FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England City Pages

Purpose
Creating city pages in England listing specific genealogical content to do research in the city.

Contact
Jane Colmenares

Creating the wiki page
1. Name the article using the name of the city with the county following, then add the word, Genealogy. Example: Bath, Somerset Genealogy

2. Add a breadcrumb that includes: England, County and the city. The green arrow should be between each jurisdiction. An example can be found on Bath wiki page.

3. Add the following SEO paragraph changing the name of "Bath" to the correct city.


 * Guide to Bath history, family history, and genealogy parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

4. Add the following headings in wiki text:  === List of Parishes ===   === Archives  ===   === Cemeteries (Civil) ===   === Civil Registration ===   === Church Records – Non-Conformist Denominations ===   === History ===   === Maps ===   === Occupations ===   === Societies ===

Adding content to each heading
Under each heading, do the following:

List of Parishes


 * 1. Go to the county’s parish list in the wiki. For example, Bath is in Somerset, so type in the wiki Somerset parishes.
 * 2. Find the entries that start with the name of the city. For Bath there is: Bath Abbey, Bath St. James, and Bath St. Michael
 * 3. Go back to the heading Parishes and list each of these parishes and add a link to the Parish wiki page

Archives


 * 1. Google the name of the city and archives.
 * 2. If you find an archive in the city, list the name and contact info of the Archives
 * 3. Also, list the website link
 * 4. List any additional information about what kind of collections they might have at the Archives
 * 5. Use instructions from: International Archives and Libraries Pages project

Cemeteries


 * 1. In the Cemeteries (Civil), heading, cemeteries that are not attached to a parish church are considered civil cemeteries. Add the following website links:


 * *Deceased Online
 * *Find A Grave


 * 2. Save the page

Civil Registration


 * 1. ADD the following in wikitext:


 * Civil registration is the recording of births, marriages and deaths in England and began in 1837. Civil registration records were recorded at the local registration office and the National registration offices.  If you cannot find the civil registration in one index, search the other index as they are different indexes.


 * 2. Find the link the local civil registration office by googling the name of the town and civil registration online


 * 3. Example of one in Bath:
 * *Bath BMD
 * *FreeBMD


 * 4. Save the page

Church Records – Non-Conformist


 * 1. List the non-conformist religions found on the maps.familysearch.org map
 * a. Type in the city
 * b. For each parish in Bath click on the link (there is blue bulb beside each parish)
 * c. On the Info tab, you will see a list of the denominations of non-conformist religions (everything but Anglican church)
 * d. Copy the list and add them in a bullet list to the city page. See the example on the Bath wiki page


 * 2. Next add a link to the Genealogist, a website that lists church records of non-conformist religions, by adding the following:
 * *The Genealogist - $, index to non-conformist church records (does not include Anglican Church)


 * 3. Save the page

History


 * 1. Use Wikipedia to create a short paragraph on the history of this city. STILL TO WRITE


 * 2. Make a reference after creating the paragraph. Use the instructions found in citing references


 * 3. Save the page

Maps


 * 1. Copy and paste the following database directly under the Maps heading:
 * [NEW URL Map of Bath] – Great Britain, Atlas and Index of Parish Registers on Ancestry.com (link to Ancestry); map originally from The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers by Cecil R. Humphery Smith.


 * 2. In a new tab, go to Ancestry’s database, Great Britain, Atlas and Index of Parish Registers by clicking on this link


 * 3. Type in the keyword, the name of the city


 * 4. Click on the link that says the city name.


 * 5. Go to the image by clicking on “view”


 * 6. Copy the URL


 * 7. Replace the text, NEW URL in the database you just added above with the new link


 * 8. Save the page

Societies


 * 1. Google the name of the city and societies.


 * 2. If you find an society in the city, list the name and contact info of the society


 * 3. Also, list the website link


 * 4. If the society has a List any additional information about what kind of collections they might have at the Archives


 * 5. Use instructions from: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:WikiProject_Adding_Society_Information_to_U.S._County_Pages


 * 6. Save the page

Adding Images

 * 1. Images should be on the right and any pictures should be only 250/300 px


 * 2. Save the page

Check Your Work

 * 1. Double check all links you added to the page to make sure they go to the correct website.


 * 2. Check to make sure all the headings were created properly