FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England Parish Tables: Berkshire Part 1

Project Leader
Becca Curtis

Purpose
To fix the outdated tables on each parish page in Berkshire, England. These tables contain many broken links, are missing important databases, or list databases that are not very useful in finding vital records in England. The first part of this project with be deleting the old table and pasting the new code.

Task List
Task List

Step 1
If the parish page has one table:


 * 1. Go to the parish page (links are on the Task List) and find the "Church records" heading. Click "Edit source" next to the heading.
 * The top of this section has a line that says:
 * parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
 * The end of this section has a heading:
 * ===== Non-Conformist Churches =====
 * 2. Delete the code between this line and heading.
 * Example of what the code will look like:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.


 * 3. Paste the following code into the empty space.

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.


 * 4. Add the actual parish name where PARISH NAME Online Parish Records is located near the beginning of the newly-inserted code.
 * Example: Besselsleigh Online Parish Records


 * 5. Add the actual parish name to the beginning line of the "Church records" section so that instead of it has the parish name.
 * Example: Besselsleigh parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Step 2
If the parish page has two tables (this happens not too often):


 * 1. Go to the parish page (links are on the Task List) and find the "Church records" heading. Click "Edit source" next to the heading.
 * The top of this section has a line that says:
 * parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
 * The middle of this section will have a similar line:
 * PARISH NAME parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
 * The end of this section has a heading:
 * ===== Non-Conformist Churches =====
 * 2. Delete the code between the two lines that say:
 * PARISH NAME parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:.
 * Example of what the code will look like:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.


 * 3. Paste the following code in the empty space:


 * 4. Add the actual parish name where PARISH NAME Online Parish Records is located near the beginning of the newly-inserted code.
 * Example: Besselsleigh Online Parish Records


 * 5. Delete the code between the second time it says:
 * PARISH NAME parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
 * and the ===== Non-Conformist Records ===== heading
 * Example of what the code will look like:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.


 * 6. Paste this code in its place.

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.


 * 7. Add the actual parish name where PARISH NAME Online Parish Records is located near the beginning of the newly-inserted code.
 * Example: Besselsleigh Online Parish Records


 * 8. Add the actual parish name to the beginning line of the "Church records" section so that instead of it has the parish name.
 * Example: Besselsleigh parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Step 3
If the parish page does not have a table (this happens not too often):


 * 1. Go to the parish page (links are on the Task List) and find the "Church records" heading. Click "Edit source" next to the heading.
 * The top of this section has a line that says:
 * parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
 * 2. Paste the following code right underneath this line.

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.


 * ** If the "Church records" heading does not have this line right underneath it:
 * parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
 * Then add the line right underneath the heading, except instead of put the actual parish name.


 * 3. Add the actual parish name where PARISH NAME Online Parish Records is located near the beginning of the newly-inserted code.
 * Example: Besselsleigh Online Parish Records


 * 4. Add the actual parish name to the top line of the "Church records" section so that instead of it has the parish name.
 * Example: Besselsleigh parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years: