User:Brepouille/Sandbox/FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Adding Links to Maps and Gazetteers Section of Iowa Counties

Purpose
To standardize the listings, check the links, and add more information in the Maps and Gazetteers area of the Iowa County pages.

Contact Person
Beverly Repouille

Task List
Task List

Set Up

 * 1) Make sure you are logged in to FamilySearch and the FamilySearch Wiki.
 * 2) Use this link to get to the Iowa County Listings and Tracking Page.
 * 3) Some of these entries may already be on the page.  If so, please make sure that the link goes where it is supposed to and that it is formatted correctly.
 * 4) Use this link to access the listings for Iowa counties in the FamilySearch Catalog.  Select the "Places within United States, Iowa" link to choose the correct county.
 * 5) After selecting the county, select the Maps section.
 * If there ARE NO records under the Maps section:
 * Go back to the Iowa County Listings and Tracking Page for Maps and add a note in the "Comment" section for that county stating there was nothing in the Catalog.
 * Go to the next Iowa County.
 * If there ARE records under the Maps section, proceed with the Catalog Instructions below.

Adding Image-Only Catalog Links Instructions
1. Click on the Maps Catalog entry link to display the records listings.

2. Select the first record.

3. Scroll down to the Film/Digital Notes section and look for a camera icon on the right of the note.
 * There may or may not be a key over the camera icon. We will use them both.

4. First copy the template to the Maps section of the County page:


 * * DATE-DATE (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

5. Add the dates. Copy them exactly from the title. It is not necessary to look for dates if they are not in the title. Leave the dates blank, if that is the case.
 * Sometimes there will be two sets of dates such as "Probate Records 1857-1952; Index, 1857-1965"
 * In the first date slot place the earliest date (DATE-DATE). So 1857 would go in the first slot (1857-DATE)
 * In the second date slot place the latest date (1857-1965)

EXAMPLE:
 * (with dates) * 1907-1924 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * (without dates) * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

6. Next add the title #.
 * The title number is obtained from the URL line. As you read across the URL, it will start off with familysearch.org/search/catalog/######? plus more characters.
 * The title number is the number immediately after the word catalog/ and before the ?
 * Copy just the number from the URL line and place it where it says title #

EXAMPLE:
 * * 1907-1924 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

7. Leave the item part as-is.

8. After the disp=, place the title of the film exactly as written except capitalize the first letters in the title. No need to add author or anything else.

EXAMPLE:
 * * 1907-1924 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

9. If the word Index is in the title, please change the "— images" at the end of the line to say "— index & images."

10. And it should look like this when previewed:

EXAMPLE:
 * 1907-1924 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

11. If there are NO other entries in the Catalog, go to the next section.

12. If there ARE other Map entries in the Catalog, please go back to the start and enter each one.

Adding Database Catalog Links Instructions
THIS SET OF INSTRUCTIONS WILL TELL YOU HOW TO ADD DATABASE LINKS.

1. After opening a Catalog entry, you may find a line of red text in the Notes section that states: ''' To view digital images of. ..

2. Click on the here part of the Click here.

3. First copy the template to the Maps section of the County page (please note the template is different from the one for Image-only items):


 * * DATE-DATE (*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index only

4. Add the dates. Copy them straight from the title. It is not necessary to look for dates if they are not in the title. Leave the dates blank, if that is the case.

EXAMPLE:
 * (with dates) * 1850-1954 (*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index only
 * (without dates) * (*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index only

5. Leave the {{RecordSearch| as-is.

6. Next add the title #.
 * The title number is obtained from the URL line. As you read across the URL, it will start off with familysearch.org/search/catalog/#######.
 * The title number is the number immediately after the word catalog/
 * Copy just the number from the URL line and place it where it says title #

EXAMPLE:
 * * 1850-1954 {{RecordSearch|2211980|Title name}}(*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index only

7. After the disp=, place the title of the film exactly as written except capitalize the first letters in the title. No need to add author or anything else.

EXAMPLE:
 * * 1850-1954 {{RecordSearch|2211980|Iowa, Poweshiek County Probate, School, and Court Records: COLLECTION RECORD, 1850-1954}}(*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index only

8. Add the name of the Historical Records Page.
 * From the database page, do the following to find this information:
 * Under the title of the database is a button that says "How to Use this Collection." Click on it.
 * This will take you to the Historical Records page which tell about the database.
 * Copy the title from this page (Not the URL) all the way through the - FamilySearch Historical Records.
 * Paste that into the template where it says "Name of Historical Records Page".

9. Add what type of record it is - Index and Images, Index only, or Images only

10. And it should look like this when previewed:

EXAMPLE:
 * 1850-1954 {{RecordSearch|2211980|Iowa, Poweshiek County Probate, School, and Court Records, 1850-1954}}(*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; images only

11. If there are NO other entries in the Catalog, go to the next section.

12. If there ARE other Map entries in the Catalog, please go back to the start and enter each one.

Adding Selected Map Links
THIS SET OF INSTRUCTIONS WILL TELL YOU HOW TO ADD SELECTED MAP LINKS

1. Below is a listing of sites we wish included on each Iowa County page under the Maps section. These all go specifically to Adair County, Iowa. You will need to drill down in each link to get to the correct county. We want the links county specific.
 * Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Adair County, Iowa at Library of Congress - various years between 1883 and 1915.
 * Adair County 1901 at Historic Map Works - may include names of land-owners.
 * U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, Adair County at Ancestry ($)
 * Iowa Digital Library, Adair County at Iowa University Libraries
 * The Iowa Heritage Digital Collections, Adair County at State Library of Iowa
 * Adair County Maps at FamilySearch Catalog
 * IAGenWeb
 * FamilySearch Places - should already be on the page. If not, please add. ALWAYS GOES LAST IN THE LISTING

You can use the format above when placing them on the page. And please date order and/or alphabetize ALL the entries! If one of these websites does NOT have anything (don't spend a lot of time looking - leave me a note), then don't add it!

Before You Leave the Page

 * If you see an links to David Rumsey Maps - please delete them all.
 * If there is more than one item under the Maps heading, please place them by date order first. If there are no dates, then they go alphabetical under the date-ordered entries.
 * Do a Show preview before saving to make sure it looks like it is supposed to.
 * Before you save the page, please enter Adding map links project to the Summary line.
 * Don't forget to go back to the Task List and put a date on your part when you are done.

Thank You!