User:Adsellers/Sandbox Maine Towns

Purpose

 * To update the Cemeteries section of the Maine town pages

Contact

 * Angela

Task List

 * Select a Town you want to work on and put the date and your name there

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Step One

 * Click on the town in the task list to open up the town page




 * Select edit source in the Cemeteries section
 * Copy the WikiText example below and put it in the edit source in the cemeteries section

Example:

*[URL Cemetery]

Step Two

 * Next, Open up this web site:

Maine Old Cemetery Association Cemeteries




 * Scroll down and click on the County that goes with the town that you chose from the task list


 * This will take you to Find A Grave



Step Three

 * Next sort by Location




 * A list of all the cemeteries from A to Z will be in that county
 * Start with the first cemetery on the list that matches the town chosen from the task list
 * If it is not an exact match for example: Abbot Town and Abbot Village Cemetery look on Google to see if the cemetery is part of that town
 * You can also go to the County page to see the list of towns
 * 1) To get to the county page follow the bread crumb at the top of the town page to get to the county

Step Four

 * Choose the first cemetery on the Find A Grave page and click on memorials on the right side




 * This will give you a search option as well as the list of people in that are in that Town Cemetery



Step Five

 * Copy and paste the URL into the example you copied in the edit source cemeteries section on your town page
 * Next put a space
 * Then copy and paste the name of the cemetery in Capitol Letters


 * This is how it should look

*Auburn Plains Cemetery

Step Six

 * Click on Show preview




 * If it looks good then save
 * If not then fix
 * Then start over again with the next town on the task list