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===== Locating and Adding Online County Histories on Google Books  =====
===== Locating and Adding Online County Histories on Google Books  =====


1. Click on your chosen county name in the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Histories found in Google Books and Internet Archive#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]]. This will take you to your county page. 
1. Click on your chosen county name in the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Histories found in Google Books and Internet Archive#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]]. This will take you to your county page. 


<br> 2. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password. Find the sign-in area in the top right-hand corner of the page.&nbsp;


2. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password. Find the sign-in area in the top right-hand corner of the page. 
<br> 3. Scroll to the heading History.&nbsp;


4. Open the History heading for editing by clicking on the pen in square on the right-hand side of the page, opposite the heading title.&nbsp;


3. Scroll to the heading History. 
5. Click on the word wikitext in the toolbox at the top left of the edit box.  
 
4. Open the History heading for editing by clicking on the pen in square on the right-hand side of the page, opposite the heading title. 
 
5. Click on the word wikitext in the toolbox at the top left of the edit box.


6. Open a new tab at the top right of your screen to a blank Internet page. The new tab will look like a blank tab or it will have a plus sign in it. Click inside the empty tab to open the new page. To toggle between your county page and the new Internet page you open, click your mouse inside the tab for either page.  
6. Open a new tab at the top right of your screen to a blank Internet page. The new tab will look like a blank tab or it will have a plus sign in it. Click inside the empty tab to open the new page. To toggle between your county page and the new Internet page you open, click your mouse inside the tab for either page.  
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::http://books.google.com/books?id=zxkVAAAAYAAJ  
::http://books.google.com/books?id=zxkVAAAAYAAJ  
:c.Copy only the part of the URL up to the end of the capital letters after the&nbsp;?id=.  
:c.Copy only the part of the URL up to the end of the capital letters after the&nbsp;?id=.  
:d. On the Google book page, click on "About this book" in the right hand column. Make a note of the book author, title, and publication information. The title is at the top of the page. The author follows below it. Below the words ''Review'' the publisher and publishing date are posted. Note that sometimes the author and the publisher are the same name for county histories.
:d. On the Google book page, click on "About this book" in the right hand column. Make a note of the book author, title, and publication information. The title is at the top of the page. The author follows below it. Below the words ''Review'' the publisher and publishing date are posted. Note that sometimes the author and the publisher are the same name for county histories.


11. Return to the wiki page you opened for editing. (Click inside the tab for the page at the top of your Internet page.)
11. Return to the wiki page you opened for editing. (Click inside the tab for the page at the top of your Internet page.)  


12. Scroll to the subheading '''Local Histories'''. Hit the enter key.
12. Scroll to the subheading '''Local Histories'''. Hit the enter key.  


13. Use the following format to enter the Google book(s) onto the wiki page.  
13. Use the following format to enter the Google book(s) onto the wiki page.  


:*(a)&nbsp;: (colon)  
:*(a)&nbsp;: (colon)<br>
:::*If the format in the wiki is already established and does not have a colon, follow the format already established.
:*(b) * (star)  
:*(b) * (star)  
:*(c) The catalog entry:  
:*(c) The Google Book entry:  
::*Author , Title in italics, Publication information in parenthesis.  
::*Author , Title in italics, Publication information in parenthesis.  
:::*For the author,type the last name, comma, and then the first name. If there is the name of a society or a series of authors, type them as written.  
:::*For the author,type the last name, comma, and then the first name. If there is the name of a society or a series of authors, type them as written.  
:::*To make italics put two <nowiki>''</nowiki> before and after the title. Be sure to capitalize the proper words in the title.  
:::*To make italics put two <nowiki>''</nowiki> before and after the title. Be sure to capitalize the proper words in the title.  
:::*Add the publication information inside parenthesis.  
:::*Add the publication information inside parenthesis.  
:::*Add the link to Google Books
:d*Add the link to Google Books  
::::Use this format: Digital version at [URL to book Google Books].
::Use this format: Digital version at [URL to book Google Books].  
::::Where the format states ''URL to book'' paste the URL you copied in step 10c.
::Where the format states ''URL to book'' paste the URL you copied in step 10c.


14. Repeat this process for as many books as you found useful on Google Books.
14. Repeat this process for as many books as you found useful on Google Books.  


14. In the "Summary" box at the bottom of the page add the words, "Added Google County Histories" and then click the Save page button.  
14. In the "Summary" box at the bottom of the page add the words, "Added Google County Histories" and then click the Save page button.  
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