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=== Purpose === | |||
To record information concerning record losses in courthouses.<br> | |||
[[User:Evancol|Jane Colmenares]]<br> | <br> | ||
=== Contact<br> === | |||
[[User:Evancol|Jane Colmenares]]<br> | |||
=== Task List<br> === | === Task List<br> === | ||
Task List<br> | [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Courthouse Disasters Tsak List|Task List]]<br> | ||
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=== Instructions<br> === | === Instructions<br> === | ||
Go to the Task List and sign out a state to work on. There will be a corresponding Google Doc that will list any courthouse disasters in your counties. <br> | Go to the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Courthouse Disasters Tsak List|Task List ]]and sign out a state to work on. There will be a corresponding Google Doc that will list any courthouse disasters in your counties. <br> | ||
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4. If there is no information and there is no record loss indicated on the Google Doc, go to the next county.<br> | 4. If there is no information and there is no record loss indicated on the Google Doc, go to the next county.<br> | ||
5. We want to check even the states that show No Record Loss on the Google Doc because we want to remove the external site link if it occurs. | 5. We want to check even the states that show No Record Loss on the Google Doc because we want to remove the external site link if it occurs. | ||
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'''1876''' The courthouse at Baxter burned 7 September 1876. Most county records were lost. Some deed books survived.<br> | '''1876''' The courthouse at Baxter burned 7 September 1876. Most county records were lost. Some deed books survived.<br> | ||
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or if you only have limited information such as date and fire | |||
'''1876''' Fire burned courthouse | |||
'''1876''' Fire burned courthouse | |||
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If you have edited the page, place "updated courthouse disaster information" in the Edit Summary Box and go on to the next county. | If you have edited the page, place "updated courthouse disaster information" in the Edit Summary Box and go on to the next county. | ||
Once you have completed checking the state, go back to the Task List and enter the date you completed the work. You can then sign out another state. | Once you have completed checking the state, go back to the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Courthouse Disasters Tsak List|Task List]] and enter the date you completed the work. You can then sign out another state. | ||
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