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===== Locating and Adding Online County Histories on Google Books  =====
===== Locating and Adding Online County Histories on Google Books  =====


1. Click on your chosen county name in the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Histories found in Google Books and Internet Archive#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]]. This will take you to your county page.&nbsp;<br> 2. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password. Find the sign-in area in the top right-hand corner of the page.&nbsp;<br> 3. Scroll to the heading History.&nbsp;
1. Click on your chosen county name in the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-County Histories found in Google Books and Internet Archive#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]]. This will take you to your county page.&nbsp;<br> 2. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password. Find the sign-in area in the top right-hand corner of the page.&nbsp;<br> 3. Scroll to the heading History.&nbsp;  


4. Open the History heading for editing by clicking on the pen in square on the right-hand side of the page, opposite the heading title.&nbsp;  
4. Open the History heading for editing by clicking on the pen in square on the right-hand side of the page, opposite the heading title.&nbsp;  
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:a. Open the Google book to view.  
:a. Open the Google book to view.  
:b. Look at the URL in the address bar at the top of the page. The beginning of URL should look like:  
:b. Look at the URL in the address bar at the top of the page. The beginning of the URL should look like:  
::http://books.google.com/books?id=zxkVAAAAYAAJ  
::http://books.google.com/books?id=zxkVAAAAYAAJ  
:c. Copy only the part of the URL up to the end of the capital letters after the&nbsp;?id=.  
:c. Copy only the part of the URL up to the end of the capital letters after the&nbsp;?id=.  
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