User:Karenmunger/Sandbox histories online

Online Histories project for Karen Munger:
Purpose: Find online county histories, based on titles found in the FamilySearch Catalog.

1st part: instructions by Joy. They do not include the actual citation to put in the wiki for an online history

Citation Format
See Citations (Evidence Style) for more detail
 * Halli Burton, W. H. A topographical description and history of Arkansas County, Arkansas from 1541 to 1875. unknown: unknown, 1903.

Wiki adds internet publication site with added bullets:
 * Halli Burton, W. H. A topographical description and history of Arkansas County, Arkansas from 1541 to 1875. unknown: unknown, 1903.
 * Online at Ancestry.com ($/Free )

If online at more than 1 site:
 * Simply put a semi-colon after the first site,
 * Add the word   "and"
 * Then the next site.

Site Format

 * external link beginning   [
 * paste URL
 * space then name of site (not the url - may be the base of the URL)
 * external link ending    ]
 * cost    ($)     or    (Free)

Ancestry.com format

 * external link beginning: [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=
 * ancestry.com item #  26264 in this case
 * space and site ID    at Ancestry.com
 * external link ending:   ]
 * space then ($/Free )


 * Example of what it looks like in WikiText:
 * Online at Ancestry.com ($/Free )


 * Example of what it looks like on the Wiki:
 * Online at Ancestry.com ($/Free )