FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Community Meeting 2012 Mar 28

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Agenda
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Meeting Participants: Wilma Adkins, Darlene Hagberg, Jana Stokes, Lois Owen, Liz Snow, Patsy Hendrickson, James Tanner, Marilyn Markham, Maren Jeppsen, Joy Bogar

News and Events

 * 1940 Census release, April 2, 2012
 * UGA Virtual Chapter, every 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m. (Mountain). 19 April topic: 1940 census with Tom McGill, FamilySearch
 * Saturday, June 9th, a Family History Fair will be held in Murray. Sponsored by FamilySearch? Details will follow.
 * BYU July 26-29, BYU Conference on Family History &amp; Genealogy
 * Cedar City (August 18th) and Sandy (September 21 and 22) UGA Regional Conferences

Review of last meeting

 * Wednesday, 21 Mar

Briefly scanned the minutes.

Progress reports

 * Top charts on counties: Decided to keep vital records as stated: "1867- present"
 * Daggett County to be checked - and the table may read: "for earlier dates check parent county"
 * Photo info page Joy and I did a little, but no real progress since last week


 * Wilma made significant progress with Icons for tips
 * Decision to have a similar - but more colorful icon and indent tip information (see below links)
 * Group liked the "Tips look and feel. Played with a couple"
 * Newspapers paragraphs created and will be downsized

Tasks to finish writing this week

 * Newspapers


 * 1) We need a style guide, a format which works for most topics on a county page.
 * 2) Link to pages about each category of a repository. (Practiced with a little of this. See Newspapers2) Newpaper2 items listed in order of importance, bullets, explaintation

Volumteer Assignments:


 * Jana and Patsy to "wordsmith" - edit Newspaper1 (May create Newspaper4)


 * Wilma "wordsmith" edit Newspaper2


 * Marilyn "wordsmith" edit Newspaper3


 * James - create a new page/article on "How to use "Chronicaling of America" How to access it and what is CA about....involves creating back links, explanittion, will need to use Multi-Media items and link LOC to CA


 * Wilma and Liz - create tasks via email

Style Guide (is Darris Williams doing this guide?)


 * County Pages - keep them to the point and link to explaination pages


 * Style guide mentioned then explanitation linked and repeated on each county


 * Bullet list easier to see for "five" or less items


 * Heading better for "6" or more - however a using a separate page for more text is a huge commitment


 * Suggested a "step" article


 * Headings are important for descriptions


 * Decision: No spaces between lines - keep text all together - may revisit this again


 * Obituaries

Did not discuss this week (28 March)

Libraries Discussion, con't

 * Create a format page for gathering information about Utah libraries and their colletions: first focus - local (rural areas) libraries?
 * What do we put in the "Libraries" area of each county: View Albany County, NY example
 * List every possible library?
 * List only those which may have a dedicated room or collection? (And let people work with them to fill in the form as they wish?)
 * Other:

Summary of decisions to this point in the conversation


 * Don’t want long lists of anything, including libraries, unless it’s a compiled list on another page
 * Link to Utah Archives and Libraries page from each county
 * We will use a format for gathering information. Format not yet decided.
 * Pages created to link to Libraries and museums – so they can be used over and over
 * Pictures of Libraries would be helpful

Future meetings
Meetings will be held on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m.

Next week:


 * Progress reports
 * To be determined by the group

To discuss soon:


 * Provide context continued
 * Tip Bank continued.
 * Vital records setup: making ready for items to be entered
 * Cemetery records
 * Church records