WikiProject: New Jersey, Alien Case Files, and Virginia New Collections

Project Leader
Caileigh Oldroyd

Purpose
These new collections need to be added to the United States Locality Pages.

Video Instructions
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Task List
Task List
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Beginning Instructions
There are new collections that need to be added separately to locality pages in the United States.

1. You will need to sign up for a locality under a collection title tab on the Task List. 2. Go to the instructions for the specific collection below.

=New Jersey, Reclaim the Records, Geographic Birth Index, 1901-1929=

Step One - Sign Up
Sign your name next to a county on the New Jersey tab of the task list.
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link
Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Vital Records in the Contents
In the contents, select Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Vital Records. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Birth

 * Click Edit Source next to Birth.

Exceptions:
 * Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date.
 * If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
 * If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
 * If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*1901-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

/* Birth */ New Collections Project as the Summary.
 * Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.
 * Enter in
 * Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.

=U.S., Index to Alien Case Files,1944-2003=

Step One - Sign Up
Sign your name next to a link on the Alien Case Files tab of the task list.
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link
Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Edit Source next to Online Resources

 * Click Edit Source next to Online Resources.

Exceptions:
 * Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date.
 * If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
 * If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
 * If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*1944-2003 U.S., Index to Alien Case Files, 1944-2003 at Ancestry — index ($)

/* Online Resources */ New Collections Project as the Summary.
 * Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.
 * Enter in
 * Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.

=Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901=

Step One - Sign Up
Sign your name next to a county on the Virginia tab of the task list.
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two - Click the Link
Using the links on the task list, click the locality you want to work on.

Step Three - Click Vital Records in the Contents
In the contents, select Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Vital Records. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four - Click Edit Source next to Vital Records

 * Click Edit Source next to Vital Records.

Exceptions:
 * Copy the following code and paste it in chronological order by date under all three headings Birth, Marriage, and Death after any paragraphs describing birth, marriage, or deaths.
 * Sometime the links may not be in chronological order. You may fix them to be, but it is not required. You can also just put them in the most logical place if there are too many to fix.
 * If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
 * If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
 * If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

*1715-1901 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

/* Vital Records */ New Collections Project as the Summary.
 * Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the link works.
 * Enter in
 * Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.