Useful Information to Add to a Place Portal: Difference between revisions

The following are ideas concerning useful information you might add to pages about places.<br>  

#Links to pages about major ethnic<span style=""> </span>groups of the area<br>  

#Events<br>  

#Links to non-English versions of the page<br>  

#Research Tools<br>  

#Date the jurisdiction was created, as well as the name(s) of its parent jurisdiction(s). For example, the creation date and parent counties of a county. (This information is usually available from Family History Library Catalog.)<br>  

#Minimalist/simple/mandatory information rather than general information. (Exclude information that doesn't directly relate to genealogical research.)<br>  

#Links to other helpful/relevant pages in Wiki<br>  

#Strategy documents that help users select the right type of record to fulfill a research objective<br>  

#Links to major finding aids, such as gazetteers<br>  

#Links to major reference tools, such as translation helps or handwriting guides<br>  

#Link to the forum which covers the area <br>  

#Links to information on how to write narratives<br>  

#Links to local histories <br>  

#Timelines<br>  

#Use of Timelines (destruction, natural disasters, etc..)<br>  

#Genealogical/Historical events in media<br>  

#Images<br>  

#Events affecting jurisdictions and records<br>  

#Events affecting numerous deaths or migrations<br>  

#Laws affecting marriages, migrations, adoption, voting, record format, or record access<br>  

#Inventions affecting travel, migrations, etc., including delay between invention creation and implementation (such as the Utah railroad)  

#Epidemics<br>  

#Wars and drafts<br>  

#Natural disasters<br>  

#Migration routes per time period<br>