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. | ||
== | ==Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955== | ||
===Task List=== | ===Task List=== | ||
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ | [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RoaByxtpKwIDOdv_jXzDYgM6PkNzgAAfGRYMkbx_ubI/edit?usp=sharing Task List] | ||
===Instructions=== | ===Instructions=== | ||
<ol> | <ol> | ||
<li> | <li>Open the task list.</li><br><br> | ||
<li>Place your name | <li>Place your name by the page that you want to edit.</li><br><br> | ||
<li> | <li>Click on the link in the "Page" column to take you to the page.</li><br><br> | ||
<li>Click on the | [[File:Ct task list.png|400px]]<br><br> | ||
<li>Copy the following code: | <li>Once on the page, look for "Births" in the table of contents, click on that link.</li><br><br> | ||
<pre>*''' | [[File:Oh birth toc.png|250px]]<br><br> | ||
<li>Paste | <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 | [[File:Ct births edit source.png|250px]]<br><br> | ||
<li> | <li>Copy the following code:<br> | ||
<pre>*'''1640-1955''' {{RecordSearch|2658554|Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955}} — index</pre></li><br><br> | |||
<li>Paste it into the text box right under <nowiki>*'''1639-1941''' {{RecordSearch|2448938|Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941}} — index</nowiki>. It will look like the following:</li><br><br> | |||
[[File:Ct births 2 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 2 code 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> | ||
==Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955== | |||
===Task List=== | |||
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e0ETGv0zEqpmhjeU0zXXvYa1L5T9nKzRao6PBP5Z938/edit?usp=sharing Task List] | |||
===Instructions=== | |||
<ol> | |||
<li>Open the task list.</li><br><br> | |||
<li>Place your name by the page that you want to edit.</li><br><br> | |||
<li>Click on the link in the "Page" column to take you to the page.</li><br><br> | |||
[[File:Ct task list.png|400px]]<br><br> | |||
<li>Once on the page, look for "Deaths" in the table of contents, click on that link.</li><br><br> | |||
[[File:Oh death toc.png|250px]]<br><br> | |||
<li>This will take you to the "Deaths" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br> | |||
[[File:Ct deaths edit source.png|250px]]<br><br> | |||
<li>Copy the following code:<br> | |||
<pre>*'''1640-1955''' {{RecordSearch|2448941|Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955}} — index</pre></li><br><br> | |||
<li>Paste it into the text box right under <nowiki>====Deaths====</nowiki>. It will look like the following:</li><br><br> | |||
[[File:Ct deaths 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 deaths code 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> | |||
[[Category:WikiProjects]] | [[Category:WikiProjects]] | ||
Revision as of 10:55, 16 July 2020
Purpose[edit | edit source]
The purpose of these projects is to add new online collections to the FamilySearch Wiki.
Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955[edit | edit source]
Task List[edit | edit source]
Instructions[edit | edit source]
- Open the task list.
- Place your name by the page that you want to edit.
- Click on the link in the "Page" column to take you to the page.
- Once on the page, look for "Births" in the table of contents, click on that link.
- This will take you to the "Births" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.
- Copy the following code:
*'''1640-1955''' {{RecordSearch|2658554|Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955}} — index - Paste it into the text box right under *'''1639-1941''' {{RecordSearch|2448938|Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941}} — index. 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 page.


Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955[edit | edit source]
Task List[edit | edit source]
Instructions[edit | edit source]
- Open the task list.
- Place your name by the page that you want to edit.
- Click on the link in the "Page" column to take you to the page.
- Once on the page, look for "Deaths" in the table of contents, click on that link.
- This will take you to the "Deaths" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.
- Copy the following code:
*'''1640-1955''' {{RecordSearch|2448941|Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955}} — index - Paste it into the text box right under ====Deaths====. 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 page.

