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Welcome to the Germany barn raising page! A wiki barn raising is a short, focused community effort to create or revise content relating to a specific locality or topic. The following tasks need to be accomplished during the Germany barn raising beginning in March 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, you must register.. After you have registered and confirmed your e-mail address:

Log in to the Wiki
Navigate to the Germany Barn Raising page
On the Germany Barn Raising page, click the "Edit" page option located in the page options box to the right. This will open the "Editing" window.
Locate the task you wish to work on in the tables below, then input three tildes (~~~) in the 'sign up...' column (the third column) across from the task description. This will automatically insert a link to your user page and allow you to "sign up" for a task. More than one user may sign up for a task, and should collaborate together to avoid repetitive or conflicting information.
Scroll down to the bottom of the editing page until you can see the "Save page" button.
Click on the "Save page" button to save your changes.

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

Germany Pages to Update as Part of the Barn Raising

Some of these articles came from the old Germany 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
Archives and Libraries
Biographies
Cemeteries
Census
Church Directories
Church History
Church Records
Civil Registration
Court Records
Cultural Areas
Court Records
Customs
Directories
Dwellings
Emigration and Immigration		Baerbel
Gazetteers
Heraldry
Historical Geography
History
Jewish Records
Land and Property
Language and Languages
Maps
Military Records
Names Personal		Manessre
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
Nobility
Obituaries
Occupations
Periodicals
Population		Sonja
Probate Records
Schools
Societies

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
Add links from topics and counties to their corresponding wiki pages. This will help users and leaders keep tabs on progress as the Germany Barn Raising unfolds.
Add Germany News & Events to the Portal page	The German genealogical community needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events that relate to Germany and link to them from the News and Events section of the Germany Portal. For ideas on where to find news items, see Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States.
Add to the Did You Know section of the Germany Portal page.	The Did You Know section of the Germany Portal is meant to lead users to the best, latest wiki articles and Websites for England research. This list changes continually like the Did You Know section on WikiPedia's home page.
Link to data sets in record search.	Go here for a description of the project.
Link from Germany pages to the major data sites and online databases
Link wiki to digitized books in the BYU Family History Archive.	Go here for a description of the project.
Copy and paste record content bullet lists from 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 "Federal Population Schedule 1820-1920."
Need someone to act as German events reporter (also have him/her do the Did You Know section of the Germany Portal)	To help authors do this task more easily, Fran Jensen created Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States. This can also apply to other countries like Germany

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			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.		100
6. Put up this barn raising tasks list sign-up sheet	Prelimary draft done (This page)		60
7. Put up barn raising advertisements
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.
9. Get volunteer source footnotes champion
10. Get volunteer wiki trainer/mentor

== Germany 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
Anhalt - Herzogtum (duchy)
Baden – Herzogtum (duchy)
Bayern – Königreich (kingdom) (Bavaria)
Braunschweig (Brunswick) – Herzogtum (duchy)
Elsass-Lothringen ( – Provinz) (Alsace-Lorraine province, 1871-1918)
Hessen – Herzogtum (duchy)
Lippe – Fürstentum (principality)
Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Herzogtum (duchy)
Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Herzogtum (duchy)
Oldenburg – Herzogtum (duchy)
Brandenburg
Hannover
Hessen - Nassau
Hohenzollern
Ostpreussen (Ostpreussen, East Prussia)
Pommern (Pomerania)
Posen (Poznan)
Rheinland (Rhineland)
Provinz Sachsen (Province of Saxony)
Schlesien (Silesia)
Schleswig-Holstein
Prussia - Westfalen (Westphalia)
Westpreussen (Westpreussen, West Prussia)
Sachsen – Konigreich (kingdom) (Saxony)
Schaumburg-Lippe – Fürstentum
Sachsen Altenburg – Herzogtum (duchy)
Sachsen Coburg-Gotha – Herzogtum (duchy)
Sachsen Meiningen – Herzogtum (duchy)
Sachsen Weimar - Eisenach – Herzogtum (duchy)
Schwarzburg Rudolstadt – Fürstentum (principality)
Schwarzburg Sonderhausen – Fürstentum (principality)
Reuss altere Linie – Fürstentum (principality) (Older line)
Reuss jungere Linie – Fürstentum (principality) (Younger line)
Waldeck - Furstentum (principality)
Württemberg – Konigreich (kingdom) (Wuerttemberg)

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+{{WikiProject status|Inactive}}
 Welcome to the Germany barn raising page! A wiki barn raising is a short, focused community effort to create or revise content relating to a specific locality or topic. The following tasks need to be accomplished during the Germany barn raising beginning in March 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, you must [http://fch.ldschurch.org/FSWiki/Register/Register8.html register.]. After you have registered and confirmed your e-mail address:
 #Log in to the Wiki<br>
 #Navigate to the Germany Barn Raising page<br>
 #On the Germany Barn Raising page, click the "Edit" page option located in the page options box to the right. This will open the "Editing" window.<br>
 #Locate the task you wish to work on in the tables below, then input three tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>) in the 'sign up...' column (the third column) across from the task description. This will automatically insert a link to your user page and allow you to "sign up" for a task. More than one user may sign up for a task, and should collaborate together to avoid repetitive or conflicting information.<br>
 #Scroll down to the bottom of the editing page until you can see the "Save page" button.<br>
 #Click on the "Save page" button to save your changes.<br>
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 == Germany Pages to Update as Part of the Barn Raising<br>  ==
-Some of these articles came from the old Germany Research outline and need to be updated.&nbsp; This first table lists those topics that are part of this phase of the barn raising.&nbsp;
+Some of these articles came from the old Germany Research outline and need to be updated.  This first table lists those topics that are part of this phase of the barn raising.
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-| <u>''England four major record types''</u> (next four lines):
+| [[Germany Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
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-| [[England Census|Census]]
+| [[Germany Biography|Biographies]]
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-| width="14%" | [[User:DonnaCasebourn|DonnaCasebourn]]<br>
+| width="14%" | <br>
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-| [[England Church Records|Church Records]]
+| [[Germany Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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-| width="14%" | [[User:Kimleavitt|Kimleavitt]]<br>&lt;[[User:Orgaft|Orgaft]]&gt; [[User:Rossj61|Rossj61]] [[User:Jreeter|Jreeter]]
+| width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| [[Germany Census|Census]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Kimleavitt|Kimleavitt]]<br>
+| width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+| [[Germany Church Directories|Church Directories]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | &lt;[[User:Orgaft|Orgaft]]&gt; [[User:Jreeter|Jreeter]]
+| width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
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-| <u>''General Pages to Create from Scratch:''</u>
+| [[Germany Church History|Church History]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Getting Started|Getting Started]]
+| [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
-| width="43%" | Can be many articles; do essential ones first. <br>
+| width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Anne|Anne]]<br>
-| width="3%" | <br>
-|-
-| [[England Major Websites|Major Websites for English Research (or similar title)]]
-| width="43%" | 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<br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Kimleavitt|Kimleavitt]]<br>
-| width="3%" | <br>
-|-
-| Add Individual web sites in more detail
-| width="43%" | 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).<br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[GenesReunited|GenesReunited]]
+| [[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
-| width="43%" | Details and strategies on how/why to use GenesReunited, a major UK web ste<br>
-| width="14%" |
-[[User:Alan|Alanm]]
-<br>
-| width="3%" | &nbsp; <br>
-|-
-| another major English web site<br>
 | width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | <br>[[User:Lpettengell|Lpettengell]]
+| width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| Free BMD<br>
+| [[Germany Court Records|Court Records]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Kitkat|Password]]<br>
+| width="14%" | <br>
-| width="3%" | <br>
-|-
-| [[Findmypast.com|findmypast.com]]<br>
-| width="43%" | Details on what resources are available and strategies for using the site.<br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Mattgarneruk|Mattgarneruk]]<br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| another major English web site<br>
+| [[Germany Finding Cultural Areas|Cultural Areas]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| another major English web site<br>
+| [[Germany: Using Court Records|Court Records]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| another major English web site<br>
+| [[Germany Funerary Customs and Practices|Customs]]<br>
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
-|}
-<br>
-<br>
-== 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!&nbsp; 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!
-{| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center"
 |-
-| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Task Description'''
+| [[Germany Directories|Directories]]
-| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Notes'''
+| width="43%" | <br>
-| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>)'''
-| valign="middle" align="center" |
-% Done
-|-
-| Add links from topics and counties to their corresponding&nbsp;wiki pages. This will help users and leaders keep tabs on progress as&nbsp;February unfolds.
-| width="38%" | &nbsp;
-| width="14%" | &nbsp;
-| width="3%" | &nbsp;
-|-
-| Find sources of [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Maps England maps] online.
-| width="38%" | <br>&nbsp;
-| width="14%" | <br>&nbsp;
-| width="3%" | <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-|-
-| Add England News &amp; Events to the Portal page
-| width="38%" | 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 [[Portal:England|England Portal]]. For ideas on where to find news items, see&nbsp;[[Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States|Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States]].
-| width="14%" | <br>&nbsp;
-| width="3%" | <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-|-
-| Add to the Did You Know section of the [[Portal:England|England portal]]
-| width="38%" | The ''Did You Know ''section of the [[Portal:England|England Portal]] is meant to lead users to the best, latest&nbsp;wiki articles and Web sites for England research. This list changes continually like the ''Did You Know ''section on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiPedia's] home page.
-| width="14%" | &nbsp;
-| width="3%" | &nbsp;
-|-
-| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Record Search|Link to data sets in record search]].
-| Go [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Record Search|here]] for a description of the project.
-| &nbsp; [[User:Dawsonj|Dawsonj]]
-| &nbsp;&nbsp;
-|-
-| Link from England pages to the major UK data sites.
-| To know which sites to include, the writer may refer to&nbsp;??.
-| &nbsp;
-| &nbsp;
-|-
-| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|Link wiki to digitized books in the BYU Family History Archive]].
-| Go [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|here]] for a description of the project.
-| &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;[[User:Orgaft|Orgaft]]&gt;[[User:Jbillings|Jbillings]]
-| &nbsp;&nbsp;
-|-
-| Copy&nbsp;and paste&nbsp;record content bullet lists from [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp Research Guidance]&nbsp;and/or [http://productsupport.familysearch.org/supportroot/Eng/Frameset_Products.asp?ReqPg=EntryDetails.asp&entryid=Q100151797800023&version=1&FAQ=FHSourceGuide&Product=FHSG&Color=green&DisplayName=Family+History+SourceGuide 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 "[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G&Aid=576&Gid=0&Sid=9787&Sisgid=8731&Lid=356&Did=506&Guide=AL_BMT3_PopulationSchedules1790-1920.asp&Juris1=356&Event=Birth&Year=506&Gloss=Census%20Population%20Schedule&Sub=Census&Tab=Search&Entry=3&Loc=Alabama%2C%20United%20States Alabama&nbsp;Federal Census Population Schedules, 1820 to 1920]."
-|
-&nbsp;&nbsp; [[User:Susanas|Susanas]]
-[[User:Rdhill|Rdhill]]
-| &nbsp;
-|-
-| Need&nbsp;someone to act as a [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England News and Events|England&nbsp;news and events "reporter"]] (also have him/her do the Did You Know section of the England Portal)
-| To help authors do this task more easily, Fran Jensen created&nbsp;[[Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States|Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States]].
-| &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;[[User:Orgaft|Orgaft]]&gt;
-| &nbsp;
-|}
-<br><br>
-== Preliminary tasks for wiki veterans  ==
-{| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center"
-|-
-| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Task Description'''
-| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Notes'''
-| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>)'''
-| valign="middle" align="center" |
-% <br>Done
-|-
-| 1. Create a repository template<br>
-| width="38%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| 2. Create an example topic page for England<br>
+| [[Germany Dwellings|Dwellings]]
-| width="38%" | <br>
+| width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| 3. Create an example county page for England<br>
+| [[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
-| width="38%" | <br>
+| width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | <br>
+| width="14%" | <br>[[User:Baerbel|Baerbel]]
-| width="3%" | 20<br>
-|-
-| 4. Create example repository pages for above<br>
-| width="38%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| 5. Create barn raising explanation and invitation <br>
+| [[Germany Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
-| width="38%" | Done! For an explanation of what a barn raising is, see [[Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki|Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki]].<br>
+| width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Ritcheymt|Ritcheymt]]<br>
-| width="3%" | 100<br>
-|-
-| 6. Put up this barn raising tasks list sign-up sheet<br>
-| width="38%" | Prelimary draft done (This page)<br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Alan|Alanm]]<br>
-| width="3%" | 60<br>
-|-
-| 7. Put up barn raising advertisements <br>
-| width="38%" | &nbsp;<br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| 8. Get volunteer cosmetic editor
+| [[Germany Heraldry|Heraldry]]
-| width="38%" | A cosmetic editor simply checks the article&nbsp;to be sure there are&nbsp;no white spaces, or other&nbsp;problems regarding&nbsp;the 'look and feel' of a given article.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-| width="14%" | &nbsp;[[User:JamesAnderson|JamesAnderson]]
-| width="3%" | &nbsp;
-|-
-| 9. Get volunteer source footnotes champion
-| width="38%" | &nbsp;
-| width="14%" | &nbsp;
-| width="3%" | &nbsp;
-|-
-| 10. Get volunteer wiki trainer/mentor
-| width="38%" | &nbsp;
-| width="14%" | &nbsp;
-| width="3%" | &nbsp;
-|}
-<br><br>
-== Other England Pages to Update <br>  ==
-Many of these articles came from the old England Research outline and need to be updated.&nbsp; 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.<br>
-{| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center"
-|-
-| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Task Description'''
-| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Notes'''
-| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>)'''
-| valign="middle" align="center" |
-% Done
-|-
-| [[England Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Big City Research|Big City Research]]
+| [[Germany Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Biography|Biographies]]
+| [[Germany History|History]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+| [[Germany Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Court Records|Court Records]]
+| [[Germany Land and Property|Land and Property]]
-| width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Anne|Anne]]<br>
-| width="3%" | <br>
-|-
-| [[England Directories|Directories]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+| [[Germany Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
+| [[Germany Maps|Maps]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | <br>
+| width="14%" | <u><font color="#002bb8"></font></u><br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]]
+| [[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Handwriting|Handwriting]]
+| [[Germany Names, Personal|Names Personal]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | <br>&lt;[[User:Orgaft|Orgaft]]&gt;
+| width="14%" | <br>[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/User:ManessRE Manessre]
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Heraldry|Heraldry]]
+| [[Germany Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| Church&nbsp;History
+| [[Germany Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
+| [[Germany Nobility|Nobility]] <br>
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England History|History]]
+| [[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]]
+| [[Germany Occupations|Occupations]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Anne|Anne]]<br>
+| width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
+| [[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Manors|Manors]]
+| [[Germany Population|Population]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | <br>
+| width="14%" | [[User:NishimotoSR|Sonja]]<br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Maps|Maps]]
+| [[Germany Probate Records|Probate Records]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]]
+| [[Germany Schools|Schools]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
 |-
-| [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
+| [[Germany Societies|Societies]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
 | width="3%" | <br>
+|}
+<br>
+<br>
+== 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!
+{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center" width="100%"
+|-
+| align="center" valign="middle" | '''Task Description'''
+| align="center" valign="middle" | '''Notes'''
+| align="center" valign="middle" | '''Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>)'''
+| align="center" valign="middle" |
+% Done
 |-
-| [[England Minorities|Minorities]]
+| Add links from topics and counties to their corresponding wiki pages. This will help users and leaders keep tabs on progress as the Germany Barn Raising unfolds.
-| width="43%" | <br>
+| width="38%" |
+| width="14%" |
+| width="3%" |
+|-
+| Add Germany News &amp; Events to the Portal page
+| width="38%" | The German genealogical community needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events that relate to Germany and link to them from the News and Events section of the Germany Portal. For ideas on where to find news items, see [[Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States|Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States]].<br>
+| width="14%" | <br>
+| width="3%" | <br>
+|-
+| Add to the Did You Know section of the Germany Portal page.
+| width="38%" | The ''Did You Know ''section of the Germany Portal is meant to lead users to the best, latest wiki articles and Websites for England research. This list changes continually like the ''Did You Know ''section on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiPedia's] home page.
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+|-
+| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Record Search|Link to data sets in record search]].
+| width="38%" | Go [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Record Search|here]] for a description of the project. <br>
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 |-
-| [[England Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
+| Link from Germany pages to the major data sites and online databases <br>
-| width="43%" | <br>
+| width="38%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+| [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|Link wiki to digitized books in the BYU Family History Archive]]. <br>
-| width="43%" | <br>
+| Go [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives|here]] for a description of the project. <br>
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 |-
-| [[England Nobility|Nobility]]
+| Copy and paste record content bullet lists from [http://productsupport.familysearch.org/supportroot/Eng/Frameset_Products.asp?ReqPg=EntryDetails.asp&entryid=Q100151797800023&version=1&FAQ=FHSourceGuide&Product=FHSG&Color=green&DisplayName=Family+History+SourceGuide SourceGuide] <br>
-| width="43%" | <br>
+| 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 "[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=Alabama+Federal+Census+Population+Schedules&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname=Alabama Federal Population Schedule 1820-1920]." <br>
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-| [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
+| Need someone to act as German events reporter (also have him/her do the Did You Know section of the Germany Portal) <br>
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+| To help authors do this task more easily, Fran Jensen created [[Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States|Finding Genealogy News and Events within the United States]]. This can also apply to other countries like Germany <br>
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+|}
+<br><br>
+== Preliminary tasks for wiki veterans  ==
+{| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center"
+|-
+| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Task Description'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Notes'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Sign up by inserting 3 tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>)'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" |
+% <br>Done
 |-
-| [[England Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.|Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.]]
+| 1. Create a repository template<br>
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+| width="38%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[England Societies|Societies]]
+| 2. Create an example topic page for England<br>
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+| width="38%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[England Taxation|Taxation]]
+| 3. Create an example county page for England<br>
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+| width="38%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Lpettengell|Lpettengell]]<br>
+| width="14%" | <br>
-| width="3%" | <br>
+| width="3%" | 20<br>
 |-
-| [[England Visitations, Heraldic|Visitations, Heraldic]]
+| 4. Create example repository pages for above<br>
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+| width="38%" | <br>
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 |-
-| Vital Records - see [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| 5. Create barn raising explanation and invitation <br>
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+| width="38%" | Done! For an explanation of what a barn raising is, see [[Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki|Barn Raising on FamilySearch Wiki]].<br>
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+| width="3%" | 100 <br>
+|-
+| 6. Put up this barn raising tasks list sign-up sheet<br>
+| width="38%" | Prelimary draft done (This page)<br>
+| width="14%" | <u><font color="#002bb8"></font></u><br>
+| width="3%" | 60<br>
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-| [[England Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]
+| 7. Put up barn raising advertisements <br>
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+| width="38%" |  <br>
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+|-
+| 8. Get volunteer cosmetic editor
+| width="38%" | 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.
+| width="14%" |
+| width="3%" |
+|-
+| 9. Get volunteer source footnotes champion
+| width="38%" |
+| width="14%" |
+| width="3%" |
+|-
+| 10. Get volunteer wiki trainer/mentor
+| width="38%" |
+| width="14%" |
+| width="3%" |
 |}
-<br><br>
+<br>
 <br>
-== England county pages to update<br>  ==
+ == Germany pages to update
+  ==
 These pages should be written during the second phase of the barn raising.
-{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center" style="width: 741px; height: 1212px;"
+{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center" style="width: 741px; height: 1212px"
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 | valign="middle" align="center" | '''Task Description'''
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-| [[Bedfordshire, England|Bedford]]
+| [[Anhalt, Germany|Anhalt - Herzogtum (duchy)]]
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-|-
-| [[Berkshire, England|Berkshire]]
-| width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | <br>
-| width="3%" | <br>
-|-
-| [[Buckinghamshire, England|Buckingham]]
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 |-
-| [[Cambridgeshire, England|Cambridge]]
+| [[Baden – Herzogtum (duchy)|Baden – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
-| width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | <br>[[User:Irvgaines|Irvgaines]]
-| width="3%" | <br>
-|-
-| [[Cheshire, England|Cheshire]]
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 |-
-| [[Cornwall, England|Cornwall]]
+| [[Bayern (Bavaria) – Königreich (kingdom)|Bayern – Königreich (kingdom)]] (Bavaria)
-| width="43%" | As a start, I have&nbsp;written a short general article on Cornwall.&nbsp;I have also written&nbsp;a second one on research with emphasis on what makes Cornwall unique and different from all other counties in England, including resources that are particularly directed toward Cornish research.&nbsp;<br>
-| width="14%" | <br>[[User:Dcoppin|Dcoppin]]
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-|-
-| [[Cumberland, England|Cumberland]]
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 |-
-| [[Derbyshire, England|Derbyshire]]
+| [[Braunschweig (Brunswik) – Herzogtum (duchy)|Braunschweig (Brunswick) – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Devonshire, England|Devonshire]]
+| [[Elsass-Lothringen (Alsace Lorraine – Provinz (province)|Elsass-Lothringen ( – Provinz)]] (Alsace-Lorraine province, 1871-1918)
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Dorset, England|Dorset]]
+| [[Hessen – Herzogtum (duchy)|Hessen – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
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 |-
-| [[Durham, England|Durham]]
+| [[Lippe – Fürstentum (principality)|Lippe – Fürstentum (principality)]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Essex, England|Essex]]
+| [[Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Herzogtum (duchy)|Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Gloucestershire, England|Gloucestershire]]
+| [[Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Herzogtum (duchy)|Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Hampshire, England|Hampshire]]
+| [[Oldenburg – Herzogtum (duchy)|Oldenburg – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Hereford, England|Hereford]]
+| [[Prussia - Brandenburg|Brandenburg]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Hertford, England|Hertford]]
+| [[Prussia - Hannover|Hannover]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Huntingdon, England|Huntingdon]]
+| [[Prussia - Hessen-Nassau|Hessen - Nassau]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Kent, England|Kent]]
+| [[Prussia - Hohenzollern|Hohenzollern]]
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 |-
-| [[Lancashire, England|Lancashire]]
+| [[Prussia - Ostpreussen|Ostpreussen]] (Ostpreussen, East Prussia)
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Leicestershire, England|Leicestershire]]
+| [[Prussia - Pommern|Pommern]] (Pomerania)
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 |-
-| [[Lincolnshire, England|Lincolnshire]]
+| [[Prussia - Posen|Posen]] (Poznan)
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[London, England|London]]
+| [[Prussia - Rheinland|Rheinland]] (Rhineland)
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 |-
-| [[Middlesex, England|Middlesex]]
+| [[Prussia - Provinz Sachsen|Provinz Sachsen]] (Province of Saxony)
 | width="43%" | <br>
 | width="14%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Norfolk, England|Norfolk]]
+| [[Prussia - Schlesien|Schlesien]] (Silesia)
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 |-
-| [[Northamptonshire, England|Northamptonshire]]
+| [[Prussia - Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig-Holstein]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Northumberland, England|Northumberland]]
+| [[Prussia - Westfalen]] (Westphalia)
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 |-
-| [[Nottinghamshire, England|Nottingham]]
+| [[Prussia - Westpreussen|Westpreussen]] (Westpreussen, West Prussia)
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 |-
-| [[Oxfordshire, England|Oxford]]
+| [[Sachsen (Saxony) – Konigreich (kingdom)|Sachsen – Konigreich (kingdom)]] (Saxony)
-| width="43%" | <br>
-| width="14%" | [[User:Lpettengell|Lpettengell]]<br>
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-|-
-| [[Rutland, England|Rutland]]
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-| [[Shropshire, England|Shropshire]]
+| [[Schaumburg-Lippe – Fürstentum (principality)|Schaumburg-Lippe – Fürstentum]]
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-| [[Somerset, England|Somerset]]
+| [[Thuringia - Sachsen Altenburg – Herzogtum (duchy)|Sachsen Altenburg – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
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 |-
-| [[Staffordshire, England|Staffordshire]]
+| [[Thuringia - Sachsen Coburg - Gotha – Herzogtum (duchy)|Sachsen Coburg-Gotha – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Suffolk, England|Suffolk]]
+| [[Thuringia - Sachsen Meiningen – Herzogtum (duchy)|Sachsen Meiningen – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
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-| width="14%" | <br>
+| width="14%" | <u><font color="#002bb8"></font></u><br>
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 |-
-| [[Surrey, England|Surrey]]
+| [[Thuringia - Sachsen Weimar - Eisenach – Herzogtum (duchy)|Sachsen Weimar - Eisenach – Herzogtum (duchy)]]
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 |-
-| [[Sussex, England|Sussex]]
+| [[Thuringia - Schwarzburg Rudolstadt – Fürstentum (principality)|Schwarzburg Rudolstadt – Fürstentum (principality)]]
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 |-
-| [[Warwickshire, England|Warwickshire]]
+| [[Thuringia - Schwarzburg Sonderhausen – Fürstentum (principality)|Schwarzburg Sonderhausen – Fürstentum (principality)]]
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Westmoreland, England|Westmoreland]]
+| [[Thuringia - Reuss altere Linie – Fürstentum (principality)|Reuss altere Linie – Fürstentum (principality)]] (Older line)
 | width="43%" | <br>
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 |-
-| [[Wiltshire, England|Wiltshire]]
+| [[Thuringia - Reuss jungere Linie – Fürstentum (principality)|Reuss jungere Linie – Fürstentum (principality)]] (Younger line)
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 |-
-| [[Worcestershire, England|Worcestershire]]
+| [[Schaumburg-Lippe – Fürstentum (principality)|Waldeck - Furstentum (principality)]]
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 |-
-| [[Yorkshire, England|Yorkshire]]
+| [[Württemberg – Konigreich (kingdom)|Württemberg – Konigreich (kingdom)]] (Wuerttemberg)
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-[[Category:FamilySearch_Wiki]]
+[[Category:Barn_Raising]]