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 '''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 1. Go [https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/ to FamilySearch Places] 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:
+Step 3. Copy the URL for the search result you selected in step 2.<br>
+Step 4. In your sandbox, find the "online gazetteers" heading and then the code for FamilySearch Places. See example below for the code. <br>
 <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>
+Step 5. Replace "URL" with the URL you copied in step 3.<br>
+====Part 3B: Search the FamilySearch Catalog====
+Step 1: Go to the FamilySearch Catalog. <br>
+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, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre>
 Step 9: Search "COUNTRY Gazetteer" at archive.org<br>
 <pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre>