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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==
==Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955==
===Task List===
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dmlU46RE8Gjxj4--Vvp-zdk6XleJLkZScmM0BlJ0uks/edit?usp=sharing Task List]
===Instructions===
 
==Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941==
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FM4872hoixAeHT8iw03raZkA8KlIMAYDfemqEDsJ4Cc/edit#gid=0 Task 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 page 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 "Page" 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:Ct task list.png|400px]]<br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:</li><br>
<li>Once on the page, 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:Ct births edit source.png|250px]]<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>*'''1639-1941''' {{RecordSearch|2448938|Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941}} — index</pre></li><br><br>
<li>Paste it into the text box right under <nowiki>====Births====</nowiki>. It will look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Ct births code pasted.png|1000px]]<br><br>
<li>Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:</li><br>
[[File:Ct births finished.png|1000px]]<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 page.</li><br><br>
</ol>
</ol>
[[Category:WikiProjects]]
[[Category:WikiProjects]]

Revision as of 13:17, 15 July 2020

Purpose[edit | edit source]

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

Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955[edit | edit source]

Task List[edit | edit source]

Instructions[edit | edit source]

Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941[edit | edit source]

Task List[edit | edit source]

Task List

Instructions[edit | edit source]

  1. Open the task list.


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


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


  4. Ct task list.png

  5. Once on the page, look for "Births" in the table of contents, click on that link.


  6. Oh birth toc.png

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


  8. Ct births edit source.png

  9. Copy the following code:
    *'''1639-1941''' {{RecordSearch|2448938|Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941}} — index


  10. Paste it into the text box right under ====Births====. It will look like the following:


  11. Ct births code pasted.png

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

  13. Ct births 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 page.