FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New Parish Table for Parishes in Dorset County

Purpose
The purpose of this project is to make the following changes to the Dorset parish pages:
 * Add "Find neighboring parishes" section.
 * Place final update of parish tables on all England Parish pages.
 * Delete Talk page content.

Task List
Dorset Parishes

Instructions
 Open the Task List and place your name next to the parish you want to edit. Click on the link and go to the parish page. We will be making the following changes to the page: 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

Scroll down to the ===Church Records=== heading. Delete everything under that heading. Stop when you get to the ===Census Records=== heading. If there are any dates under the Non-Coformists Records section that look like this:

Non-Conformist Records
Make sure to leave the information and just update the header. The updated Non-Conformists section should look like this.
 * 1810-1987 Wiltshire, England, Non-Conformist Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1810-1987 at Ancestry ($); index and images (dates may vary by parish)

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)
Copy and paste the following code under the ===Church Records=== heading where you just deleted the previous code. The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
 * 1810-1987 Wiltshire, England, Non-Conformist Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1810-1987 at Ancestry ($); index and images (dates may vary by parish)

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Dorset ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Dorset ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)
Change PARISH NAME to the name of the parish that you are editing</li> Click Show Preview to make sure that everything was edited correctly. It should look like the following:</li> Fix anything that looks incorrect.</li> Type Project: update main parish page in the summary box.</li> Save the page and move on to the next step.</li> Go to the Talk Page. This can be found on the upper left-hand corner of the page.</li> Click on the Edit Source button at the top of the page. Delete all of the parish table information from the page and leave any other unrelated comments.</li> Save the talk page.</li> Return to task list. Place the date you completed the page and move onto the next parish.</li>