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==Purpose==
==Purpose==
The purpose of these projects is to add new online collections to the FamilySearch Wiki.
The purpose of these projects is to add new online collections to the FamilySearch Wiki.
==Texas Marriages and Divorces==
==California Voting Registers==
===Task List===
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1onG-xG9UaZQwfvUGH7jyzIdtf1TDou226ogwtapyicw/edit?usp=sharing Texas County Marriages and Divorces]
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dmlU46RE8Gjxj4--Vvp-zdk6XleJLkZScmM0BlJ0uks/edit?usp=sharing Task List]
 
===Instructions===
===Instructions===
<ol>
<ol>
<li>Open the task list.</li><br><br>
<li>Go to the task list.</li><br><br>
<li>Place your name by the county that you want to edit.</li><br><br>
<li>Place your name next to the county that you want to edit and go to that county page</li><br><br>
<li>Click on the link in the "County" column to take you to the page.</li><br><br>
<li>Find the ''Voting Registers'' section in the table of contents, click on that</li><br><br>
[[File:Texas county tax task list.png|400px]]<br><br>
<li>Click on the ''Edit Source'' button next to ''Voting Registers''</li><br><br>
<li>Once on the county pages, look for "Marriage" in the table of contents, click on that link.</li><br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:</li><br>
[[File:Marriage in table of contents.png|250px]]<br><br>
<pre>*'''1866-1898''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2221/ California, U.S., Voter Registers, 1866-1898] at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry.com] - index ($))</pre><br><br>
<li>This will take you to the "Marriage" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br>
<li>Paste beneath the entry in proper chronological order</li><br><br>
[[File:Edit source marriage.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Click the '''Show Preview''' button. Make sure everything looks good. If it looks good, save the page and move on. If it doesn't look good, fix it before saving the page</li><br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:<br>
<li>Place the date that you finished the page on the task list and move on to the next county.</li>
<pre>*'''1966-2016''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10069/texas-marriages-divorces?utm_source=organic_blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=supersearch&tr_funnel=supersearch&tr_country=US&tr_creative=dec19secondhalf&utm_content=dec19secondhalf Texas Marriages and Divorces] at MyHeritage ($) — index</pre></li><br><br>
<li>Paste it into the text box at the bottom of the code. It will look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Pasted texas marriage code.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:</li><br>
[[File:Finished marriage texas collections.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>If everything looks good, save the page. If something is off, correct the code and then save the page.</li><br><br>
<li>Scroll down to the '''Divorces''' section. It should be two below the '''Marriage''' section underneath '''Deaths.'''</li><br><br>
<li>Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br>
[[File:Divorces edit source button.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Paste the code into the text box at the bottom of the section. It will look like the following:</li><br>
[[File:Divorces code collection pasted.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:</li><br>
[[File:Finished divorce code.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>If everything looks good, save the page. If something is off, correct the code and then save the page.</li><br><br>
<li>Go back to the task list, mark the date you completed it in the "Date" column, and move on to the next county.</li><br><br>
</ol>
</ol>
==Texas County Tax Rolls==
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_yLGqyVqTaIYpA-e22aLxc5Gf2eYtDITR5KtLByFrqk/edit?usp=sharing Texas County Tax Rolls Task List]
===Instructions===
<ol>
<li>Open the task list.</li><br><br>
<li>Place your name by the county that you want to edit.</li><br><br>
<li>Click on the link in the "County" column to take you to the page.</li><br><br>
[[File:Texas county tax task list.png|400px]]<br><br>
<li>Once on the county pages, look for "Taxation" in the table of contents, click on that link.</li><br><br>
[[File:Taxation in the table of contents.png|400px]]<br><br>
<li>This will take you to the "Taxation" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br>
[[File:Updated taxation before.png|500px]]<br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:<br>
<pre>*'''1846-1910''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/texas-county-tax-rolls-1846-1910 Texas, County Tax Rolls 1846-1910] at findmypast ($) — index and images</pre></li><br><br>
<li>Paste it into the text box underneath the <nowiki>{{TX Tax Intro}}</nowiki>. It will look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Copied code tax.png|1000px]]<br><br>
<li>Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Updated taxation finished.png|500px]]<br><br>
<li>If everything looks good, save the page. If something is off, correct the code and then save the page.</li><br><br>
<li>Go back to the task list, mark the date you completed it in the "Date" column, and move on to the next county.</li><br><br>
[[Category:WikiProjects]]
[[Category:WikiProjects]]

Latest revision as of 16:25, 22 February 2021

Purpose[edit | edit source]

The purpose of these projects is to add new online collections to the FamilySearch Wiki.

California Voting Registers[edit | edit source]

Task List[edit | edit source]

Task List

Instructions[edit | edit source]

  1. Go to the task list.


  2. Place your name next to the county that you want to edit and go to that county page


  3. Find the Voting Registers section in the table of contents, click on that


  4. Click on the Edit Source button next to Voting Registers


  5. Copy the following code:

  6. *'''1866-1898''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2221/ California, U.S., Voter Registers, 1866-1898] at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry.com] - index ($))


  7. Paste beneath the entry in proper chronological order


  8. Click the Show Preview button. Make sure everything looks good. If it looks good, save the page and move on. If it doesn't look good, fix it before saving the page


  9. Place the date that you finished the page on the task list and move on to the next county.