FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks Cemeteries

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Task Description

Add links to Find A Grave and other online cemetery records for each of the 29 counties in Utah.

Steps

Step 1: Prepare the county Wiki page

To accomplish	Steps	How to do it	Remarks
Make space for new information	A. Go to the "Cemeteries" heading for the county. If nothing is there, go to Step 2. If information is already added for this county: 1) Make space for what you will be adding. In edit mode, simply press Enter three or four times to move the previous information further below the heading. 2) Make a note such as "info already there" in the Remarks for this county in the assignment chart.	This alerts Utah project leaders to review what was there and contact the writer to make adjustments if needed. We respect the work of others, so we won't change it or remove it at this time.	.

Step 2: Copy the Templates for the Cemeteries area

A template is a standard paragraph that is used over and over. Using a template allows updates or changes to be made once and appear wherever the template has been placed. When you are in WikiText, a template is surrounded by two "squiggly brackets" {{template name}}

In this step, you will copy, then paste templates to the county under the "Cemeteries" heading.

A) Copy the following — NOT in edit mode:

{{UTCoCemeteries}}

{{UTCemeteriesFindAGrave}}

B) Paste (using WikiText) to the county page.

In WikiText, put your cursor below the "Cemeteries" heading and press Ctrl+ V

Step 3: Finish the Find A Grave information

A) In WikiText, copy the following — including the asterisk (*)

• [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cs&

B) Paste it (using WikiText) in front of the the Find A Grave template on the county page.

When you Save page (Step C), it will look like this:

• [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cs&Template:UTCemeteriesFindAGrave

C) Type "editing cemeteries section" in the Summary and Save page.

FYI: By Saving page now, you will be able to follow the link and make the change needed in Step D.

D) Set the Find A Grave link to the correct Utah county

1. Click this link, which takes you to the cemetery locator section of Find A Grave.
2. Select the Utah, then the county you are working on and click Search
3. Copy the address (URL) for that search

E) Fix the Find A Grave link on the county Wiki page

1. On the county page, edit the Cemeteries section (in WikiText)
2. Place the cursor just after the "[" bracket
3. Paste the URL

F) Type "Finishing Find a grave link" in the Summary and Save page

• McHenry Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.
• Illinois Cemeteries by county.
• ePodunk list of McHenry County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

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