WikiProject:Adding Maryland Vital Records

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Adding Maryland Vital Records

Project Leader

Danielle

Purpose

Add links for Maryland birth, marriages, and deaths to county pages.

Video Instructions

• [ Video Instructions]

Task List

• Task List

Part A - Add Death Records Databases

Step One - Sign Up

• Go to the task list and sign your name for a county in Maryland on the list: task list

Step Two - Click the Link

• Using the links on the task list, click the borough, municipality, or census area you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Land Records in the Contents

• In the contents, select Land and Property Records. Or scroll down to the Land Records header.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Land Records

• Click Edit Source next to Land Records.

Step Five - Copy the Database

• Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date with the other databases listed.
  
  

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.

*'''1906-1975''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62392/ Alaska, U.S., Deed and Tract Books] at Ancestry; index & images ($)

Step Six - Check the Database and Save the Page

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

• Enter in the Summary and click Save changes:
  

/* Land and Property Records */ Added Land Records Database - Project

Example

Here is an example of what it should look like.

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