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7. Click on the word wikitext with in toolbox at the top left side of the edit box.  
7. Click on the word wikitext with in toolbox at the top left side of the edit box.  


8. You will be adding subheadings after the <nowki> {{OHnewspapers}} </nowiki> which was added in a previous task.  
8. You will be adding subheadings after the <nowiki> {{OHnewspapers}} </nowiki> which was added in a previous task.  


9. On this page copy the following headings: '''Newspapers of Mahoning County''' '''Online Newspapers''' '''Online Newspaper Abstracts''' '''Newspapers Extracts and Abstracts'''  
9. Make sure you are in wiki text and copy the following sentences: <br> <nowiki> '''Newspapers of Mahoning County'''  


10. Paste '''Newspapers of Mahoning County''' directly under &lt;nowki&gt; {{OHnewspapers}} &lt;/nowiki&gt;.  
Search for newspapers by town or county name in these directories.<br>


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:*Historic Mahoning County Newspapers listed at the [http://collections.ohiohistory.org/starweb/d.skclmarc-opac/servlet.starweb?path=d.skclmarc-opac/skclmarcopac.web#? Ohio Historical Society]. Enter "Mahoning npdb" in the search box. All newspapers with Mahoning in the title and those from Mahoning County will be included in the search results.
:*Historic Highland County Newspapers listed at the [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/titles/places/ohio/Mahoning/ Library of Congress].<br>
:*Historic Mahoning County Newspapers listed at [http://news.google.com/newspapers Google News].</nowiki>


<br> <br> 9. In the template, replace the county '''Adams''' with the name of the county you are working on.<br>  
10. Paste the sentences directly under <nowiki> {{OHnewspapers}} </nowiki>  


10. In the template, change the numbers listed with the number you obtain from doing the following: <br>
11. Replace the county '''Mahoning''' with the name of the county you are working on.


::While in the new FHLC on [http://familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch.org]:<br>
12. In the next steps you will add links to 3 directories: Ohio Historical Society Newspapers, The Library of Congress, and Google News.
::a. Put your county into the search "For" field, i.e. Adams, Ohio.<br>
::b. Click on the county name as it appears beneath what you are typing, and hit the Search button. <br>
::c. Select the Church records topic from the list. <br>
::d. Select any record listed in the Church records topic. <br>
::e. In the Church record, under the "Subjects" heading select the link called "Ohio, (your county)– Church Records". <br>
::f. Click on this blue subject link (i.e. Ohio, Adams - Church Records). <br>
::g. In the upper left corner you will find a heading titled "Search" containing the term Subject Number. Under that is the heading "For" with a number. Copy the number in the "For" field.<br>
::h.Paste the number in template listed in #1 above replacing the number field in the template.<br>
 
<br> 11. Hit enter on your keyboard.  


13. Ohio Historical Society Newspapers:
:a.
12 In the 'Summary:' box at the bottom of the page put: Adding OH Church Record repositories template.  
12 In the 'Summary:' box at the bottom of the page put: Adding OH Church Record repositories template.  


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