FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New England Town Pages Project

Purpose
These projects are for adding content to the 6 New England states: Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine

Instructions
This project contains projects that range from beginner to advanced projects. Review the list to find a project that you are interested in. Select an area to work on and then sign it out on the Task List.

Part: 1
States included:
 * Connecticut

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to standardize the Connecticut town pages so that they conform to the predetermined template for New England.

Level: Intermediate Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 2
States included:
 * Connecticut

Purpose: To update the "Libraries and Historical Societies" section of each Connecticut town page.

Level: Intermediate Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 3
States included:
 * Connecticut

Purpose: To put Town Clerk information on the New England Town Pages.

Level: Intermediate Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 4
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 5
States included:
 * Connecticut

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add FamilySearch places for Churches to the town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 6
States included:
 * Connecticut

Purpose: Adding a record collection to Marriage section.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 7
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 8
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 9
States included:
 * Connecticut

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add City Directories to Connecticut town pages.

Level: Intermediate Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 10
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 11
States included:
 * Maine

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add FamilySearch places for Churches to the Maine town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 12
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 13
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 14
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 15
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 16
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 17
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 18
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 19
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 20
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 21
States included:

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 22
States included:
 * New Hampshire

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to remove extraneous information from New Hampshire Town Pages.

Level: Intermediate Level.

Status: Completed

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Part: 23 Adding Places link
States included:
 * New Hampshire

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add FamilySearch places for Churches to the New Hampshire town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

Instructions

Part: 24
States included:

Purpose:

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

Instructions

Part 25: Adding template to pages
States included:
 * Vermont
 * Rhode Island

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to add the correct template to the Vermont and Rhode Island town pages.

Level: Beginner Level.

Status: Completed

Instructions

Collections
Level: Cut and Paste. You will insert links to current record collections under the Vital Records heading.

Status: Completed Instructions Task List

Populated Places
Level: Cut and Paste. You will get this information from Wikipedia and paste it into the Populated Places heading and then cite Wikipedia.

Status: Completed Instructions Task List

Boundary Changes
Level: Cut and paste. You will insert text and appropriate links under Boundary Changes heading.

Status: Completed Instructions Task List

Maps and Gazetteers
Level: Cut and paste. You will paste in appropriate information about maps/gazeteers under that heading.

Status: Completed Instructions Task List

Newspapers
Level: Intermediate. You will research several websites to see if digitized newspapers can be found for the county and then enter them under the Newspaper heading.

Status: Completed Instructions Task List

Census
Level: Cut and paste. You will be placing links under the Census heading

Status: Completed Instructions Task List

Land and Property
Level: Cut and paste. You will be placing links/information under the Land and Property heading

Status: Completed Instructions Task List

Military
Level: Cut and paste. You will be placing links/information under the Military heading. Status: Completed Instructions Task List