User:Adsellers/Sandbox FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New England Town Headers Whole Page

Purpose
To Standardize the New England Town Pages

Contact
Angela.Sellers@FamilySearch.org

Task Lists
This project is found in tab Part 42
 * Connecticut Task List Finished
 * Maine Task List
 * Massachusetts Task List Finished
 * New Hampshire Task List
 * Rhode Island Task List Finished
 * Vermont Task List

Project Instructions

 * Put your name and date by the Town in the task list
 * Then click on the Town link to open up the Town page
 * At the top of the Town page click on the Edit source section
 * This image shows the top of the editing section
 * Start pasting right under the Wikipedia Link in the Description section

First Section Copy and Paste
===Parent Towns===
 * Copy and paste the Wiki Text below to under the Wikipedia Link in the Description section
 * Change ===TOWN Town Clerk=== to the name of the Town on the page you are working in
 * Copy and paste the information from duplicate headers below, and bring it up to the new Wiki Text header or section above
 * Then delete the headers, sections and information left over from the old headers below

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Second Section Copy and Paste
==Resources== For more County and State resources see: ===Biographies===
 * Copy and paste the Wiki Text code below to under this new header and information above
 * Copy and paste the information from duplicate headers below, and bring it up to the new Wiki Text header or section above
 * Then delete the old headers, sections and information left over from below

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Third Section Copy and Paste
===Web Sites===
 * Copy and paste this Wiki Text code below under the new Web Sites header above
 * Copy and paste the information from duplicate headers below, and bring it up to the new Wiki Text header or section above
 * Then delete the sections and information left over from the headers below

==Research Facilities==

Fourth Finishing the Town Headers
New Sample Page Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy Project to Standardize New England Town Pages
 * Compare the new headers and sections to make sure the Town page matches the WikiProject Town Template
 * Click on preview to go over and make sure all headers and sections are there
 * Copy and paste below into the Summary section
 * '''Click on save changes
 *  Start over with same instructions for the new Town chosen
 * Keep the Wiki Project Town Template open for reference