FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England

Welcome to the WikiProject England page! A focused community effort to create or revise content relating to a single topic.

Scope

Articles about England and England research topics. This includes the main county pages, but not pages about parishes. These would be within the scope of child WikiProjects which should be started for each English County. Some articles cover both England and Wales and so would also fall within the scope of WikiProject Wales.

Contributors

Userbox for WikiProject England This user is a participant in WikiProject England.

• Steve

Categories

• Category:WikiProject England
• Category:WikiProject England articles
• Category:England

Tasks

The following tasks were defined during the England Barn Raising in February 2009. Please volunteer to complete one or more tasks by adding your name to this list. Before you can add your name to the list below, Do this while viewing this page:

1. click the "Edit" option located in the page options box to the right. This will open the "Editing" window.
   
2. Select the task you wish to work on, then input three tildes (~~~) in the "Sign Up..." column (the third column) across from the task description. (Do not type your name--the three tildes will automatically insert your username if you are logged in.)
3. Go down to the bottom of the editing page, and click "Save Page" to save your changes.
   
4. Make sure you share your thoughts on the project you're working on in your User page. Also share your thoughts on others' User pages.
   

More than one person may sign up to work on a given task. That way, those who sign up for a task can also communicate with each other on what they'ree doing.

Barn Raising February 2009

Some of these articles came from the old England Research outline and need to be updated.  This first table lists those topics that are part of this phase of the barn raising. 

Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes ( ~~~ )	% Done
England four major record types (next four lines):
Census	Split some content off to their own pages due to main page being too large	Bakerbh DonnaCasebourn  P&lm Don-J HippieChick Daysee Nico Tonyjest Pstempfley	60%
Church Records		(Sallyrose1) Kimleavitt <Orgaft> Rossj61 Jreeter Gloriarut smiledhc (Karencevans) dunnpb	25%
Civil Registration		Kimleavitt, smiledhc Kcanonic (Karencevans)	25%
Parishes	Lancashire's 92 ancient parishes each with a list of all their chapelries (over 300 total chapelries cover the county), each with a historical description	dunnpb
Probate Records	Also go to the separate barn raising page for the England Probate Keys Migration	<Orgaft> Jreeter Bakerbh Anne Lenardwright dunnpb	95%
General Pages to Create from Scratch:
Getting Started	Can be many articles; do essential ones first.	Anne, smiledhc Acrowther Eveandave	Anne100% my part
Major Websites for English Research (or similar title)	A list of the major web sites with broad, national data or content for English genealogy with a brief description and comparison on value, unique data, and benefits of each	Millas2 Kimleavitt smiledhc Daztrue
Add Individual web sites in more detail	Major Websites is a brief description; pages for each major site which give more detail may be needed. Sign up in one of the next few lines to write a page on a single major English web site (replace "another major..." with actual name of web site).	Ros West
GenesReunited	Details and strategies on how/why to use GenesReunited, a major UK web ste	Alanm  Gscrowder
		Ros West Lpettengell
FreeBMD		Password Palmer Daysee Tonyjest
findmypast.com	Details on what resources are available and strategies for using the site.	Mattgarneruk
GENUKI		Bakerbh	100%
ancestry.co.uk		Evvacbenson
FamilyHistoryOnline
The National Archives website (TNA)		Proarenee
UKBMD		Palmer Gscrowder
http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com	Details on what resources are available and strategies for using the site.	John.ea.scott
FreeREG		Ros West
another major English web site

Simple tasks

Potentially, a large number of volunteers in the community may feel unqualified to write a 'how to' article on a subject of interest, but they are available to do simple tasks that support the writing of articles. This is the place to list and/or volunteer for those tasks!  If you're a writer, here's where you can get some help. If you're a volunteer or community member, here's where you can give some!

Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (~~~)	% Done
Create links for topics; also on county pages.		Bakerbh Horsleysb Lenardwright
Change county page titles to the county name only (no England on the end) Changing county page format with topics bar to the left		Bakerbh Bakerbh	100%
Find sources of England maps online.	An initial posting of websites contiaing maps of England has been posted and can be accessed via the link to the left (England maps).  Anyone having information where additional map sources can be found on the internet, please feel free to link to those site(s) if appropriate.	Jorgensene   smiledhc
Add England News & Events to the page	The England genealogical community needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events that relate to England and link to them from the News and Events section of the England page. For ideas on where to find news items, see Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States.	Myrnajo Gellilwcca
Add to the Did You Know section of the England page	The Did You Know section of the England page is meant to lead users to the best, latest wiki articles and Web sites for England research. This list changes continually like the Did You Know section on WikiPedia's home page.	Judy
Link to data sets in record search.	Go here for a description of the project.	Dawsonj
Link from England pages to the major UK data sites.	What sites to include?
Link wiki to digitized books in the BYU Family History Archive.	Go here for a description of the project.	<Orgaft> Jbillings
Copy and paste record content bullet lists from Research Guidance and/or SourceGuide	RG and SG contain bullet lists which mention the types of information that can be gleaned from each type of U.S. records. Example: The What you are looking for section of the Research Guidance page "Alabama Federal Census Population Schedules, 1820 to 1920."	Susanas Rdhill
Need someone to act as a England news and events "reporter" (also have him/her do the Did You Know section of the England page)	To help authors do this task more easily, Fran Jensen created Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States.	<Orgaft> Gellilwcca

Preliminary tasks for wiki veterans

Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (~~~)	% Done
1. Create a repository template
2. Create an example topic page for England
3. Create an example county page for England		Marlli	20
4. Create example repository pages for above
5. Create barn raising explanation and invitation	Done! For an explanation of what a barn raising is, see Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki.	Ritcheymt	100
6. Put up this barn raising tasks list sign-up sheet	Prelimary draft done (This page)	Alanm	100
7. Put up barn raising advertisements		Alanm	25
8. Get volunteer cosmetic editor	A cosmetic editor simply checks the article to be sure there are no white spaces, or other problems regarding the 'look and feel' of a given article.	JamesAnderson	100
9. Get volunteer source footnotes champion
10. Get volunteer wiki trainer/mentor			100

Other England Pages to Update

Many of these articles came from the old England Research outline and need to be updated.  This table lists all topics for all phases of England barn raisings. They are listed here to give you the opportunity to take a task even if all of those above are taken or none of them meet your interests. You may add tasks you think are needed or add a note to one you think is not needed for England.While these pages are not part of the February 2009 barn raising, they can be worked on at any time, and may be the focus for a future phase of England barn raisings.

Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (~~~)	% Done
Archives and Libraries
Big City Research
Biographies
Cemeteries
Court Records		Anne
Directories		Anthony Camp	100%
Emigration and Immigration		(Karencevans)
Gazetteers
Genealogy
Handwriting		<Orgaft>
Heraldry
Church History
Historical Geography
History
Land and Property		Anne
Language and Languages
Manors
Maps
Merchant Marine
Military Records		Proarenee
Minorities
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
Nobility
Periodicals
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
Societies
Taxation		Lpettengell
Visitations, Heraldic
Vital Records - see Civil Registration
Voting Registers	Articles on Poll Books and Electoral Registers completed; they need a cross-reference to "Voting Registers"	Anthony Camp	100%

England county pages to update

These pages should be written during the second phase of the barn raising.

Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (~~~)	% Done
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire		Irvgaines
Cheshire	Record Search content for parishes nearing completion further additions for Methodist chapels in late 2010 extensiveTown parish page creation ongoing Poor Law union content being added	Angelofnorth Dunnpb	90% 100%
Cornwall	As a start, I have written a few articles with emphasis on what makes Cornwall unique and different from all other counties in England, including resources that are particularly directed toward Cornish research.  Functional content to support historical records	Dcoppin Angelofnorth	In progress
Cumberland
Derbyshire	Poor Law unions and parish content	Trike CliveJ
Devon
Dorset
Durham	Durham Bishops Transcripts Completed Poor Law unions and linked new collections (Historical Records) Town and City page creations needed	Angelofnorth Moll	Transcript parishes complete
Essex		Dunnpb	100%
Gloucestershire
Hampshire		Dunnpb	100%
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Kent
Lancashire		Dunnpb	100%
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
London		Dunnpb	100%
Middlesex		Dunnpb	100%
Norfolk	Record Search parishes & other parishes not included in Record Search Feb 2010 loading	Angelofnorth Dunnpb	99%  100%
Northamptonshire
Northumberland	Durham Bishop's Transcripts Completed Poor Law unions and linked new collections (Historical Records) Town and City page creations needed	Angelofnorth Moll	Bishop's Transcript parishes complete
Nottinghamshire		Peterd
Oxfordshire		Lpettengell
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset	Poor Law Unions and Parish content Correct county name in parish pages	CliveJ
Staffordshire	Poor Law Unions and parish content Overlap with Derbyshire parishes and unions	Modwen Dunnpb Trike CliveJ
Suffolk
Surrey		Dunnpb	100%
Sussex		Dunnpb	100%
Warwickshire	Overlap with Staffordshire parishes	CliveJ Dunnpb	100%
Westmoreland		KnipeCedric1
Wiltshire		Tonyjest
Worcestershire
Yorkshire

Templates

Infoboxes

• {{Infobox England Jurisdictions}}

Navboxes

• {{England counties}}
• {{England Archives and Libraries}}
• {{England Research Guidance}}
• {{Poor Law}}
• {{Church of England dioceses}}

WikiProject Templates

Code	Result
{{WikiProject England}} Template showing an article, image, category, or template is part of this WikiProject. Placed at the top of talk pages, not articles.	WPBannerMeta	PROJECT = England	substcheck={{subst:substcheck}}	small =	category=category	listas=	IMAGE_LEFT = Flag of England.png	IMAGE_LEFT_LARGE = 80px	IMAGE_LEFT_SMALL = 45px	QUALITY_SCALE = inline	class=	importance=	MAIN_ARTICLE = England	attention=	note 1=	NOTE_1_TEXT = It is requested that a photograph or photographs be included in this article to improve its quality.	NOTE_1_IMAGE = Camera-photo.png	NOTE_1_SIZE = 30px
{{England-stub}} Stub notice for England articles; placed at the bottom of article pages	Template:England-stub

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