User:Beccac1229/Sandbox3

Project Leader
Becca Curtis

Purpose
To fix the outdated tables on each parish page in England.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 county we will be doing is Berkshire.

Task List
Task List

Step 1
Go to the parish page (links are on the Task List) and look for the Online Parish Records table under the "Church records" heading. Each parish page will have either one, two, or no tables. Option 1: If there is already a table on the page, paste the following code underneath it. The original table will be deleted at the end. Option 2: If there are two tables, paste the first table in the code (which lists what the abbreviations mean) once and the second table twice. In some parishes, there was more than one church and so two tables were added, one for each parish. The two original tables will be deleted at the end. See Abingdon, Berkshire as an example. Option 3: If there is no table on the page, paste the following code under the statement beneath the "Church records" heading:
 *  parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Step 2
Finding the IGI batch numbers.

1. Go to: www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/fs-brk.htm. 2. Scroll down to the parish you are working on. (An example is shown below) 3. Find the birth/christening and marriage IGI batches for the parish that will be added to the table under IGI. The batches will be added in this part of the code: | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | IGI | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" |
 * Birth/Baptisms will be added in the first space and the Marriages will be added in the second space.

Take note:
 * Only add the IGI batch if the batch has over 100 entries.
 * The template for the IGI is:
 * If there is more than one batch for the Births/Baptisms or Marriages, add a comma between the links. Put the batches in chronological order (older batch first).
 * If there is no IGI for the parish, then delete the IGI section in the table.

Example: for the parish of Binfield (image shown above), two Births/Baptisms batches (C020371 and C020373) and three Marriages batches (M020371, M020373, and M020372) would be added. The code would look like this: | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | IGI | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | , | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" |, , | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" |

Step 3
Finding the parish registers and bishop's transcripts links in the FamilySearch Catalog.

1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and search for the parish in Berkshire. 2. Click on the "Church records" heading to find all of the parish registers collections available for the parish. (An example is shown below) 3. Find the collection title that says: "Parish registers for PARISH, COLLECTION YEARS". Make sure that the Author is "Church of England. Parish Church of PARISH" and not a family history society or person. 4. Click on the link to go to the collection's page and copy the URL. This link to the parish register images collection will be added to the table under FS Catalog PRs. It will be added to this part of the code: | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | FS Catalog PRs | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" |
 * The three spaces are the Images columns for Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in the table.

5. Add the link for the FamilySearch Catalog parish registers collection to the three empty spaces. The link will look like: [URL COLLECTION YEARS]

Take note:
 * If there are no digital images of the parish registers (i.e. if the records can only be accessed on microfilm or in a book at the FHL), do not add the collection
 * If there is more than one collection, separate the links by a comma and put them in chronological order (older records first)
 * If there are no collections available for the parish, delete the FS Catalog PRs section in the table

Example: for the parish of Binfield (image shown above), the parish registers collection is titled "Parish registers for Binfield, 1767-1910." This collection will be added to the table for Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials. | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | FS Catalog PRs | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1767-1910 | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1767-1910 | bgcolor="#ccffff" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | 1767-1910 The same process will be repeated for the BTs. 1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and search for the parish in Berkshire. 2. Click on the "Church records" heading to find all of the bishop's transcript collections available for the parish. 3. Find the bishop's transcripts collection titled "Bishop's transcripts for PARISH, COLLECTION YEARS". Make sure that the Author is "Church of England. Parish Church of PARISH" and not a family history society or person. 4. Click on the link to go to the collection's page and copy the URL. This link will be added to the table under FS Catalog BTs. The link to the bishop's transcript images collections will be added to this part of the code: | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | FS Catalog BTs | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" |
 * The three spaces are the Images columns for Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in the table.

5. Add the link for the FamilySearch Catalog bishop's transcripts collection to the three empty spaces. The link will look like: [URL COLLECTION YEARS]

Take note:
 * If there are no digital images of the bishop's transcripts (i.e. if the records can only be accessed on microfilm or in a book at the FHL), do not add the collection
 * If there is more than one collection, separate the links by a comma and put them in chronological order (older records first)
 * If there are no collections available for the parish, delete the FS Catalog BTs section in the table

Example: for the parish of Binfield (image shown above), the bishop's transcripts collection is titled "Bishop's transcripts for Binfield, 1607-1835." This collection will be added to the table for Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials. | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | FS Catalog BTs | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1607-1835 | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1607-1835 | bgcolor="#ccffff" | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | 1607-1835

If the parish does not have any parish registers or bishop's transcripts, delete the line of code.

Step 4
Now delete the original table(s).