WikiProject: Massachusetts New Collections

Current Projects Page

Massachusetts New Collections

Project Leader

Caileigh

Purpose

These new collections need to be added to Massachusetts Town Pages.

Video Instructions

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Task List

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.

Beginning Instructions

There are new collections that need to be added separately to locality pages in Massachusetts.

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

Franklin County, MA: Probate File Papers

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Franklin County, MA: Probate File Papers 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 Probate Records in the Contents

In the contents, select Probate Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Probate Records. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Probate Records

• Click Edit Source next to Probate Records.

• Copy the following code and paste it 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.

*'''1812-1915''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/2764/franklin-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1812-1915 Franklin County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1812-1915] at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

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

• Enter in
  

/* Probate Records */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889 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 Probate Records in the Contents

In the contents, select Probate Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Probate Records. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Probate Records

• Click Edit Source next to Probate Records.

• Copy the following code and paste it 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.

*'''1660-1889''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1653/hampshire-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1660-1889 Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889] at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

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

• Enter in
  

/* Probate Records */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

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