FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Updating Links and Databases

Purpose

The purpose of these projects is to add new online collections to the FamilySearch Wiki.

Ohio Births 1908-1998

Task List

Ohio Births Tast List

Instructions

1. Open the task list.



2. Place your name by the county that you want to edit.



3. Click on the link in the "County" column to take you to the page.





4. Once on the county pages, look for "Births" in the table of contents, click on that link.





5. This will take you to the "Births" section of the page. Click on the edit source button next to the heading.





6. Copy the following code:
   

   :*'''1908-1998''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3146/ Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998] at Ancestry.com ($) — index




7. Paste it into the text box right before ''Original Birth Records on Microfilm''. It will look like the following:





8. There is an old version of this collection on the page already that we need to delete. Delete the following code in the text box:

   :*'''1908-1964''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3146 Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964] at [http://www.ancestry.com/ ancestry.com] ($)




The code after should look like the following:





9. Click "Show preview" to make sure that the collection was copied correctly. It should look like the following:




10. If everything looks good, save the page. If something is off, correct the code and then save the page.



11. Go back to the task list, mark the date you completed it in the "Date" column, and move on to the next county.

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