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 . Open the Local Histories heading for editing by clicking on the pen in square on the right-hand side of the page, opposite the heading title.
-. Click on the word wikitext in the toolbox at the top left of the edit
+. Click on the word wikitext in the toolbox at the top left of the edit box.
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 . Open a new tab at the top right of your screen to a blank Internet page. The new tab will look like a blank tab or it will have a plus sign in it. Click inside the empty tab to open the new page. To toggle between your county page and the new Internet page you open, click your mouse inside the tab for either page.
 . While on the new Internet page click on the following blue link [http://www.archive.org/index.php Internet Archive]
-. You are looking for local histories that are in digitized book form found on this website. Enter the county name and "county Ohio  history" in the search box, i.e. "Mahoning County Ohio History  ". Change the "All Media Types" to "American Libraries". <br>
+. You are looking for local histories that are in digitized book form found on this website. Enter the county name and "county Ohio history" in the search box, i.e. "Mahoning County Ohio History ". Change the "All Media Types" to "American Libraries". <br>
-. Go through the list of results and determine if any are applicable.
+. View the search results. If the book can be viewed online and you feel it is a good history use the following steps to add the link to the wiki.
-. Add the
+:a. Open the Internet Archive book to view.
+:b. Look at the URL in the address bar at the top of the page. The beginning of the URL should look like:
+::http://archive.org/details/20thcenturyhisto00sand
+:c. Copy only the URL.
+:d. On the Internet Archive book page,
+::Make a note of the book author, title, and publication year.
+::The publication year is usually in braces following the title in the heading.
+::Note that sometimes the author and the publisher are the same name for county histories.
+. Return to the wiki page you opened for editing. (Click inside the tab for the page at the top of your Internet page.)
+. Scroll to the subheading '''Local Histories'''. See if your book is already listed on the county page.
+:If it is, go to step 14.
+:If it is  not, and there are no other county history book entries hit the enter key and go to step 13.
+:If it is not and there are other entries, find where you book would appear alphabetically in the list and place your cursor
+. Use the following format to enter the Internet Archive book(s) onto the wiki page.<br>
+:*(a)&nbsp;: (colon)<br>
+:*(b) * (star)
+:*(c) The Google Book entry:
+::*Author , Title in italics, Publication information in parenthesis.
+:::*For the author,type the last name, comma, and then the first name. If there is the name of a society or a series of authors, type them as written.
+:::*To make italics put two <nowiki>''</nowiki> before and after the title. Be sure to capitalize the proper words in the title.
+:::*Add the publication information inside parenthesis.
+:*(d) Add the link to Internet Archive
+::*Use this format: Digital version at [URL to book Internet Archive].
+::*Where the format states ''URL to book'' paste the URL you copied in step 10c.
+. If the Internet Archive book is already added to your county page, you will need to add the link to Internet Archive
+. Repeat this process for as many books as you found useful on Google Books.
+. In the "Summary" box at the bottom of the page add the words, "Added Google County Histories" and then click the Save page button.
+{{tip|To make the page look uniform, do not space between entries, but do make sure there is a space between a heading and an entry.}}
 . Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Added Internet Archive county histories".