FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. County Cemeteries Update

Purpose
Updating and standardizing the cemeteries tables for every county in the United States.

Contact Person
Heather Mecham

Task List
Task List

Sample Pages
Autauga County, Alabama Genealogy Anchorage Municipality, Alaska Genealogy

Part 1: Set up your sandbox
1. Select a county on the task list by putting your name in the name column. 2. Create a sandbox for this page. 3. Copy and paste the code below into the sandbox and click save.

4. Wherever you see the words COUNTY NAME in your sandbox, replace it with your county's name. Wherever you seed the words STATE NAME,replace it with the name of the state. 5. Click Save.

Part 2: Update the "Tombstone Transcriptions Online" Section
1. Go to your county's cemeteries page in the Wiki and find the "Tombstone Transcriptions Online" section.

Part 2A: Check the BillionGraves Link
1. Check the BillionGraves link. It should link to a page that lists names of people buried in the county.
 * See an example here.

2. If the link is correct, you can move it to the table in your sandbox. If the link is not correct, go to step 6 to replace it. 3. Copy the link. 4. Find the code for BillionGraves in your sandbox. See example below. *[URL BillionGraves] 5. Replace the letters URL with the link you just copied. 6. To replace the link, go to BillionGraves. 7. Click the blue button near the top right corner of the page that says "Search BillionGraves." 8. Enter in the name of your county and state and click search. 9. Copy the URL for the page. 10. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "Tombstone Transcriptions Online." 11. Look for the code for BillionGraves in that section. See example below. *[URL BillionGraves] 12. Replace "URL" with the BillionGraves URL you copied in step 9. Got to part 2B.

Part 2B: Check the Find A Grave Link
1. Check the Find A Grave link. It should link to a page that lists names of people buried in the county.
 * See an example here.

2. If the link is correct, you can move it to the table in your sandbox. If the link is not correct, go to step 6 to replace it. 3. Copy the link. 4. Find the code for Find A Grave in your sandbox. See example below. *[URL Find A Grave] 5. Replace the letters URL with the link you just copied. Go to part 2C. 6. Go to Find A Grave. 7. Type in the name of the county in the cemetery location search box and click search. 8. Copy the URL. 9. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "Tombstone Transcriptions Online." Look to the right of the heading where it says: *[URL Find A Grave] 10. Highlight URL and paste the link you copied in place of URL. Make sure that there is a space and then the name of the link (Find A Grave) in between the open and close brackets.
 * This is an example of what the Find A Grave URL should look like: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Bedfordshire%2C+England&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_4205 Find A Grave

Part 2C: Replace GenWeb Links
1. Delete all links that have GenWeb in the name of the link or the URL. We will be reducing this to one link. 2. Go to US GenWeb Archives 3. Click on the table of contents for your state. 4. Click on or find your county. 5. Copy the URL. 6. Find the code for the USGenWeb link in your sandbox. See example below. [URL USGW Tombstone Transcription project] 8. Highlight where it says URL and paste the link. Make sure there is a space betwee the link and the name of the link.

Part 2D: Check the Interment.net Link
1. Check the Interment.net link. It should link to a page that lists names of cemeteries in the county.
 * See an example here.

2. If the link is correct, you can move it to the table in your sandbox. If the link is not correct, go to step 6 to replace it. 3. Copy the link. 4. Find the code for Interment.net in your sandbox. See example below. *[URL Interment.net] 5. Replace the letters URL with the link you copied in step 3. Go to part 2E. 6. To replace the Interment.net link, go to Interment.net. 7. Select your state and then county. 8. Find the code you will be replacing. It will look like this. *[URL Interment.net] 9. Copy the URL from the county page on Interment.net. 10. Paste in into your sandbox over "URL".

Part 2E: Address Remaining Links in the Table
1. Check all remaining links in the table. 2. If they are bad links, they can be removed. 3. All remaining links that still work and contain cemetery information can be used on the new page. They can be placed under the appropriate heading in the table in your sandbox. 4. Please place all links below what is already in the table, with a bullet point, the link and any explanation following. See the example below:


 * Kempston Cemetery World War 1 and 2 Graves

Part 3: Update the "Tombstone Transcriptions in Print" section
1. Go to the "Tombstones Transctriptions in Print" heading in your sandbox.

Part 3A: Check Family History Library Link
1. Click the Family History Library Link to make sure it works. It should go to a list of cemetery records in the catalog for your county. It should look like the exaple below.
 * See example

2. If it is correctly done, go to step 3. If it is incorrectly done, go to step 4 to replace it. See example below. 3. Copy all of the content between the curly brackets and including the curly brackets and paste it over the code in your sandbox. You will leave the bullet point in place. Go to part 3B. 4. Go to the Family History Library Catalog. 5. Type the name of your county in the search box and click search. 6. Find cemeteries in the search results and click it. 7. Click one of the links to the cemetery catalog entries. 8. From the catalog entry, find the heading "Subjects: Locality Subjects". 9. Under the subjects heading, you will find a link that says United States, YOUR STATE, YOUR COUNTY - Cemeteries. Click the link. See image below. 10. This takes you to search results that only include cemetery records for your county. 11. Find and copy the subject number for the cemeteries in the county. See image below for example. 12. Go to the "Tombstone Transcriptions in Print" heading. 13. You will use a template to place the link. See example below. 14. Find the template in the table in the sandbox under the heading "Tombstone Transcriptions in Print." 15. Replace the words SUBJECT NUMBER with the subject number you copied in step 8.

Part 3B: Check WorldCat Link
1. Click the WorldCat link to make sure it works. It should go to a list of search results for cemetery records for your county. It should look like the example below.
 * example: WorldCat.org

2. If it is correctly done, go to step 3. If it is incorrectly done, go to step 4 to replace it. See example below. 3. Copy all of the content between the curly brackets and including the curly brackets and paste it over the code in your sandbox. You will leave the bullet point in place. Go to part 3B.

Part 3: Gather Additional Resources
Gather and add additional resources using the sites listed below with instructions for each one. Any resource that is already in the table can be skipped.

Replace the Find A Grave Links
6. Go back to Find A Grave. 7. Click cemeteries on the menu across the top. 8. Enter the county name in the cemetery location box. 9. Click the orange search button on the right. 10. Copy the URL. 11. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "List of Cemeteries in the County" Look to the right of the heading where it says: *[URL Find A Grave] 12. Highlight "URL" and paste the link you copied in its place. Make sure that there is a space and then the name of the link (Find A Grave) in between the open and close brackets.

WorldCat Subject Search
1. Go to WorldCat.org. 2. Type the name of your county in the search box, followed by "county cemetery records". 3. Copy the URL. 4. Find the heading "Tombstones Transcriptions in Print". 5. Find the place for the link that says: [URL Worldcat.org] 6. Highlight where it says URL and paste the link. Make sure there is a space between the link and the name of the link.

Add Link for FamilySearch Places
1. Go to FamilySearch Places 2. Type the name of your county in the search box. 3. Select the top search result. 4. Click the blue target-shaped icon next to county name. 5. Click the link that says "add filter". 6. Type cemetery into the "place type" search box and select cemetery. 7. Copy the URL. 8. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "List of Cemeteries in the County." Look below the heading where it says: *[URL FamilySearch Places] 5. Highlight URL and paste the link you copied in place of URL. Make sure that there is a space and then the name of the link (FamilySearch Places) in between the open and close brackets. 6. Click show preview and double-check your work. 7. Click save.

Part 4: Check Below the Cemeteries Table for More Resources
1. Go to your county's Wiki page. 2. Look below the cemeteries table for any other cemetery resources. 3. Evaluate each link to determine if it should be moved to the new table in your sandbox.
 * Links already in the table in your sandbox can be deleted.
 * Anything that does not link to cemetery information can be deleted.
 * Any broken links can be deleted.

4. Move any resources left over to your sandbox, placing them with the appropriate heading. 5. Click save. 6. Put the date in the task list and add the link to your sandbox to the sandbox column.