WikiProject:Oregon Birth and Death Collection
Project Leader
Danielle
Purpose
Add an Oregon Collection to both Births and Deaths headers on a county page
Video Instructions
[URL Video Link]
Task List
Oregon Birth and Death Records
Step One - Sign Up
Sign your name next to a county on the Oregon 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 Vital Records in the Contents
In the contents, select Vital Records. This should jump you down to where we will be adding the collection. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.
Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Vital Records
- Click Edit Source next to Vital Records.
Step Five - Add the Collection under Births and Deaths
- Copy the following code and paste it under these two headings:
- Births
- Deaths
They should be 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.
*'''1855-1970''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61679 Oregon, U.S., County Births and Deaths, 1855-1970] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
Step Six - Show Preview and Save the Page
- Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.
- Enter in
/* Deaths */ New Collections Project
as the Summary.
- Click Save Changes.
Example
Here is an example of what it should look like. The yellow on the image shows the correct placement of the collection under both Births and Deaths.
