FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject County Descriptions

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Purpose

Adding brief county descriptions to that section of the county pages.

Contact

Jane Colmenares

Task List

Instructions

Step 1: Gather information about the County

1. This part of the project involves gathering information about the county to add to the Description section. You can get this information from Wikipedia, but be sure to reference them.

Information for Description: (put only the following)

Where the county is located in the state
Date the county was created (sometimes found under another heading on the wiki page)
The county seat
Who/what the county was named after

2. Once you have found information to enter, go to the Description section of the page and enter the information.

References

3. Then, add a reference to Wikipedia or any other website you find the information. The following are some examples to use:

Wikipedia
<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Adams County," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Nebraska accessed 19 July 2016.</ref>

Genealogy Trails
<ref>Genealogy Trails History Group, “Butler County, Ohio Genealogy and History”, http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/butler/ accessed 2/14/2017.</ref>

Example

For an example of what this heading should look like when it is complete, click here.