User:Iluvhistory66/Sandbox/FamilySearch Municipalities Histories PR

Project Leader
Virginia Pratt

Purpose
Add municipality section and history to Puerto Rico municipality pages. Update old information in other sections.

Task List
Adding Puerto Rico Municipality History Task List

Step One
VIRGINIA: [screenshots of Research Wiki article and of Wikipedia page]
 * Open Task List, select a municipality by putting your name in the "Name" column.
 * Click on the municipality link, which takes you to the FamilySearch Wiki page for that municipality.
 * In a separate window, open Wikipedia Main Page
 * Search for the location.

Step Three: Extract Historical Information

 * From the introduction and the history section (and other sections if need be) of Wikipedia, find the following type of information:
 * The date the original area was founded.
 * The date the location was created.
 * What jurisdiction it belonged to at different periods of time.
 * Historically significant events (fires, earthquakes, battles) that may have damaged genealogical records.
 * Rephrase the historical information whenever possible so we are not directly copying Wikipedia.
 * The histories should be written in paragraph form, with each piece of information you find in a sentence right after each other.
 * The last sentence should give the population of the province. The basic format is already provided.
 * Fill in the name of the location
 * Fill in the population number, (usually stated in the sidebar), rounded to the hundred.

Step Four: Format Citation
There is already a template for a citation after the last bullet point.
 * Copy the name of the wikipedia article into "PAGE NAME"
 * Copy the wikipedia article's url into "URL"
 * Write the current date in place of "DATE"

History
Before the Spanish settlers founded, Yauco, the Taíno (the indigenous people of the Caribbean) inhabited the area for hundreds of years. The Yauco area was the capital of what is now modern day Puerto Rico and was governed by the most powerful chief on the island. In 1756, after the Spanish settlers built a place of worship satisfying one of the Spanish Government's requirements to establish a municipality, the Spanish Government granted the settlement of the town of Yauco. Starting in the 19th century and going into the early 20th century, hundreds of families emigrated from Corsica, most of them settling in the Yauco area. These immigrants were instrumental in further developing the economy of Puerto Rico, especially the coffee industry. Immigrants also came from Italy, France, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany. Yauco population is approximately 46,384.

HISTORY EXAMPLE: ''Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the territory of what is now the State of Aguascalientes was inhabited by Chichimecas, who made the territory difficult to access. The total occupation of the lands of El Bajío was a task that would take about two centuries.'' The founding of Aguascalientes as a town came from the order that King Felipe II gave the judge of the court of Nueva Galicia, in which he stated that he should look for a rich man to settle in the territory with the purpose of expelling the Chichimecas and of assuring safe passage. ''In the act of its establishment, the Villa de San Marcos (Aguascalientes) was awarded the highest mayoral jurisdiction under the Kingdom of New Galicia. As of December 4, 1786, it became a quartermaster sub-delegation.'' ''It was on August 5, 1846, the reestablishment of federalism was announced convening a constitutional congress that declared current the constitution of 1824, but still didn't consider Aguascalientes as a state. The explosion of the Maderist movement embraced the cause in the company of some other compatriots, and the rebel action of the town and the region stayed formalized.''