User:Thuguely/Sandbox20

Purpose
The purpose of this project is to have a "Voting Records" page for every state in the United States.

Task List
Voting Records Task List

Instructions
 Open the task list, and place your name next to the state that you want to do. Go to the state page and click on the Voter Records link in the Sidebar. It might be red, but that's okay, it just means the page hasn't been created yet. If the link was red, copy the following code onto the page. {{breadcrumb | link1=United States | link2=U.S. Voting Records | link3=Maryland | link4= | link5=Voting Records {{ST-sidebar}} ==Online Resources== ==Voting Rights History== *By 1856: Universal white male suffrage *1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race *(only for Southern states)Early 1890s: Jim Crow Laws passed to revoke African-Americans right to vote *YEAR: Women are given the right to vote *(only for Southern states)1965: The Voting Rights Act passes; African-Americans are given back the right to vote ==What Can be Found in the Records== For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records. Voting records often contain: *Name *Birth place *Residence *Years living in city, county, state *Whether naturalized, date, court ==How to Find Voter Records== Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps: *Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and in the place field type in STATE *Go to United States, STATE *Once there, click on "Places within United States, STATE" *Select the county that contains your town of interest *(only for New England states)Once there, click on "Places within United States, STATE, county that contains your town" *(only for New England states)Select your town of interest *If FamilySearch has voter records for your county, they will be under "Voting Registers" ==References== {{reflist}} Replace STATE with the name of the state you are working on. For example if I was editing the Maryland Voting Records Page the code would like this: {{breadcrumb | link1=United States | link2=U.S. Voting Records | link3=STATE | link4= | link5=Voting Records {{ST-sidebar}} ==Online Resources== ==Voting Rights History== *By 1856: Universal white male suffrage *1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race *(only for Southern states)Early 1890s: Jim Crow Laws passed to revoke African-Americans right to vote *YEAR: Women are given the right to vote *(only for Southern states)1965: The Voting Rights Act passes; African-Americans are given back the right to vote ==What Can be Found in the Records== For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records. Voting records often contain: *Name *Birth place *Residence *Years living in city, county, state *Whether naturalized, date, court ==How to Find Voter Records== Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps: *Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and in the place field type in Maryland *Go to United States, Maryland *Once there, click on "Places within United States, Maryland" *Select the county that contains your town of interest *(only for New England states)Once there, click on "Places within United States, Maryland, county that contains your town" *(only for New England states)Select your town of interest *If FamilySearch has voter records for your county, they will be under "Voting Registers" ==References== {{reflist}}  If you are doing a New England state; which is defined as Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; delete the two instances of "(only for New England states)." If you are doing a state that is not in New England, delete the entire entry that are only for New England states. For example the new code for Maryland after this step would be: {{breadcrumb | link1=United States | link2=U.S. Voting Records | link3=STATE | link4= | link5=Voting Records {{ST-sidebar}} ==Online Resources== ==Voting Rights History== *By 1856: Universal white male suffrage *1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race *(only for Southern states)Early 1890s: Jim Crow Laws passed to revoke African-Americans right to vote *YEAR: Women are given the right to vote *(only for Southern states)1965: The Voting Rights Act passes; African-Americans are given back the right to vote ==What Can be Found in the Records== For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records. Voting records often contain: *Name *Birth place *Residence *Years living in city, county, state *Whether naturalized, date, court ==How to Find Voter Records== Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps: *Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and in the place field type in Maryland *Go to United States, Maryland *Once there, click on "Places within United States, Maryland" *Select the county that contains your town of interest *If FamilySearch has voter records for your county, they will be under "Voting Registers" ==References== {{reflist}} If you are doing a Southern state; which is defined as Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia; delete the two instances of "(only for Southern States)." If you are not doing a Southern state delete the entire entries. For instance, after this step, the code for Maryland would know look like this: {{breadcrumb | link1=United States | link2=U.S. Voting Records | link3=STATE | link4= | link5=Voting Records {{ST-sidebar}} ==Online Resources== ==Voting Rights History== *By 1856: Universal white male suffrage *1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race *Early 1890s: Jim Crow Laws passed to revoke African-Americans right to vote *YEAR: Women are given the right to vote *1965: The Voting Rights Act passes; African-Americans are given back the right to vote ==What Can be Found in the Records== For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records. Voting records often contain: *Name *Birth place *Residence *Years living in city, county, state *Whether naturalized, date, court ==How to Find Voter Records== Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps: *Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and in the place field type in Maryland *Go to United States, Maryland *Once there, click on "Places within United States, Maryland" *Select the county that contains your town of interest *If FamilySearch has voter records for your county, they will be under "Voting Registers" ==References== {{reflist}} Replace the "ST" in " {{ST-sidebar}} " with the state's postal code. If you are unsure what the state's postal code is, you can find them here. So, after this step, my code for Maryland would now look like the following: {{breadcrumb | link1=United States | link2=U.S. Voting Records | link3=STATE | link4= | link5=Voting Records {{MD-sidebar}} ==Online Resources== ==Voting Rights History== *By 1856: Universal white male suffrage *1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race *Early 1890s: Jim Crow Laws passed to revoke African-Americans right to vote *YEAR: Women are given the right to vote *1965: The Voting Rights Act passes; African-Americans are given back the right to vote ==What Can be Found in the Records== For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records. Voting records often contain: *Name *Birth place *Residence *Years living in city, county, state *Whether naturalized, date, court ==How to Find Voter Records== Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps: *Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and in the place field type in Maryland *Go to United States, Maryland *Once there, click on "Places within United States, Maryland" *Select the county that contains your town of interest *If FamilySearch has voter records for your county, they will be under "Voting Registers" ==References== {{reflist}}