FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Collection Dates

Purpose
To keep the dates on collections current on the wiki.

Contact
Jane Colmenares

Instructions
1. You will receive a copy of the e-mail with the collection names and the new dates that it covers.

2. Place the collection names on the Google doc. Using the collection name from the e-mail, go to the collection and get the collection number from the URL

Example:  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2063710

The collection number would be 2063710.

3. Place the collection number on the Google doc as well.

4. Once you have finished reviewing the e-mail, go to the Google doc. Try to find each of the collections listed on the wiki using the search field for the name of the collection NOT including the date years. They could appear on state pages, county pages, online records pages and topic pages.

5. When you find a collection you think matches, click on it and verify that the collection number is the same as the one on the Google doc. If the collection number matches, you have a record that needs changing.

6. Change the dates on the wiki page to make them correspond to those in the e-mail.

7. Once you have edited the dates put "changed collection dates" in the edit summary box and save your work.

8. Check to be sure your changes look ok and then move to the next page.