FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Fix Links on Cemetery Tables

Purpose
To fix some broken links on the Cemetery tables on all county pages.

Task List
Task List

Instructions
1. Go to the Fix Cemetery Tables Task List and sign up for a group of counties for a state.

2. Go down to the Cemetery heading.

Step 1 - Findagrave – Searching names
1. Open a new tab and go the website: Findagrave

2. Choose the state you are working on from the list.

3. Go to the Findagrave link in the Tombstone Transcriptions Online box. 3. Next, change the next link to the State to Kentucky.

4. Next, change the next link to the name of the county you are working on.



5. Click on the Search button.

6. The website will now make a search of the county and return with an error “You must enter at least two characters in the surname field.

7. Copy the URL in the browser address field.

8. Go back to line 7 of the cemetery table on the county wiki page. The wikitext code on the line will look like:

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [FINDAGRAVEURLNAME Findagrave.com]

9. Replace the text, FINDAGRAVEURLNAME with the new URL.

Step 3 - Findagrave – List of Cemeteries in the County
1. Open a new tab and go the website: Findagrave

2. Choose the state you are working on from the list.

3. Next, click on the county you are working on.

4. Copy the URL in the browser address field.

5. Go to the county page in the Wiki and go to the Cemeteries section.

6. Click on Edit Source beside the heading, Cemeteries.

7. Find the old link found under the link | width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | List of Cemeteries in the County

8. Paste the new url over the old url.

Step 6 - Billion Graves Cemetery search
1. Open a new tab and go to the website: Billion Graves

2.  Place an "A" in the cemetery name field. Then enter the country, the state and the county you are working on. This should give you all the results, not just the A's.  Once you get results, copy that URL. If you don't get any results, remove Line 13 from the cemetery table.



3. Go to line 13 of the cemetery table on the county wiki page. The wikitext code on the line will look like:

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [BILLIONGRAVESCEMETERY Billion Graves]

4. Replace the text, BILLIONGRAVESCEMETERY with the new URL.

Step 10 - Billion Graves Name Search
1. Use this URL for the name search: https://billiongraves.com/pages/search/#

2. Go to line 27 of the cemetery table on the county wiki page. The wikitext code on the line will look like:

| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [BILLIONGRAVESNAMES Billion Graves]

3. Replace the text, BILLIONGRAVESNAMES with the new URL.

Step 11 - Save the page
1. Go to the bottom of the page to the edit summary field and type in, Added cemetery table.

2. Then save the page. Your finished table should look like this



3. Now go back and try each link to see if it goes to the correct websites for the county you are working on. Make any adjustments on the URLs so that they work correctly.

4. Now go to the next county you are to work on. If you have finished all of the counties you signed up for, go back to the task page and sign up for a new set of counties.