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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.
==Wales Infobox==
==California Voting Registers==
===Task List===
===Task List===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lIsuG765CMSQKaw4S2mji8VBJRu6mjZaBIbrqILgIss/edit?usp=sharing Wales Info Box 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 parish 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 "Parish" 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:Wales task list.png|400px]]<br><br>
<li>Click on the ''Edit Source'' button next to ''Voting Registers''</li><br><br>
<li>Once on the parish pages, look for "Parish History" in the table of contents (sometimes this might simply be "History"). Click on that link.</li><br><br>
<li>Copy the following code:</li><br>
[[File:Wales history 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 "Parish History" 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:Wales history edit source.png|500px]]<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>{{Infobox Wales Parishes
| title = PARISH NAME Parish
| County bef 1974 = add here
| County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996 = add here
| County 1 Apr 1996 - = add here
| District = add here
| Sub-district = add here
| Probate Court = add here
| Diocese = add here
| Rural Deanery = add here
| Chapelry = add here
| Poor Law Union = add here
| Hundred = add here
| Province = add here
}}</pre>
</li><br><br>
<li>Paste the code under any written history that is already there. This means that it should always be pasted at the bottom of the section. It will look like the following:</li><br><br>
[[File:Wales code pasted.png|500px]]<br><br>
<li>Replace "PARISH NAME" with the name of the parish that you are working on, so in my example I would replace "PARISH NAME" with Aberffraw.</li><br><br>
<li>Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:</li><br>
[[File:Wales code finished.png|250px]]<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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