FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject Glean from FamilySearch Historical Collections

Project Description and Purpose
This project makes Wiki users aware of online collections — especially at the county level — which are available for free at FamilySearch.org.

Project contributors find, describe, and link from the Wiki to the collections at FamilySearch by posting to county or state pages under appropriate topics.

Steps

 * Navigate to Historical Records of a state • at FamilySearch.org  >  Search   >  Records   >   Click the US map    >   select the state
 * Slide down to [State] Image Only Historical Records
 * Bypass the United States items
 * Add statewide items to the topic wiki pages for the state. See example Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929
 * Most collections will be posted to a Wiki county page under the appropriate topic(s). • In most cases, the county is identified. • If only a town is mentioned, use Wikipedia to identify the county. • Otherwise, just put it on a state page for that topic.

One county, one record type

 * Little Rock, Arkansas, Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Records, 1867-2013 at FamilySearch Historical Collections. (Free, browse unindexed images)

This post consists of:

Multiple counties
Many of the image only collections at FamilySearch cover several counties. We want users to get directly to the page with records for that county.

Please link to the "waypoint" to one county's portion of the collection. Users can get to the full list of counties by clicking the collection name given in your post.

Example:
 * Probate Records 1819-1924, Arkansas County portion of the collection: at FamilySearch Historical Collections (Free, browse images)

This post consists of:

Multiple types of documents
Some records have many types of documents and researchers want to know the documents they will see if they click to the collection. Here's an example:
 * Probate Records 1819-1924, Arkansas County portion of the collection: at FamilySearch Historical Collections (Free, browse images)
 * Includes Administration accounts 1826-1839 and 1863; Administration executor and guardian dockets 1867-1902; Dockets 1849-1880; Guardian bonds and letters 1876-1911; Probate records 1819-1906; Wills, miscellaneous probate records 1888-1924.

To add this, simply put two asterisks (**) immediately below the main post, like this:
 * **Includes Administration accounts 1826-1839 and 1863; Administration executor and guardian dockets 1867-1902; Dockets 1849-1880; Guardian bonds and letters 1876-1911; Probate records 1819-1906; Wills, miscellaneous probate records 1888-1924.


 * PHASE 2: The question now is whether to 1) post the indexed statewide items onto specific counties or 2) simply be sure that the "Intro" template for that topic sends the user back to the state page which features online records.
 * How to decide? If there is a "Coverage table" for that collection:
 * Does the coverage seem pretty good for each county? Just keep it on the state page
 * If coverage seems spotty, post it on the state page AND the county page for those counties represented.