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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.
==Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2018==
==California Voting Registers==
===Task List===
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qHkhMoIkussNhSvc9l4ddeZeqvhbfT1N0HTuLWDw-GE/edit?usp=sharing Ohio Deaths Task List]
[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:Ohio county 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 "Deaths" in the table of contents, click on that link.</li><br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:</li><br>
[[File:Oh death 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 ($))</pre><br><br>
<li>This will take you to the "Death" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.</li><br><br>
<li>Paste beneath the entry in proper chronological order</li><br><br>
[[File:Oh death edit source.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>Click the '''Show Preview''' button. Make sure everything looks good. If it looks good, save the page and move on. If it doesn't look good, fix it before saving the page</li><br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:<br>
<li>Place the date that you finished the page on the task list and move on to the next county.</li>
<pre>:*'''1908-1932, 1938-2018''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5763/ Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018] at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images</pre></li><br><br>
<li>Paste it into the text box right after: <br><pre>:*'''1908-1953''' - [[Ohio Deaths - FamilySearch Historical Records|Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953]]&nbsp;Free name indexes and images at [[Ohio Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|FamilySearch]]. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.</pre>.<br> It will look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Oh death code pasted.png|750px]]<br><br>
<li>There is an old version of this collection on the page already that we need to delete. Delete the following code in the text box:
<pre>:*'''1908-1932, 1938-1944, 1958-2002''' - [http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=38 Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932-, 1938-1944, 1958-2002] - Ancestry ($)</pre></li><br>
The code after should look like the following:<br><br>
[[File:Oh death code deleted.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:Oh death 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 ($))


  6. Paste beneath the entry in proper chronological order


  7. 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


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

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