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==Purpose==
==Purpose==
The purpose of these projects is to add new online collections to the FamilySearch Wiki.
The purpose of these projects is to add new online collections to the FamilySearch Wiki.
==California Voting Registers==
==Texas Marriages and Divorces==
===Task List===
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dmlU46RE8Gjxj4--Vvp-zdk6XleJLkZScmM0BlJ0uks/edit?usp=sharing Task List]
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1onG-xG9UaZQwfvUGH7jyzIdtf1TDou226ogwtapyicw/edit?usp=sharing Texas County Marriages and Divorces]
 
===Instructions===
===Instructions===
<ol>
<ol>
<li>Go to the task list.</li><br><br>
<li>Open the task list.</li><br><br>
<li>Place your name next to the county that you want to edit and go to that county page</li><br><br>
<li>Place your name by the county that you want to edit.</li><br><br>
<li>Find the ''Voting Registers'' section in the table of contents, click on that</li><br><br>
<li>Click on the link in the "County" column to take you to the page.</li><br><br>
<li>Click on the ''Edit Source'' button next to ''Voting Registers''</li><br><br>
[[File:Texas county tax task list.png|400px]]<br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:</li><br>
<li>Once on the county pages, look for "Marriage" in the table of contents, click on that link.</li><br><br>
<pre>*'''1866-1898''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2221/ California, U.S., Voter Registers, 1866-1898] at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry.com] - index ($))</pre><br><br>
[[File:Marriage in table of contents.png|250px]]<br><br>
<li>Paste beneath the entry in proper chronological order</li><br><br>
<li>This will take you to the "Marriage" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br>
<li>Click the '''Show Preview''' button. Make sure everything looks good. If it looks good, save the page and move on. If it doesn't look good, fix it before saving the page</li><br><br>
[[File:Edit source marriage.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Place the date that you finished the page on the task list and move on to the next county.</li>
<li>Copy the following code:<br>
<pre>*'''1966-2016''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10069/texas-marriages-divorces?utm_source=organic_blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=supersearch&tr_funnel=supersearch&tr_country=US&tr_creative=dec19secondhalf&utm_content=dec19secondhalf Texas Marriages and Divorces] at MyHeritage ($) — index</pre></li><br><br>
<li>Paste it into the text box at the bottom of the code. It will look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Pasted texas marriage code.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:</li><br>
[[File:Finished marriage texas collections.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>If everything looks good, save the page. If something is off, correct the code and then save the page.</li><br><br>
<li>Scroll down to the '''Divorces''' section. It should be two below the '''Marriage''' section underneath '''Deaths.'''</li><br><br>
<li>Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br>
[[File:Divorces edit source button.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Paste the code into the text box at the bottom of the section. It will look like the following:</li><br>
[[File:Divorces code collection pasted.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:</li><br>
[[File:Finished divorce code.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>If everything looks good, save the page. If something is off, correct the code and then save the page.</li><br><br>
<li>Go back to the task list, mark the date you completed it in the "Date" column, and move on to the next county.</li><br><br>
</ol>
</ol>
[[Category:WikiProjects]]
[[Category:WikiProjects]]

Revision as of 09:49, 17 June 2020

Purpose[edit | edit source]

The purpose of these projects is to add new online collections to the FamilySearch Wiki.

Texas Marriages and Divorces[edit | edit source]

Task List[edit | edit source]

Texas County Marriages and Divorces

Instructions[edit | edit source]

  1. Open the task list.


  2. Place your name by the county that you want to edit.


  3. Click on the link in the "County" column to take you to the page.


  4. Texas county tax task list.png

  5. Once on the county pages, look for "Marriage" in the table of contents, click on that link.


  6. Marriage in table of contents.png

  7. This will take you to the "Marriage" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.


  8. Edit source marriage.png

  9. Copy the following code:
    *'''1966-2016''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10069/texas-marriages-divorces?utm_source=organic_blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=supersearch&tr_funnel=supersearch&tr_country=US&tr_creative=dec19secondhalf&utm_content=dec19secondhalf Texas Marriages and Divorces] at MyHeritage ($) — index


  10. Paste it into the text box at the bottom of the code. It will look like the following:


  11. Pasted texas marriage code.png

  12. Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:

  13. Finished marriage texas collections.png

  14. If everything looks good, save the page. If something is off, correct the code and then save the page.


  15. Scroll down to the Divorces section. It should be two below the Marriage section underneath Deaths.


  16. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.

  17. Divorces edit source button.png

  18. Paste the code into the text box at the bottom of the section. It will look like the following:

  19. Divorces code collection pasted.png

  20. Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:

  21. Finished divorce code.png

  22. If everything looks good, save the page. If something is off, correct the code and then save the page.


  23. Go back to the task list, mark the date you completed it in the "Date" column, and move on to the next county.