User:Amberannelarsen/sandbox148

Purpose
FamilySearch Places is a useful tool for finding the location of a place based on the place name. We will be using FamilySearch Places to compile a gazetteer for users of the Wiki to locate the more localized places their ancestors are from.

Sign up on Task List
1. Sign up for a country/jurisdiction in the task list above, and navigate to the respective Google Sheet for your assignment. 2. You will notice that for each department/jurisdiction of your country, there is a separate sheet (see image below). Make sure you are on the correct sheet for the jurisdiction you signed up for on the task list.

FamilySearch Places
3. In a separate tab or window, go to the FamilySearch Places tool. 4. In the search box in the top-left hand of the screen, search for the country/jurisdiction you signed up for from the task list. 5. Below the search box, you should see a recognized jurisdiction (e.g. "Department", "Province", "State", etc.). On the right-hand side of that result, there should be a blue link titled something like "Places in this Department". Click on that blue "Places in..." link. (see example circled in red below) 6. C
 * Note: I personally like to have two windows open side by side: one window with the Google Sheet open, and the other window with the FamilySearch Places tool open next to it. That way I can see both at the same time.
 * Example: If I had signed up for "Guatemala: Alta Verapaz", I would search the Places tool for "Alta Verapaz, Guatemala".