FamilySearchWiki:WikiProject:Adding Links from Societies, Libraries and Archives to Tennessee Counties, Part 1

Project Leader
Heather Mecham

Task List
Task List

Purpose
Adding online resources from the Tennessee State Library and Archives and Shelby County Register of Deeds to Tennessee county pages.

Sample Pages
Anderson County, Tennessee Genealogy Bedford County, Tennessee Genealogy

Project Instructions
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.

3. Find the heading "Vital Records". 4. Check to see if the collections being added to the page are listed under the death heading. See below for examples.

Marriage

 * 1980-2014 Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Death

 * 1908-1912 Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1914-1933 Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1949-2014 Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce

 * 1796 - 1850 Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1980-2014 Divorce Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

5. If they are, go to the next county. If any are missing, go to the next step.

6. Go to the "marriage" heading.

7. Copy the code below.

**1980-2014 Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

8. Look a the collections already listed and determine where to place the link, so they are in chronological order. See the example below.

9. Paste the code into the place you selected in step 8.

10. Find the "deaths" heading on the Wiki page.

11. Paste each line of code below for deaths under the heading so it is in chronological order with the other links. You will need to place each one separately so that the links are in chronological order.

*1908-1912 Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index *1914-1933 Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index *1949-2014 Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

12. Find the "divorce" heading on the Wiki page.

13. Paste each line of code below for divorces under the heading so it is in chronological order with the other links. You will need to place each one separately so that the links are in chronological order.


 * 1796 - 1850 Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1980-2014 Divorce Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

14. Click "show preview" and check your work.

15. Type "added vital records links" into the summary.

16. Click "save changes".

17. Return to the task list and put the date in the date completed column.