FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Iowa and Oregon New Collections

Project Leader
Caileigh Oldroyd

Purpose
These four new collections need to be added to all county pages in Iowa and Oregon, USA.

Task List
Task List
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Beginning Instructions
There are four new collections that need to be added separately to county pages in Iowa and Oregon, USA.

1. You will need to sign up for a county under a collection title tab on the Task List. 2. Go to the instructions for the specific collection below.

=Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918=

Step One
Sign your name next to a county on the Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918 tab of the task list.
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two
Using the links on the task list, click the county you want to work on.

Step Three
In the contents, select Birth under Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Birth. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four
Exceptions:
 * Click Edit Source next to Birth Records.
 * Copy the following code and paste it in numerical order by date.
 * Some of the counties have additional headers under Birth Records: Delayed Birth Records and Birth Registers. Ignore these and put the link directly under Birth Records.
 * If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
 * If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
 * If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

* 1876-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images


 * Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good and the links work.
 * Enter in "/*Birth Records*/ New Collections Project" as the Summary.
 * Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.

=Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951=

Step One
Sign your name next to a county on the Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951 tab of the task list.
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two
Using the links on the task list, click the county you want to work on.

Step Three
In the contents, select Marriage under Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Marriage. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four
Exceptions:
 * Click Edit Source next to Marriage.
 * Copy the following code and paste it in order according to date range.
 * If the link is already on the page, replace it with this new link to make it match the new manual of style. Do not worry about other entries on the page that are not in accordance with the manual of style.
 * If there are no other entries with dates, put this as the first bullet.
 * If there is a note about there being no online records available, please replace that note with this link.

* 1941-1951 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images


 * Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good.
 * Enter in "/*Marriage*/ New Collections Project" as the Summary.
 * Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.