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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==
==Kentucky Births==
===Task List===
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dmlU46RE8Gjxj4--Vvp-zdk6XleJLkZScmM0BlJ0uks/edit?usp=sharing Task List]
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19LA7klkMaSxA0HuRfccQsCoNVa-sAfzpNa4fT8dA8cY/edit?usp=sharing Kentucky County Births]
 
===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:Kentucky county task list.PNG|400px]]<br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:</li><br>
<li>Once on the county pages, look for "Birth" 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 ($))</pre><br><br>
[[File:Kentucky county birth toc.PNG|250px]]<br><br>
<li>Paste beneath the entry in proper chronological order</li><br><br>
<li>This will take you to the "Birth" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br>
<li>Click the '''Show Preview''' button. Make sure everything looks good. If it looks good, save the page and move on. If it doesn't look good, fix it before saving the page</li><br><br>
[[File:Kentucky county birth edit source.PNG|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Place the date that you finished the page on the task list and move on to the next county.</li>
<li>Copy the following code:<br>
<pre>*'''1911-1999''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10007/kentucky-births-1911-1999?s=275764761 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999] at MyHeritage ($) — 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:Kentucky county birth pasted 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:Kentucky county birth show preview.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 09:15, 19 June 2020

Purpose[edit | edit source]

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

Kentucky Births[edit | edit source]

Task List[edit | edit source]

Kentucky County Births

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. Kentucky county task list.PNG

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


    5. Kentucky county birth toc.PNG

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


    6. Kentucky county birth edit source.PNG

  6. Copy the following code:
    *'''1911-1999''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10007/kentucky-births-1911-1999?s=275764761 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999] at MyHeritage ($) — index


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


    8. Kentucky county birth pasted code.PNG

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

    9. Kentucky county birth show preview.PNG

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


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


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