FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Adding FamilySearch Catalog Information to the Court Records Section of Iowa County Pages

Purpose
To add Image-only links from the FamilySearch Catalog to under the Divorce section on Iowa county pages.

Contact Person
Beverly Repouille

Task List
Task List

Set Up

 * 1) Make sure you are logged in to FamilySearch and the FamilySearch Wiki.
 * 2) Sign up on the Task List above.
 * 3) Use this link to get to the Iowa county listings.
 * 4) Select the first county under the letter of the alphabet you signed up for.
 * 5) Scroll down to the Websites area and open the FamilySearch Catalog link in another tab.  It should be the last listing under Websites.
 * 6) Select the Divorce records section.
 * If there ARE NO records under the Divorce records section, go to the next Iowa County.
 * If there ARE records under the Divorce records section, proceed with the Catalog Instructions below.

Catalog Instructions
We are looking for image-only items (the ones with the camera icon to the right of them) to add to the Iowa pages.

1. Open the first Catalog Divorce entry. It should look something like this: 2. Scroll down to the Film/Digital Notes section and look for a camera icon on the right of the note. 3. Select the Camera Icon to see if the records are viewable.
 * If the entry IS viewable online, continue to Iowa County Page Instructions.
 * If the entry IS NOT viewable online, go to the next entry in the Divorce section listing.

Iowa County Page Instructions
This section instructs you on how to add the information from the FamilySearch Catalog to the Iowa County page.


 * Open the Divorce section which is towards the very bottom of the page under the Vital Records section.

This is the format or template to use when adding information for image-only databases from the FamilySearch Catalog to the Wiki:


 * * date-date at FamilySearch Catalog — images (*)

To break this down:
 * Begin with an asterisk (*) and a space
 * If there are any dates, put them first and bold them. So date-date
 * Add another space
 * Then you add the 2 curly brackets or opening template marks
 * Then add another space and at FamilySearch Catalog — images (*)
 * The (*) has been coded to show a "tool tip." After previewing or saving, by hovering over the (*) it will let users know that some image-only items and databases are only available at Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries.

'''For Adair County, Iowa, there is only one entry in the catalog. We'll use that as our example:'''

1. First copy the template to use:


 * * date-date at FamilySearch Catalog — images (*)

2. Add the dates. Copy them straight from the title. It is not necessary to look for dates if they are not in the title. Leave the dates blank, if that is the case.


 * * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch Catalog — images (*)

3. Next we need the film #. Remember it's in the URL bar.


 * * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch Catalog — images (*)

4. Leave the item part as-is.

5. After the disp=, place the title of the film exactly as written except capitalize the first letters in the title. No need to add author or anything else.


 * * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch Catalog — images (*)

6. And it should look like this when saved:


 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch Catalog — images (*)

Before You Leave the Page

 * If there is more than one item under the Divorce heading, please place them by date order first. If there are no dates, then they go alphabetical under the date-ordered entries.
 * Before you save the page, please enter Adding FS Catalog entries project.
 * Don't forget to go back to the Task List and put a date on your part when you are done.

Thank You!