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 === ''Task Description''  ===
-Add information or links to the '''History''' area (located under '''Quick Facts''' on each county page) for the 29 counties.
+Add information to the '''History''' area (located under '''Quick Facts''' on each county page) for the 29 counties.
-Please add a short, interesting fact or event that is unique to the county.
+'''Interesting fact'''
+Although you start filling out a timeline history, you will likely find an interesting fact or event that is unique to the county.
 *For example, "Hole the Rock, the hideout of the famous gang of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, is in this county."
 **If you added an example like this, users would benefit if you included a link to the Internet for ''Hole in the Rock'', ''Butch Cassidy'', and ''Sundance Kid''.
-What to include in the brief history:
+'''Timeline History'''
-*Events that affected the record-keeping, such as:
+There is a blank timeline on the [[FamilySearch Wiki talk:WikiProject Utah Tasks County History|'''Discussion''']] page for this project page. Simply copy it in ''WikiText'' to the county you are working on.
-**Fires, floods, and other natural disasters that destroyed the records
+Please include events that affected the record-keeping, such as:
+**County formation and boundary changes. (This is given elsewhere for each county, but should also be in the timeline since it is a great summary.)
+**Fires, floods, and other natural disasters that destroyed the records or affected where they were stored.
 **Settlement and migration into or out of the county. This can include an influx of settlers from specific countries, such as Scandinavians, or religious groups. How did that affect records and record-keeping?
-**Crop damage that led to ghost settlements.
+**Crop damage or mining incidents that led to booms, busts, and ghost settlements.
-**Whatever is interesting and will help users know what happened, especially as it affected records and record-keeping.
+**Whatever is interesting and will help users know what happened, especially as it affected migrations, records, and record-keeping.
+'''Books and Internet Sites for County History'''
 If you find an internet site or a book you want to tell people about, please place them under '''Local Histories''', which appears further down on the county page under the '''Resources''' heading.
-If you choose to do the History in a timeline:
+If you choose to do the History in paragraph format, please keep paragraphs very short. The computer screen is not like reading pages of an article or book.
-*Please start each line with the year, then add the event description.
-*You may repeat information under county formation, Boundary Changes, and Record Loss, all of which are also mentioned under ''Quick Facts''.
-**There is a blank timeline on the [[FamilySearch Wiki talk:WikiProject Utah Tasks County History|'''Discussion''']] page for this project page. Simply copy it in WikiText to the county you are working on.
-If you choose to do the History in paragraph format, please keep the paragraphs short. The computer screen is smaller and not like reading pages of an article or book.
 === ''Prototype:''  ===