FamilySearchWiki:WikiProject:Adding MDH Links to County Pages, Part 3: Adding Links for County Histories

Purpose

Adding online resources from the Missouri Digital Heritage website to Missouri county pages.

Task List

Task List

Sample Pages

Adair County, Missouri Genealogy
St. Louis County, Missouri Genealogy

Project Instructions

Part A: Adding Links for County Histories

Step 1: Review List on County Page

1. Select a county to work on from the task list. Type your name in the name column.

2. Go to the Wiki page for the county you are working on and see if there is already a list of local histories listed under the heading "Local Histories".

3. If there are books listed with links to digital images, go to Part A, Step 2 below to reformat the links to match the instructions.

4. If there is not a link to a digital image of the book, start with Part A, Step 4 and go through each website to see if an online version can be located. Then, use the instructions in Part A, Step 3 to format the links to match the instructions.

WARNING: If at any time the list for online books becomes too large, please feel free to decide what should be included and what should not. Local histories created before 1900 and shortly thereafter are excellent to keep because they can contain biographies of local residents and early settlers. Focus on those early county histories first.

Step 2: Reformat Entries Already on the Wiki Page

1.You can go to a sandbox page or directly edit the county page. Because others maybe adding other content on county pages, we suggest working in one of your sandbox pages.

2. Refer to the catalog entry for the book and use the following format to enter the information about the book on your sandbox page:

a. Start each entry with a bullet.

b. Title of book in italics

c. Year of publication

d. Add the word “By” and then put the author’s full name, starting with first name

e. Add publication information, using the following: publication location, followed by colon, publisher.

f. Add the words "Online at:" at the end following the publisher.

g. All Books should be placed in alphabetical order by title.

Example:

• Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska. 1890. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Pub. Co. Online at:

Wikitext example:

*''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska.'' 1890. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Pub. Co. Online at:

Words of guidance:

• Capitalize the complete title even though it is not in the catalog
  
• If the title is really long, just give the first portion of the title and leave off the rest.
  
• If there is ever information missing use the following guidelines:
  • Missing author: leave it blank and move on to the publisher information.
  • Missing publication date: use n.d.
  • Missing publication place: use n.p.
  • Missing publisher: use n.p.

Example of no author, no date of publication, no place of publication, and no publisher information:

Niobrara Centennial 1856-1956. N.d. N.p: n.p.

Step 3: Find the County Histories on Missouri Digital Heritage

1. Go to Missouri Digital Heritage

2. Click on the Quick links and select county histories

3. Go to the section at the bottom of the page titled "search by county"

4. Select your county and click "search"

Step 3: Add the county history links to the Wiki

1. Check each county history to make sure it's not already listed on the Wiki page.

2. Add the county histories not already listed on the Wiki page, using the instructions above in Step 2 to correctly format each entry. Limit the number added to three histories.

3. Add the link after the words "online at:" by copying and pasting the code below:

<nowikwi> [URL Missouri Digital History]</nowiki>

4. Replace "URL" with the URL of the county history.

5. Put "added county history links" in the summary.

6. Click save.

Part B: Adding Links for County Plat Books

1. Go to Missouri Digital Heritage

2. Click on the Quick links and select county plat books

3. Go to the section at the bottom of the page titled "search by county"

4. Select your county and click "search"

5. Go to the Maps and Gazetteers heading on your county's Wiki page.

6. Check each county plat book to make sure it's not already listed on the Wiki page.

7. Add all plat books not already listed on the Wiki page above the link to FamilySearch Places.

8. Put "added county plat book links"

9. Click save.

Part C: Adding Links for Birth and Death Records

1. Go to the heading vital records and check to see if Missouri Digital Heritage's birth and death indexes are listed. If listed, select another county and return to part 1. If not listed, go to the next step.

2. To add the link for births, copy and paste the code below.

*'''Pre-1910''' [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/birthdeath/Default.aspx#searchDB Missouri Birth and Death Records Database, Pre-1910] at Missouri Digital Heritage - index.

3. To add the link for deaths, copy and paste the code below.

*'''1910-1960''' [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates#searchDB Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969] at Missouri Digital Heritage - index and images.

4. Type "added vital record links" in the summary section.

5. Click save.