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, 20 August 2012Finding the FHC for your county seat in Ohio wiki project
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2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign-up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below.<br> | 2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign-up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below.<br> | ||
3. For each county, | |||
:a. Locate the county seat for your chosen county. | |||
:b. Find the Family History Center closest to the county seat. | |||
:c. Add the Family History Center information to the Repository section of the county FamilySearch wiki page. | |||
:d. Add information to the county page by editing in [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-Family History Centers#Wikitext_Editing_Instructions|wikitext]].Read the general instructions then follow the wikitext link to continued task directions about using wikitext to edit this project.<br> | |||
4. To find the count seat zip code of your chosen county: | |||
:a. Go to [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] by clicking on this link.<br> | |||
:b. Click in the box under the world image (Has magnifying glass in the box).<br> | |||
:c. Type ''(Your county name) County, Ohio''.<br> | |||
:d. Hit enter on your keyboard.<br> | |||
:f. Go to the county information box on the right-hand side of the screen. | |||
:g. Within the county information box search for the word "Seat". This is the county seat. Click on the city name. | |||
:h. On the Wikipedia city page, go to the city information box on the right-hand side of the screen. | |||
:i. Within the city information box search for the city zip code. If there is more than one zip code, chose any of the the posted zip codes. | |||
5. To find the Family History Center closest to your county seat: | |||
:a. Go to [https://familysearch.org/locations FamilySearch Centers]and type in the zip code for your county seat in the box which says "Postal Code". <br> | |||
:b. Hit enter on your keyboard.<br> | |||
:c. If more than one result is shown, click on your city name in the left-hand column. | |||
:d. On the map which appears, your county seat is the orange flag with the white star in the center. | |||
:e. Family History Centers in the area indicated by flags with blue trees in the center. | |||
:f. If there are no blue trees zoom out on the map until you see some trees. Zoom out by clicking on the minus (-) sign in the upper right-hand corner of the web page. | |||
:g. Determine the closest to, or main Family History Center for the county seat. Click on the blue tree to learn the name of the town where the Family History Center is located. | |||
====Wikitext_Editing_Instructions==== | |||
2. While in wiki text, add the following template under the heading of Family History Centers: | |||
:<nowiki>{{PAfhc|Reading}}</nowiki> | |||
::where you replace the word ''Reading'' with the name of the closest or main town for your county and Save the Wiki page.<br><br> | |||
3. Click the link to the closest/main Family History Center town. Check the wiki to see if a FHC page has been populated for that FHC. If no information is listed on the FHC wiki page, add ONLY the address and phone number on the FHC wiki page. (the FHC people are supposed to add the other information). | |||
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4. Save the page and exit. The task is complete. | |||
=== Assignment Chart === | === Assignment Chart === | ||