FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Updating Portugal Municipality Pages - Find Cemeteries

Purpose
Find Cemeteries on FindAGrave and BillionGraves and input information into the English Wiki.

Contact
Sylvie Pysnak

Task List
Task List

Instructions
1. Go to Updating Portugal Municipality Pages - Find Cemeteries Task List. Choose a district and enter your name to sign up for the municipality. Remember to put the date when you have completed the task. 2. Click on the municipality. This will take you to the municipality's page.

3. In a separate window, open the website FindAGrave 4. Click Browse by Location. 5. From Choose a region list, choose Europe. 6. From Choose a country in Europe list, choose Portugal. 7. From Cemeteries in Portugal list, choose a district. 8. Look through the names of the cemeteries to see if any were within the municipality. There may be multiple pages to click through until you get to the cemetery page for the municipality. 9. For every cemetery you find within the municipality, input contact information under "Cemeteries" heading on the municipality page.

7. Go back to the municipality page. 8. Locate Cemeteries heading on the page. 9. Click edit source link next to the Cemeteries to edit the information.


 * Move the website from the first line under the cemetery page to be underneath Email Address.

Website: [CEMETERY PAGE URL FindAGrave] or
 * The website link should be formatted as follows:

Replace name of cemetery with the first line

Address Line 1 Address Line 2 PORTUGAL
 * Format the address as follows, using ALL CAPS for the country name

Phone: NUMBER Email: [mailto:email email]
 * In phone number, copy the phone number as follows
 * In email, format the email as follows:
 * Make sure the email address is copied twice into the template, with a space between the two emails

Website: [CEMETERY PAGE URL BillionGraves]

15. Delete the second template for civil register's office if there is only one office. 16. Add more templates as needed if there are more than two offices. 17. Click Save page button. 18. If there is no Civil Registration office listed on Conservatórias do Registo Civil do the following: 19. Delete both address templates, including all of the following The following is a list of civil registration offices within the municipality.

Conservatória do Registo Civil de [MUNICIPALITY NAME] address phone number [mailto:email email address]

Conservatória do Registo Civil de [MUNICIPALITY NAME] address phone number [mailto:email email address]

20. Paste the following phrase under '''Contact a Civil Registration Office: There are no known civil registration offices within the municipality of MUNICIPALITY NAME. Contact a civil registration office in a nearby municipality to find out if they have the records for MUNICIPALITY NAME. 21. Replace MUNICIPALITY NAME with the name of the municipality. 22. Click Save page button.


 * A fast way to find the reference is the Find function, usually accessed by typing control-F, then typing in the municipality's name.

Example
The following link is the completed municipality page for The Municipality of Águeda