FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New York/Tasks-Newspaper Links

WikiProject New York Progress Chart  Wiki Project New York Tasks - Newspaper Links

Description
The purpose of this task is to add links to online digital newspapers to the corresponding town and county pages.

Instructions
1. Nathan has created a google doc that contains all the newspaper links necessary to copy and add to the corresponding County and town page.

2. You will be putting links for a newspaper on both the corresponding town and the county page.

3. On Nathan's google doc, go to the county you are working on and determine what towns you will also need to add the links to.

4. Now go to the wiki pages (both county and town).


 * a. If the county does not have a heading for Newspapers, add to the county page "Newspapers" as a heading 4.
 * b. If the town page does not have a heading for Newspapers, add "Newspapers" as a heading 3.

5. Under the "Newspapers" heading on the county and applicable town pages, copy and paste in the following:

Online Digital Newspapers

6. Go back to Nathan's google doc and copy the applicable Newspaper entry. You need only copy Column A to Column F.

7. Now, in wikitext, add the copied entry to the correct county and/or town page under the heading you added in number 5. It should automatically format the link for you.

8. If there is more than one newspaper to list, add the newspapers in chronological, then alphabetical order.

9. If you have any questions, go to Nathan Murphy for more information.

Example
Online Digital Newspapers


 * 	   Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1841-1938	 at	Old Fulton NY Post Cards -	Free.