FamilySearchWiki:WikiProject:Adding MDH Links to County Pages, Part 3: Adding Links for County Histories

Purpose
Adding online resources from the Missouri Digital Heritage website to Missouri county pages.

Task List
Task List

Sample Pages
Adair County, Missouri Genealogy St. Louis County, Missouri Genealogy

Part A: Find the County Histories on Missouri Digital Heritage
1. Go to Missouri Digital Heritage.

2. Click on the Quick Links to the upper right and select county histories.

3. Go to the section at the bottom of the page titled "search by county".

4. Select your county and click "search".

Part B: Add the county history links to the Wiki
1. Check each county history to make sure it's not already listed on the Wiki page.

2. Add the county histories not already listed on the Wiki page, using the instructions below the heading How to Format Entries for Local Histories to correctly format each entry. Limit the number added to three histories.

3. Add the link after the words "online at:" by copying and pasting the code below: [URL Missouri Digital History]

4. Replace "URL" with the URL of the county history.

5. Put "added/updated county history links" in the summary.

6. Click save.

How to Format Entries for Local Histories
1.'''You can go to a sandbox page or directly edit the county page. Because others may be adding other content on county pages, we suggest working in one of your sandbox pages.'''

2. Refer to the catalog entry for the book and use the following format to enter the information about the book on your sandbox page:
 * a. Start each entry with a bullet.
 * b. Title of book in italics
 * c. Year of publication
 * d. Add the word “By” and then put the author’s full name, starting with first name
 * e. Add publication information, using the following: publication location, followed by colon, publisher.
 * f. Add the words "Online at:" at the end following the publisher.
 * g. All books should be placed in alphabetical order by title.

Example:
 * Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska. 1890. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Pub. Co. Online at:

Wikitext example:
 * *Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska. 1890. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Pub. Co. Online at:

Words of guidance:
 * Capitalize the complete title even though it is not that way in the catalog.
 * If the title is really long, just give the first portion of the title and leave off the rest.
 * Example: History and resources of Jasper County, Missouri: the direct road to health, happiness and fortune can be changed to History and Resources of Jasper County, Missouri.


 * For missing information, use the following guidelines:
 * Missing author: leave it blank and move on to the publisher information.
 * Missing publication date: use n.d.
 * Missing publication place: use n.p.
 * Missing publisher: use n.p.

Example of no author, no date of publication, no place of publication, and no publisher information:
 * Niobrara Centennial 1856-1956. N.d. N.p: N.p.

Part C: Adding Links for Birth and Death Records
1. Go to the heading vital records and check to see if Missouri Digital Heritage's birth and death indexes are listed. If listed, select another county and return to part 1. If not listed, go to the next step.

2. To add the link for births, copy and paste the code below. *Pre-1910 Missouri Birth and Death Records Database, Pre-1910 at Missouri Digital Heritage - index. 3. To add the link for deaths, copy and paste the code below. *1910-1960 Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969 at Missouri Digital Heritage - index and images. 4. Type "added vital record links" in the summary section.

5. Click save.