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= Updating Guided Research =

Purpose
To keep Guided Research up to date and inform the public when new collections are published or collections are added to.

Updating Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet

Step 1: FamilySearch
FamilySearch > Search > Records > Browse all published collections

Click on "Last Updated" until the most recent updates show at the top.

Look through all of the updated collections for the month (up back until the "Date Last Checked" date) and find collections for countries that have GuidedResearch pages. Check the spreadsheet to see if the collection is on Guided Research. If it is not, add it to GR, the spreadsheet, and the "Recent Updates" page if it should be on there (if it has birth, marriage, or death information). If it is, update the number of records and if the numbers increase by over 20,000 then add it to the "Recent Updates". To check to see if the collection should be added to the FS Birth, Marriage, or Death Collections link:
 * Click on one of the FS collections and then click on "Collections" to see if the new collection is found when you search that type. If it is there, add it to GR and the spreadsheet and the "Recent Updates." If not, do not add it.

Update the page on Guided Research, the spreadsheet, and add the collection to the "Recent Updates" page. Only add to the "Recent Updates" page if the collection is new or more than 20,000 records were added.

Make sure to update the "Date Last Checked" Column in the spreadsheet.

Step 2: Ancestry
www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections > All countries

Look at the collections that are new/updated since the last check.

Find the collections that are for countries that have Guided Research pages. See if the collection concerns births, marriages, or deaths. If yes to these questions, check the Guided Research page to see if the collection is already on there. If yes, update the number of records (the number is found by searching for the collection on the Card Catalog) and add an entry on the "Recent Updates" page. If no (and the collection is significant - not just 100 records), add it to the relevant Guided Research page and add an entry on "Recent Updates".