FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject English parishes: Difference between revisions

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This is a child WikiProject of WikiProject England with a focus on improving the articles about the many hundreds of English parishes.

Scope[edit | edit source]

Articles about English parishes. As WikiProjects for different English counties are created this project will work in conjunction with those projects on parish articles for each specific county.

Contributors[edit | edit source]

Userbox for WikiProject English parishes

	This user is a participant in WikiProject English parishes.

Steve

Project members: you can also add {{User WikiProject English parishes}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project and add your name to the Category:WikiProject English parishes participants.

Tasks[edit | edit source]

Alter contributor prompts[edit | edit source]

Parish History[edit | edit source]

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Add a general overview of the history of this parish. It can be a few sentences or a couple of paragraphs.

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Census records[edit | edit source]

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Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

NOTE: This is best acomplished using a subject search link such as Metfield or Metfield Census A listing for 'Metfield' can also be put in the Resource Section as this is a link to the every listing in the catalogue for that parish. see example Metfield, Suffolk

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Templates[edit | edit source]

Images being uploaded[edit | edit source]

{{Flickr}} - source attribution template for images from Flickr
{{Geograph}} - source attribution template for images from Geograph
{{Information}} - general source attribution template for other images
Help:License templates

Infoboxes[edit | edit source]

{{Infobox England Jurisdictions}} - infobox with links to related jurisdictions

Categories[edit | edit source]

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-:<tt>Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection. This best acomplished using a subject search such as {{FHL|England%2C+Suffolk%2C+Metfield|subject|disp=Metfield}} or {{FHL|Metfield, England, Census|subject|disp=Metfield Census}}   A listing for 'Metfield' can also be put in the 'Resource Section' as this is a link to the every listing in the catalogue for that parish. see example [[Metfield,_Suffolk]]</tt>
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+{{notice|'''NOTE:''' This is best acomplished using a subject search link such as {{FHL|England%2C+Suffolk%2C+Metfield|subject|disp=Metfield}} or {{FHL|Metfield, England, Census|subject|disp=Metfield Census}}   A listing for 'Metfield' can also be put in the ''Resource Section'' as this is a link to the every listing in the catalogue for that parish. see example [[Metfield, Suffolk]]}}
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