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# United States | # United States | ||
== Project Instructions == | |||
Step 1: Go to the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mpmiLVsZIEzuUNdiEKb11-UF49pqCVjWnTpGvmsRMXM/edit?usp=sharingtask list] and choose a country from the Emerging Homelands tab. ''' | ===Part 1: Choose a Country and Prepare a Sandbox=== | ||
Step 1: Go to the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mpmiLVsZIEzuUNdiEKb11-UF49pqCVjWnTpGvmsRMXM/edit?usp=sharingtask list] and choose a country from the Emerging Homelands 2021 tab. '''All countries on other tabs are completed.''' Put your name under 'completed by' to claim it.<br> | |||
Step 2: Create a sandbox for this page. <br> | Step 2: Create a sandbox for this page. <br> | ||
Step 3: | Step 3: Copy and paste the code below into your sandbox: | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
{{COUNTRY-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb | {{COUNTRY-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb | ||
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== Online Gazetteers == | == Online Gazetteers == | ||
*[URL FamilySearch Places] | |||
== Print Only Gazetteers == | == Print Only Gazetteers == | ||
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Step 4: Replace COUNTRY with the name of your country. (This will create the country sidebar template and breadcrumb.) | Step 4: Replace COUNTRY with the name of your country. (This will create the country sidebar template and breadcrumb.) | ||
===Part 2: Check Resources on the Existing Page=== | |||
==== Step | Step 1. Go to the existing gazetteers page for the country. If there isn't one, go to Part 3.<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. | Step 2. Click on each link. Any broken links don't need to be added to your sandbox.<br> | ||
Step 3. Copy any links that assist with understanding the geography or jurisdictions of your country into your sandbox under the "online gazetteers" or "print only gazetteers" depending on the type of resource.<br> | |||
=== Part 3: Find 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.''' | |||
====Part 3A: Add FamilySearch Places Link==== | |||
Step 1. Go [https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/ here] and search for your country. <br> | |||
Step 2. Select the search result you want. <br> | |||
. ''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> | 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> | ||