FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject Washington Tasks History Timeline

Task Description
This task is best for people who like history. Step 1 of this task is "Wiki easy," but requires attention to detail and some brief writing. Step 2 explains how to easily link to Wikipedia for more information on selected items mention in the timeline, such as John Jacob Astor's fur company.

You will list by year important events in the history of the county—with emphasis on events that affected migration, records, or record keeping. When in doubt whether to include something or not, go ahead and include it. Since it is arranged by year, it is user friendly.

Format
Format See Okanogan County example
 * This is a bullet list, with year first, then month and day, if applicable
 * Then short explanation -- preferably one line, max three lines.

Examples of events that would be included:
 * 1811 - Fort Okanogan was founded for fur trading. Ownership transferred at various times from, , , and.
 * Importance to users: there could be records somewhere. However, we only list the event and a wikipedia link, if available.
 * 1888 Feb 2 - County was formed from Stevens County. Ruby was the first county seat. County seat moved to the same year.
 * 1906 - the first rail service came to the county.

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Assignment Chart
If you are accepting this task:


 * 1. Open the Assignment Chart for editing.
 * 2. Place your cursor in the column next to the county of choice
 * 3. Type 4 tildes ( ~ ). This electronic signature and will leave your user name and the date.
 * 4. Add a Summary for your edit such as "Accepted [County name]".
 * 5. Save Page.

If you have completed this task:
 * 1. Type 4 tildes ( ~ ) in the Date Completed column for that county.
 * 2. In the edit Summary, type "Completed [county name]"
 * 3. Save page

