GuidedResearch:Page Creation Help
Instructions
- If there is not an appropriate coverage collection for either birth, marriage or death for a locality: use wording found below and list smaller collections on the problem page.
- U.S. ONLY: If there is not a good death index covering most of the state and dates, use the Social Security databases. NEED TO CREATE TEMPLATE
- Use only 1 database IF it's the FamilySearch database.
- You must use 2 databases, if another website has a bigger collection than FamilySearch - with FamilySearch being listed 2nd - unless there is no collection available.
Page Title
{{GR Page header and text| <!-- print page title as well as text based on 'Page type' -->
Location=Ohio|
Page type=Guided Research|
}}
Births
One Database
{{Dropdown header| <!-- Define Birth dropdown -->
Dropdown title=Birth|
}}
{{GR Start here|
Vital type=Birth|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=COLLECTION DATES: [DATABASEURL '''<u>COLLECTION NAME</u>''']|
Website 1=| <!-- Current options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, or blank -->
}}
{{GR Can't find|
Location=LOCATION|
Vital type=Birth|
}}
{{Dropdown end}} <!-- end Birth dropdown section -->
Two Databases
{{Dropdown header| <!-- Define Birth dropdown-->
Dropdown title=Birth|
}}
{{GR Start here|
Vital type=Birth|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=COLLECTION DATES: [DATABASEURL '''<u>COLLECTION NAME</u>''']|
Website 1=| <!-- Current options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, or blank -->
}}
{{GR Next step|
Vital type=Birth|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=COLLECTION DATES: [DATABASEURL '''<u>COLLECTION NAME</u>''']|
Website 1=| <!-- Current options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, or blank -->
}}
{{GR Can't find|
Location=LOCATION|
Vital type=Birth|
}}
{{Dropdown end}} <!-- end Birth dropdown section -->
Marriages
One Database
{{Dropdown header| <!-- Define Page header and define Marriage dropdown-->
Dropdown title=Marriage|
}}
{{GR Start here|
Vital type=Marriage|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=COLLECTION DATES: [DATABASEURL '''<u>COLLECTION NAME</u>''']|
Website 1=| <!-- Current options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, or blank -->
}}
{{GR Can't find|
Location=LOCATION|
Vital type=Marriage|
}}
{{Dropdown end}} <!-- end Marriage dropdown section -->
Two Databases
{{Dropdown header| <!-- Define Marriage dropdown-->
Dropdown title=Marriage|
}}
{{GR Start here|
Vital type=Marriage|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=COLLECTION DATES: [DATABASEURL '''<u>COLLECTION NAME</u>''']|
Website 1=| <!-- Current options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, or blank -->
}}
{{GR Next step|
Vital type=Marriage|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=COLLECTION DATES: [DATABASEURL '''<u>COLLECTION NAME</u>''']|
Website 1=| <!-- Current options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, or blank -->
}}
{{GR Can't find|
Location=LOCATION|
Vital type=Marriage|
}}
{{Dropdown end}} <!-- end Marriage dropdown section -->
Deaths
One Database
{{Dropdown header| <!-- Define Death dropdown header -->
Dropdown title=Death|
}}
{{GR Start here|
Vital type=Death|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=COLLECTION DATES: [DATABASEURL '''<u>COLLECTION NAME</u>''']|
Website 1=| <!-- Current options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, or blank -->
}}
{{GR Can't find|
Location=LOCATION|
Vital type=Death|
}}
{{Dropdown end}} <!-- end Death dropdown section -->
Two Databases
{{Dropdown header| <!-- Define Death dropdown-->
Dropdown title=Death|
}}
{{GR Start here|
Vital type=Death|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=COLLECTION DATES: [DATABASEURL '''<u>COLLECTION NAME</u>''']|
Website 1=| <!-- Current options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, or blank -->
}}
{{GR Next step|
Vital type=Death|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=COLLECTION DATES: [DATABASEURL '''<u>COLLECTION NAME</u>''']|
Website 1=| <!-- Current options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, or blank -->
}}
{{GR Can't find|
Location=LOCATION|
Vital type=Death|
}}
{{Dropdown end}} <!-- end Death dropdown section -->
Wording for no Database Available for Record type
Births
Use the wikitext below:
{{Dropdown header| <!-- Define Birth dropdown-->
Dropdown title=Birth|
}}
Currently, there is no statewide (or countrywide) birth collection that covers a majority of the births recorded in LOCALITY. Please see the ''[[GuidedResearch:Why Can't I Find the Record - LOCALITY Births|'''<u>Why Can't I Find the Record - LOCALITY Births</u>''']]'' page for substitute records that may provide birth information.
{{Dropdown end}} <!-- end Birth dropdown section -->
Marriage
{{Dropdown header| <!-- Define Marriage dropdown-->
Dropdown title=Marriage|
}}
Currently, there is no statewide(or countrywide) marriage collection that covers a majority of the marriages recorded in LOCALITY. Please see the ''[[GuidedResearch:Why Can't I Find the Record - LOCALITY Marriages|'''<u>Why Can't I Find the Record - LOCALITY Marriages</u>''']]'' page for substitute records that may provide marriage information.
{{Dropdown end}} <!-- end Marriage dropdown section -->
Deaths
{{Dropdown header| <!-- Define Death dropdown-->
Dropdown title=Death|
}}
Currently, there is no statewide(or countrywide) death collection that covers a majority of the deaths recorded in LOCALITY. Please see the ''[[GuidedResearch:Why Can't I Find the Record - LOCALITY Deaths|'''<u>Why Can't I Find the Record - LOCALITY Deaths</u>''']]'' page for substitute records that may provide death information.
{{Dropdown end}} <!-- end Death dropdown section -->
Guided Research Generic Template
{{GuidedResearch Generic|
Paragraph only=This is a test sentence.|
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{{GuidedResearch Generic|
Heading=Search a marriage index|
Heading paragraph=For best results, search the following databases in the order listed below. |
}}
{{GuidedResearch Generic|
Submenu=Currently Not Online:|
Submenu paragraph=Currently, there is no statewide birth collection that covers a majority of the births recorded in Alabama. Please see the ''[[GuidedResearch:Why Can't I Find the Record - Alabama Births|'''<u>Why Can't I Find the Record - Alabama Births</u>''']]'' page for substitute records that may provide birth information.|
}}
{{GuidedResearch Generic|
Number of search links=2|
Search link 1= Please see ''[[Link 1|'''<u>Link 1</u>''']]''|
Search link 2= Then go to ''[[Link 2|'''<u>Link 2</u>''']]''| <!-- etc... -->
}}
Miscellaneous
Name of a URL link
FamilySearch
LOCALITY RECORDTYPE Collections at FamilySearch
- Example: Alabama Birth Collections at FamilySearch
- Example: Alabama Marriage Collections at FamilySearch
- Example: Alabama Death Collections at FamilySearch
FindMyPast
United States Marriages, LOCALITY
- Example: United States Marriages, Alabama
Ancestry
Others
LOCALITY, RECORDTYPE
- Example: Arizona, Births
- Example: Arizona, Marriages
- Example: Arizona, Deaths
Subscription
- ($)
Search by parish
Instructions: To change the category to Marriage or Death, simply replace the word "Birth" with "Marriage" or "Death".
If you know the parish
{{GuidedResearch Parish|
Vital type=Birth|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=|
Search link 2=| <!-- etc... -->
}}
If you don't know the parish
{{GuidedResearch No Parish|
Vital type=Birth|
Number of search links=1|
Search link 1=|
Search link 2=| <!-- etc... -->
}}
Record Loss table
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*[[Butler County, Alabama Genealogy#Record Loss|Butler County]]
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*[[Coffee County, Alabama Genealogy#Record Loss|Coffee County]]
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*[[Franklin County, Alabama Genealogy#Record Loss|Franklin County]]
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*[[Limestone County, Alabama Genealogy#Record Loss|Limestone County]]
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*[[Pike County, Alabama Genealogy#Record Loss|Pike County]]
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Tool Tip
{{Tooltip
|Width=200px
|Hover words=- (''List of Collections'')
|Words in popup=COLLECTIONS NAMES
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