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{{WikiProject status|Inactive}}[[Alabama, United States Genealogy|Alabama]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Wiki Project Alabama'''
 
[[Image:Vulcan statue Birmingham AL 2008 snow retouched.jpg|right|250x350px|Vulcan statue Birmingham AL - Largest cast iron statue on the world]]  


[[Image:Blaze Night.PNG|right|250x150px|The UAB Blazer]]<br>  
[[Image:Blaze Night.PNG|right|250x150px|The UAB Blazer]]<br>  
 
<center>You can help thousands who will use the FamilySearch Wiki to help them find their people who lived in Alabama at some point.</center>
You can help thousands who will use the FamilySearch Wiki to help them find their people who lived in Alabama at some point.<br>  
<br>  
 
<center>For more information contact [[User:Evancol|evancol]]</center>
=== Overall Objectives  ===
=== Overall Objectives  ===
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The purpose of the Alabama FamilySearch Wiki is to help readers find and use Alabama records for genealogy and family history. The project will update and improve:  
The purpose of the Alabama FamilySearch Wiki is to help readers find and use Alabama records for genealogy and family history. The project will update and improve:  


*County pages, such as Jefferson County.  
*County pages, such as [[Jefferson County, Alabama|Jefferson County]].  
*Alabama main page.  
*Alabama main page.  
*Statewide topic pages. Example Vital Records  
*Statewide topic pages. Example Vital Records  
*OtherA;Alabama-related pages
*Other Alabama-related pages


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*'''Links to online resources:''' indexes and/or images of records or how to use those records.  
*'''Links to online resources:''' indexes and/or images of records or how to use those records.  
*'''Local repositories''' (libraries, archives, museums) and the records and resources they have.  
*'''Local repositories''' (libraries, archives, museums) and the records and resources they have.  
*'''Links to catalogs''' such as the Family History Library catalog, Google books, and WorldCat among others.
*'''Links to catalogs''' such as the FamilySearch catalog, Google books, and WorldCat among others.
 
=== Guiding Principles  ===
 
*'''Highlight important and relevant items'''. Long lists of every website or every publication would bury, rather than highlight, what's important.
 
*'''Tell readers what to expect''' when they follow a link or search a suggested record.
 
*'''Balance content''' with these four factors in mind:


=== <br> ===
:a. [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Hows#Genealogical_Value|'''Genealogical Value.''']] Does this help Wiki users further their research?<br>
:b. '''Clarity.''' Make sure everyone understands your meaning and the purpose of your words.<br>
:c. '''Brevity.''' Be succinct as possible without sacrificing purpose or clarity.<br>
:d. '''Documentation.''' Use footnote(s) to identify the source(s) of the content you are creating.<br>


=== Alabama Wiki project tasks  ===
For each section containing information regarding resources and records, the following should be included:
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*'''Links to online resources:''' indexes and/or images of records or how to use those records.
*'''Links to catalogs''' such as the [http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Google books], [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat], [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlc/ FamilySearch Catalog]among others.
 
For more [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio - Style and Guidelines|style and guidelines]] for the Alabama and Ohio Wiki Projects.
 
=== Alabama Wiki Project Phases - Explanation  ===
 
==== Repositories Tasks  ====
 
The first set of tasks includes adding content to each Alabama county page. Content will be added by completing written tasks which will apply to each county. These tasks will have written instructions giving guidance on how to enter information, format the information, and how to cite the information, when applicable. Some of these tasks entail specifically:
 
:*'''County headings'''<br>
:*'''Verify parent county and surrounding counties'''
:*'''County repositories (libraries, archives, museums)''' - contact information for repositories that hold original and compiled records for individuals that lived in that county including links to the repositories' websites with additional information
:*'''Locate FamilySearch Centers'''
 
==== Records Tasks  ====
 
This group of tasks focuses on the following record type:
 
:*'''Vital Records'''
:*'''Probate Records'''
:*'''Land Records'''
:*'''Newspapers'''
:*'''Church records'''
:*'''Tax records'''
:*'''Cemeteries'''
 
Each record type above will include what records are available, time period the record covers and how they can be accessed including links to databases, images and references to books and microfilm and information to repositories.
 
:*'''County histories''' - list of county histories available with links to online books and references to libraries
 
=== Alabama Wiki Project Tasks  ===
 
Before beginning any tasks please review the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio - Style and Guidelines|Ohio Project guidelines]].
 
'''FIRST TIME WIKI USERS:''' For instructions on how to edit the wiki use the following:
 
:*[[Help:Editing The Wiki|Editing on the Wiki written instructions]]
 
The following are tasks to be accomplished for the Alabama Wiki Project. Each task has step-by-step instructions to accomplish it. '''SOME TASKS (in red) ARE NOT YET READY TO DO. WHEN TASKS ARE LINKED (typed in blue) THEY ARE READY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO WORK ON THEM.''' <br>
 
*'''Task Difficulty''' Tasks are rated for difficulty. Within each phase task table look for 1, 2, or 3, with 1 being the least difficult and 3 being the most difficult.<br>
 
==== Background and Repositories Tasks  ====
 
{| width="600" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|+ '''Alabama county/topic interest list'''
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| ''Topics'' <br>Not all counties have records included in these tasks. Please add the tasks only to the counties listed. Tasks and the list of counties appear when you click on the blue link.
| Complete
| Task Difficulty
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Standardize County Subject Headings|Standardize County subject headings.]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks- Neighboring Counties|Verify neighboring counties.]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Parent Counties|Verify parent counties.]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Societies|Locate county societies. Add contact information, link, and significant collections.]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Repositories|Locate county archives, libraries and museums. Add contact information, link, and significant collections.]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-FamilySearch Centers|Locate FamilySearch Centers. Add link.]]
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==== Vital Records Tasks ====
 
{| width="600" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|+ '''Alabama county/topic interest list'''
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| ''Topics'' <br>Not all counties have records included in these tasks. Please add the tasks only to the counties listed. Tasks and the list of counties appear when you click on the blue link.
| Complete
| Task Difficulty
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks - Vital Records Intro|Add Vital Records Introduction]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks - Vital Records Subheadings|Add Vital Records Subheadings]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Ancestry Vital Records Part A|Add Ancestry Vital Records Part A.]] Wait to complete this  task until Vital Records Intro and Subheadings tasks are complete for your chosen county.<br>
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Ancestry Vital Records Part B|Add Ancestry Vital Records Part B.]] Wait to complete this task until Vital Records Intro and Subheadings tasks are complete for your chosen county.<br>
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-FamilySearch Vital Records|Add FamilySearch Vital Records]]. Wait to complete this task until Vital Records Intro and Subheadings tasks are complete for your chosen county.<br>
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Vital Records Other Repositories|Add Vital Records Other Repositories template]]
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<br> <br>  
 
==== Probate and Land Records Tasks  ====
 
{| width="600" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|+ '''Alabama county/topic interest list''' 
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| ''Topics'' <br>Not all counties have records included in these tasks. Please add the tasks only to the counties listed. Counties appear when you click on the blue link.
| Complete
| Task Difficulty
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Project Alabama Tasks – Probate Intro|Add Probate Records Introduction]]
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| 1
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Ancestry Probate|Add Ancestry Probate Records]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-FamilySearch Probate Records|Add FamilySearch Probate Records.]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Probate Records Other Repositories|Add Probate Records Other Repositories template.]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks - Land and Property Intro|Add Land and Property Records Introduction]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Land and Property Records Other Repositories|Add Land and Property Other Repositories template]]<br>
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-US GenWeb Vital, Land and Probate|US GenWeb Vital, Land and Probate Links]]
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==== Newspapers and Church Records Tasks  ====
 
{| width="600" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|+ '''Alabama county/topic interest list'''
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| ''Topics'' <br>Not all counties have records included in these tasks. Please add the tasks only to the counties listed. Tasks and the list of counties appear when you click on the blue link.
| Complete
| Task Difficulty
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Project Alabama Tasks – Newspaper Intro|Add Historical Newspapers Introduction and Headings]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-US GenWeb Church, Tax and Newspaper Records|US GenWeb Church, Tax and Newspaper Records]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Newspaper Records Other Repositories|Add newspaper records other repositories template]]
| [[User:Ericcharlesperazzo|Ericcharlesperazzo]] 00:17, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Project Alabama Tasks - Church Intro|Add Church Records Introduction]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Project Alabama Tasks - Church Subheadings|Add Church Subheadings]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-FamilySearch Church Records|Add FamilySearch church records.]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Church Records Other Repositories|Add church records other repositories template]].<br>
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==== County Histories Tasks  ====
 
{| width="600" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|+ '''Alabama county/topic interest list''' 
|-
| ''Topics'' <br>Not all counties have records included in these tasks. Please add the tasks only to the counties listed. Tasks and the list of counties appear when you click on the blue link.
| Complete
| Task Difficulty
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Project Alabama Tasks - County Histories Intro|Add County Histories Introduction]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-FamilySearch County Histories|FamilySearch County Histories]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Ancestry County Histories|Ancestry County Histories]]
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| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" align="left" | <center>'''FamilySearch Wiki Videos'''</center>  
| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-County Histories found in Google Books and Internet Archive|County Histories found in Google Books and Internet Archive]]
See [https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?q=wiki product demos] for the FamilySearch Wiki, including: searching, editing, making links, watching pages, and more.<br>Each video lasts about 5 minutes.
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==== Tax and Cemetery Records Tasks  ====


{| width="600" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|+ '''Alabama county/topic interest list''' 
|-
| ''Topics'' <br>Not all counties have records included in these tasks. Please add the tasks only to the counties listed. Tasks and the list of counties appear when you click on the blue link.
| Complete
| Task Difficulty
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Project Alabama Tasks - Tax Intro|Add Tax Records Introduction]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Alabama Tasks-Tax Records Other Repositories|Add tax records other repositories template]].<br>
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Project Alabama Tasks - Cemetery Intro|Add Cemetery Records Intro]]
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| [[FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Project Alabama Tasks - Cemetery Online Links|Add Cemetery Online Links]]
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The following are tasks to be accomplished for the Alabama Wiki Project. Each task has step-by-step instructions to accomplish it.


==== Tasks ready for volunteers ====
=== Example of Alabama County Page  ===
 
[[Jefferson County, Alabama|Jefferson County Alabama]]
 
=== Schedule  ===
 
=== Guidelines and Style  ===
 
[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio - Style and Guidelines|Style and guidelines]] for the Alabama Wiki Project as well as Ohio.
 
==== Talk and Forum ====
 
Paticipants are encouraged to use the Facebook Alabama Genealogy Wiki Project Group as a forum for questions and discussions. This is not yet available.<br>
 
=== Community Meetings  ===
 
'''To be determined'''


*Newspapers by county
Online meetings with focus on Wiki pages for Alabama.


==== Tasks not yet ready  ====
*Share ideas, suggest improvements
*Get news and progress reports.


These are not yet ready, but you may want to know what is on the horizon.  
Attend from home, at a library, or wherever you have an internet connection and a telephone.  


*Obituaries section of the counties. Copy wording and adapt the links to each county.
==== Current Meetings  ====
*History section of the counties Link to online histories of each county.
*Cemeteries in the counties Link to websites that can be linked specifically to the counties.<br>
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks County Repositories|Repositories in the county: libraries, museums, etc.]] Phase 1: Add contact information for local libraries, societies, and other record holders in each county.
*State repositories: Alabama State Archives, State Historical Society, state libraries, etc.
*Church records Phase 1.
*Major websites: statewide and county-by-county.
*Migration: Railroad, trails, etc.
*Native American records.


If you have additional ideas, please add them to this list and sign it by adding 4 tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>)
None are scheduled at this time.


Project leaders
=== Alabama Wiki project tasks  ===
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | <center>'''FamilySearch Wiki Videos'''</center>
See [https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?q=wiki product demos] for the FamilySearch Wiki, including: searching, editing, making links, watching pages, and more.<br>Each video lasts about 5 minutes.


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==== Tasks completed  ====
==== Tasks completed  ====


*Links to topics in the Family History Library Catalog This allows only the best items to be highlighted in the Wiki while informing users of other records or resources that are available. This also makes it so the Wiki won't have to be updated each time new things are added to the sites included.  
*Links to topics in the FamilySearch Catalog This allows only the best items to be highlighted in the Wiki while informing users of other records or resources that are available. This also makes it so the Wiki won't have to be updated each time new things are added to the sites included.  
*Fix Starting Dates for records in the Top Table on each county.  
*Fix Starting Dates for records in the Top Table on each county.  
*Top Table in the counties Copy and adapt the table (from the Experimental County) to each county. .  
*Top Table in the counties Copy and adapt the table (from the Experimental County) to each county. .  
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*County History List by year historical events that affected the records and the record-keeping in each county, such as settlement and migration, or natural events, such as flooding, drought, or fires.  
*County History List by year historical events that affected the records and the record-keeping in each county, such as settlement and migration, or natural events, such as flooding, drought, or fires.  
*County Courthouse Find uncopyrighted images of the courthouse (historical or current) and upload them. List their contact information (address, phone, email), including a link to website, addresses, etc.
*County Courthouse Find uncopyrighted images of the courthouse (historical or current) and upload them. List their contact information (address, phone, email), including a link to website, addresses, etc.
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=== <br>  ===


=== Counties–Style Guide  ===
=== Counties–Style Guide  ===


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| bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="middle" align="left" | <center>'''Share YOUR ideas!'''</center>Help decide what county pages will contain and how they will appear. Your comments make a difference:  
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | <center>'''Share YOUR ideas!'''</center>Help decide what county pages will contain and how they will appear. Your comments make a difference:  
*On the discussion&nbsp;page for the experimental county.<br>
*On the talk page for the experimental county.<br>


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See Experimental county page for Utah. We experiment there and discuss ideas and wording and sources under topic headings.  
See Experimental county page for Utah. We experiment there and discuss ideas and wording and sources under topic headings.  
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=== Project Guidelines  ===
=== Project Guidelines  ===
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==== '''Describe each edit'''  ====
==== '''Describe each edit'''  ====


Describe each edit in the'''''ield before clicking the '''Save&nbsp;'''button.''' ''  
Describe each edit in the'''''f'''''<i>'''ield before clicking the '''Save '''button.''' </i>  
 
==== '''Non-compliance''' ====
 
Non-compliance will result in work being reverted, or changed to follow these rules.
 
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Thank you for your participate ini the Alabama Research Wiki project.  
Thank you for your participation in the Alabama Research Wiki project.  


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