WikiProject:South Carolina Court Indexes

Current Projects page

South Carolina Court Indexes

Purpose

Locate all of the old breadcrumbs and update them.

Contact

Danielle

Task List

• Task List

Instructions

Step One - Choose a County From the Task List

1. Go to the task list and sign up for a Wiki page to review. Click on the link to go to the South Carolina county page.

Step Two - Click on Court Records Header

1. Using the Contents, click on the Court Records header to go to the section. Or scroll down to Court Records.

2. Click on Edit source beside the header.

Step Three - Add the Link to the County Page

1. Copy the following wikitext and add it under the header after the intro template and before other information.

''Online Court Indexes and Records''
*'''Dates Vary''' [https://publicindex.sccourts.org/NAMECOUNTY/PublicIndex/PISearch.aspx NAMECOUNTY County, Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Public Index] – index; courts include Circuit Court, Summary Court and Masters-in-Equity; records continuously added

Exceptions:

• Do not add the Online Court Indexes and Records title if it's already on the page.
• Push down any other bullets of information unless it is a database link. Add the new "Dates Vary" link after the last database link so it's at the end.
• If this link is already on the page, replace it with this new link.

Step Four - Replace NAMECOUNTY

1. Replace the two instances of NAMECOUNTY in the wikitext you just added to the page. Capitalize the name of the County. See example below:,br>
Example:

*'''Dates Vary''' [https://publicindex.sccourts.org/Abbeville/PublicIndex/PISearch.aspx Abbeville County, Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Public Index] – index; courts include Circuit Court, Summary Court and Masters-in-Equity; records continuously added

Step Five - Preview and Save the Page

1. Click on "Show preview" to make sure the link works.

2. Add the copy and paste the following to the Summary field and save the page:,br>

/* Court Records */ Added Court Records Database - project

3. Return to the task list to type in the date when you completed it and choose the next wiki page on the list.

Example

See example below:

Court Records

Online Court Indexes and Records

• Dates Vary Abbeville County, Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Public Index – index; courts include Circuit Court, Summary Court and Masters-in-Equity; records continuously added

Dates and/or coverage for this database is inconclusive and may contain gaps.