FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Updating Links and Databases: Difference between revisions
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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. | ||
==Iowa Marriages | ==Iowa Marriages 1880-1951== | ||
===Task List=== | ===Task List=== | ||
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ | [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F9Lw_CWaP5Xk59kbtKqf7xOM8209ue1BZQ8ddDnt1Qg/edit?usp=sharing Iowa Marriages 1880-1951] | ||
===Instructions=== | ===Instructions=== | ||
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[[File:Ia marriage toc.png|250px]]<br><br> | [[File:Ia marriage toc.png|250px]]<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>This will take you to the "Marriage" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br> | ||
[[File:Ia marriage | [[File:Ia marriage edit source.png|750px]]<br><br> | ||
<li>Copy the following code:<br> | <li>Copy the following code:<br> | ||
<pre>*''' | <pre>*'''1880-1951''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8823/ Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1951] at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images</pre></li><br><br> | ||
<li>Paste the code in '''chronological order.''' This collection begins in | <li>Paste the code in '''chronological order.''' This collection begins in 1880, so in the example below, we will paste the code ''below'' the entry of 1838. It will look like the following:</li><br><br> | ||
[[File:Ia marriage | [[File:Ia marriage 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> | <li>Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:</li><br> | ||
[[File:Ia marriage | [[File:Ia marriage 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>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> | <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> | ||
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[[Category:WikiProjects]] | [[Category:WikiProjects]] | ||
Revision as of 09:40, 2 July 2020
Purpose[edit | edit source]
The purpose of these projects is to add new online collections to the FamilySearch Wiki.
Iowa Marriages 1880-1951[edit | edit source]
Task List[edit | edit source]
Instructions[edit | edit source]
- Open the task list.
- Place your name by the county that you want to edit.
- Click on the link in the "County" column to take you to the page.
- Once on the county pages, look for "Marriage" in the table of contents, click on that link.
- This will take you to the "Marriage" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.
- Copy the following code:
*'''1880-1951''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8823/ Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1951] at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images - Paste the code in chronological order. This collection begins in 1880, so in the example below, we will paste the code below the entry of 1838. It will look like the following:
- Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:
- If everything looks good, save the page. If something is off, correct the code and then save the page.
- Go back to the task list, mark the date you completed it in the "Date" column, and move on to the next county.
