FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Adding Society Information to U.S. County Pages

Current Projects page Adding Society Information to U.S. County Pages

PURPOSE
To add information about genealogical/historical societies and their record collections to U.S. county pages.

CONTACT
Jane Colmenares

TASK LIST
Task List

INSTRUCTIONS
Video recording of project instructions

1. Go to the Task List and choose a section of a state you wish to work on and sign out those counties (we have divided up the large states so you won't have as much to take on at once). Once you have done that, using the list of counties on the main state page, complete each county you have signed out.

2. To locate county societies click on the following website name and then search for genealogical/historical societies:


 * Society Hill
 * RAOGK - Society Archives
 * Epodunk Browse appropriate county profile for societies
 * Google Type in the search box "Genealogical Society [county name and state]" or "Historical Society [county name and state]"
 * USGenWeb
 * Cyndi's List

3. For each county society you find, look for the following:


 * Name of the society
 * Address
 * Phone number
 * E-mail
 * Website

4. Some societies actually have their own record collections. When you are at the society's site, check to see if they have such collections, and if they are available to the public. Discover the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the society. You may add a sentence or two about the collection.

5. You may also wish to include the following:


 * Rules for using the collection
 * Copy policies
 * Research help
 * Cost of entrance

6. You do not need to add state–level societies to county pages, but if there are regional societies, you may want to include those. You can look at the map in the infobox on most pages to see where that county is in the state.

7. This is an example of a county page that has had several societies added to it.



8. If you do not find any societies, move on to the next county.

9. Once you have finished your counties, go back to the Task List and indicate the date you completed your task.