User:LakeCL/sandbox

= FamilySearch Historical Records Description Project =

Contributors
'''We are looking for contributors for this project. See the list of project tasks below and sign up to help us out with any one of them. We can help with training if you would like. Also, we have a project coordination meeting for a half-hour every Wednesday. Sign up and give us a hand!'''

Project Manager
HoranDM

Project Moderators

 * LakeCL
 * Jimenezim
 * TimothyND

Role of Contributors
Contributors to the Historical Collections Project create articles describing historical record collections published on FamilySearch. These articles are written at a basic level for beginning users. A style guide has been created to expalin how and what will be placed in the articles. The style guide can be found at Guidelines for FamilySearch Collections. Please review the guide before before contributing to the project. Any questions concerning the guide can be posted on the FamilySearch Collections Discussion page.

Scope of the Project
This project is ongoing. As new collections are prepared for publication on FamilySearch articles will have to be written describing them. The project manager will be tasked with adding new projects and project tasks as they are needed.

Project Tasks
'''We are looking for contributors for this project. See the list of tasks below and sign up to help us out. We have a project coordiantion meeting for a half-hour every Wednesday. Sign up and give us a hand!'''

Adding Content:
This task concerns adding information to the article about the FamilySearch Collection described in the article. For more information about what and how to add content into an article please see Guidelines for FamilySearch Collections. There are multiple sub-tasks that involve adding content. They can be done independently of each other. They are:


 * Collection Time Period


 * Record History 
 * Why this Record Was Created
 * Record Content 
 * Record Description
 * How to Use the Record

Collection Time Period: Describe the dates covered by the collection.

Record History: Describe the record types included in the collection, the language of the record's text and the format used in the records.

Why this Record Was Created: This section should explain the original intent of the creation of a specific collection.

Record Content:'This section includes sub-headers in bold text for the major record types found within the collection. A phrase similar to "Most (record type) contain the following important genealogical facts, such as:" This phrase should be followed by the significant genealogical data found in the records, usually in the form of a bulleted list. Some collections contain several types of records and may need a list for each record type. For the Record DescriptionDescribe the physical state of the originals, including: water damage, torn pages, bleed-through, and fire damage.'

Record Description describe the record types included in the collection, the language of the record's text and the format used in the records.

How to Use the Record: Explain to wiki users how the records can be used to help them find out more about their ancestors. Describe research strategies that are helpful when dealing with the collection. Explain what the next step would generally be in order to follow on the information obtained in the collection. If describing an index, describe how to find the records that were indexed in the collection.

For more information about adding content for these tasks see Guidelines for FamilySearch Collections

Other Tasks

 * Source Citations: For this task source citations are written for each article. For more information about the format of these citations see How to Cite your FamilySearch Collection
 * Stub Creation: This is one of the initial tasks. The creation of a stub for FamilySearch Collections as the project is announced.
 * Related Articles Links: For this task links from the article to realted articles and websites are created. Links to the this page can be created as well.
 * Images with Translations, if needed Sample images are added to the article. If the collection is not in English, the image will have a translation, in English, of a sample record.
 * Audits of Links to FamilySearch pilot site The links from the wiki articles to the corresponding collection on FamilySearch are verified to be working as well as the "About This Collection" link on FamilySearch is verified to link to the correct wiki article.

Project Table
This table shows the FamilySearch Historical Records article stubs that are found in the wiki. It indicates the project tasks that need to be completed for each article. As each task is completed please add the date when completed.

Project Meeting
A project coordination meeting will take place online via Adobe meetingspace on Wednesday 3:00 pm MST to 3:30Pm MST. 5:00pm EST to 5:30 EST.