic mix of codes and words. (NOT in Edit mode):

{{UTBirthBlurb}}
*{{UTBirthInfoDeath}}
*
*

B. Paste to the county page

1. Toggle to the county page

2. In edit mode (WikiText)

• Place the cursor under the Birth heading
• Paste (Ctrl+V) the cryptic stuff

3. In the edit Summary, write "Copied planned birth info"

4. Save page.

Step 3. Adapt the templates to the county

A. Utah Digital Newspapers

1. Click to the Digital Newspapers project to identify the newspapers digitized for this county.

• Click the link to Utah Digital Newspapers project, and select Browse
  
• From the map, click the current county
  

2. Adapt names/dates to this county

• If 3 or fewer newspapers are listed, change [Title of newspaper] to the names of the specific newspapers
• If more than three newspapers are listed, replace [title of newspaper] with "Several newspapers covering..."
• No matter how many newspapers are listed, add the appropriate date range in " covering [dates]..."

3. Review what others had put in the Newspapers heading previously.

• Adapt any that pertain to the Digital Newspapers project to our format.
• Otherwise, just leave them alone, but write a comment in the "remarks" column on this task page. (This allows them to reviewed without holding up the task)

B. Chronicling America

1. Change "=Utah&county=Beaver" to current county.

2. Change "**[[Beaver County, Utah " to current county.
(Yes, it's just that simple.)

FYI: This creates a link to a blank page. I will use your link and in Excel create the town and date list and the page (almost automatically). It's too tough to explain, and easy to do for 29 counties.

3. Type in the Summary, "Adapted links to current county" and Save page

Step 4. Update this task page for that county

A. Update the sign up chart

1. Your choice: use 4 tildes ~~~~ or just put the date in the "Date completed" column.
2. Make any remarks (As you do this task, you may have wording or other changes to suggest. Or there may be other content for that county to be reviewed later.) 3. In the Summary write "completed ___ county" and Save page

Sign up Chart

Volunteers are needed to check all 29 counties, adding items as appropriate. Please place four tildes (~~~~) in the "Volunteer" column next to the counties you choose for this task. This will automatically show your username and the date you signed up.

A national directory from the Library of Congress that lists of libraries around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.