FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks Newspapers

Main Page of Utah Wiki Project

Task Description
Add information and adapt links under the "Newspapers" heading for each of Utah's 29counties.

The wording and most links have been put into "templates" which allow changes to be made in one place and appear wherever those templates were posted.
 * If you have changes to suggest, ....

It is expected that this task will take 15 - 30 minutes per county.

Step 1. Prep
1. Go to the Sign up Chart and follow directions to sign up for a county.

2. Type the name of that county in the Summary box and Save Page

3. Click to the County

Step 2. Put the templates on the county page
1. Alt+Tab to get back to this task page

2. Copy the following cryptic stuff (NOT in Edit mode):

*  **[title of newspaper] and [title of newspaper], covering 1881-1929 are included. *Existing copies of newspapers  **[[Beaver County, Utah

1. Alt+Tab to switch to the county page

2. In edit mode (WikiText)


 * Place the cursor under the Newspapers heading
 * Paste the cryptic stuff

3. In the Summary, write "Copied newspaper templates"

4. Save page.

Step 4. Update the task page for that county
Click back to the task page, and repeat for the next county.

Sign up Chart
Volunteers are needed to check all 29 counties, adding items as appropriate. Please place four tildes ( ~ ) in the "Volunteer" column next to the counties you choose for this task. This will automatically show your username and the date you signed up.

Beaver — Grand Counties


Iron — Sanpete Counties


Sevier — Weber Counties
