FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England/Probate Keys Migration

Welcome to the England Probate Keys Migration barn raising page for March 2009! 

Decades ago, the Family History Library published 'probate keys' for each English county. They included a colored-coded map showing the courts and a corresponding table legend. We need to decide what content is still valuable and should be moved to the Research Wiki, and what content needs to be updated. Then we need to move and update as appropriate. Some tasks may best be accomplished by those who have access to the old probate keys, either as a paper copy or at the Family History Library.

(Return to the main England Barn Raising Tasks page.)

Volunteer for Tasks

Please volunteer to complete one or more tasks by adding your name to this list. Before you can add your name to the list below, you must register.. After you have registered:

1. Log in to the Wiki
2. While on this page, with the tasks listed, click the "Edit" option located in the page options box to the right. This will open the "Editing" window.
3. The task you wish to work on, then input three tildes (~~~ ) in the 'sign up...' column (the third column) across from the task description (Do not type your name--the three tildes will automatically insert your username if you are logged in)
4. Go down to the bottom of the editing page, and click 'Save Page', to save your changes.
5. Make sure you share your thoughts on the project you working on on your User page. Also share your thoughts on others user pages

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.

Tasks to do in the Barn Raising

The following tasks need to be accomplished during this barn raising in March 2009.

Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes ( ~~~ )	% Done
Define scope of barn raising			Done
Define tasks		Bakerbh
Put up barn raising page with process, perhaps with samples/examples? or guidelines?
Engage/manage content authors		Bakerbh
Simplify process & train authors to do it		Bakerbh
Add new tasks defined here
Add in the parish lists, with probate jurisdictions, created by FHL British Ref --	Several volunteers at the FHL are assisting with this task	Bakerbh Lenardwright	100%
Added the Getting Started section to every county		Bakerbh

Simple Tasks

Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes ( ~~~ )	% Done
Added link to every county page for general English probate information		Lenardwright	100
Linked the counties in the County Probate Pages section below with each of the county Probate Records		Lenardwright	95
Creating links between parishes jurisdictions lists where needed in each county
Consolidated three pages for the same court (Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury [or Sarum]) into one		Bakerbh	100%
Add introduction to Jurisdiction Tables in Counties where needed.		Leighut

County Probate Pages

Sign up to work on a particular county's probate page.

County	Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes ( ~~~ )	% Done
Bedfordshire	Modified jurisdictions table; Populating the probate records page with info		Bakerbh  Bakerbh	100% 100%
Berkshire	Populating the probate pages		Bakerbh	100%
Buckinghamshire	Populating the probate pages		Bakerbh	100%
Cambridgeshire	Populating the probate pages		Bakerbh
Cheshire	Modified jurisdictions table Author needed to populate probate pages		Bakerbh	100%
Cornwall	Added explainatory information for courts		Richardswd	100%
Cumberland	Added format and links to court pages.		Anne	100%
Derbyshire	Populating the probate pages		Bakerbh	100%
Devon	Populating the court pages Changed most Devonshire links to Devon and the same for categories		Anne Bakerbh	100% 100%
Dorset	Added Courts with explainatory information		Richardswd	100%
Durham	Created the page template and template for court having jurisdiction.		Anne	100%
Essex	Pages content, links and reviewed parish listings & jurisdictions for accuracy		Dunnpb	100%
Gloucestershire	Added text and links, including links to court pages; added intros and links to jurisdiction tables; populating the court probate pages		Anne Bakerb Bakerbh	100% 100% 100%
Hampshire			dunnpb
Herefordshire	Populate probate pages		Richardswd
Hertfordshire	Populate probate pages		Richardswd
Huntingdonshire	Populating the probate pages  Add information to court pages		Bakerbh Anne	100%
Kent	Modified jurisdiction tables; populating the probate pages		Bakerbh	90%
Lancashire	To be worked on, shortly		Dunnpb
Leicestershire	Added jurisdiction notes for courts		Richardswd	100%
Lincolnshire	Add information to probate records page. Add information to court pages.		Anne	100%
London	Currently under construction		Dunnpb	10%
Middlesex	Pages content, links and reviewed parish listings & jurisdictions for accuracy		Dunnpb	100%
Norfolk
Northamptonshire	Modified jurisdiction tables; populated the  probate pages		Richardswd	100%
Northumberland	Added court links		Bruceewarner
Nottinghamshire	Populating the probate pages		Bakerbh
Oxfordshire	Modified jurisdiction tables and added intros;  Populating the probate pages		Bakerbh  Richardswd	100%
Rutland			Anne	100%
Shropshire	Adding probate courts and links		Bakerbh
Somerset	Populating the probate pages		Bakerbh
Staffordshire	Modified jurisdiction tables		Dunnpb
Suffolk	Add court names and links from the probate records page Add information to court pages		Anne	100% 15%
Surrey			Dunnpb Bakerbh
Sussex	Modified jurisdiction tables		Dunnpb
Warwickshire	Modified jurisdiction tables Author needed to populate the probate pages		Bakerbh	100%
Westmorland	Modified jurisdiction tables Add rest of content on main page and court pages.		Bakerbh Anne	100%  100%
Wiltshire	Added court jurisdiction		Richardswd	100%
Worcestershire	Modified jurisdiction tables  Author needed to populate the probate pages		Bakerbh	100%
Yorkshire	Modified jurisdiction tables Populating court pages. Need decision by someone about the proper name of the court of Craike. FHL has about 93 rolls of film but is not listed in jurisdictions tables.		Bakerbh Anne	100% 100%

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