WikiProject:Adding Information to Funeral Homes Section of County Pages

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Purpose

To add information regarding Funeral Homes from the FamilySearch Catalog and online to the U.S. County pages.

Contact Person

Beverly Repouille, Yammer me or call at 402-215-5340 (please do not contact after 8 pm Utah time)

Task List

Task List

Project Instructions

Set Up

1. Make sure you are logged in to FamilySearch and the FamilySearch Wiki.
2. Use this link to get to the Iowa County Listings and Tracking Page.
3. Some of these entries may already be on the page. If so, please make sure that the link goes where it is supposed to and that it is formatted correctly.
4. Use this link to access the listings for Iowa counties in the FamilySearch Catalog. Select the "Places within United States, Iowa" link to choose the correct county.
5. After selecting the county, select the Maps section.

• If there ARE NO records under the Maps section:

• • Go back to the Iowa County Listings and Tracking Page for Maps and add a note in the "Comment" section for that county stating there was nothing in the Catalog.
  • Go to the next Iowa County.

• If there ARE records under the Maps section, proceed with the Catalog Instructions below.
  
  

Adding Image-Only Catalog Links Instructions

1. Click on the Funeral Homes Catalog entry link to display the records listings.

2. Select the first record.

3. Scroll down to the Film/Digital Notes section and look for a camera icon on the right of the note.

• There may or may not be a key over the camera icon. We will use them both.
  

4. First copy the template to the Maps section of the County page:

* '''DATE-DATE''' {{FHL|title #|item|disp=title of the record}}(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

5. Add the dates. Copy them exactly from the title. It is not necessary to look for dates if they are not in the title. Leave the dates blank, if that is the case.

• Sometimes there will be two sets of dates such as "Probate Records 1857-1952; Index, 1857-1965"

• • In the first date slot place the earliest date (DATE-DATE). So 1857 would go in the first slot (1857-DATE)
  • In the second date slot place the latest date (1857-1965)

EXAMPLE:

(with dates) * '''1907-1924''' {{FHL|title #|item|disp=title of the record}}(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

(without dates) * {{FHL|title #|item|disp=title of the record}}(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

6. Next add the title #.

• The title number is obtained from the URL line. As you read across the URL, it will start off with familysearch.org/search/catalog/######? plus more characters.

• • The title number is the number immediately after the word catalog/ and before the ?
  • Copy just the number from the URL line and place it where it says title #
    

EXAMPLE:

* '''1907-1924''' {{FHL|533472|item|disp=title of the record}}(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

7. Leave the item part as-is.

8. After the disp=, place the title of the film exactly as written except capitalize the first letters in the title. No need to add author or anything else.

EXAMPLE:

* '''1907-1924''' {{FHL|533472|item|disp=Affidavit Index, 1907-1924}}(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

9. If the word Index is in the title, please change the "— images" at the end of the line to say "— index & images."

10. And it should look like this when previewed:

EXAMPLE:

• 1907-1924 Affidavit Index, 1907-1924(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
  
  

11. If there are NO other entries in the Catalog, go to the next section.

12. If there ARE other Map entries in the Catalog, please go back to the start and enter each one.

Adding Links from the Internet/Google

THIS SET OF INSTRUCTIONS WILL TELL YOU HOW TO ADD INTERNET/GOOGLE LINKS.

1. In your Internet browser, type the following: (Name of county) Funeral Homes

2. Look down through the listings and decide which ones to use by the following criteria:

• Make sure the link goes to a real website - not a business website, etc.
• Make sure they are really in the desired county and not in another county or state.

3. Use the following format to enter them alphabetically under the Funeral Homes section of the county pages:

* [URL Name of Funeral Home] in (name of city or town)

4. If the county you are working in has some cities listed, please check the Internet for those specific cities also.

Before You Leave the Page

• If there is more than one item under the Funeral Homes heading, please alphabetize them.
• Do a Show preview before saving to make sure it looks like it is supposed to.
• Before you save the page, please enter Adding Funeral Home links project to the Summary line.
• Don't forget to go back to the Task List and put a date on your part when you are done.

Thank You!

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)

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