FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England County Cemeteries, Part 1

Purpose
To create update/standardize the cemeteries pages for each of England's counties, making it easier for researchers to find cemetery records.

Example Pages
Bedfordshire Cemeteries Berkshire Cemeteries

Task List
Task List

Purpose
Update county cemetery pages where they exist and create county cemetery pages where they do not. This will make it easier for researchers to find cemetery records.

Part 1: Set up your sandbox
1. Select a county on the task list by putting your name in the name column. 2. Create a sandbox for this page. 3. Copy and paste the code below into the sandbox and click save.

Additional Resources at the Family History Library
To find cemetery records for NAME in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: NAME in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.


 * 1) Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
 * 2) Enter: NAME in the Place box
 * 3) Click on: Search
 * 4) Click on: Cemeteries
 * 5) Click on: Places within NAME
 * 6) Click on the town you want to search
 * 7) Click on: Cemeteries

Additional Resources
4. Replace the word NAME with your county's name. 5. Click save.
 * Worldcat.org- Do a search for NAME Cemetery.

Part 2: Evaluate Information on the Wiki Page for Your County
1. Check existing county page for information to move over by clicking on each link.  2. Anything that is a bad link can be skipped. Bad links include those that are broken or do not have cemetery information. 3. All remaining links that still work and contain cemetery information can be used on the new page. They can be place under the appropriate heading in the table in your sandbox. 4. Please place all links below what is already in the table, with a bullet point, the link and any explantion following. See the example below:


 * Kempston Cemetery World War 1 and 2 Graves

Part 3: Gather Additional Resources
Gather and add additional resources using the sites listed below with instructions for each one.

Check Find A Grave
1. Go to Find A Grave. 2. Type in the name of the county in the cemetery location search box and click search. 3. Copy the URL. 4. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "Tombstone Transcriptions Online." Look below the heading where it says: *[URL Find A Grave] 5. Highlight URL and paste the link you copied in place of URL. 4. Go back to Find A Grave. 5. Click cemeteries on the menu across the top. 6. Enter the county name in the cemetery location box. 7. Click the orange search button on the right. 8. Copy the URL. 9. Go back to your sandbox and find the heading "List of Cemeteries in the County" Look below the heading where it says: *[URL Find A Grave] 10. Highlight "URL" and paste the link you copied in its place.

Check Genuki
5. Add link for Find A Grave for list of cemeteries 6. Add link for FS Places