FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indiana Tasks-FamilySearch Centers

WikiProject Indiana Wiki Project Indiana Tasks - FamilySearch Centers

Description

The purpose of this task is to find FamilySearch Centers located in a county and to add contact information about the center.

This task is an intermediate task and requires some knowledge about or experience with writing in wikitext.

New to the wiki?

• See Help to request individual mentoring or to join community discussions.
• See Editing Help – Online Video Demonstration.
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Questions about Editing this Project?

• See Wiki Project Indiana Objectives and Guiding Principles.
• See Wiki Project Indiana Style and Guidelines.

You may wish to print these instructions before you begin editing.
To Print:

• Go to the top right-hand corner of the page within the the white area.
• Locate the word Print or the icon of a printer. Click on the icon.
• Print.
  

Instructions

1. Check the Assignment Chart below to choose a county to edit.

2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign-up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below.

Locating the FamilySearch Center

3. For each county,

a. Locate the county seat for your chosen county by going to your county page in Indiana and looking in the Facts box under "County Seat".

b. Find the FamilySearch Center closest to the county seat by going to FamilySearch Centers and type in the country seat in the box which says "Search".

c. Hit enter on your keyboard.

d. If more than one result is shown, click on your city name in the left-hand column.

e. On the map which appears, your county seat is the orange flag with the white star in the center.

f. FamilySearch Centers in the area indicated by flags with blue trees in the center.

g. If there are no blue trees zoom out on the map until you see some trees. Zoom out by clicking on the minus (-) sign in the upper right-hand corner of the web page.

h. Determine the closest to, or main FamilySearch Center for the county seat. Click on the blue tree to learn the name of the town where the FamilySearch Center is located.Add the FamilySearch Center information to the Repository section of the county FamilySearch wiki page.

i. Copy and paste address and phone number information to the county page by editing in wikitext. Read the general instructions then follow the wikitext link to continued task directions about using wikitext to edit this project.

Make sure you put <br> after each line on the address and phone numbers.Add an additional <br> after the phone number.

Example in wiki text =

4235 West 3rd Street<br> BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 47404-4880<br> PHONE: 812-332-0560<br><br>

• If you have questions about editing, go to wiki help links under the heading Description.

Wikitext Editing Instructions

1. Click on your chosen county name in the Assignment Chart. This will take you to your county page.

2. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password. Find the sign-in area in the top right-hand corner of the page.

3. Scroll to the heading Repositories.

4. Scroll to the section FamilySearch Centers within Repositories.

5. Open the FamilySearch Center heading for editing by clicking on the check mark in square on the right-hand side of the page, opposite the heading title.

6. Click on the word wikitext with in toolbox at the top of the edit box.

7. If there already is FamilySearch Center information under this section, please remove it.

Adding the FamilySearch Center Template

8. While in wiki text, copy and paste the following template under the heading of FamilySearch Centers:

{{IN fhc}}

9. Add the link to the FamilySearch Center you found when following the instructions Locating the FamilySearch Center Do this as follows:

a. Immediately after the template you pasted in step "8", hit enter on your keyboard to make a space.

b. Type *[[Bloomington Indiana FamilySearch Center]]. Replace Bloomington Indiana in the link with the name of the FamilySearch Center you located previously.

c. Put a period after the link you just created

d. Add the following sentence and link while still in wiki text:

For additional nearby FamilySearch Centers, search online in the [[http://www.familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator FamilySearch Center directory]].

e. Add a summary statement at the bottom on the page something like, "Added FamilySearch center for the county."

f. Save the page.

Editing the FamilySearch Center Page

10. Click on the link to the FamilySearch Center you just added.

a. The link is blue.

b. The link says something like "Bloomingdale Indiana FamilySearch Center".

c. A new wiki page about the FamilySearch Center should open.

11. If no information about the center is listed on the FSC wiki page, add ONLY the address and phone number on the FSC wiki page. (The FSC leaders are supposed to add the other information).

12. To add information to the FSC wiki page:

a. Scroll to the heading Center Contacts and Hours.

b. Click on the check mark in square on the right-hand side of the page, opposite the heading title.

c. Click on the word wikitext with in toolbox at the top left-hand corner of the edit box.

d. Return to the FamilySearch Center location page you accessed in step 5 of the previous instructions.

e. Copy the address and paste it into the FamilySearch Center wiki page you are editing. Paste the address after the words Location and Map.

f. Copy the phone number and paste it into the the FamilySearch Center wiki page you are editing. Paste the number after the word Phone.

13. Add a summary sentence something like "Added FSC information" and Save the page. The task is complete.

Example

FamilySearch Centers

FamilySearch Centers are branches of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.

The main FamilySearch Center for Monroe County, Indiana is the

• Bloomington Indiana FamilySearch Center

4235 West 3rd Street
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 47404-4880
PHONE: 812-332-0560

For additional FamilySearch Centers, search online in the FSC directory

• FamilySearch Centers

Assignment Chart

If you are accepting this task:

1. Sign in to the wiki at the upper right-hand corner of this page. Use your FamilySearch account username and password.

2. Open the Assignment Chart for editing by clicking on the check mark in the box at the right opposite the Assignment Table heading.

3. Place your cursor in the box under the heading Name/Date Task Accepted and opposite your county of choice.

4. Type 4 tildes (~). This symbol is located on the upper left-hand part of your keyboard, next to the number 1. The ~~~~ is an electronic signature and will leave your user name and date when you signed.

5. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Selected Adams County for adding FamilySearch Center".

6. Click on the box "Save Page".

7. You are now signed up to complete this task.

Return to Top of Page

If you are completing this task:

• Follow the same instructions as accepting the task, except place your cursor in the correct county box under the heading Date Completed. Change your summary sentence to something like, "Completed Adams County for societies."

• Also, report your finished task on the Ohio FamilySearch Completed Task Google Form. Follow the instructions on the Google form. This step is important for documenting completed wiki volunteer work. Thank you!

Indiana County Chart

Indiana Counties Assignment Chart

County	Name/Date accepted	Date Completed
Adams	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Allen	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Bartholomew	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Benton	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Blackford	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Boone	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Brown	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Carroll	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Cass	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Clark	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
inton	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Crawford	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Crawford	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Daviess	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
De Kalb	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Dearborn	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Decatur	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Delaware	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Dubois	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Elkhart	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Fayette	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Floyd	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Fountain	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Franklin	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Fulton	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Gibson	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Grant	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Greene	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Hamilton	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Hancock	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Harrison	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Hendricks	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Henry	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Howard	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Huntington	Lowfiv 19:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Jackson	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Jasper	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Jay	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Jefferson	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Jennings	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Johnson	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Knox	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Kosciusko	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
La Porte	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
La Grange	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Lake	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Lawrence	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Madison	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Marion	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Marshall	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Martin	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Miami	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Montgomery	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Morgan	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Newton	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Noble	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Ohio	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Orange	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Owen	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Parke	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Perry	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Pike	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Porter	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Posey	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Pulaski	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Putnam	~~!~~	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Randolph	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Ripley	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Rush	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Scott	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Shelby	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Spencer	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
St. Joseph	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Starke	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	Lowfiv 15:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Steuben	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Sullivan	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Switzerland	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Tippecanoe	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Tipton	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Union	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Vanderburgh	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Vermillion	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Vigo	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Wabash	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Warren	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Warrick	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Washington	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Wayne	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Wells	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
White	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done
Whitley	Lowfiv 00:33, 20 July 2013 (UTC)	done

FamilySearch Center (FSC); formerly called, Family History Center (FHC)