FamilySearch Wiki:Wiki Project Texas Tasks - Tax Intro

WikiProject Texas  Wiki Project Texas Tasks - Tax Records Intro

Description
The purpose of this task is to add the introduction to church records on Texas county pages.

This task is beginner task and requires basic experience with copying and pasting in wikitext.

New to the wiki?

 * See Help to request individual mentoring or to join community discussions.
 * See Editing Help – Online Video Demonstration.
 * See Editing Articles – Online Class.

Questions about editing this project?

 * See Wiki Project Ohio Objectives and Guiding Principles.
 * See Wiki Project Ohio Style and Guidelines.

Printing the instructions

 * Go to the top right-hand corner of the page within the the white area.
 * Locate the word Print or the icon of a printer. Click on the icon.
 * Print.

General Instructions
1. Check the County Assignment Charts below to choose a county to edit.

2. Sign up on the County Assignment Charts to accept the task. Sign-up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below.

3. For each county, you will add information to the county page by editing in wikitext. Read the general instructions then follow the wikitext link to continued task directions about using wikitext to edit this project.


 * If you have questions about editing, go to wiki help links under the heading Description.

4. Mark the County Assignment Charts below to indicate you have finished the task.

Example of Completed Heading
Texas tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses before 1820 or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Texas Taxation.

Example of a Completed Section
See Anderson County, Texas Taxation

To sign up for a county:

 * 1. Sign in to the wiki at the upper right-hand corner of this page. Use your FamilySearch account username and password.
 * 2. Open the Assignment Chart for editing by clicking on the check mark in the box at the right opposite the Assignment Table heading.
 * 3. Place your cursor in the box under the heading Name/Date Task Accepted and opposite your county of choice.
 * 4. Not all counties are included in the chart below. If your county is not listed, this task is not needed for your county.
 * 5. Type 4 tildes (~). This symbol is located on the upper left-hand part of your keyboard, next to the number 1. The ~ is an electronic signature and will leave your user name and date when you signed.
 * 6. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Selected Adams County for adding Family History Center".
 * 7. Click on the box "Save Page".
 * 8. You are now signed up to complete this task.

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To show you completed a county:

 * Follow the same instructions as accepting the task, except place your cursor in the correct county box under the heading Date Completed. Change your summary sentence to something like, "Completed Adams County for societies."

Counties W-Z
