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====Listing Dates in Database Links==== | ====Listing Dates in Database Links==== | ||
If dates are known regarding the database, repeat the dates in bold at directly after the bullet and before the database link. Do not use a hyphen after the dates or before the database link. Listed dates are used to estimate the coverage of the database and are not to be taken as verified information. The user will need to verify the date coverage with the database/website. Because databases can cover different spans of years with gaps in between (i.e., 1854-1858, 1890-1929), both dates can be listed. If the gap of years is not clear or covers a small span of years, the dates can be | *'''Dates listed before the database.''' If dates are known regarding the database, repeat the dates in bold at directly after the bullet and before the database link. | ||
*'''No Hyphens.''' Do not use a hyphen after the dates or before the database link. | |||
*'''Dates are Estimates.''' Listed dates are used to estimate the coverage of the database and are not to be taken as verified information. The user will need to verify the date coverage with the database/website. | |||
*'''Span of Years.''' Because databases can cover different spans of years with gaps in between (i.e., 1854-1858, 1890-1929), both dates can be listed. If the gap of years is not clear or covers a small span of years, the dates can be combined. | |||
*'''Index and Image Dates.''' When a database or collection in the FamilySearch Catalog includes different dates for the index and images of records, the first date of either the index or images should be the first date and the second date should be the latest date of either the index or images.<br><br> | |||
''Examples:''<br> | |||
*'''1636-1692''' {{FHL|40003|item|disp=Court Records, 1638-1692; Court Papers, 1655-1666; and Court Paper Index, 1636-1671}}(*) Essex County Courts at FamilySearch Catalog - images | |||
* '''1901-1929''' {{RecordSearch|2843410|New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929}} at FamilySearch — [[New Jersey, Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images<br><br> | |||
''Examples wikitext code:''<br> | |||
<nowiki>*'''1636-1692''' {{FHL|40003|item|disp=Court Records, 1638-1692; Court Papers, 1655-1666; and Court Paper Index, 1636-1671}}(*) Essex County Courts at FamilySearch Catalog - images</nowiki> | |||
<nowiki>* '''1901-1929''' {{RecordSearch|2843410|New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929}} at FamilySearch — [[New Jersey, Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images</nowiki> | |||
====Guidelines for "Index & Images" Phrases==== | ====Guidelines for "Index & Images" Phrases==== | ||
Give information regarding how complete the collection is, what it covers, or additional helpful information at the end of the database line, by using an m-dash (preferred, but not required) and one of the following phrases: | Give information regarding how complete the collection is, what it covers, or additional helpful information at the end of the database line, by using an m-dash (preferred, but not required) and one of the following phrases: | ||
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