WikiProject: Canada and Connecticut New Collections

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Canada and Connecticut New Collections

Project Leader

Caileigh Oldroyd

Purpose

These new collections need to be added to North America Locality Pages.

Video Instructions

[URL Video Link]

Task List

Task List

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Beginning Instructions

There are new collections that need to be added separately to locality pages in North America.

1. You will need to sign up for a locality under a collection title tab on the Task List.
2. Go to the instructions for the specific collection below.

Canada, Border Entry Lists, 1908-1918

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Canada, Border Entry Lists, 1908-1918 tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Edit Source at the top of the page in the Contents

In the contents, select Edit Source at the top of the page.

Step Four - Find the Immigration Records Heading

• Find the Immigration Records heading. See the video instructions at TIME for extra help finding it on the page.

• Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date and under the *''See [[Canada Emigration and Immigration|Canada Immigration]]''<br> sentence.
  
  

Exceptions:

*If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.

*If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.

*If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*'''1908-1918''': {{RecordSearch|4123954|Canada, Border Entry Lists, 1908-1918}} at FamilySearch; index & images

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

• Enter in
  

/* Immigration Records */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

Canada, Immigration Records, 1919-1924

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Canada, Immigration Records, 1919-1924 tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Edit Source at the top of the page in the Contents

In the contents, select Edit Source at the top of the page.

Step Four - Find the Immigration Records Heading

• Find the Immigration Records heading. See the video instructions at TIME for extra help finding it on the page.

• Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date and under the *''See [[Canada Emigration and Immigration|Canada Immigration]]''<br> sentence.
  
  

Exceptions:

*If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.

*If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.

*If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*'''1919-1924''': {{RecordSearch|3875202|Canada, Immigration Records, 1919-1924}} at FamilySearch; index & images

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

• Enter in
  

/* Immigration Records */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

Connecticut, U.S., Excise Tax Lists, 1865-1874

Step One - Sign Up

Sign your name next to a county on the Connecticut, U.S., Excise Tax Lists, 1865-1874 tab of the task list.

• NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link

Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Tax Records in the Contents

In the contents, select Tax Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Tax Records. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Tax Records

• Click Edit Source next to Tax Records.

• Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date.
  
  

Exceptions:

*If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.

*If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.

*If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*'''1865-1874''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62397 Connecticut, U.S., Excise Tax Lists, 1865-1874] at Ancestry — index & images ($)

• Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.

• Enter in
  

/* Tax Records */ New Collections Project 

as the Summary.

• Click Save Changes.
  
  

Here is an example of what it should look like.

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