FamilySearch Wiki:Contributors Meeting 8 August 2013
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Updates and follow up
- Idaho page is fixed (Wilma).
- Image files are decaying. Images are disappearing. History of image is there, but the image is gone. May be the FCK editor. Please e-mail Lee if you find a missing image. leedrew@gmail.com or ldrew@familysearch.org.
- amp injection is still being found
- Usability update (Kathryn) - Refined goals for project. 1st round of testing will be with consultants. Focus is usability of state, county pages. 15 to be tested. Using three versions of Massachusetts pages.
Priority Items
Community Council Report
Community Council Minutes August meetings have been canceled.
Business/Announcements
New Agenda Items
Resources that help users identify historical records generated in US colonial period and before county formations are greatly needed. What steps can contributors take?
1. Look at the localities that you have knowledge about.
2. Pick an area,learn about boundary changes. See Newberry Library Atlas of Historical Boundaries
3. Learn where records are held during different time periods.
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