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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.
==Virginia Marriages==
==California Voting Registers==
===Task List===
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LHG4RgD0muFmiuNgbvhVOn-Jt8kKLgjrhrJR35J_DIA/edit?usp=sharing Virginia Marriages]
[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 "Locality" 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:Va county task list.png|400px]]<br><br>
<li>Click on the ''Edit Source'' button next to ''Voting Registers''</li><br><br>
<li>Once on the locality pages, look for "Vital" in the table of contents. You will see one of two things: either a "Marriage" section under the "Vital" section or a "Vital" section alone. If you see a "Marriage" section, click on that. If you see a standalone "Vital" section, simply click on that.</li><br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:</li><br>
[[File:Va county marriage toc.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 ($))</pre><br><br>
[[File:Va city marriage toc.png|250px]]<br><br>
<li>Paste beneath the entry in proper chronological order</li><br><br>
<li>Once you get to the correct section, click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br>
<li>Click the '''Show Preview''' button. Make sure everything looks good. If it looks good, save the page and move on. If it doesn't look good, fix it before saving the page</li><br><br>
[[File:Va marriage edit source.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Place the date that you finished the page on the task list and move on to the next county.</li>
<li>Copy the following code:<br>
<pre>*'''1785-1940''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60214/ Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940] at Ancestry.com ($) — index</pre></li><br><br>
<li>Paste the code in '''chronological order.''' This collection begins in 1785, so in the example below, we will paste the code ''between'' the entry of 1784 and the entry of 1787. It will look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Va marriage code 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:Va marriage code finished.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>
[[Category:WikiProjects]]
[[Category:WikiProjects]]

Latest revision as of 16:25, 22 February 2021

Purpose

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

California Voting Registers

Task List

Task List

Instructions

  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.