FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New York/Tasks-Repositories Museums

WikiProject New York Progress Chart Tasks - Repositories: Museums

Description

The purpose of this task is to find county museums with genealogy-related materials and list their contact information, website, and what collections and databases they have.

Instructions

1. NOTE!!!  If the museum is associated with a society or library (hopefully already listed under those topics on the county page), do not repeat the information.

2. To locate societies in a county, search the following websites:

• For Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and St. Lawrence Counties, use this website first: Northern New York Library Network
  
• Library guides (at University at Albany)  - click on the tab for your county
  
• Linkpendium
  
• New York USGenWeb
  
• Cyndi's List
  
• Google "museum [county name and state]" 
  

3. For each county museum you find, add the following:

• Address
  
• Phone number
  
• Email
  
• Link website and not the url. Do: New York USGenWeb; instead of: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygenweb/

4. Add one or two sentences that discuss the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the museum, if applicable.

5.You may also wish to include the following:

• Rules for using the collection
  
• Copy policies
  
• Research help
  
• Cost of entrance
  

6. If you copy a link and add it to the county page, make sure the link works.  Do not add any broken links.

7.  If the museum does not have a website, make sure the name of the museum is in bold type.

8. If you locate a town museum, you may want to add the information to the town page. To go to a town page, click on the town link in the "Municipalities and Communities" box at the bottom of the county page (you may have to click on the "show" button to see the list of towns.). Once on the town page, add a Heading 3 called "Museums" and add the information about the museum using the format given on this page.

9. You do not need to add state level museums to county or town pages.

Example

Museums

Kent-Delord House Museum
17 Cumberland Avenue
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Phone: 518-561-1035
The museum collection consists of the artifacts acquired by members of the Delord family during the time they owned the house, from 1810 to 1913. It includes family photographs and a library of approximately 3,000 books dating from the mid-18th to the early 20th century. The collection is open to scholars and researchers by appointment only and materials may be used on-site only.