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Washington New Collections

Project Leader

Caileigh Oldroyd

Purpose

These four new collections need to be added to all county pages in Washington, USA.

Task List

Task List

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Beginning Instructions

There are four new collections that need to be added separately to county pages in Washington, USA.

1. You will need to sign up for a county under a collection title tab on the Task List.
2. Go to the instructions for the specific collection below.

Washington, Various County Census Records, 1850-1914

Step One

Sign your name next to a county on the Washington, Various County Census Records tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two

Go to Washington, United States Genealogy and click your county you signed up for.

Step Three

In the contents, select Census. This should jump you down to the Subheading Census. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four

• Click Edit Source next to Census.

• Copy the following code and paste it to the end of the sentence that begins with Census indexes at Washington State Digital Archives: (Free):.

; and [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70878/ Ancestry] ($)

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good.

• Enter in "/* Census */ Adding New Collections Project" as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.

Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960

Step One

Sign your name next to a county on the Washington, Death Certificates tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two

Go to Washington, United States Genealogy and click your county you signed up for.

Step Three

In the contents, select Death under Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Death. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four

• Click Edit Source next to Death.

• Copy the following code and paste it in order according to date range. NOTE: If no other items on the list have a date range listed first, place this dataset first. The others will be corrected at a later date.

*'''1907-1960''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30019/washington-death-certificates-1907-1960?s=275764761 Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960] at MyHeritage — index, ($)

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good.

• Enter in "/* Death */ Adding New Collections Project" as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.

Washington Newspapers, 1855-2009

Step One

Sign your name next to a county on the Washington Newspapers tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two

Go to Washington, United States Genealogy and click your county you signed up for.

Step Three

In the contents, select Newspapers. This should jump you down to the Subheading Newspapers. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four

• Click Edit Source next to Newspapers.

• Copy the following code and paste it under the first bullet template that says something similar to, ''*[[COUNTY NAME County, Washington Newspapers]] (Sortable by towns, years, and titles)'':

*'''1855-2009''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10633/washington-newspapers-1855-2009?s=275764761 Washington Newspapers, 1855-2009] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good.

• Enter in "/* Newspapers */ Adding New Collections Project" as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

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