FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Adding Archives, Libraries and Societies to Georgia Counties, Part 5

Project Leader
Heather Mecham

Task List
Task List

Purpose
Adding links to newspaper collections.

Examples
Baldwin County, Georgia Genealogy Atkinson County, Georgia Genealogy

Part 1: Choose Your County
1. Select your county by going to the task list and adding your name to the name column.

2. Go to the county page in the wiki.

Part 2: Check for a Collection for Your County
1. Go to Georgia Historic Newspapers 2. Find your county. They will be listed in alphabetical order. If you find your county, go to step 3. If you don't find your county, put the date on the task list and "NA" in the notes column and choose another county. 3. Click on the name of the county and leave that page open.

Part 3: Add the Link to the Newspaper Section
1. Go to the "Newspapers" heading and find the "Online Probate Records" subheading on the wiki page.

2. Check to see if the collection below is already listed. If it is, go back to Part 1. If it is not, continue to step 3. See examples below.
 * 1880-1930 Atkinson County Newspapers at Georgia Historic Newspapers, index and images

3. Determine where to place the link. They need to be in chronological order first and alphabetical by repository after FamilySearch collections.

4. Copy and paste the code below onto the county page. *COVERAGE YEARS [URL COUNTY NAME County Newspapers] at Georgia Historic Newspapers, index and images 5. Go back to the county newspaper page you opened in Part 2. 6. Find the coverage years for your collection. They will be just below the name of the collection. See example below. Replace COVERAGE YEARS with the years listed on the newspaper collection pages with a dash in between years. 7. Replace COUNTY NAME with the name of the county. It will look like the example below.
 * Issues are available from 1808 to 1936.
 * 1880-1930 Atkinson County Newspapers at Georgia Historic Newspapers, index and images

8. Copy the URL of the page.

Part 4: Check Your Work and Save
1. Click "show preview" and double-check your work. 2. In the summary type "added newspaper collections ". 3. Click save.