FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProjects Seeking Contributors
Template:WikiProjects This is a list of the WikiProjects that are currently active and working on content. Project teams are always seeking additional community members to help with their projects, so feel free to join a group and have fun!
If you would like help with organizing a new FamilySearch WikiProject, please contact FamilySearch or ask for help in the Contributor Help forums.
Creating New Projects[edit | edit source]
If you would like to create a new project, follow the naming conventions for WikiProjects to help make your project easy to find:
- The name of the project should begin with the word "FamilySearch Wiki" and followed by a colon:
- After the colon type the word "WikiProject"
- Then 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:
For more details about naming new WikiProject pages, see FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions for Project Pages
FamilySearch Records Project[edit | edit source]
Historical Records Wiki Pages[edit | edit source]
FamilySearch Records -- add content to articles describing collections on FamilySearch Historical Records
FamilySearch Indexing Projects[edit | edit source]
United States Wiki Projects[edit | edit source]
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| United States | adding content that relates to the whole of the United States. Also scoping of tasks so that they are consistent throughout US State and US County pages. |
| Idaho | adding content to the county pages of Idaho |
| Indians of North America | The Indians of North America, including their history, types of records, the location of those records, web sites of interest, and much more |
| 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. |
| New York | cleaning, correcting links, adding content to the county pages of New York. |
| Rural Records of the Southern United States | J. Mark Lowe’s rural and agricultural records project |
| U.S. Vital Records | Rewriting the U.S. Vital Records page and all the state vital records pages |
| Utah | Adding content to the county pages of Utah. |
| County Page Template | Although most United States county pages have already been created this project will serve to document the basic elements that seem to make a good county page and provide ideas for continued improvement. |
Europe Wiki Projects[edit | edit source]
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| Sweden | A collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Sweden-related articles on FamilySearch Research Wiki. |
| Ireland Court Records | |
| England | Tasks await English experts, wiki experts, and volunteers willing to help with routine editing. Anyone willing to help can sign up now. |
| Wales Parish Template | An effort to design parish pages that address the needs of Welsh family historians. |
| Wales | adding content for articles about Wales |
Improving Your Wiki User Page Project[edit | edit source]
The Professional Genealogist User Page Project[edit | edit source]
The Professional Genealogists wiki project will help professional genealogical researchers market their services for free on their user pages.
Wiki Content Improvement Projects[edit | edit source]
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| PERSI Linking Project | Link wiki articles mentioning the Periodical Source Index to the main PERSI article |
| BYU Books Archive Linking Project | 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. |
| Julian and Gregorian Calendar Project | The page is an article with very little content. Work with others or by yourself to improve the information on this page. |
| Barbour Collection Project | A small article that needs lots of improvement! Work with others or by yourself to improve the content on this page. |
Wiki Development Projects[edit | edit source]
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| Portals to un-portals | All portal pages on the wiki need to be converted to un-portal pages. Questions can be directed to Laralee |
| Research Guidance and Help Content | Copying Research Guidance and Help Content from FamilySearch.org into the Wiki. |
| Topic Taxonomy Project | Establishing a new taxonomy to be used as the way to structure topics on the Wiki. |
| Place Standards Project | Integrating Place Standards Database with FamilySearch Wiki |
Wiki Support[edit | edit source]
Wiki Support - Join the Support project team whose members:
- Help contributors who make the wiki a better place to do research
- Keep the wiki clean by doing maintenance work in the wiki
- Help community members work together