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Putting the history in Timeline format has many advantages. It is easy for users to scan to the years that affected their ancestors. Timeline format makes it easy for writers to insert events they just learned about between years already in the timeline. | Putting the history in Timeline format has many advantages. It is easy for users to scan to the years that affected their ancestors. Timeline format makes it easy for writers to insert events they just learned about between years already in the timeline. | ||
:Please keep event descriptions very short. The computer screen is not like reading a book or an article in a magazine. | :Please keep event descriptions very short. The computer screen is not like reading a book or an article in a magazine. | ||
How complete does the timeline have to be? | '''How complete does the timeline have to be?''' | ||
In reality, it may never be "complete." Consider focussing on the first 25 years or so and only very major events after that. | |||
Whatever you add will be a great improvement on what is there now. | |||
<br>Please include events that affected the record-keeping, such as: | <br>Please include events that affected the record-keeping, such as: | ||
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*Whatever you find that is interesting and will help users know what affected migrations, records, and record-keeping. | *Whatever you find that is interesting and will help users know what affected migrations, records, and record-keeping. | ||
<br>'''Books and Internet Sites for County History''' <br>If you find an internet site or a book you want to tell people about, please place them under ''Local Histories'', which appears further down on the county page under the ''Resources'' heading. | |||
'''Books and Internet Sites for County History''' <br>If you find an internet site or a book you want to tell people about, please place them under ''Local Histories'', which appears further down on the county page under the ''Resources'' heading. | |||
==== '''An Interesting fact''' ==== | ==== '''An Interesting fact''' ==== | ||