Project Leader
Danielle
Purpose
To add the collections from IRAD to the various county pages.
Video Instructions
[ Video Instructions]
Task List
- Task List]
Part A - Gather Data for the County From Illinois State Archives
Step One - Sign Up
- Go to the task list and sign your name for a county in Illinois: [ task list].
Step Two - Click the Link
- Go to the Illinois State Archives webpage: Local Governmental Records Holdings to search the database for all the collections for the county in the IRAD system.
Step Three - Search the Database
- Choose the correct county and the dropdown menu and click, Submit.
- A list of all of the IRAD databases available for the county will appear.
Step Four - Copy the Content and Paste the Data
- Copy all the columns and rows in the list.
- Paste the content onto the corresponding tab in this google sheet.
Step Five - Format the Spreadsheet
- Highlight and grab column C (Begin Date) and put it before Column B (Title).
- Repeat the process to move column D (End Date) to be between Column B (Begin Date) and Column C (Title). The tab should now be formatted to look like the tab for Adams County.
Step Six - Create a Table on a Sandbox Page
- Copy all the rows and columns for the data you pasted onto the Google Sheet.
- Go to the website, Excel2Wiki
- Make sure the following boxes are checked:
- Format first row as header
- Use class="wikitable"
- Sortable
- Paste the content from the Google sheet to the box on the Excel2Wiki website.
- Click on, Convert. You will now see all the Wiki text code necessary to help you create the database links.
Step Seven - Create a New Wiki Page
- Determine which Iillinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) your county belongs to by locating your county on this IRAD website page. Note the University name.
- Copy the following wikitext code into the search field on a Wiki page:
COUNTY County, Illinois County Records at IRAD - NAMEOFUNIVERSITY
- Replace COUNTY with the name of the county you are working on.
- Replace NAMEOFUNIVERSITY with the University name you found on the IRAD website.
- Create the Wiki page with this new page name.
- Go back to the Excel2Wiki website and copy the wikitext code generated and paste it onto the new Wiki page you created.
- Click on Show preview to review the page and make sure the table code works. Adjust for any problems that may have occurred.
- If everything looks ok, click on "Save Changes"
Part B - Format the New County Wiki Page
Step One - Paste Wikitext Code
- Add the following wikitext code to the new county Wiki page you created and paste it to the top of the page.
{{breadcrumb
| link1=[[Illinois, United States Genealogy|Illinois]]
| link2=[[Illinois Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
| link3=[[Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)|Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)]]
| link4=[[IRAD - NAMEOFUNIVERSITY|NAMEOFUNIVERSITY (INITIALS)]]
| link5=[[NAMEOFPAGE|NAMEOFPAGE]]
}}
{{breadcrumb
| link1=[[Illinois, United States Genealogy|Illinois]]
| link2=[[COUNTY County, Illinois Genealogy|COUNTY County]]
| link3=
| link4=
| link5=[[NAMEOFPAGE|NAMEOFPAGE]]
}}
==COUNTY County Records Available at IRAD-NAMEOFUNIVERSITY==
These records are held at the [[IRAD - NAMEOFUNIVERSITY|IRAD - NAMEOFUNIVERSITY]]<ref>Information taken from the [https://apps.ilsos.gov/isa/localgovrecordssrch.jsp Local Governmental Records Holdings Database] at the Illinois State Archives, date accessed DATE</ref> These records are on microfilm and can be requested from [[IRAD - NAMEOFUNIVERSITY|IRAD - NAMEOFUNIVERSITY]].
- Fill in the following fields in all caps with the appropriate information:
- NAMEOFPAGE - new name of the page you just created
- NAMEOFUNIVERSITY - university name
- COUNTY - the county you are working on
- INITIALS - this is the initials for the IRAD University
- At the very bottom of the Wiki page, add the following wikitext code:
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:COUNTY County, Illinois]][[Category:Illinois Archives and Libraries]]
- Replace COUNTY with the county you are working on.
- Save the Wiki page.
Step Two - Separate the Topics
- Click on Edit source to edit the page.
- Begin separating the table into smaller tables grouping the same record types together.
- Use this wikitext code to put at the beginning of a new table:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| County || Title || Begin Date || End Date || IRAD Dep || Accession No.
|-
- Use this wikitext code to put at the end of a new table:
|- |}
- Use this list of headings to add to the Wiki page above each new small table.
==Almshouse Records== ==Birth Records== ==Business, Commerce, and Occupations== ==Cemeteries== ==Church Records== ==Court Records== ==Criminal and Punishments== ==Death Records== ==Guardianship== ==Land and Property== ==Marriage Records== ==Military Records== ==Naturalization and Citizenship== ==Probate Records== ==Public Records== ==School Records== ==Taxation== ==Voting Records==
- Review the databases to make sure they all grouped properly together. Add any headings that may not exist above. (Refer to a county page to help you)
Part C - Create the New Database Links
- Reviewing each small table, create a database that covers the records listed.
- For some topics, you may need to create 2 or 3 links to group together some of the records by type. Review this example.
*'''FIRSTDATE-LASTDATE''' TITLEOFDATABASE at [IRADURL UNIVERSITYNAMEANDINITIALS] - images; physical holdings not online, copies can be requested, [[NEWWIKIPAGETITLE#TITLEOFTOPIC|List of records available]]
- Here is an example:
- 1865-1966 Bar Association Memorial Resolutions at IRAD–WIU - images; physical holdings not online, copies can be requested, List of records available
Part D - Place the Database Links onto the County Wiki Page
- Remove any duplicate IRAD databases