Useful Information to Add to a Place Portal: Difference between revisions
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The following are ideas concerning useful information you might add to pages about places.<br> | The following are ideas concerning useful information you might add to pages about places.<br> | ||
#Links to pages about major ethnic<span style=""> </span>groups of the area<br> | #Links to pages about major ethnic<span style=""> </span>groups of the area<br> | ||
#Events<br> | #Events<br> | ||
#Links to non-English versions of the page<br> | #Links to non-English versions of the page<br> | ||
#Research Tools<br> | #Research Tools<br> | ||
# | #Date the jurisdiction was created, as well as the name(s) of its parent jurisdiction(s). For example, the creation date and parent counties of a county. (This information is usually available from Family History Library Catalog.)<br> | ||
#Minimalist/simple/mandatory information rather than general information. (Exclude information that doesn't directly relate to genealogical research.)<br> | #Minimalist/simple/mandatory information rather than general information. (Exclude information that doesn't directly relate to genealogical research.)<br> | ||
#Links to other helpful/relevant pages in Wiki<br> | #Links to other helpful/relevant pages in Wiki<br> | ||
#Strategy documents that help users select the right type of record to fulfill a research objective<br> | #Strategy documents that help users select the right type of record to fulfill a research objective<br> | ||
#Links to major finding aids, such as gazetteers<br> | #Links to major finding aids, such as gazetteers<br> | ||
#Links to major reference tools, such as translation helps or handwriting guides<br> | #Links to major reference tools, such as translation helps or handwriting guides<br> | ||
#Link to the forum which covers the area <br> | #Link to the forum which covers the area <br> | ||
#Links to information on how to write narratives<br> | #Links to information on how to write narratives<br> | ||
#Links to local histories <br> | #Links to local histories <br> | ||
#Timelines<br> | #Timelines<br> | ||
#Use of Timelines (destruction, natural disasters, etc..)<br> | #Use of Timelines (destruction, natural disasters, etc..)<br> | ||
#Genealogical/Historical events in media<br> | #Genealogical/Historical events in media<br> | ||
#Images<br> | #Images<br> | ||
#Events affecting jurisdictions and records<br> | #Events affecting jurisdictions and records<br> | ||
#Events affecting numerous deaths or migrations<br> | #Events affecting numerous deaths or migrations<br> | ||
#Laws affecting marriages, migrations, adoption, voting, record format, or record access<br> | #Laws affecting marriages, migrations, adoption, voting, record format, or record access<br> | ||
#Inventions affecting travel, migrations, etc., including delay between invention creation and implementation (such as the Utah railroad) | #Inventions affecting travel, migrations, etc., including delay between invention creation and implementation (such as the Utah railroad) | ||
#Epidemics<br> | #Epidemics<br> | ||
#Wars and drafts<br> | #Wars and drafts<br> | ||
#Natural disasters<br> | #Natural disasters<br> | ||
#Migration routes per time period<br> | #Migration routes per time period<br> | ||
#How to make one category a subcategory of another<br> | #How to make one category a subcategory of another<br> | ||
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Revision as of 13:31, 6 August 2008
The following are ideas concerning useful information you might add to pages about places.
- Links to pages about major ethnic groups of the area
- Events
- Links to non-English versions of the page
- Research Tools
- Date the jurisdiction was created, as well as the name(s) of its parent jurisdiction(s). For example, the creation date and parent counties of a county. (This information is usually available from Family History Library Catalog.)
- Minimalist/simple/mandatory information rather than general information. (Exclude information that doesn't directly relate to genealogical research.)
- Links to other helpful/relevant pages in Wiki
- Strategy documents that help users select the right type of record to fulfill a research objective
- Links to major finding aids, such as gazetteers
- Links to major reference tools, such as translation helps or handwriting guides
- Link to the forum which covers the area
- Links to information on how to write narratives
- Links to local histories
- Timelines
- Use of Timelines (destruction, natural disasters, etc..)
- Genealogical/Historical events in media
- Images
- Events affecting jurisdictions and records
- Events affecting numerous deaths or migrations
- Laws affecting marriages, migrations, adoption, voting, record format, or record access
- Inventions affecting travel, migrations, etc., including delay between invention creation and implementation (such as the Utah railroad)
- Epidemics
- Wars and drafts
- Natural disasters
- Migration routes per time period
- How to make one category a subcategory of another