FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Massachusetts Town Clerk Information

PURPOSE
Adding Town Clerk information to Massachusetts town pages.

CONTACT
Jane Colmenares

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Go to the Massachusetts Town Clerk Task List and choose a county. Put your name on the list for that county.

2. When you go to that county page on the wiki, you will find a listing for all of the towns in that county. This town listing is what you will work from to find the information you will need to enter onto the wiki pages.

3. Click on your first town name which will take you to that page in the wiki Make sure there is not already information for the Town Clerk on the page. It should be located near the top of the page (around Town Hall if that heading is present). If not, go on to Step 4.

4. You will need to google the name of the town and the state, example Acushnet Massachusetts. You should get back a result that is the official listing for that town that says “Town of” or “Welcome to.” This is the page you want to use to find the Town Clerk information. If you don’t see one of those pages, but see a Wikipedia listing for the town, go to Wikipedia, scroll to the bottom of their page and look under External Links. They may have a listing for “Official town web page” there.

5. If you are unable to locate any town site, move on to the next town.

6. Once you do locate the town site, find the name of the Town Clerk. This may have a link from the main page, or it may be under Government, Officials or Departments.

7. When you find the information, create a heading* on the wiki town page for Town Clerk. Go to the heading that is already there for Town Hall and click on the Edit Button



Once you have opened the edit screen, go to the end of the Town Hall line and hit return. Then type in the words Town Clerk. Highlight those words and go up to the Format font section and choose Heading 3. This will change the words Town Clerk into a heading.



then hit return again, change the Format Font back to normal and begin entering all of the information under that heading (address, phone number, e-mail, etc).

8. Enter “added town clerk info” in the edit summary box and save your work.

9. Check the page to make sure your work looks the way you think it should and you are ready to move on to the next town.