WikiProject:Adding Maryland Vital Records: Difference between revisions

VisualWikitext

Latest revision as of 12:39, 25 October 2023

Current Projects Page

Adding Maryland Vital Records

Project Leader

Danielle

Purpose

Add links for Maryland birth, marriages, and deaths to county pages.

Video Instructions

[ Video Instructions]

Task List

Task List

Part A - Add Death Records Databases

Step One - Sign Up

Go to the task list and sign your name for a county in Maryland on the list: task list

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the county area you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Death

In the contents, select Death. Or scroll down to the Death header.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Death

Click Edit Source next to Death.

Step Five - Copy the Database

Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date with the other databases listed.

Exceptions:

If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.

*'''1697-1800''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70877/ Web: Maryland State Archives, Index to Deaths and Burials, 1697-1800] at Ancestry - index ($); incomplete coverage
*'''1877-1992''' {{RecordSearch|1675198|Maryland Deaths and Burials, 1877-1992}} at FamilySearch - [[Maryland Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1898-1903''' [https://www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org/BCGShome/resources/maryland-death-index/ Death Index, 1898-1903] at Baltimore Genealogy Society - incomplete; index
*'''1898-2010''' [http://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/viewer.aspx?page=death Maryland Death Index 1898-2010 and Baltimore City Death Index 1875-2010] at Maryland State Archives - multiple database indexes and images available
*'''1969-2014''' [https://www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org/BCGShome/resources/maryland-death-index/ Death Index, 1969-2014] at Baltimore Genealogy Society - incomplete; index

Step Six - Check the Database and Save the Page

Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

Enter in the Summary and click Save changes:

/* Death */ Added Death Database - Project

Example

Here is an example of what it should look like.

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 | link3=
 | link4=
-| link5=Adding New Collection Links 9
+| link5=Adding Maryland Vital Records
 }}
 <br><br>
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 ==Purpose==
-Add miscellaneous databases to Wiki pages
+Add links for Maryland birth, marriages, and deaths to county pages.
 ==Video Instructions==
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 ==Task List==
-*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oyS6SbUUtQrosSZxNPrqNe0AP7vySXkrNe3QEHzo0-c/edit?usp=sharing Task List]
+*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10kax8wgjxeSAct_yCVPzZmqoekj2yqbhA4XfQu2oENU/edit?usp=sharing Task List]
 ==Part A - Add Death Records Databases==
-====Step One - Sign Up===
+===Step One - Sign Up===
-*Go to the task list and sign your name for a borough, municipality, or census area in Alaska on the list: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oyS6SbUUtQrosSZxNPrqNe0AP7vySXkrNe3QEHzo0-c/edit?usp=sharing task list]
+*Go to the task list and sign your name for a county in Maryland on the list: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10kax8wgjxeSAct_yCVPzZmqoekj2yqbhA4XfQu2oENU/edit?usp=sharing task list]
 <br><br>
 ===Step Two - Click the Link===
-*Using the links on the task list, click the borough, municipality, or census area you want to work on.
+*Using the links on the task list, click the county area you want to work on.
 <br>
 <br>
-===Step Three - Click Land Records in the Contents===
+===Step Three - Click Death ===
-*In the contents, select ''Land and Property Records''. Or scroll down to the ''Land Records'' header.
+*In the contents, select ''Death''. Or scroll down to the ''Death'' header.
 <br>
 <br>
-===Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Land Records===
+===Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Death===
-*Click ''Edit Source'' next to ''Land Records''.
+*Click ''Edit Source'' next to ''Death''.
 <br>
 <br>
@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 :*If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
 <br>
-  <nowiki>*'''1906-1975''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62392/ Alaska, U.S., Deed and Tract Books] at Ancestry; index & images ($)</nowiki>
+  <nowiki>*'''1697-1800''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70877/ Web: Maryland State Archives, Index to Deaths and Burials, 1697-1800] at Ancestry - index ($); incomplete coverage
+*'''1877-1992''' {{RecordSearch|1675198|Maryland Deaths and Burials, 1877-1992}} at FamilySearch - [[Maryland Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
+*'''1898-1903''' [https://www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org/BCGShome/resources/maryland-death-index/ Death Index, 1898-1903] at Baltimore Genealogy Society - incomplete; index
+*'''1898-2010''' [http://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/viewer.aspx?page=death Maryland Death Index 1898-2010 and Baltimore City Death Index 1875-2010] at Maryland State Archives - multiple database indexes and images available
+*'''1969-2014''' [https://www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org/BCGShome/resources/maryland-death-index/ Death Index, 1969-2014] at Baltimore Genealogy Society - incomplete; index</nowiki>
 <br><br>
@@ Line 56: / Line 60: @@
 <br>
 *Enter in the Summary and click Save changes:<br>
-  <nowiki>/* Land and Property Records */ Added Land Records Database - Project</nowiki>
+  <nowiki>/* Death */ Added Death Database - Project</nowiki>
 ===Example===
-Here is an [[Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Genealogy|example]] of what it should look like.<br><br>
+Here is an [[Allegany_County,_Maryland_Genealogy#Death|example]] of what it should look like.<br><br>
 <br>
 <br>