FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProjects Seeking Contributors
Projects seeking contributors
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FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages In order to make project pages easier to find, follow the standardized project naming conventions:
- The name of the project should begin with the word "FamilySearch Wiki" and followed by a colon :
- After the colon type the word "WikiProject"
- The type the name of the project. Example: FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah
- Be sure to add the new project to the list below, under the subject heading that is related to the new project:
FamilySearch Projects[edit | edit source]
Historical Records Wiki Pages[edit | edit source]
- FamilySearch Records -- add content to articles describing collections on FamilySearch Historical Records
United States Projects[edit | edit source]
Idaho[edit | edit source]
- Idaho -- adding content to the county pages of Idaho
Indians of North America Project[edit | edit source]
Southern US Rural Records Project[edit | edit source]
US Vital Records Project[edit | edit source]
Canada Projects[edit | edit source]
- Nothing right now
South America Projects[edit | edit source]
- Nothing right now
- Julian and Gregorian calendars is a stub that needs fleshing in.
- The Barbour Collection is a small article that needs lots of improvement!
Europe Projects[edit | edit source]
- Sweden
- Ireland Court Records
- FamilySearch Wiki:Welcoming committee needs volunteers to welcome new contributors and help them get started in various ways. Also to help develop the guidance for committee members.
- WikiProject Linking to Books in the BYU Family History Archives needs volunteers to link wiki pages to digitized county and state histories on the BYU Family History Archives site.
- Professional Genealogists, a project to help professional genealogical researchers market their services for free on their user pages.
- Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki
- The England Barn Raising project has launched! Tasks await English experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now.
- WikiProject Maryland News and Events needs volunteers to find genealogical news and events relating to Maryland and link to them from the News and Events section of the Maryland Portal.
- Denmark has several individual projects that need volunteers to help with expanding and improving content about Danish research.
Maintenance Projects[edit | edit source]
Portals to un-portals[edit | edit source]
- Portals to un-portal pages All portal pages on the wiki need to be converted to un-portal pages. Questions can be directed to Laralee
Copy Old FamilySearch Content[edit | edit source]
- Copying Research Guidance and Help Content from FamilySearch.org into the Wiki.