FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England/Probate Keys Migration

Welcome to the England Probate Keys Migration barn raising page for March 2009! 

Decades ago, the Family History Library published 'probate keys' for each English county. They included a colored-coded map showing the courts and a corresponding table legend. We need to decide what content is still valuable and should be moved to the Research Wiki, and what content needs to be updated. Then we need to move and update as appropriate. Some tasks may best be accomplished by those who have access to the old probate keys, either as a paper copy or at the Family History Library.

(Return to the main England Barn Raising Tasks page.)

Volunteer for Tasks

Please volunteer to complete one or more tasks by adding your name to this list. Before you can add your name to the list below, you must register.. After you have registered:

1. Log in to the Wiki
2. While on this page, with the tasks listed, click the "Edit" option located in the page options box to the right. This will open the "Editing" window.
3. The task you wish to work on, then input three tildes (~~~ ) in the 'sign up...' column (the third column) across from the task description (Do not type your name--the three tildes will automatically insert your username if you are logged in)
4. Go down to the bottom of the editing page, and click 'Save Page', to save your changes.
5. Make sure you share your thoughts on the project you working on on your User page. Also share your thoughts on others user pages

More than one person may sign up to work on a given task. That way, those that sign up for a task can also communicate with each other on what they are doing.

Tasks to do in the Barn Raising

The following tasks need to be accomplished during this barn raising in March 2009.

Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes ( ~~~ )	% Done
Define scope of barn raising			Done
Define tasks
Put up barn raising page with process, perhaps with samples/examples? or guidelines?
Engage/manage content authors		Bakerbh
Simplify process & train authors to do it		Bakerbh
Add new tasks defined here
Add in the parish lists, with probate jurisdictions, created by FHL British Ref --	Several volunteers at the FHL are assisting with this task	Bakerbh Lenardwright

Simple Tasks

Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes ( ~~~ )	% Done
Added link to every county page for general english probate information		Lenardwright	100

County Probate Pages

Sign up to work on a particular county's probate page.

County	Task Description	Notes	Sign up by inserting 3 tildes ( ~~~ )	% Done
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
London/Middlesex
Norfolk
Northamptonshire			Richardswd
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
Westmorland
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire, East Riding
Yorkshire, North Riding
Yorkshire,West Riding

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