WikiProject:Oregon Birth and Death Collection

Current Projects Page

US Death New Collections

Project Leader

Danielle

Purpose

These new collections need to be added to PLACE Locality Pages.

Video Instructions

[URL Video Link]

Task List

• Illinois
• Missouri
• North Dakota
• Oregon

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Beginning Instructions

There are new collections that need to be added separately to the counties in 4 different states.

1. You will need to sign up for a locality under a collection title tab on the [URLTask List].
2. Go to the instructions for the specific collection below.

Oregon Birth and Death Records

Task List

• Illinois

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Illinois Death Records tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Vital Records in the Contents

In the contents, select Vital Records. This should jump you down to where we will be adding the collection. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Vital Records

• Click Edit Source next to Vital Records.

Step Five - Add the Collection under Births and Deaths

• Copy the following code and paste it under the headings:

• Births
• Deaths

They should be in chronological order by date.

Exceptions:

• If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
• If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
• If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*'''1855-1970''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61679 Oregon, U.S., County Births and Deaths, 1855-1970] at Ancestry — index & images, ($)

Step Six - Show Preview and Save the Page

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

• Enter in
  

/* Deaths */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

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