FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. County Cemeteries Update

Purpose
Updating and standardizing the cemeteries tables for every county in the United States.

Contact Person
Heather Mecham

Task List
Task List

Sample Pages
Autauga County, Alabama Genealogy Anchorage Municipality, Alaska Genealogy

Part 1: Set up your sandbox
1. Select a county on the task list by putting your name in the name column. 2. Create a sandbox for this page. 3. Copy and paste the code below into the sandbox and click save.

4. Wherever you see the words COUNTY NAME in your sandbox, replace it with your county's name. Wherever you see the words STATE NAME, replace it with the name of the state. 5. Click Save.

Part 2: Update the "Tombstone Transcriptions Online" Section
1. Go to your county's cemeteries page in the wiki and find the "Tombstone Transcriptions Online" section.

Part 2A: Add the Find A Grave Link
1. Go to Find A Grave. 2. Type in the name of the county in the cemetery location search box and click search. 3. Copy the URL. 4. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "Tombstone Transcriptions Online." Find the code for Find A Grave. See example below. *[URL Find A Grave] 5. Highlight URL and paste the link you copied in place of URL. Make sure that there is a space and then the name of the link (Find A Grave) in between the open and close brackets.
 * This is an example of what the Find A Grave URL should look like: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Bedfordshire%2C+England&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_4205 Find A Grave

6. If the county is not included in Find A Grave, link to the main search page. Copy the URL below. https://www.findagrave.com/ 7. Replace URL in the table with the URL you copied in step 6. Go to part 2B.

Part 2B: Add the BillionGraves Link
1. Go to BillionGraves. 2. Click the blue button near the top right corner of the page that says "Search BillionGraves." 3. Enter in the name of your county and state and click search. 4. Copy the URL for the page. 5. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "Tombstone Transcriptions Online." 6. Look for the code for BillionGraves in that section. See example below. *[URL BillionGraves] 7. Replace "URL" with the BillionGraves URL you copied in step 9. Go to part 2C. 8. If the county is not included in BillionGraves, link to the search page for BillionGraves. Copy the URL below. https://billiongraves.com/ 7. Replace URL in the table with the URL you copied in step 6. Go to part 2C.

Part 2C: Replace GenWeb Links
1. '''Do not move over any links that have GenWeb or USGW in the name of the link or the URL. We will be reducing this to one link.''' 2. Go to US GenWeb Archives 3. Click on the table of contents for your state. 4. Click on or find your county. 5. Copy the URL. 6. Find the code for the USGenWeb link in your sandbox. See example below. [URL USGW Tombstone Transcription project] 8. Highlight where it says URL and paste the link. Make sure there is a space between the link and the name of the link. 9. Go to part 2D.

Part 2D: Add the Interment.net Link
1. To replace the Interment.net link, go to Interment.net. 2. Select your state and then county. 3. Find the code you will be replacing. It will look like this. *[URL Interment.net] 4. Copy the URL from the county page on Interment.net. 5. Paste it into your sandbox over "URL". 6. If the county is not included on Interment.net, link to the page for the state. 7. Go to part 2E.

Part 2E: Address Remaining Links in the Section
1. Check all remaining links in the section. 2. If they are broken links, they can be removed. 3. All remaining links that still work and contain cemetery information can be used on the new page. Make sure they are placed under the appropriate heading in the table in your sandbox. 4. Please place all links below what is already in the table, with a bullet point, the link and any explanation following. See the example below:


 * Kempston Cemetery World War 1 and 2 Graves

Part 3: Update the "Tombstone Transcriptions in Print" section
1. Go to the "Tombstones Transctriptions in Print" heading in your sandbox.

Part 3A: Check Family History Library Link
1. Click the Family History Library link to make sure it works. It should go to a list of cemetery records in the catalog for your county. It should look like the example below.
 * See example

2. If it is correctly done, go to step 3. If it is incorrectly done, go to step 4 to replace it. 3. Copy all of the template from the county wiki page, including the curly brackets and paste it over the code in your sandbox. You will leave the bullet point in place. See example below. Go to part 3B. 4. To replace the link, go to the Family History Library Catalog. 5. Type the name of your county in the search box and click search. 6. Find cemeteries in the search results and click it. 7. Click one of the links to the cemetery catalog entries. 8. From the catalog entry, find the heading "Subjects: Locality Subjects". 9. Under the subjects heading, you will find a link that says United States, YOUR STATE, YOUR COUNTY - Cemeteries. Click the link. See image below. 10. This takes you to search results that only include cemetery records for your county. 11. Find and copy the subject number for the cemeteries in the county. See image below for example. 12. Go to the "Tombstone Transcriptions in Print" heading. 13. You will use a template to place the link. See example below. 14. Find the template in the table in the sandbox under the heading "Tombstone Transcriptions in Print." 15. Replace the words SUBJECT NUMBER with the subject number you copied in step 8. 16. If there are no cemetery entries for your county in the catalog, delete the template from the table. See below for example. 17. Go to part 3B.

Part 3B: Add the WorldCat Link
1.Go to WorldCat.org. 2. Type the name of your county in the search box, followed by "county cemetery records". 3. Copy the URL. 4. Find the place for the link that says: [URL WorldCat.org] 5. Highlight where it says URL and paste the link. Make sure there is a space between the link and the name of the link. 6. If there are no entries for WorldCat, link to the search page for WorldCat instead. Use the URL below. https://www.worldcat.org/ 7. Go to Part 3C

Part 3C: Address Remaining Links in the Section
1. Check all remaining links in the section. 2. Anything you've already added to the table can be skipped. 2. If they are broken links, they can be removed. 3. All remaining links that still work and contain cemetery information can be used on the new page. Make sure they are placed under the appropriate heading in the table in your sandbox. 4. Please place all links below what is already in the table, with a bullet point, the link and any explanation following. See the example below:


 * Kempston Cemetery World War 1 and 2 Graves

Part 4: Update List of Cemeteries in the County
1. Go to the "List of Cemeteries in the County" heading on the wiki page and your sandbox.

Part 4A: Add the Find A Grave Link
1. To replace the link, go to Find A Grave. 2. Click cemeteries on the menu across the top. 3. Enter the county name in the cemetery location box. 4. Click the orange search button on the right. 5. Copy the URL. 6. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "List of Cemeteries in the County" Look to the right of the heading where it says: *[URL Find A Grave] 7. Highlight "URL" and paste the link you copied in its place. Make sure that there is a space and then the name of the link (Find A Grave) in between the open and close brackets. 8. If your county is not included in Find A Grave, use the cemetery search link instead. Copy the URL below. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery 9. Paste the URL you copied over URL in the sandbox. 10. Go to Part 4B.

Part 4B: Add the FamilySearch Places Link
1. Go to FamilySearch Places 2. Type the name of your county in the search box. 3. Select the top search result. 4. Click the blue target-shaped icon next to county name. 5. Click the link that says "add filter". 6. Type cemetery into the "place type" search box and select cemetery. 7. Copy the URL. 8. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "List of Cemeteries in the County." Look below the heading where it says: *[URL FamilySearch Places] 9. Highlight URL and paste the link you copied in place of URL. Make sure that there is a space and then the name of the link (FamilySearch Places) in between the open and close brackets. 10. Go to Part 4C.

Part 4C: Add the BillionGraves Link
1. The code should be left as is in the table.

Part 5: Resources Below the Table
1. Look below the cemeteries table on the wiki page for any other cemetery resources. 2. Evaluate each link to determine if it should be moved to the new table in your sandbox.
 * Links already in the table in your sandbox can be deleted. This includes digital books that are listed in the FamilySearch catalog entry in the table.
 * Anything that does not link to lists of cemeteries in the county or people buried in the county.
 * Any broken links can be deleted.

3. Move any resources left over to your sandbox, placing them with the appropriate heading. Make sure you start with a bullet point. 4. Click save. 5. Put the date in the task list and add the link to your sandbox to the sandbox column.