FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Adding Records to North Dakota County Pages

Current Projects page Adding Records to North Dakota County Pages

Purpose
Adding links to FamilySearch record collections to North Dakota county pages.

Contact
Jane Colmenares

Tasks Page
Task Page

Instructions
1. Go to the Task Page and sign up for a span of counties to add the records.

2. Next, go to the bottom of the Task Page and you will find the collections you need to add to each of the county pages. We will be adding information to the following headings:
 * Naturalization
 * Vital Records

Add needed headings
1. Review the county page and add headings where they are needed in wikitext. The following headings should be in alphabetical order on the county page:


 * === Naturalization ===

Add subheadings
1. Add the appropriate sub headings under the appropriate heading.

2. If there is already information listed under the heading including other databases, make sure the subheading is there.

3. Use the following guide for each heading:


 * For heading, Naturalization add:
 * Online Indexes and Records


 * For Heading, Vital Records add - you may have to put headings around information already listed):
 * Births
 * Marriages
 * Deaths

Add the databases to the county page
1. Return to the Task Page and go to the first heading, Naturalization and copy the database link.

2. Go back to the county page and click on "edit source" to open the page in wikitext.

3. Scroll down to the Naturalization heading.

NOTE: If the heading is missing add the following wikitext code in alphabetical order on the county page (should be after the Newspapers heading:
 * === Naturalization ===

3. Open a new tab and go to you first county page and review each the headings listed above and make notes regarding the following:
 * Be sure your record does not already appear on the listing on the county page.
 * If it does, go on to the next county.
 * If it does not, you will want to add it to the page

4. Add the wikitext you copied on the Task List for naturalization and add

Scroll down to the first heading listed on the Task page and copy the wikitext.

Open the first county page and go down to the heading for your record (Vital Records, Military, etc). Once there, you will look under the correct section for your record (birth, death, marriage, divorce, etc).


 * Be sure your record does not already appear on the listing on the county page.
 * If it does, go on to the next county.
 * If it does not, you will want to add it to the page

4. Click on the box to edit the section you want to insert the record in. In order to add the record to the page you will have to go into wikitext. To do this go to the top left of your edit box and click on "wikitext."



Once you click on Wikitext, your screen will change to show the page layout in wikitext format.



You want to copy the entire text from the record you chose on the task list and paste it on the bottom of the list on the page.

5. Enter the words "added vital record" in the edit summary box and then save your page. Once you have saved the page, go down to the Vital Records section on the page and be sure your record shows up as you expect it to. This is an example of the Texas Death and Burials Record after it is placed on a page:



6. Once you have finished inserting the record into all of the Texas counties, go back to the Task List and enter the completed date under your name on the list.