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==== Wikitext Editing Instructions ==== | ==== Wikitext Editing Instructions ==== | ||
===== Locating and Addinge Online County Histories on Google Books and Internet Archive ===== | ===== Locating and Addinge Online County Histories on Google Books and Internet Archive ===== | ||
1. Open the Internet in your favorite browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome). | 1. Open the Internet in your favorite browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome). | ||
2. Copy the following address: | |||
::http://books.google.com/ | ::http://books.google.com/ | ||
3. | 3. Paste the address into the address bar at the top of the page. | ||
4. | 4. Under "Researching A Topic" type your county name and Ohio and County History in the white search box. (Example: Mahoning County Ohio County History). | ||
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4. View the search results. If the book can be viewed online and you feel it is a good history use the following steps to add the link to the wiki. | |||
:a. Open the Google book to view. | |||
:b. Look at the URL in the address bar at the top of the page. The beginning of URL should look like: | |||
:: http://books.google.com/books?id=zxkVAAAAYAAJ | |||
:c.Copy only the part of the URL up to the end of the capital letters after the ?id=. | |||
:d. Open a new page | |||
===== Locating and Adding Online County Histories on Internet Archive ===== | ===== Locating and Adding Online County Histories on Internet Archive ===== | ||