FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks Newspapers

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Main Page of Utah Wiki Project

Task Description

Add information and adapt links under the "Newspapers" heading for each of Utah's 29counties.

The wording and most links have been put into "templates" which allow changes to be made in one place and appear wherever those templates were posted.

  • If you have changes to suggest, ....

It is expected that this task will take 15 - 30 minutes per county.

Steps

Step 1. Prep

A.
B.



C. Sign up for a county

1. Go to the Sign up Chart and follow directions to sign up for a county.

2. Type the name of that county in the Summary box and Save Page

3. Click to the County

Step 2.

A.

1. Copy the following: {{UTNewspaperBlurb}} *{{UTDigitalNewspapers}} **The ''Southern Utonian'' and ''Beaver City Press'', covering 1881-1929 are included. *[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Utah&county=Beaver&city=&year1=1690&year2=2012&terms=&frequency=&language=&ethnicity=&labor=&material_type=&lccn=&rows=20 Existing copies of newspapers]{{UTNewspaperChroniclingAmerica}} **[[Beaver County, Utah {{UTNewspaperCountybyTowns}}


5. In the Summary, write "????"

6. Save page.

B.

1.

2. Write in the Summary, "adapted Newspaper information to current county" and Save page

Click back to the task page, and repeat for the next county.

Sign up Chart

Volunteers are needed to check all 29 counties, adding items as appropriate. Please place four tildes (~~~~) in the "Volunteer" column next to the counties you choose for this task. This will automatically show your username and the date you signed up.


Beaver — Grand Counties

County Volunteer Date Completed Remarks
Beaver . . .
Box Elder . . .
Cache . . .
Carbon . . .
Daggett . . .
Davis . . .
Duchesne . . .
Emery . . .
Garfield . . .
Grand . . .

Iron — Sanpete Counties

County Volunteer Date Completed Remarks
Iron . . .
Juab . . .
Kane . . .
Millard . . .
Morgan . . .
Piute . . .
Rich . . .
Salt Lake . . .
San Juan . . .
Sanpete . . .

Sevier — Weber Counties

County Volunteer Date Completed Remarks
Sevier . . .
Summitt . . .
Tooele . . .
Uintah . . .
Utah . . .
Wasatch . . .
Washington . . .
Wayne . . .
Weber . . .