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Welcome to the England barn raising page! A wiki barn raising is a short, focused community effort to create or revise content relating to a single topic such as "getting started with genealogical research in England." The following tasks need to be accomplished during the England barn raising in February 2009. Please volunteer to complete one or more tasks by adding your name to this list. To add your name:  
 
#log in
#click Edit
#input three tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>) in the 'sign up...' column (the third column below) across from the task you wish to work on (Do not type your name--the three tildes will automatically insert your username if you are logged in)
 
'''More than one person may sign up to work on a given task'''. That way, those that sign up for a task can also communicate with each other on what they are doing.
 
== England Pages to Update as Part of the Barn Raising<br>  ==
 
Some of these articles came from the old England Research outline and need to be updated.&nbsp; This first table lists those topics that are part of this phase of the barn raising.&nbsp;  
 
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| style="color: rgb(0,0,0); white-space: nowrap; text-align: center" | <div style="border-right: medium none; padding-right: 0.1em; padding-left: 0.1em; font-size: 192%; padding-bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0px; border-left: medium none; color: rgb(0,0,0); padding-top: 0.1em; text-align: center">Welcome to WikiProject England</div><div style="font-size: 125%; top: 0.2em">Join the discussion, ask questions, and share</div><div id="articlecount" style="font-size: 85%; width: 100%; text-align: center">The Wiki currently has [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles in English</div>
| <u>''England four major record types''</u> (next four lines):  
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| [[England Census|Census]]
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| [[England Church Records|Church Records]]
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| [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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| <u>''General Pages to Create from Scratch:''</u>  
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| [[England Getting Started|Getting Started]]
| width="43%" | Can be many articles; do essential ones first. <br>
| width="14%" | [[User:Anne|Anne]]<br>
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| [[England Major Websites|Major Websites for English Research (or similar title)]]
| width="43%" | A list of the major web sites for English genealogy with a '''brief''' description and comparison on value, unique data, and benefits of each<br>  
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| Add Individual web sites in more detail
| width="43%" | Major Websites is a brief description; pages for each major site which give more detail may be needed. Sign up here to write a page on a single major English web site<br>
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| [[GenesReunited|GenesReunited]]  
| width="43%" | Details on how/why to use this major English site
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[[Image:Double Bus England.jpg|right|200px|Double Bus England.jpg]]
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== Scope ==
== Simple tasks ==


Articles about [[England]] and England research topics. Ideally a child WikiProject could be set-up for each English County which would focus on articles for county level resources and the parishes within each county. Until these are created these are within the scope of this project. Some articles cover both England and Wales and so would also fall within the scope of [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Wales|WikiProject Wales]].  
Potentially, a large number of volunteers in the community may feel unqualified to write a 'how to' article on a subject of interest, but they are available to do simple tasks that support the writing of articles. This is the place to list and/or volunteer for those tasks!&nbsp; If you're a writer, here's where you can get some help. If you're a volunteer or community member, here's where you can give some!


=== Child WikiProjects  ===
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*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Dade Parish Registers]]  
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*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject English parishes]]<br>
| Add links from topics and counties to their corresponding&nbsp;wiki pages. This will help users and leaders keep tabs on progress as&nbsp;February unfolds.
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| Find sources of England maps online.
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| Add England News &amp; Events to the Portal page
| width="38%" | The England genealogical community needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events that relate to England and link to them from the News and Events section of the [[Portal:England|England Portal]]. For ideas on where to find news items, see&nbsp;[[Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States|Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States]].
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| Add to the Did You Know section of the [[Portal:England|England portal]]
| width="38%" | The ''Did You Know ''section of the [[Portal:England|England Portal]] is meant to lead users to the best, latest&nbsp;wiki articles and Web sites for England research. This list changes continually like the ''Did You Know ''section on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiPedia's] home page.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Record Search|Link to data sets in record search]].
| Go [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Record Search|here]] for a description of the project.
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| Link from England pages to the major UK data sites.
| To know which sites to include, the writer may refer to&nbsp;??.
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|Link wiki to digitized books in the BYU Family History Archive]].
| Go [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|here]] for a description of the project.
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[User:Jbillings|Jbillings]]
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| Copy&nbsp;and paste&nbsp;record content bullet lists from [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp Research Guidance]&nbsp;and/or [http://productsupport.familysearch.org/supportroot/Eng/Frameset_Products.asp?ReqPg=EntryDetails.asp&entryid=Q100151797800023&version=1&FAQ=FHSourceGuide&Product=FHSG&Color=green&DisplayName=Family+History+SourceGuide SourceGuide]
| RG and SG contain bullet lists which mention the types of information that can be gleaned from each type of U.S. records. Example: The '''What you are looking for''' section of the ''Research Guidance ''page "[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G&Aid=576&Gid=0&Sid=9787&Sisgid=8731&Lid=356&Did=506&Guide=AL_BMT3_PopulationSchedules1790-1920.asp&Juris1=356&Event=Birth&Year=506&Gloss=Census%20Population%20Schedule&Sub=Census&Tab=Search&Entry=3&Loc=Alabama%2C%20United%20States Alabama&nbsp;Federal Census Population Schedules, 1820 to 1920]."
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| Need&nbsp;someone to act as a [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England News and Events|England&nbsp;news and events "reporter"]] (also have him/her do the Did You Know section of the England Portal)
| To help authors do this task more easily, Fran Jensen created&nbsp;[[Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States|Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States]].
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== Preliminary tasks for wiki veterans  ==


=== Tasks ===
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% <br>Done


See a list of [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England/Tasks|'''easy tasks''']] that need to be performed on the England pages.  If you haven't edited in the Wiki before, we will help you get started, and we will teach you how to perform the task you choose.  
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| 1. Create a repository template<br>
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| 2. Create an example topic page for England<br>
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| 3. Create an example county page for England<br>
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| 4. Create example repository pages for above<br>
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| 5. Create barn raising explanation and invitation <br>
| width="38%" | Done! For an explanation of what a barn raising is, see [[Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki|Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki]].<br>
| width="14%" | [[User:Ritcheymt|Ritcheymt]]<br>
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| 6. Put up this barn raising tasks list sign-up sheet<br>
| width="38%" | Prelimary draft done (This page)<br>
| width="14%" | [[User:Alan|Alanm]]<br>
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| 7. Put up barn raising advertisements <br>
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| 8. Get volunteer cosmetic editor
| width="38%" | A cosmetic editor simply checks the article&nbsp;to be sure there are&nbsp;no white spaces, or other&nbsp;problems regarding&nbsp;the 'look and feel' of a given article.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| width="14%" | &nbsp;[[User:JamesAnderson|JamesAnderson]]
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| 9. Get volunteer source footnotes champion
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| 10. Get volunteer wiki trainer/mentor
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[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England/Completed Tasks|'''completed tasks''']]
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== Contributors ==
== Other England Pages to Update <br> ==


{{User box top|Userbox for WikiProject England}} {{User WikiProject England}} {{User box bottom}}
Many of these articles came from the old England Research outline and need to be updated.&nbsp; This table lists all topics for all phases of England barn raisings. They are listed here to give you the opportunity to take a task even if all of those above are taken or none of them meet your interests. You may add tasks you think are needed or add a note to one you think is not needed for England.


*[[User:Djbrewer|Djbrewer]]
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*[[User:Donjgen|Don]]
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*[[User:Murphyhm|Holly]]
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*[[User:JanaStokes|Jana]]
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*[[User:Evancol|Jane]]
| align="center" valign="middle" | '''Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>)'''
*[[User:KochG|KochG]]
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*[[User:Ldwlondon5|Ldwlondon5]]
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*[[User:Murphynw|Nathan]]
*[[User:Nickeygreene|Nickey]]
*[[User:Rkyoung|Rkyoung]]
*[[User:Sandrawestt|Sandra]]
*[[User:Cottrells|Steve]]
*[[User:Gutsu35p|Susie]]
*[[User:Dwillmore|Dwillmore]]
*young elders


{{-}} {{notice|'''Project members''': you can also add '''{{tl|User WikiProject England}}''' to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project and add your name to the [[:Category:WikiProject England participants]].}}  
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| [[England Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
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| [[England Big City Research|Big City Research]]
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| [[England Biography|Biographies]]
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| [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| [[England Court Records|Court Records]]
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| width="14%" | [[User:Anne|Anne]]<br>
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| [[England Directories|Directories]]
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| [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
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| [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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| [[England Handwriting|Handwriting]]
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| [[England Heraldry|Heraldry]]
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| Church&nbsp;History
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| [[England Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
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| [[England History|History]]
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| [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| width="14%" | [[User:Anne|Anne]]<br>
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| [[England Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
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| [[England Manors|Manors]]
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| [[England Maps|Maps]]
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| [[England Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]]
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| [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
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| [[England Minorities|Minorities]]
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| [[England Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
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| [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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| [[England Nobility|Nobility]]
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| [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
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| [[England Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.|Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.]]
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| [[England Societies|Societies]]
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| [[England Taxation|Taxation]]
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| [[England Visitations, Heraldic|Visitations, Heraldic]]
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| Vital Records - see [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| [[England Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]
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=== Wish List  ===
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*Add suitable images/pictures to articles
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**A good source of images from around England available to use via the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons Licence ] is [http://www.geograph.org.uk/ Geograph] (use the {{tl|Geograph}} template when uploading the image)


== Templates ==
== England county pages to update<br> ==


=== Infoboxes  ===
These pages should be written during the second phase of the barn raising.


*{{tl|Infobox England Jurisdictions}}
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=== Navboxes  ===
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*{{tl|England counties}}
*{{tl|England Archives and Libraries}}
*{{tl|England Research Guidance}}
*{{tl|Poor Law}}
*{{tl|Church of England dioceses}}
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Revision as of 15:58, 2 February 2009

Welcome to the England barn raising page! A wiki barn raising is a short, focused community effort to create or revise content relating to a single topic such as "getting started with genealogical research in England." The following tasks need to be accomplished during the England barn raising in February 2009. Please volunteer to complete one or more tasks by adding your name to this list. To add your name:

  1. log in
  2. click Edit
  3. input three tildes (~~~) in the 'sign up...' column (the third column below) across from the task you wish to work on (Do not type your name--the three tildes will automatically insert your username if you are logged in)

More than one person may sign up to work on a given task. That way, those that sign up for a task can also communicate with each other on what they are doing.

England Pages to Update as Part of the Barn Raising
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Some of these articles came from the old England Research outline and need to be updated.  This first table lists those topics that are part of this phase of the barn raising. 

Task Description Notes Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (~~~)

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England four major record types (next four lines):
Census

Church Records


Civil Registration


Probate Records


General Pages to Create from Scratch:


Getting Started Can be many articles; do essential ones first.
Anne
Major Websites for English Research (or similar title) A list of the major web sites for English genealogy with a brief description and comparison on value, unique data, and benefits of each

Add Individual web sites in more detail Major Websites is a brief description; pages for each major site which give more detail may be needed. Sign up here to write a page on a single major English web site

GenesReunited Details on how/why to use this major English site



Simple tasks[edit | edit source]

Potentially, a large number of volunteers in the community may feel unqualified to write a 'how to' article on a subject of interest, but they are available to do simple tasks that support the writing of articles. This is the place to list and/or volunteer for those tasks!  If you're a writer, here's where you can get some help. If you're a volunteer or community member, here's where you can give some!

Task Description Notes Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (~~~)

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Add links from topics and counties to their corresponding wiki pages. This will help users and leaders keep tabs on progress as February unfolds.      
Find sources of England maps online.
 
 
  
Add England News & Events to the Portal page The England genealogical community needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events that relate to England and link to them from the News and Events section of the England Portal. For ideas on where to find news items, see Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States.
 
  
Add to the Did You Know section of the England portal The Did You Know section of the England Portal is meant to lead users to the best, latest wiki articles and Web sites for England research. This list changes continually like the Did You Know section on WikiPedia's home page.    
Link to data sets in record search. Go here for a description of the project.     
Link from England pages to the major UK data sites. To know which sites to include, the writer may refer to ??.    
Link wiki to digitized books in the BYU Family History Archive. Go here for a description of the project.    Jbillings   
Copy and paste record content bullet lists from Research Guidance and/or SourceGuide RG and SG contain bullet lists which mention the types of information that can be gleaned from each type of U.S. records. Example: The What you are looking for section of the Research Guidance page "Alabama Federal Census Population Schedules, 1820 to 1920."     
Need someone to act as a England news and events "reporter" (also have him/her do the Did You Know section of the England Portal) To help authors do this task more easily, Fran Jensen created Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States.     



Preliminary tasks for wiki veterans[edit | edit source]

Task Description Notes Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (~~~)

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1. Create a repository template


2. Create an example topic page for England

3. Create an example county page for England
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4. Create example repository pages for above


5. Create barn raising explanation and invitation
Done! For an explanation of what a barn raising is, see Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki.
 Ritcheymt
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6. Put up this barn raising tasks list sign-up sheet
 Prelimary draft done (This page)
 Alanm
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7. Put up barn raising advertisements
 

8. Get volunteer cosmetic editor A cosmetic editor simply checks the article to be sure there are no white spaces, or other problems regarding the 'look and feel' of a given article.     JamesAnderson  
9. Get volunteer source footnotes champion      
10. Get volunteer wiki trainer/mentor      



Other England Pages to Update
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Many of these articles came from the old England Research outline and need to be updated.  This table lists all topics for all phases of England barn raisings. They are listed here to give you the opportunity to take a task even if all of those above are taken or none of them meet your interests. You may add tasks you think are needed or add a note to one you think is not needed for England.

Task Description Notes Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (~~~)

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Archives and Libraries


Big City Research


Biographies


Cemeteries

Court Records
Anne
Directories


Emigration and Immigration


Gazetteers


Genealogy


Handwriting


Heraldry


Church History


Historical Geography


History


Land and Property
Anne
Language and Languages


Manors


Maps


Merchant Marine


Military Records


Minorities


Naturalization and Citizenship


Newspapers


Nobility


Periodicals


Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.


Societies


Taxation


Visitations, Heraldic


Vital Records - see Civil Registration

Voting Registers





England county pages to update
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These pages should be written during the second phase of the barn raising.

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Bedford


Berkshire


Buckingham


Cambridge


Cheshire


Cornwall


Cumberland


Derbyshire


Devonshire


Dorset


Durham


Essex


Gloucestershire


Hampshire


Hereford


Hertford


Huntingdon


Kent


Lancashire

Leicestershire


Lincolnshire


London


Middlesex


Norfolk


Northamptonshire


Northumberland


Nottingham


Oxford


Rutland


Shropshire


Somerset


Staffordshire


Suffolk


Surrey


Sussex


Warwickshire


Westmoreland


Wiltshire


Worcestershire


Yorkshire




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