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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==
==Iowa Marriages 1809-1992==
===Task List===
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dmlU46RE8Gjxj4--Vvp-zdk6XleJLkZScmM0BlJ0uks/edit?usp=sharing Task List]
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M6aMfbEk_ta0yNNhSd_JYq9eqGR-srLKBIvXlpxRRCQ/edit?usp=sharing Iowa Marriages 1809-1992]
===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:Ia county 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 ($))</pre><br><br>
[[File:Ia marriage toc.png|250px]]<br><br>
<li>Paste beneath the entry in proper chronological order</li><br><br>
<li>This will take you to the "Marriage" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br>
<li>Click the '''Show Preview''' button. Make sure everything looks good. If it looks good, save the page and move on. If it doesn't look good, fix it before saving the page</li><br><br>
[[File:Ia marriage 2 edit source.png.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Place the date that you finished the page on the task list and move on to the next county.</li>
<li>Copy the following code:<br>
<pre>*'''1809-1992''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30192/iowa-marriages-1809-1992?s=275764761 Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992] at MyHeritage ($) — index</pre></li><br><br>
<li>Paste the code in '''chronological order.''' This collection begins in 1809, so in the example below, we will paste the code ''between'' the entry of 1518 and the entry of 1838. It will look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Ia marriage 2 code 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:Ia marriage 2 code finished.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>
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Revision as of 14:56, 1 July 2020

Purpose[edit | edit source]

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

Iowa Marriages 1809-1992[edit | edit source]

Task List[edit | edit source]

Iowa Marriages 1809-1992

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. Ia county task list.png

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


  6. Ia marriage toc.png

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


  8. File:Ia marriage 2 edit source.png.png

  9. Copy the following code:
    *'''1809-1992''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30192/iowa-marriages-1809-1992?s=275764761 Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992] at MyHeritage ($) — index


  10. Paste the code in chronological order. This collection begins in 1809, so in the example below, we will paste the code between the entry of 1518 and the entry of 1838. It will look like the following:


  11. Ia marriage 2 code pasted.png

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

  13. Ia marriage 2 code finished.png

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


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