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</dd><dd>6) Go to the next browseable FS Historical Collection.
</dd><dd>6) Go to the next browseable FS Historical Collection.
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<h4> Scour Ancestry.com </h4>
<p><b>Scour Ancestry.com</b> for items to post to 1) county pages or 2) WA topic pages or 3) WA online collections page.
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<dl><dd>1) Done. On Ancestry.com (AncestryInstitution.com), click the <b>Search</b> tab, then select "Catalog". Filter by USA and Washington. Add Washington to the title and search. (There were 103 items were copied to Excel file "WA Online" 23 Oct 2013. About 40 entries were Not for Washington state).
</dd><dd>2) Done. Determine counties for the entries
</dd><dd>3) On the county wiki pages, copy the info to the correct topic. Try pasting: if it works, use this one. If it doesn't, tell them how to get it (Search, catalog, title search) http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc%3D25%26dbSort%3D1%26sbo%3D1%26filter%3D1*2|1*50%26
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<ul><li>Note that some of these entries will go onto the Newspapers table.
</li><li>Wilma and team: get exact wording for the entries:Done 10/29/13.
<ul><li>(If the link does not work, go to <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/">ancestry.com</a>  ($), click <b>Search</b>, select <b>Card Catalog</b>, paste Title into search box, click <b>Search</b>)
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</li><li>Also, statewide ones: where to post on Wiki: Resolved by Joy and Wilma 10/29/13
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<h4> County histories </h4>
<h4> County histories </h4>
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<h3> Tasks completed </h3>
<h3> Tasks completed </h3>
<h4> Scour Ancestry.com </h4>
<p><b>Scour Ancestry.com</b> for items to post to 1) county pages or 2) WA topic pages or 3) WA online collections page. Completed by Joy and Sister Heaston before 11/12/13
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<dl><dd>1) Done. On Ancestry.com (AncestryInstitution.com), click the <b>Search</b> tab, then select "Catalog". Filter by USA and Washington. Add Washington to the title and search. (There were 103 items were copied to Excel file "WA Online" 23 Oct 2013. About 40 entries were Not for Washington state).
</dd><dd>2) Done. Determine counties for the entries
</dd><dd>3) On the county wiki pages, copy the info to the correct topic. Try pasting: if it works, use this one. If it doesn't, tell them how to get it (Search, catalog, title search) http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc%3D25%26dbSort%3D1%26sbo%3D1%26filter%3D1*2|1*50%26
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<ul><li>Note that some of these entries will go onto the Newspapers table.
</li><li>Wilma and team: get exact wording for the entries:Done 10/29/13.
<ul><li>(If the link does not work, go to <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/">ancestry.com</a>  ($), click <b>Search</b>, select <b>Card Catalog</b>, paste Title into search box, click <b>Search</b>)
</li></ul>
</li><li>Also, statewide ones: where to post on Wiki: Resolved by Joy and Wilma 10/29/13
<h4> Libraries </h4>
<h4> Libraries </h4>
<p>Purpose: Help users by providing contact information and ideas of what the libraries may have that will help them with family history and genealogy.  
<p>Purpose: Help users by providing contact information and ideas of what the libraries may have that will help them with family history and genealogy.  
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