Nebraska, Wills and Deeds - FamilySearch Historical Records

Instructional Template 20180607

Headings (Section 1)

INFOBOX Inserted Here (Use the appropriate file box in the Infobox Parameters folder in the User Guidance section of the P:\ Drive)

Why Should I Look at This Collection?
(Optional header)

Image Visibility
(This header should only be used when images in the collection are restricted)

Reading These Records
(Add only when collection records are in a language other than English)

Example: These records are in Language. For help reading these records see the following guides:


 * Language Genealogical Word List


 * Reading Spanish handwritten records


 * Script tutorial for Spanish - change as appropriate

This could also be written as a sentence rather than a bulleted list.

Example: These records are in Language. For help reading these records see Language Genealogical Word List, Reading Spanish handwritten records, and Script tutorial for Spanish

To Browse This Collection
(Use if a “Browse Collection”, but not “Fakey Browse”)

(DO NOT CHANGE THE CODE)

Collection Content
(Only use these headings and sub-headings when available)

Digital Folder Number List
This section is added to collections with a Fakey Browse by using the template.

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

View the Images
(Not for collections with a fakey browse/DFNL)

View the Images (Only for Fakey Browse Collections with a DFNL page)
Add this template below after “Search the Index” or “View the Images” headers:

Longer coding is used when the link is to a catalog record that lists references to multiple catalog records:

How Do I Analyze the Results?
(Cut and Paste entire section)

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
This section can be made up of either sentences or bullet points.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
This section can be made up of either sentences or bullet points.

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?
This section can be made up of either sentences or bullet points.

Record Finder
Consult the Country name Record Finder to find other records.

Citing This Collection
(Copy and Paste this section)

Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


 * Collection Citation: Collection Name Database, or Images, or Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : publication date. Custodian.

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How Can I Contribute to the FamilySearch Wiki?
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Written Instructions (Section 2)

Red Text = Prompt to replace with requested information­­

Green Text = As-needed information/ varies by collection

Purple Text = Instructions to delete before publication

Black Text= Added instructional information

The instructions in this section include the headers shown above in Section 1, with more detailed information of what to insert underneath the headings.

Breadcrumb instructions can be found in the P Drive at P:\Records\User Guidance\ Audits\Breadcrumbs MissionaryAudits.dox.

Breadcrumb coding for a single locality looks like this:

Locality

Breadcrumb coding for multiple localities looks like this:

(If you only have a country and state, put the country in Link 1; and the state in Link 5, leave Links 2, 3, and 4 blank)

Links in the breadcrumb coding begin with the largest locality and progress to the smallest. Each link creates a link to the wiki article for that locality https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Template:Breadcrumb/doc (This link gives examples)

Infobox parameters are found in the P Drive at P:\Records\User Guidance\Infobox Parameters. The actual infobox you use may be different from the example below. DO NOT COPY AN INFOBOX FROM ANOTHER ARTICLE!. Some notes about the infobox:


 * CID =

CID (Collection Identification) numbers are found under the Guidance Tab in Rosetta Stone

CID numbers should be added to the infobox once known. Replace the word number with the numerals.


 * title =

Use the publishable title in the Guidance Tab in Rosetta Stone


 * location =

Locations should be the locality for the record collection

The LOC_01 coding is for Second-level locations (counties, etc.)

The LOC_02 coding is for lower level locations (cities, etc.) as needed


 * scheduled =

The scheduled = coding is only needed if the collection is not yet published.


 * loc_map =


 * state_loc_map =


 * flag = (flag for country or state)

Fill in the loc_map and flag coding from the Flags and Maps.xlsx document on OneDrive


 * record_type =

Use the record type listed in the Publishable Title in the Guidance Tab in Rosetta Stone


 * start_year =


 * end_year =

The start year is part of the Publishable Title in the Guidance Tab in Rosetta Stone

The end year is part of the Publishable Title in the Guidance Tab in Rosetta Stone


 * language =

The language is the language or languages of the records. It is only used for collections with foreign language information.


 * title_language =

The title language field is only used for collections with foreign language information. It is included in the traveler under the Guidance Tab in Rosetta Stone.


 * FS_URL

The FamilySearch links are to FamilySearch products, such as FamilySearch Wiki articles. Add links to Record Finder Wiki articles in this section. Test each link. You may add up to 10 links.

Types of wiki articles to link to are:

Wiki articles about records from the same locality or a larger locality


 * RW_URL

You may add up to 10 related website links to useful websites. Do not add a link to a list of websites, (i.e. Cyndi’s List), though you may find a website listed in one of the bibliographies to add to the article. Please check the website or article before you add a link to the infobox to make sure it will help patrons with the collection and test the links to make sure they work.


 * custodian =

The name of the archive housing the collection is generally found in the collection citation or in the Assembly or General tabs in Rosetta Stone. Link to the archive website only if the website is useful. Some archives do not have records available. If the website will not help a researcher find records, the name may still be listed without a link. Genealogical Society of Utah or FamilySearch should not be listed as a custodian.

Why Should I Look at This Collection?
Add this section to describe any special benefit to looking at this collection.

What is in This Collection?
Please do not just copy and paste the Publishable Description from the Guidance Tab in Rosetta. Use that description as a base and add information based on what you know about the collection when the article is written. Check out the original records or microfilm collections, to see what they look like. At first this description is only preliminary, it should be updated as more is known about the collection or the collection scope changes. You may want to mention the archive where the collection was housed.

Image Visibility
To find possible restrictions, locate the Restriction Codes under the Images tab in Rosetta. Compare the K codes with the Image Visibility Notices document (found in OneDrive) to see if you need to add a notice. If you do, copy and paste the corresponding notice text here.

For additional information about image restrictions, please see the Restrictions for Viewing Images in FamilySearch Historical Record Collections page.

Reading These Records
(Add only when collection records are in a language other than English)

These records are written in Language. For help reading these records see the following: *Language Genealogical Word List


 * Reading Spanish handwritten records


 * Script tutorial for Spanish

OR

These records are written in Language. For help reading these records see Language, Reading Spanish handwritten records, and Script tutorial for Spanish.

To Browse This Collection
Add this section only if there are images to view and a browse hierarchy with headers (not just numbers, AKA “fakey” browse).

== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==

The idea is to give the article readers an idea what information is include in each image or record.

Add a list of information listed in the records.

We usually begin with this phrase: The following information may be found in these records:

You may use a sentence if the list is short or a list of phrases that describe the data found in the records. Please use phrases such as Name of Deceased, Birthdate of bride, and Occupation of groom.

Rosetta often lists this information. Go to the Guidance tab, scroll down to the Fields heading, and look at the table column labeled as Name.

Sometimes a column format works better, here is the coding to use for columns. The 79% parameter insures it will nest against the Infobox:

Record Type





Record Type



Record Type



Sample Images
Only add sample images if there are no image visibility restrictions (Instructions for downloading and fixing images can be found at: P:/Records_User Guidance_ Image Instructions).

The perrow variable can be changed as needed for the article.

Coverage Map
Add text explaining the table or map and links between articles and maps as appropriate.

Digital Folder Number List
Digital Folder Number Lists are created for fakey browse articles to help people negotiate fakey browses. A collection sometimes has DGS numbers, not words, and no one knows what lies in the folders, so a fakey browse is created to help the patron find information. (If you find a collection that needs a “fakey browse,” add to the Fakey Browse Collections Spreadsheet on OneDrive)

The DFNL_completed= parameter should be removed after the DFNL article is published.

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

List items that will help people search the collection. Be careful not to intimidate searchers by listing too many items. For example:


 * Name of the person


 * Approximate date of the event

Add the coding below for a collection with an index

View the Images
The levels of the browse hierarchy are found under the Guidance Tab in Rosetta, in the Browse Hierarchy table, in the Hierarchy Description column.

View the Images
(Only for Fakey Browse Collections with a DFNL page)

Catalog tips:

{{Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at title number Title of catalog record

Longer coding is used when the link is to a catalog record that lists references to multiple catalog records:

{{Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at title number Title of catalog record. Some catalog records link to multiple references. In this case, click on a reference to find a camera icon to see images.}}

How Do I Analyze the Results?
(Copy and Paste this section)

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
This section can be made up of either sentences or bullet points. You could simplify this section by copying and pasting the uniform wording from the article entitled “What Do I Do Next Section Wording” found in the P drive in the templates and writing folder. Copy only the wording that corresponds with the record type, then find and insert helpful links to send them to.

If you add bullet points to this section, do not add periods to the end of each line.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
This section can be made up of either sentences or bullet points.

Add advice about how to use the discovered information. For example:


 * If possible, use what you know to find an image of the original record. The index contains only basic identifying information for a person; the original record therefore may contain more information not found in the index.


 * Continue to search the index for family members.

If you add bullet points to this section, do not add periods to the end of each line. They are not sentences. If there are two phrases you may add a. between the two phrases.

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?
This section can be made up of either sentences or bullet points.

Add advice about alternate records, search methods, locations, etc. For example:


 * Check for variants of given names and surnames. It was not uncommon for an individual to be listed under a nickname, middle name, or abbreviation of their given name (Do not include the nickname instructions to foreign collections as the list is US-oriented)


 * Search the records of nearby locations

If you add bullet points to this section, do not add periods to the end of each line.

Record Finder
Consult the Country name Record Finder to find other records (You can find these links in the Flags and Maps.xlsx spreadsheet on OneDrive)

Known Issues with This Collection
The Known Issues section is handled by another group.

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

;Collection Citation: Collection Name Database, or Images, or Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : publication date. Custodian.

When the collection is staged copy the citation from the staging site landing page and replace this temporary citation. Format the copied citation as necessary to make the display match the landing page.

There are some collections that do not have an index, though they are relatively uncommon.

(Use this coding if there are indexed records)

Do not add an image citation if the collection is index-only.

(Use this coding if the images are browsable)

(Some collections may have both a record citation and an image citation)

Top of Page This optional link can be added multiple places in a long article.

How Can I Contribute to the FamilySearch Wiki?
Categories:

Most categories are automatically generated by the location= coding in the infobox at the top of the screen. Subcategories and sometimes larger categories need to be added manually. The coding for a category is: and it can be added to the bottom of an article.

Before creating a category or subcategory, please double check the existing categories to make sure they don’t already exist.

To create a subcategory for a state equivalent, create the category for the state equivalent first. For example,. Edit the source for that category and list the category for the country next to the coding for the lower level category, in this case

Before adding a category manually to an article please make sure it hasn’t been automatically generated and isn’t listed in the category box at the bottom of the page.

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