User:Iluvhistory66/Sandbox/FamilySearch Municipalities Histories PR

Project Leader
Virginia Pratt

Purpose

 * Add "Find neighboring parishes" section
 * Find closest ecclesiastical parish
 * Add closest ecclesiastical parish link to Church Records section

Task List
England Extra-Parochial Parish Project

Instructions

 * We will be updating these sections:

Step 1: Add New Section under Resources Heading
 Open the Task List and place your name next to the parish you want to edit. Click on the parish page link Click on the Edit Source button next to Resources Copy and paste the following code directly below the heading:

Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
 * Type the name of the parish in the search bar
 * Click on the location pin on the map
 * Choose Options from the pop up box
 * Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

Type: Project:Add finding neighboring parishes in the summary box Save the page and move to the next step 

Step 2: Find Closest Ecclesiastical Parish
 Open a new tab, keeping the original parish page you are working on open In the new tab, find the closest ecclesiastical parish by using the England Jurisdictions 1851 Map</li> On the main page of the map, enter the name of the extra-parochial parish you are working on and press the Search button</li> Click on the parish name that will appear under the Search button</li> A dialog box will appear over the map</li> Press the Options button</li> Under the Options section choose List contiguous parishes</li> A list of the bordering parishes will appear on the left side of the screen</li> On the dialog box over the map, choose Radius place search</li> Press the Go button on Radius search... option that appears</li> On the left side of the screen a list will be populated of all parishes within a 5 mile radius, sorted by the parish closest in proximity to the parish furthest away</li> Choose the first parish on the list</li> Open a third tab to the Wiki Main Page and search for the parish found on the England Jurisdictions 1851 Map</li> Go back to the original parish page</li> Click the edit source button next to the Church Records heading </li> Delete any information between the Church Records and Census Records headings</li> Copy and paste the following code directly below the heading:</li> [PARISH NAME] is an extra parochial area and the closest ecclesiastical parish is ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH NAME. Replace the [PARISH NAME] in the name of the current parish and the url of the ecclesiastical parish and its name</li>
 * Extra-parochial areas were not attached to parish churches.
 * The residents went to a church of their choosing outside of the parish boundaries.

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Step 3: Search for New Parish Table
<ol> <li>Some of the extra-parochial pages were left on the parish page project and tables were put on there by mistake</li> <li>If there is a new table on the page go to Step 4</li> </ol>

Step 3A: Remove New Parish Table
<ol> <li>Some of the extra-parochial pages were left on the parish page project and tables were put on there by mistake</li> <li>If there is a new table on the page go to Step 4</li> </ol>

Step 4: Add Ecclesiastical Parish Link
<ol> <li>Some of the extra-parochial pages were left on the parish page project and tables were put on there by mistake</li> <li>If there is a new table on the page go to Step 3A</li> </ol>