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Online resources for cemetery records include: | Online resources for cemetery records include: | ||
'''Step 3:''' Copy (in WikiText) the following Find A Grave information and paste it (in WikiText) to the county page. | |||
*Find A Grave gives a [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=47&CScnty=0 list of cemeteries in ... County] and links to the information for the individuals buried there. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave. | *Find A Grave gives a [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=47&CScnty=0 list of cemeteries in ... County] and links to the information for the individuals buried there. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave. | ||
**[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs& Find A Grave] can also be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. | **[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs& Find A Grave] can also be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. | ||
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a) Click the "list of cemeteries in" link. This takes you to the Utah Find A Grave. | |||
'''Step 4:''' Change the Find A Grave link to the correct county | |||
a) Click the "list of cemeteries in ... County" link. This takes you to the Utah Find A Grave. | |||
b) Select the county you are working on and click '''Search''' | b) Select the county you are working on and click '''Search''' | ||
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c) Copy the address (URL) for that search | c) Copy the address (URL) for that search | ||
Go back to the county page in the Wiki and click to edit the ''Cemeteries'' section (NOT in WikiText) | |||
d) Highlight the "list of cemeteries in ... County" link | |||
e) Click the Link icon, paste the address (URL) from Step 3, and click '''OK''' | |||
'''Step 5:''' Replace the three dots (...) with the correct county name. | |||
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Task Description[edit | edit source]
Add links to Find-A-Grave and other online cemetery records for each of the 29 counties in Utah.
Steps[edit | edit source]
Step 1: Check the Wiki page for the county you are working on. If information is already in the Cemeteries section of that page, ....
Step 2: Copy (in WikiText) the following and paste it (in WikiText) to the Cemeteries section of the county page.
Cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.
Online resources for cemetery records include:
Step 3: Copy (in WikiText) the following Find A Grave information and paste it (in WikiText) to the county page.
- Find A Grave gives a list of cemeteries in ... County and links to the information for the individuals buried there. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
- Find A Grave can also be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.
Save the page.
Step 4: Change the Find A Grave link to the correct county
a) Click the "list of cemeteries in ... County" link. This takes you to the Utah Find A Grave.
b) Select the county you are working on and click Search
c) Copy the address (URL) for that search
Go back to the county page in the Wiki and click to edit the Cemeteries section (NOT in WikiText)
d) Highlight the "list of cemeteries in ... County" link
e) Click the Link icon, paste the address (URL) from Step 3, and click OK
Step 5: Replace the three dots (...) with the correct county name.
- McHenry Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.
- Illinois Cemeteries by county.
- The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in McHenry County. (Click on the title (underlined in blue) to see details.) Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
- ePodunk list of McHenry County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.
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