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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==
==Ohio Births 1908-1998==
===Task List===
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dmlU46RE8Gjxj4--Vvp-zdk6XleJLkZScmM0BlJ0uks/edit?usp=sharing Task List]
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oBiqVgzhp-FUAvBxhncvPSEhJAbeT1_is9A5o_BYp60/edit?usp=sharing Ohio Births Tast List]
===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:Ohio county list.png|400px]]<br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:</li><br>
<li>Once on the county pages, look for "Births" 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 ($))</pre><br><br>
[[File:Oh birth toc.png|250px]]<br><br>
<li>Paste beneath the entry in proper chronological order</li><br><br>
<li>This will take you to the "Births" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br>
<li>Click the '''Show Preview''' button. Make sure everything looks good. If it looks good, save the page and move on. If it doesn't look good, fix it before saving the page</li><br><br>
[[File:Oh birth edit source.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Place the date that you finished the page on the task list and move on to the next county.</li>
<li>Copy the following code:<br>
<pre>:*'''1908-1998''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3146/ Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998] at Ancestry.com ($) — index</pre></li><br><br>
<li>Paste it into the text box right before <nowiki>''Original Birth Records on Microfilm''</nowiki>. It will look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Oh birth code pasted.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>There is an old version of this collection on the page already that we need to delete. Delete the following code in the text box:
<pre>:*'''1908-1964''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3146 Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964] at [http://www.ancestry.com/ ancestry.com] ($)</pre></li><br>
The code after should look like the following:<br><br>
[[File:Oh birth code deleted.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:Oh birth 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>
[[Category:WikiProjects]]
[[Category:WikiProjects]]

Revision as of 07:48, 6 July 2020

Purpose[edit | edit source]

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

Ohio Births 1908-1998[edit | edit source]

Task List[edit | edit source]

Ohio Births Tast List

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. Ohio county list.png

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


    5. Oh birth toc.png

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


    6. Oh birth edit source.png

  6. Copy the following code:
    :*'''1908-1998''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3146/ Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998] at Ancestry.com ($) — index


  7. Paste it into the text box right before ''Original Birth Records on Microfilm''. It will look like the following:


    8. Oh birth code pasted.png

  8. There is an old version of this collection on the page already that we need to delete. Delete the following code in the text box: 
    :*'''1908-1964''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3146 Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964] at [http://www.ancestry.com/ ancestry.com] ($)

    9. The code after should look like the following:

    Oh birth code deleted.png

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

    10. Oh birth code finished.png

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


  11. 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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