User:Brepouille/Sandbox/FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Adding Information to Newspapers Section of County Pages

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Purpose
To add information regarding Newspapers from FamilySearch, Ancestry and the Internet; and to format the section.

Contact Person
Beverly Repouille, Yammer me or call at 402-215-5340 (please do not contact after 8 pm Utah time)

Task List
Montana Task List Nevada Task List North Dakota Task List South Dakota Task List Wyoming Task List

Set Up

 * 1) Log in to FamilySearch and the FamilySearch Wiki.
 * 2) Sign up for a county from one of the state task lists above.
 * 3) Go to that county page.

Adding FamilySearch Catalog Information

 * 1) Scroll down to the Websites area and open the FamilySearch Catalog link in another tab.  Make sure you are in the correct county.
 * 2) Open the Newspapers link to see what is available.
 * 3) If there are NO Newspaper records listed (or none you can use), please SKIP to the next section.
 * 4) If there ARE Newspaper records listed that you can use, please continue with this section.

Adding Ancestry Catalog Information
Montana Ancestry Newspaper List
 * Scroll down the left side to Filter By Location
 * Select the county
 * Start at the top and select the first entry so that you are in the database
 * Copy the following template to the county page:

Example: * Date-Date[URL Title of Record] at Ancestry - index & images ($)


 * To find the dates, look on the right side of the page to Brows this collection box with the calendar.
 * - Click on the little down arrow to the right of the date. It should give you the date range for this database.
 * - Add the first year in the first Date area and the last year in the last Date area. DO NOT WORRY about any skipped years.  We are just giving them a general idea of the year available.

Example: * 1959-1965[URL Title of Record] at Ancestry - index & images ($)


 * Next add the URL from the top of the page.

Example: * 1959-1965Title of Record at Ancestry - index & images ($)


 * Copy the title of the record exactly as it is and paste where it says Title of Record

Example: * 1959-1965Montana Standard-Post (Butte-Anaconda, Montana) at Ancestry - index & images ($)


 * Then go back to the search page and go to the next county by doing the following: