FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Community Meeting 2012 Mar 14

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Agenda
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News and Events

 * UGA Virtual Chapter, every 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m. (Mountain)
 * Saturday, June 9th, a Family History Fair will be held in Murray. Sponsored by FamilySearch? Details will follow.
 * July? Aug? BYU Family History
 * Saturday, August 18th UGA Regional Conference in Cedar City. Sponsored by Cedar City Chapter, UGA
 * Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 22, UGA Regional Conference, Larry H. Miller Campus of Salt Lake Community College

Review of last meeting

 * Mar 7 minutes

Progress reports

 * FamilySearch Library Catalog links completed this week: Morgan and Tooele Counties (Lois)
 * Patsy and Wilma did meet, not done. Joy is out sick, Wilma will meet with UGA this Friday. Photo info page
 * To DO: 1) fill in UGA prizes; 2) wordsmith : to finish next week
 * Newspapers section ready for your ideas
 * Libraries: did not progress on it this week

Tip Gathering
Separate sheet for each topic for the state

Tasks to write this week
Bold label is not as visually striking.
 * Newspapers:

Typical suggestions:

Short list. If long, do a link to more. Selective on county page

Some want the complete list on this page. Salt Lake: hard to envision having all the newspapers on the one page.

Others want the main county page NOT cluttered up with all the list. There are approximately .... # for a county.


 * Obituaries: how to handle with Newspapers? Do in one task?

Libraries Discussion, con't

 * Create a format page for gathering information about Utah libraries and their colletions: first focus - local (rural areas) libraries?
 * What do we put in the "Libraries" area of each county: View Albany County, NY example
 * List every possible library?
 * List only those which may have a dedicated room or collection? (And let people work with them to fill in the form as they wish?)
 * Other:

Summary of decisions to this point in the conversation


 * Don’t want long lists of anything, including libraries, unless it’s a complied list on another page
 * Link to Utah Archives and Libraries page from each county
 * We will use a format for gathering information. Format not yet decided.
 * Pages created to link to Libraries and museums – so they can be used over and over
 * Pictures of Libraries would be helpful

Future meetings
Meetings will be held on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m.

Next week:


 * Progress reports
 * Newspapers. Specific counties need to be also mentioned in the task.

To discuss soon:


 * Provide context continued
 * Tip Bank continued.
 * Vital records setup: making ready for items to be entered
 * Cemetery records
 * Church records