FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Maine Town Clerk Information

Current Wiki Projects Maine Town Clerk Information

Purpose
Adding Town Clerk information to Maine town pages.

Contact
Jane Colmenares

Task List Page
Task List

Instructions
Video recording of project instructions. The video goes over Massachusetts but also applies to Maine.

1. Go to the Maine Town Clerk Task List page and choose a county. Put your name on the list for that county.

2. When you go to that county page on the wiki, you will find a listing for all of the towns in that county. This town listing is what you will work from to find the information you will need to enter onto the wiki pages.

3. Click on your first town name which will take you to that page in the wiki. Make sure there is not already information for the Town Clerk on the page. If it is, go to the next town. If it is not listed, go on to Step 4.

4. Using Public Records Directory Maine Cities and Towns website, find the information for the town you are working on. At the top of the page, there is a list of the alphabet. Click on the correct letter for the town you are working on. Then scroll down to the town name on the page.



5. Go back to the town wiki page and go to wikitext. Then, add the "Town Clerk" heading at the very top of the page above the "Brief History" heading on the town page. You can copy the following wikitext and paste it on the wiki page:


 * === Town Clerk ===

6. Under the Town Clerk heading, add the name of the town and "Town Clerk" and put three quotation marks around it to bold it. Example: Albany Town Clerk Note: you will add town clerk information for the cities as well.

7. Going back to the Maine town clerk website, find the address information for the town found under the heading: Town Marriage Licenses, Birth, Death and Marriage Records, Election Information and Tax Sales. See the second red arrow.



8. Copy the information and paste it onto the wiki directly under the town office name in wikitext. To make it display properly, use the following instructions. After the first line of the address, add. The hit the "delete" key to bring up the next line of the address to be directly behind the  you added. Add another  after the line and again, hit the "delete" key on your keyboard. That will bring the last address line up to the same line. Again, add a. The Wikitext should look like this:



Abbot Town Clerk 133 Main Road, Abbot, ME 04406 Telephone: (207)876-3340

9. There is usually a website also listed under the town information. (See the first arrow in Step 7. Click on the website link to see if it works and goes to the official town page.

10. If the website works, add the link to the wiki page. To get the correct website URL, you will need to use the following instructions:


 * a. First copy the website URL by hovering over the link and doing a RIGHT click. A menu will appear. Click on "copy link location," link.


 * b. Go back to the wiki page and paste the website URL you just copied.


 * c. Put one square bracket in front of the URL.


 * d. After the URL put a space and then type, Website.


 * e. After the word, Website, add one closing bracket. You can use the following wikitext example:


 * Abbot Town Clerk 133 Main Road, Abbot, ME 04406 Telephone: (207)876-3340 Website

11. If the website does not work, you can try to search Google for the correct town clerk page. Try using the keywords with the name of the town: "town clerk Maine." For example, if you are looking for the Abbot town clerk, Google the words, "Abbot Maine town clerk." If you find the official town clerk page, use the website URL instead. If you can't find one, leave off the word Website and go to step 10 to complete the task.

12. Enter “added town clerk info” in the edit summary box and save your work.

13. Check the page to make sure the information is correctly displayed including the website link. If it looks correct, move on to the next town. Repeat the above steps above for each town. (see example below)

14. Once you have completed an entire county, go back to the Task List and enter the completed date.