FamilySearch Wiki:Wikiproject Cemeteries U.S.

Overall Objectives
The purpose of the Cemeteries (U.S.) Wiki project is to create a consistent look to cemetery tables placed on county pages. This will help readers easily find cemetery records and use them effectively.

Guiding Principles
The project will:
 * Provide a "master table" to be copied to counties
 * Decide on format (color, heading names, placement on the county page,
 * Create guidelines (criteria for inclusion, matching both site name and order of appearance with the state cemeteries page—which can also give needed explanations,
 * Write easy-to-follow tasks (add a table to a county, add a resource to a chart, correct existing links,
 * Site-specific instructions will be needed for those that:
 * Identify counties by numbers rather than by name. We need to tell contributors the key. Also, some cities in a state may have a separate #, requiring both links to be on the chart.
 * Those that identify counties by name: how do they treat counties such as San Juan (two words). Also, are larger cities included, or will they only be found by city/town name?
 * This needs to be specific to the sites used: some just change the county name—which may work differently for counties with two names. Others use a number or other ID for a specific county.
 * Create a state page listing cemeteries county by county. The county pages will then link to that section of the state page, rather than creating a separate page for each county. Makes linking more predictable, also.
 * The county sections will have a list of cemeteries, with columns identifying where transcriptions are found: online, such as Find A Grave, state sites, etc. Also identifying publications or even specific periodicals over time.
 * The county sections should be in sortable tables - alpha by cemetery or by town or other area of the county.