FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Project leaders meeting

Attend the meeting meeting ID: 3220. 9:00 a.m. Tuesday mornings, virtual meeting, not recorded.

11 Sept 2012
Nuts and bolts


 * Poll for policy guidelines
 * Cancel next week.
 * Plan tomorrow's meeting (60 minutes)
 * Utah page report or discussion? (5 minutes) Then possibly after James there will be time to open for questions which may entail both pages anyway. Jana to share?
 * How to find birth records in US / Utah? (10 minutes)
 * Coordinate w/Utah page, since it will likely feed to it.
 * Let him report - limit the time. He may ask for feedback. We can place our feedback on his talk page or email.
 * Births report - How many counties are done
 * Church records report or discussion? (15 minutes)
 * Handout for UGA conference in Sandy next week
 * Jana will create it (she has a MAC)
 * Training could be offered in this meeting in October (Wilma will be in FamilyTree training)
 * How many to print? Any ideas? Wilma check registration.
 * Cost reimbursed by Wilma and will be reimbursed by UGA
 * Funeral homes, public libraries, church records, local museums

Check the topic you are interested in.


 * Which county(s) or city(s) do you prefer to work with? Fill in blank
 * What do we want them to do? 1) List the libraries, churches, etc., 2) link to website and catalog, 3) learn unique holdings?, 3) Utah or a county room or section?
 * Turning in their papers? Contacting us?
 * Form they will fill out and return it -- or contact info (new gmail account. UtahWikiProject (user name) password: ProjectLeaders2012 Liz will set it up.
 * Their skill levels
 * Constructive use of their time
 * Do they want to 2) gather by phone, 3) in person, or only on the 1) Internet
 * Contact info -- theirs and ours
 * Inviting and interesting (help!) I can make a difference and I can learn something.
 * Invite your ideas on how, and we want consistency
 * We will provide a "pattern" and training at all levels
 * Online (Training schedule: Tuesdays, 9 a.m. October

Vision thinking (brainstorm)


 * DUP museum, museums
 * Death-related records page: Possible format at WikiHow
 * Historical societies, archives -- gleaning

4 September 2012

 * Birth templates, Utah State Archives, etc.
 * Can we have Liz proceed with birth area for all counties?
 * Just the state archive part or the entire "Since 1897" piece?
 * Liz went to BYU library and looked at every film. There are differences as some DO give the names of the children.
 * What about the other state archive holdings? Liz or prepare a project description?
 * Pattern page for Church Records -- Wilma
 * Funeral homes -- the bad news from Lois, plans for tomorrow's meeting
 * We will make further plans, but do they have
 * Strategy: pick a county - check death records for that county and look for names of funeral homes, then contact funeral director about that info.
 * Liz does Washington, Jana does Davis County.
 * Sandy UGA Conference -- What shall we recruit with now?
 * Still funeral homes? Remove. Can still do it at last minute
 * Public libraries?
 * Gather names of willing people, include a date for training re: whatever tasks were suggesting
 * Liz/Jana suggestions?
 * Let's have both avenues ready: training for gathering, email info to contact person to enter it; or if you prefer to put it in yourself, contact x person for training.
 * Requests for images of various types of Utah records? (Baby books, Funeral Programs, etc.?)
 * Utah page: request from the Thursday meeting group that we revamp it to interest and guide less experienced researchers. See England page for some ideas. -- Jana
 * What do we name this "sandbox" page? User:JanaStokes/Sandbox Utah
 * Shall we open it to someone else to do, or have us work on it with discussions? There is a difference when someone is writing it as opposed to a group putting it together
 * Painstakingly slow, but in the end it is just sooo good.
 * table at top is one suggestion
 * Death-related records page: Possible format at WikiHow