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Step 4: Replace COUNTRY with the name of your country. (This will create the country sidebar template and breadcrumb.) | |||
==== Finding online and print only gazetteers ==== | ==== Step 5: Finding online and print only gazetteers ==== | ||
When you search, you might have to search by a country's colonial or alternative name. Also, try finding gazetteers by searching the country's continent. Check the following places to find a gazetteer:<br> | When you search, you might have to search by a country's colonial or alternative name. Also, try finding gazetteers by searching the country's continent. Check the following places to find a gazetteer:<br> | ||
Step 6: Use what is already on the page. If the sources on the page aren't digitally available online, then place them under '''Print Only Gazetteers'''.<br> | |||
Step 7: At the very top of the page, add a link for FamilySearch Places. Go [https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/ here] and search for your countries. ''Then'', copy the URL and add it to the page. Paste the following on the page: | |||
<pre>*[URL FamilySearch Places]</pre> | <pre>*[URL FamilySearch Places]</pre> | ||
Step 8: Go to the FamilySearch Catalog. Add publishing information. If the sources on the page aren't digitally available online, then place them under '''Print Only Gazetteers'''.<br> | |||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, TITLE, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, TITLE, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | ||
Step 9: Search "COUNTRY Gazetteer" at archive.org<br> | |||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | ||
Step 10: Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?adv=1&lookfor%5B%5D=United+States.+Geographic+Names+Division.&type%5B%5D=author&bool%5B%5D=AND&yop=after&page=1&pagesize=100 this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br> | |||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | ||
11 | Step 11: Try [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_archives that nation's archive website] (you might have to translate "gazetteer" into that nation's language).<br> | ||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | ||
12 | Step 12: Automatically link to these websites: | ||
<pre>* World Gazetteers at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=World%20Gazetteer Archive.org] | <pre>* World Gazetteers at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=World%20Gazetteer Archive.org] | ||
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13 | Step 13: General Google Search. (Avoid gazetteers that aren't helpful like animal or weather gazetteers. A Wikipedia list of places ''might'' be helpful.)<br> | ||
14 | Step 14: Select '''Save changes'''.<br> | ||
15 | Step 15: Double-check the page to make sure it looks alright. Make sure that the links under '''Online Gazetteers''' are actually digitally available online. All other sources should be under '''Print Only Gazetteers'''.<br> | ||
16 | Step 16: Go back to the task list and add the finished date and the link to the page you created in your sandbox.<br> | ||