User:HillierLW/Sandbox 2

What is the Society Map Page Project?
FamilySearch is piloting a new feature connected to the Family History Center finder map on www.FamilySearch.org. For societies that wish to participate, a society icon will be placed on the Family History Center finder map listing your society's contact information and a link to a Wiki Page devoted to your Society highlighting your Society and it's offerings.

Watch a powerpoint about the project

The icon will be geographically placed on the map and will list:


 * Society name
 * Location of society building or meeting
 * Hours of building or meeting
 * Contact information
 * Link to society page on the wiki - created and maintained by the society

The Society Wiki page includes:


 * Purpose of the Society
 * Holdings of your society including, record collections, indexes, publications, etc.
 * List of Look up Services
 * Benefits of why to join your Society
 * Society meetings
 * Society projects

View a Society Wiki page example

How can it Help my Society?

 * Additional web presence on a FamilySearch Map that gets thousands of hits a day
 * Free advertising of your Society and it's offerings
 * Free advertising of your Society and it's offerings Showcase your organization to a worldwide audience Drive traffic to your website Build membership
 * Learn more about what the FamilySearch Wiki can do for your organization.

How do Does Your Society Get Started?
1. Send an email to uswiki@familysearch.org to request your society be created 2. Gather info about your society LINK to paper template 3. Start creating your Society page: How to Create a Society Page