FamilySearchWiki:WikiProject:Adding Links from Societies, Libraries and Archives to Tennessee Counties, Part 1

Project Leader
Heather Mecham

Task List
Task List

Purpose
Adding online resources from the Tennessee State Library and Archives and Shelby County Register of Deeds to Tennessee county pages. These resources include marriage, death and divorce indexes.

Sample Pages
Anderson County, Tennessee Genealogy Bedford County, Tennessee Genealogy

Part 1: Select County and Review Vital Records Links on Wiki Page
1. Select your county by going to the list and adding your name to the name column.

2. Go to the county page in the Wiki.

3. Find the heading "Vital Records".

4. Check to see if the collections being added to the page are listed under the death heading. See below for examples.

Marriage

 * 1980-2014 Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Death

 * 1908-1912 Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1914-1933 Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1949-2014 Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce
5. If they are, go to the next county. If any are missing, go to the next part 2.
 * 1796 - 1850 Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1980-2014 Divorce Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Part 2: Add Marriage Link
1. Go to the "marriage" heading.

2. Copy the code below.

*1980-2014 Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

3. Look at the collections already listed and determine where to place the link, so they are in chronological order. See the example below.

4. Paste the code into the place you selected in step 2.

Part 3: Add the Death Links
1. Find the "deaths" heading on the Wiki page.

2. Paste each line of code below for deaths under the heading so it is in chronological order with the other links. You will need to place each one separately so that the links are in chronological order.

*1908-1912 Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index *1914-1933 Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index *1949-2014 Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Part 4: Add the Divorce Links
1. Find the "divorce" heading on the Wiki page.

2. Paste each line of code below for divorces under the heading so it is in chronological order with the other links. You will need to place each one separately so that the links are in chronological order.

*1796 - 1850 Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index *1980-2014 Divorce Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Part 5: Check Your Work and Save
1. Click "show preview" and check your work.

2. Type "added vital records links" into the summary.

3. Click "save changes".

4. Return to the task list and put the date in the date completed column.