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=== Description === | === Description === | ||
The purpose of this task is to verify the already-posted neighboring counties for each county. The list of neighboring counties is found under the Historical Facts heading and the | The purpose of this task is to verify the already-posted neighboring counties for each county. The list of neighboring counties is found under the Historical Facts heading and the county heading box.<br> | ||
'''New to the wiki?''' | '''New to the wiki?''' | ||
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*See [[Help:Questions|Help]] to request individual mentoring or to join community discussions. | *See [[Help:Questions|Help]] to request individual mentoring or to join community discussions. | ||
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<br>'''Questions about editing this project?''' | <br> '''Questions about editing this project?''' | ||
*See [[WikiProject Ohio#Objectives|Wiki Project Ohio Objectives and Guiding Principles]]. | *See [[WikiProject Ohio#Objectives|Wiki Project Ohio Objectives and Guiding Principles]]. | ||
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=== Instructions === | === Instructions === | ||
1. Check the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks- Neighboring Counties#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to choose a county to verify. | 1. Check the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to choose a county to verify. | ||
2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. | 2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below. | ||
3. Click on your chosen county name in the Assignment Chart to go to the FamilySearchWiki county page | 3. Click on your chosen county name in the Assignment Chart to go to the FamilySearchWiki county page | ||
4. Scroll to the heading '''''Historical Facts'''''. Click on the check box to the right; this opens the window where editing can be done (what you see typed here is in “rich text”) | 4. Scroll to the heading '''''Historical Facts'''''. Click on the check box to the right; this opens the window where editing can be done (what you see typed here is in “rich text”) | ||
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5. Scroll to the section '''''Neighboring Counties''''' within Historical Facts. | 5. Scroll to the section '''''Neighboring Counties''''' within Historical Facts. | ||
6. Open a new Internet browser | 6. Open a new Internet browser page. | ||
7. On the new browser page, go to Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/ | 7. On the new browser page, go to Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/ | ||
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8. Compare the Wikipedia county page with the FamilySearch county page.<br> | 8. Compare the Wikipedia county page with the FamilySearch county page.<br> | ||
a. Add to FamilySearch Wiki the counties, and the correct geographical information (i.e. north, south, etc.), listed on Wikipedia that do not already appear there.<br> | |||
b. Remove from FamilySearch Wiki those counties, and/or the geographical information, that is not listed on Wikipedia<br> | |||
*If changes are needed, you may make those changes by editing in [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Rich_Text_editing_instructions|rich text]] or [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Wikitext_editing_instructions|wikitext]]. | |||
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*Accept Wikipedia as correct, if you find a mistake on FamilySearch Wiki. | |||
*If changes are needed, you may make those changes by editing in [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Rich_Text_editing_instructions|rich text]] or [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Wikitext_editing_instructions|wikitext]]. | |||
*If you are new to the wiki, rich text may be easier for you to use. | *If you are new to the wiki, rich text may be easier for you to use. | ||
*If you have questions about editing either of these text forms, go to wiki help links under the heading [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Description|Description]]. | *If you have questions about editing either of these text forms, go to wiki help links under the heading [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Description|Description]]. | ||
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10. Mark the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to indicate you have finished the task. | 10. Mark the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to indicate you have finished the task. | ||
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:c. Scroll to the section '''Neighboring Counties'''. | :c. Scroll to the section '''Neighboring Counties'''. | ||
:d. | :d. You will see an icon [[Image:TemplateSymbolInRichEditor.png]]. This is a template symbol to separate the county names. Leave it in place between the counties. If you mistakenly remove this symbol between the county names do as follows while still in rich text editor: | ||
::1. Place your cursor where you want to replace the template symbol. | ::1. Place your cursor where you want to replace the template symbol. | ||
::2. Go to the toolbar at the top of the page. | ::2. Go to the toolbar at the top of the page. | ||
::3. Click on the icon {T}. The icon | ::3. Click on the icon {T}. The icon will highlight blue and open an edit box. | ||
::4. Copy | ::4. Copy and paste <nowiki>{{·}}</nowiki> in the edit box. | ||
::5. Click OK | ::5. Click OK. | ||
:e. | :e. If county names need to be changed: | ||
::1. Edit as you would in any word processing program. | ::1. Edit as you would in any word processing program. | ||
::2. Delete the incorrect county name by placing your cursor at the end of the word which needs editing. Backspace to remove any incorrect words or letters. | ::2. Delete the incorrect county name by placing your cursor at the end of the word which needs editing. Backspace to remove any incorrect words or letters. | ||
::3. Type in the correct name. | ::3. Type in the correct name. | ||
::4. Highlight the county name you just typed. | ::4. Highlight the county name you just typed. | ||
::5. Go to the toolbar at the top of the page. | ::5. Go to the toolbar at the top of the page. | ||
::6. Select the '''World''' icon with the link. | ::6. Select the '''World''' icon with the link. | ||
::7. Type your county name below the | ::7. Type your county name below the work '''link''' in this format,"[Your County Name] County, Ohio". | ||
:::- Capitalize the beginning of each word and place the comma as shown. | :::- Capitalize the beginning of each word and place the comma as shown. | ||
:::- An automatic search result will appear in the box below. | :::- An automatic search result will appear in the box below. | ||
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:::- Click OK. | :::- Click OK. | ||
:f. | :f. If geographic information needs to be changed: | ||
::1. Edit as you would in any word processing program. | ::1. Edit as you would in any word processing program. | ||
::2. Place your cursor at the end of the word which needs editing. | ::2. Place your cursor at the end of the word which needs editing. | ||
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::4. Type in the correct words, adding parenthesis around the geographic description. | ::4. Type in the correct words, adding parenthesis around the geographic description. | ||
:g | :g. Find the yellow icon <R> in the text of the page. | ||
::1. Click on the icon. This will highlight it blue. | |||
::2. Go to the toolbar near the top of the page. Click on the first blue <R>. | |||
:: | ::3. This will open a box to edit the Wikipedia reference. | ||
:: | ::4. Change the date which you accessed the Wikipedia information. (accessed 10 May 2012) to your date. | ||
:: | ::5. Click OK. | ||
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:h. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Edited neighboring counties information". | :h. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Edited neighboring counties information". | ||
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:k. Mark the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to indicate you have finished the task. | :k. Mark the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to indicate you have finished the task. | ||
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:d. Scroll to the section <nowiki>*'''Neighboring Counties'''</nowiki> . | :d. Scroll to the section <nowiki>*'''Neighboring Counties'''</nowiki> . | ||
:e. | :e. Each county name is linked to the correct county wiki page by the wikitext as follows: <nowiki> [[(county name) County, Ohio|(county name)]]</nowiki>. When linked correctly, after the page is saved, the county name will be blue. This link takes the reader directly to the named county page. | ||
Each county name is linked to the correct county wiki page by the wikitext as follows: | |||
<nowiki>[[(county name) County, Ohio|(county name)]]</nowiki> | |||
: | :f. Make any changes to the geographic description as needed. | ||
The | :g. The <nowiki>{{·}}</nowiki> after the geographical information for each county is called a template. You only see this template when editing in wikitext. It is a dot to separate the counties. | ||
:h. The Wikipedia reference looks as follows. | |||
:::<nowiki><ref>Wikipedia contributors, "(County Name) County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(County name)_County,_Ohio (accessed '''add date''').</ref> </nowiki> | :::<nowiki><ref>Wikipedia contributors, "(County Name) County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(County name)_County,_Ohio (accessed '''add date''').</ref> </nowiki> | ||
:: | ::Replace "add date" with the date you accessed Wikipedia. | ||
:i. Add a summary sentence near the bottom of the page in the Summary box saying something like, "Edited neighboring counties information". | :i. Add a summary sentence near the bottom of the page in the Summary box saying something like, "Edited neighboring counties information". | ||
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:l. Mark the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to indicate you have finished the task. | :l. Mark the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Headings, Neighboring Counties#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to indicate you have finished the task. | ||
=== Example === | === Example === | ||
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| width="16.6%" valign="middle" style="height: 25px" | <center>1846</center> | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" style="height: 25px" | <center>1846</center> | ||
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| width="100%" bgcolor="#99d6ff" colspan="6" | '''*For earlier dates, try...''' '''[[Mahoning County, Ohio#Church_Records|Church]] | | width="100%" bgcolor="#99d6ff" colspan="6" | '''*For earlier dates, try...''' '''[[Mahoning County, Ohio#Church_Records|Church]] | [[Mahoning County, Ohio#Obituaries|Obituaries]] | [[Mahoning County, Ohio#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]''' | ||
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*'''Parent Counties''': Formed from [[Columbiana County, Ohio|Columbiana]] and [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull]] Counties in 1846.<br> | *'''Parent Counties''': Formed from [[Columbiana County, Ohio|Columbiana]] and [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull]] Counties in 1846.<br> | ||
*'''County Seat: '''Youngstown <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref><br> | *'''County Seat: '''Youngstown <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref><br> | ||
*'''Neighboring Counties''': {{PAGENAME}} '''residents''' may also have records in <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Mahoning County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoning_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).</ref><br>[[Columbiana County, Ohio|Columbiana]] (south){{·}}[[Lawrence County, Pennsylvania|Lawrence County, Pennsylvania]] (east){{·}}[[Mercer County, Pennsylvania|Mercer County, Pennsylvania]] (northesast){{·}}[[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]] (northwest){{·}}[[Stark County, Ohio|Stark]] (southwest){{·}}[[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull]] (north) | *'''Neighboring Counties''': {{PAGENAME}} '''residents''' may also have records in <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Mahoning County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoning_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).</ref><br>[[Columbiana County, Ohio|Columbiana]] (south){{·}}[[Lawrence County, Pennsylvania|Lawrence County, Pennsylvania]] (east){{·}}[[Mercer County, Pennsylvania|Mercer County, Pennsylvania]] (northesast){{·}}[[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]] (northwest){{·}}[[Stark County, Ohio|Stark]] (southwest){{·}}[[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull]] (north) | ||
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{{reflist}} <br> | {{reflist}} <br> | ||
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=== | === Assignment Chart === | ||
If you are accepting this task: | If you are accepting this task: | ||
:1. Sign in to the wiki at the upper right-hand corner of this page. Use your FamilySearch account username and password. | :1. Sign in to the wiki at the upper right-hand corner of this page. Use your FamilySearch account username and password. | ||
:2. Open the Assignment Chart for editing by clicking on the check mark in the box | :2. Open the Assignment Chart for editing by clicking on the check mark in the box at the right opposite the Assignment Table heading. | ||
:3. Place your cursor in the box under the | :3. Place your cursor in the box under the heading '''Name/Date Task Accepted''' and opposite your county of choice. | ||
:4. Type 4 tildes (~) | :4. Type 4 tildes (~). This symbol is located on the upper left-hand part of your keyboard, next to the number 1. The <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> is an electronic signature and will leave your user name and date when you signed. | ||
:5. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. | :5. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Selected Adams County for Verification". | ||
:6. | :6. Click on the box "Save Page". | ||
:7. You are now signed up to | :7. You are now signed up to complete this task.<br> | ||
If you are completing this task: | |||
*Follow the same instructions as accepting the task, except place your cursor in the correct county box under the heading '''Date Completed'''. Change your summary sentence to something like, "Completed Adams County for neighboring counties verification." | |||
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! bgcolor="#ccccff" scope="col" | County | ! bgcolor="#ccccff" scope="col" | County | ||
! bgcolor="#ccccff" scope="col" | | ! bgcolor="#ccccff" scope="col" | Date Completed | ||
! bgcolor="#ccccff" scope="col" | Date | ! bgcolor="#ccccff" scope="col" | Name/ Date Accepted | ||
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| [[Adams County, Ohio|Adams]] | | [[Adams County, Ohio|Adams]] | ||
| [[User:Cgmills|Cgmills]] 8/6 | | 8/7/2012<br> | ||
| [[User:Cgmills|Cgmills]] 8/6/2012<br> | |||
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| [[Allen County, Ohio|Allen]] | | [[Allen County, Ohio|Allen]] | ||
| [[User:Cgmills|Cgmills]] | | 8/7/2012 | ||
| [[User:Cgmills|Cgmills]] 17:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC) <br> | |||
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| [[Ashland County, Ohio|Ashland]] | | [[Ashland County, Ohio|Ashland]] | ||
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| [[Ashtabula County, Ohio|Ashtabula]] | | [[Ashtabula County, Ohio|Ashtabula]] | ||
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| [[Athens County, Ohio|Athens]] | | [[Athens County, Ohio|Athens]] | ||
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| [[Auglaize County, Ohio|Auglaize]] | | [[Auglaize County, Ohio|Auglaize]] | ||
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| [[Belmont County, Ohio|Belmont]] | | [[Belmont County, Ohio|Belmont]] | ||
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| [[Brown County, Ohio|Brown]] | | [[Brown County, Ohio|Brown]] | ||
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| [[Butler County, Ohio|Butler]] | | [[Butler County, Ohio|Butler]] | ||
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| [[Carroll County, Ohio|Carroll]] | | [[Carroll County, Ohio|Carroll]] | ||
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| [[Champaign County, Ohio|Champaign]] | | [[Champaign County, Ohio|Champaign]] | ||
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| [[Clark County, Ohio|Clark]] | | [[Clark County, Ohio|Clark]] | ||
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| [[Clermont County, Ohio|Clermont]] | | [[Clermont County, Ohio|Clermont]] | ||
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| [[Clinton County, Ohio|Clinton]] | | [[Clinton County, Ohio|Clinton]] | ||
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| [[Columbiana County, Ohio|Columbiana]] | | [[Columbiana County, Ohio|Columbiana]] | ||
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| [[Coshocton County, Ohio|Coshocton]] | | [[Coshocton County, Ohio|Coshocton]] | ||
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| [[Crawford County, Ohio|Crawford]] | | [[Crawford County, Ohio|Crawford]] | ||
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| [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga]] | | [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga]] | ||
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| [[Darke County, Ohio|Darke]] | | [[Darke County, Ohio|Darke]] | ||
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| [[Defiance County, Ohio|Defiance]] | | [[Defiance County, Ohio|Defiance]] | ||
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| [[Delaware County, Ohio|Delaware]] | | [[Delaware County, Ohio|Delaware]] | ||
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| [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]] | | [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]] | ||
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| [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]] | | [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]] | ||
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| [[Fayette County, Ohio|Fayette]] | | [[Fayette County, Ohio|Fayette]] | ||
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| [[Franklin County, Ohio|Franklin]] | | [[Franklin County, Ohio|Franklin]] | ||
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| [[Fulton County, Ohio|Fulton]] | | [[Fulton County, Ohio|Fulton]] | ||
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| [[Gallia County, Ohio|Gallia]] | | [[Gallia County, Ohio|Gallia]] | ||
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| [[Geauga County, Ohio|Geauga]] | | [[Geauga County, Ohio|Geauga]] | ||
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| [[Greene County, Ohio|Greene]] | | [[Greene County, Ohio|Greene]] | ||
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| [[Guernsey County, Ohio|Guernsey]] | | [[Guernsey County, Ohio|Guernsey]] | ||
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| [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton]] | | [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton]] | ||
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| [[Hancock County, Ohio|Hancock]] | | [[Hancock County, Ohio|Hancock]] | ||
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| [[Hardin County, Ohio|Hardin]] | | [[Hardin County, Ohio|Hardin]] | ||
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| [[Harrison County, Ohio|Harrison]] | | [[Harrison County, Ohio|Harrison]] | ||
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| [[Henry County, Ohio|Henry]] | | [[Henry County, Ohio|Henry]] | ||
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| [[Highland County, Ohio|Highland]] | | [[Highland County, Ohio|Highland]] | ||
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| [[Hocking County, Ohio|Hocking]] | | [[Hocking County, Ohio|Hocking]] | ||
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| [[Holmes County, Ohio|Holmes]] | | [[Holmes County, Ohio|Holmes]] | ||
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| [[Huron County, Ohio|Huron]] | | [[Huron County, Ohio|Huron]] | ||
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| [[Jackson County, Ohio|Jackson]] | | [[Jackson County, Ohio|Jackson]] | ||
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| [[Jefferson County, Ohio|Jefferson]] | | [[Jefferson County, Ohio|Jefferson]] | ||
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| [[Knox County, Ohio|Knox]] | | [[Knox County, Ohio|Knox]] | ||
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| [[Lake County, Ohio|Lake]] | | [[Lake County, Ohio|Lake]] | ||
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| [[Lawrence County, Ohio|Lawrence]] | | [[Lawrence County, Ohio|Lawrence]] | ||
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| [[Licking County, Ohio|Licking]] | | [[Licking County, Ohio|Licking]] | ||
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| [[Logan County, Ohio|Logan]] | | [[Logan County, Ohio|Logan]] | ||
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| [[Lorain County, Ohio|Lorain]] | | [[Lorain County, Ohio|Lorain]] | ||
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| [[Lucas County, Ohio|Lucas]] | | [[Lucas County, Ohio|Lucas]] | ||
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| [[Madison County, Ohio|Madison]] | | [[Madison County, Ohio|Madison]] | ||
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| [[Mahoning County, Ohio|Mahoning]] | | [[Mahoning County, Ohio|Mahoning]] | ||
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| [[Marion County, Ohio|Marion]] | | [[Marion County, Ohio|Marion]] | ||
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| [[Medina County, Ohio|Medina]] | | [[Medina County, Ohio|Medina]] | ||
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| [[Meigs County, Ohio|Meigs]] | | [[Meigs County, Ohio|Meigs]] | ||
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| [[Mercer County, Ohio|Mercer]] | | [[Mercer County, Ohio|Mercer]] | ||
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| [[Miami County, Ohio|Miami]] | | [[Miami County, Ohio|Miami]] | ||
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| [[Monroe County, Ohio|Monroe]] | | [[Monroe County, Ohio|Monroe]] | ||
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| [[Montgomery County, Ohio|Montgomery]] | | [[Montgomery County, Ohio|Montgomery]] | ||
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| [[Morgan County, Ohio|Morgan]] | | [[Morgan County, Ohio|Morgan]] | ||
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| [[Morrow County, Ohio|Morrow]] | | [[Morrow County, Ohio|Morrow]] | ||
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| [[Muskingum County, Ohio|Muskingum]] | | [[Muskingum County, Ohio|Muskingum]] | ||
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| [[Noble County, Ohio|Noble]] | | [[Noble County, Ohio|Noble]] | ||
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| [[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]] | | [[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]] | ||
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| [[Paulding County, Ohio|Paulding]] | | [[Paulding County, Ohio|Paulding]] | ||
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| [[Perry County, Ohio|Perry]] | | [[Perry County, Ohio|Perry]] | ||
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| [[Pickaway County, Ohio|Pickaway]] | | [[Pickaway County, Ohio|Pickaway]] | ||
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| [[Pike County, Ohio|Pike]] | | [[Pike County, Ohio|Pike]] | ||
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| [[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]] | | [[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]] | ||
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| [[Preble County, Ohio|Preble]] | | [[Preble County, Ohio|Preble]] | ||
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| [[Putnam County, Ohio|Putnam]] | | [[Putnam County, Ohio|Putnam]] | ||
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| [[Richland County, Ohio|Richland]] | | [[Richland County, Ohio|Richland]] | ||
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| [[Ross County, Ohio|Ross]] | | [[Ross County, Ohio|Ross]] | ||
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| [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]] | | [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]] | ||
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| [[Scioto County, Ohio|Scioto]] | | [[Scioto County, Ohio|Scioto]] | ||
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| [[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca]] | | [[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca]] | ||
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| [[Shelby County, Ohio|Shelby]] | | [[Shelby County, Ohio|Shelby]] | ||
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| [[Stark County, Ohio|Stark]] | | [[Stark County, Ohio|Stark]] | ||
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| [[Summit County, Ohio|Summit]] | | [[Summit County, Ohio|Summit]] | ||
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| [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull]] | | [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull]] | ||
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| [[Tuscarawas County, Ohio|Tuscarawas]] | | [[Tuscarawas County, Ohio|Tuscarawas]] | ||
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| [[Union County, Ohio|Union]] | | [[Union County, Ohio|Union]] | ||
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| [[Van Wert County, Ohio|Van Wert]] | | [[Van Wert County, Ohio|Van Wert]] | ||
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| [[Vinton County, Ohio|Vinton]] | | [[Vinton County, Ohio|Vinton]] | ||
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| [[Warren County, Ohio|Warren]] | | [[Warren County, Ohio|Warren]] | ||
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| [[Washington County, Ohio|Washington]] | | [[Washington County, Ohio|Washington]] | ||
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| [[Wayne County, Ohio|Wayne]] | | [[Wayne County, Ohio|Wayne]] | ||
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| [[Williams County, Ohio|Williams]] | | [[Williams County, Ohio|Williams]] | ||
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| [[Wood County, Ohio|Wood]] | | [[Wood County, Ohio|Wood]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:54, 8 August 2012
WikiProject Ohio
Wiki Project Ohio Tasks - County Headings, Neighboring Counties
Description[edit | edit source]
The purpose of this task is to verify the already-posted neighboring counties for each county. The list of neighboring counties is found under the Historical Facts heading and the county heading box.
New to the wiki?
- Call FamilySearch at 866-406-1830 in North America for live help.
- See Help to request individual mentoring or to join community discussions.
- See Editing HelpOnline Video Demonstration.
- See Editing Articles Online Class.
Questions about editing this project?
- See Wiki Project Ohio Objectives and Guiding Principles.
- See Wiki Project Ohio Style and Guidelines.
Instructions[edit | edit source]
1. Check the Assignment Chart below to choose a county to verify.
2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below.
3. Click on your chosen county name in the Assignment Chart to go to the FamilySearchWiki county page
4. Scroll to the heading Historical Facts. Click on the check box to the right; this opens the window where editing can be done (what you see typed here is in “rich text”)
5. Scroll to the section Neighboring Counties within Historical Facts.
6. Open a new Internet browser page.
7. On the new browser page, go to Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/
- a. Click on the word English above the image of the world.
- b. Find the search box in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
- c. In the search box, type: (your county name) County Ohio
- d. Click on the highlighted county name which drops; now you are on the Wikipedia county page.
- e. Under "Geography" find the heading "adjacent counties"
8. Compare the Wikipedia county page with the FamilySearch county page.
a. Add to FamilySearch Wiki the counties, and the correct geographical information (i.e. north, south, etc.), listed on Wikipedia that do not already appear there.
b. Remove from FamilySearch Wiki those counties, and/or the geographical information, that is not listed on Wikipedia
- Accept Wikipedia as correct, if you find a mistake on FamilySearch Wiki.
- If changes are needed, you may make those changes by editing in rich text or wikitext.
- If you are new to the wiki, rich text may be easier for you to use.
- If you have questions about editing either of these text forms, go to wiki help links under the heading Description.
- You only need to edit in one style of text.
9. If no changes are needed, you have completed your task.
10. Mark the Assignment Chart below to indicate you have finished the task.
Rich Text editing instructions[edit | edit source]
- a. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password.
- b. Open the county page for editing by clicking on the button "Edit this page" near the upper right-hand corner of the page, opposite the county page title.
- c. Scroll to the section Neighboring Counties.
- d. You will see an icon
. This is a template symbol to separate the county names. Leave it in place between the counties. If you mistakenly remove this symbol between the county names do as follows while still in rich text editor:
- 1. Place your cursor where you want to replace the template symbol.
- 2. Go to the toolbar at the top of the page.
- 3. Click on the icon {T}. The icon will highlight blue and open an edit box.
- 4. Copy and paste {{·}} in the edit box.
- 5. Click OK.
- e. If county names need to be changed:
- 1. Edit as you would in any word processing program.
- 2. Delete the incorrect county name by placing your cursor at the end of the word which needs editing. Backspace to remove any incorrect words or letters.
- 3. Type in the correct name.
- 4. Highlight the county name you just typed.
- 5. Go to the toolbar at the top of the page.
- 6. Select the World icon with the link.
- 7. Type your county name below the work link in this format,"[Your County Name] County, Ohio".
- - Capitalize the beginning of each word and place the comma as shown.
- - An automatic search result will appear in the box below.
- - Choose the result which exactly matches [Your county name] County, Ohio by clicking on it. This will link the county you typed to its page in the FamilySearch Wiki.
- - Click OK.
- f. If geographic information needs to be changed:
- 1. Edit as you would in any word processing program.
- 2. Place your cursor at the end of the word which needs editing.
- 3. Backspace to remove any incorrect words or letters.
- 4. Type in the correct words, adding parenthesis around the geographic description.
- g. Find the yellow icon <R> in the text of the page.
- 1. Click on the icon. This will highlight it blue.
- 2. Go to the toolbar near the top of the page. Click on the first blue <R>.
- 3. This will open a box to edit the Wikipedia reference.
- 4. Change the date which you accessed the Wikipedia information. (accessed 10 May 2012) to your date.
- 5. Click OK.
- h. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Edited neighboring counties information".
- i. Click on the box "Save Page".
- j. Your task is complete.
- k. Mark the Assignment Chart below to indicate you have finished the task.
Wikitext editing instructions[edit | edit source]
- a. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password.
- b. Open the county page for editing by clicking on the button "Edit this page" near the upper right-hand corner of the page, opposite the county page title.
- c. Click on the word 'Wikitext' in the top left corner of the toolbar.
- d. Scroll to the section *'''Neighboring Counties''' .
- e. Each county name is linked to the correct county wiki page by the wikitext as follows: [[(county name) County, Ohio|(county name)]]. When linked correctly, after the page is saved, the county name will be blue. This link takes the reader directly to the named county page.
- f. Make any changes to the geographic description as needed.
- g. The {{·}} after the geographical information for each county is called a template. You only see this template when editing in wikitext. It is a dot to separate the counties.
- h. The Wikipedia reference looks as follows.
- <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "(County Name) County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(County name)_County,_Ohio (accessed '''add date''').</ref>
- Replace "add date" with the date you accessed Wikipedia.
- i. Add a summary sentence near the bottom of the page in the Summary box saying something like, "Edited neighboring counties information".
- j. Click on the box "Save Page".
- k. Your task is complete.
- l. Mark the Assignment Chart below to indicate you have finished the task.
Example[edit | edit source]
- Neighboring Counties: Mahoning County residents may also have records in [1]
Columbiana (south) · Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (east) · Mercer County, Pennsylvania (northesast) · Portage(northwest) · Stark (southwest) · Trumbull(north)
Complete Heading Example[edit | edit source]
Historical Facts[edit | edit source]
| Beginning dates for major county records | |||||
| *For earlier dates, try... Church | Obituaries | Cemeteries | |||||
- Parent Counties: Formed from Columbiana and Trumbull Counties in 1846.
- County Seat: Youngstown [2]
- Neighboring Counties: WikiProject Ohio Tasks- Neighboring Counties residents may also have records in [3]
Columbiana (south) · Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (east) · Mercer County, Pennsylvania (northesast) · Portage (northwest) · Stark (southwest) · Trumbull (north)
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Reference[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mahoning County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoning_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mahoning County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoning_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
Assignment Chart[edit | edit source]
If you are accepting this task:
- 1. Sign in to the wiki at the upper right-hand corner of this page. Use your FamilySearch account username and password.
- 2. Open the Assignment Chart for editing by clicking on the check mark in the box at the right opposite the Assignment Table heading.
- 3. Place your cursor in the box under the heading Name/Date Task Accepted and opposite your county of choice.
- 4. Type 4 tildes (~). This symbol is located on the upper left-hand part of your keyboard, next to the number 1. The ~~~~ is an electronic signature and will leave your user name and date when you signed.
- 5. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Selected Adams County for Verification".
- 6. Click on the box "Save Page".
- 7. You are now signed up to complete this task.
If you are completing this task:
- Follow the same instructions as accepting the task, except place your cursor in the correct county box under the heading Date Completed. Change your summary sentence to something like, "Completed Adams County for neighboring counties verification."
| County | Date Completed | Name/ Date Accepted |
|---|---|---|
| Adams | 8/7/2012 |
Cgmills 8/6/2012 |
| Allen | 8/7/2012 | Cgmills 17:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC) |
| Ashland | ||
| Ashtabula | ||
| Athens | ||
| Auglaize | ||
| Belmont | ||
| Brown | ||
| Butler | ||
| Carroll | ||
| Champaign | ||
| Clark | ||
| Clermont | ||
| Clinton | ||
| Columbiana | ||
| Coshocton | ||
| Crawford | ||
| Cuyahoga | ||
| Darke | ||
| Defiance | ||
| Delaware | ||
| Erie | ||
| Fairfield | ||
| Fayette | ||
| Franklin | ||
| Fulton | ||
| Gallia | ||
| Geauga | ||
| Greene | ||
| Guernsey | ||
| Hamilton | ||
| Hancock | ||
| Hardin | ||
| Harrison | ||
| Henry | ||
| Highland | ||
| Hocking | ||
| Holmes | ||
| Huron | ||
| Jackson | ||
| Jefferson | ||
| Knox | ||
| Lake | ||
| Lawrence | ||
| Licking | ||
| Logan | ||
| Lorain | ||
| Lucas | ||
| Madison | ||
| Mahoning | ||
| Marion | ||
| Medina | ||
| Meigs | ||
| Mercer | ||
| Miami | ||
| Monroe | ||
| Montgomery | ||
| Morgan | ||
| Morrow | ||
| Muskingum | ||
| Noble | ||
| Ottawa | ||
| Paulding | ||
| Perry | ||
| Pickaway | ||
| Pike | ||
| Portage | ||
| Preble | ||
| Putnam | ||
| Richland | ||
| Ross | ||
| Sandusky | ||
| Scioto | ||
| Seneca | ||
| Shelby | ||
| Stark | ||
| Summit | ||
| Trumbull | ||
| Tuscarawas | ||
| Union | ||
| Van Wert | ||
| Vinton | ||
| Warren | ||
| Washington | ||
| Wayne | ||
| Williams | ||
| Wood | ||
| Wyandot | 8/7/2012 | Cgmills 19:19, 7 August 2012 (UTC) |