User:TrishaKougioulis/Sandbox Column Coding Instructions

= Columns = There are three ways to format columns.

The first option is to create the format using the col-begin template with a dimension parameter to set the width of the table. The first and subsequent columns are made with the "col-break"/"col-end" template completes the table. Column items should ALWAYS be bulleted and have NO period at the end. If there is more than one line, creating one or two+ sentences, you still will not use a period at the end of the bulletted text.

Sample Code A
Birth Records
 * Name of child
 * Birthdate
 * Birthplace
 * Race
 * Number of child in family
 * Maiden name of mother
 * Name of father
 * Residence of parents
 * Birthplaces of parents
 * Ages of parents
 * Occupation of father
 * Live or stillbirth
 * Cause of stillbirth
 * Informant

Marriage Records
 * Names of groom and bride
 * Places of residence
 * Date of marriage
 * Place of marriage
 * Age of bride
 * Race of bride
 * Age of groom
 * Race of groom
 * Residences of bride and groom
 * Birthplace
 * Occupation
 * Previous marriages
 * Witnesses
 * Marriage officiator

Death Records
 * Name of deceased
 * Date and place of death and burial
 * Date and place of birth
 * Occupation
 * Residence
 * Race
 * Gender
 * Physical description
 * Marriage status
 * Cause of death
 * Names of parents
 * Birthplaces of parents
 * Relatives names
 * Informant
 * Name of undertaker

Sample Code A
If you use "auto" and the columns looks squished or like there should be more space between them, replacing "auto" with 76% will usually fix this. If you aren't sure, you can try both and decide which one looks better. Below is the coding for this second option.

Birth Records
 * Name of child
 * Birth date
 * Birthplace
 * Race
 * Number of child in family
 * Maiden name of mother
 * Name of father
 * Age of parents
 * Residences of parents
 * Birthplaces of parents
 * Occupation of father
 * Live or stillbirth
 * Cause of stillbirth
 * Informant

Marriage Records
 * Names of groom and bride
 * Place of residence
 * Date of marriage
 * Place of marriage
 * Age
 * Race
 * Birthplace
 * Occupation
 * Previous marriages
 * Witnesses
 * Marriage officiator

Death Records
 * Name of deceased
 * Date and place of death
 * Date and place of birth
 * Date and place of burial
 * Occupation
 * Residence
 * Race
 * Gender
 * Physical description
 * Marriage status
 * Cause of death
 * Names of parents
 * Birthplaces of parents
 * Relatives names
 * Informant
 * Name of undertaker

Sample Code B
Birth Records
 * Name of child
 * Birth date
 * Birthplace

Marriage Records
 * Names of groom and bride
 * Place of residence
 * Date of marriage
 * Place of marriage

Death Records
 * Name of deceased
 * Date and place of death
 * Date and place of birth
 * Date and place of burial

Sample Code
A third option requires less code. You can use 2 or 3, but you'll have to be careful if you use "3", as sometimes the result doesn't have three headers, even though there are three columns. Below is an example: • 3