FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Pennsylvania/Tasks-Church Records Intro 2

WikiProject Pennsylvania Progress Chart  Pennsylvania Wiki Project Task - Church Records Intro 2

Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Church Records Intro 2

Description
Locate information about the churches in your county using county histories and add it to the Intro about how to access county church records.

Instructions
1. Review some of the county histories in the FHLC for the county you are researching. You are specifically looking for churches in the county.

2. Once you have located an appropriate history, look for the section containing the history of the churches in your county. There should be a chapter devoted to church history.

3. For each church denomination you find information on in the history book, rewrite in a concise manner any pertinent information about the history of that denomination. Use Berks County Church Records as an example.

4. For each denomination you rewrite information, add the denomination heading if necessary. Use a Heading 5. Paste the paragraph of information directly below the new heading you created.

5. Cite the information from the book/books by doing the following:


 * 5a. Using wikitext, place the citation right at the end of the sentence or paragraph you are citing. Use the following example as a guideline for creating the citation for the book you used:




 * 5b. Or, in Richtext click on the &lt;R&gt; button on the left on the tool bar. Once the new window is open insert your citation using the citation in 5a as a guide.

6. Before you leave the page, make sure there is a "Reference" heading (usually a Heading 3) at the bottom of the page - but before the nav box. If it is not there, add it.

7. If you added the Reference Heading add the following just below the Reference Heading in wikitext: