FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Pennsylvania/Tasks-Church Records Intro 3

WikiProject Pennsylvania Progress Chart  Pennsylvania Wiki Project Task - Church Records Intro 3

Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Church Records Intro 3

Description
Added two templates about why to search church records and types of church records and links to WorldCat, FHLC, and Historical Society of Pennsylvania. This task is in 2 parts, Part A and B.

PART A
1. Copy the following template and paste it in wiki text under the heading Church Records:



2. Paste the template in wikitext directly below the Church Records heading.

3. Go to Part B.

PART B
1. Copy the following template and paste it in wikitext between the info you added in Part A and just before the the heading, State-wide Database:



2. In the template, replace the county, Berks with the name of the county you are working on.

3. In the template, change the numbers listed with the number you obtain from doing the following:


 * While in the new FHLC on FamilySearch.org, select any record under the county's "church records" topic.
 * 1. Put your county into the search "For" field, i.e. Berks, Pennsylvania.
 * 2. Click on the county name as it appears beneath what you are typing.
 * 3. Select the church records topic from the list.
 * 4. Select any record listed in the church records topic.
 * 5. In the church record, under the "Subjects" heading select the link called "Pennsylvania, (your county)– church records".
 * 6. Click on this blue subject link (i.e. Pennsylvania, Berks - church Records).
 * 7. In the upper left corner you will find a heading titled "Search" containing the term Subject Number. Under that is the heading "For" with a number. Copy the number in the "For" field.
 * 8.Paste the number in template listed in #1 above replacing the number field in the template.

NOTE: The template links to the FHLC and will show any additional records that are added to the FHLC in the future.

Example Part B
Finding Church Records at Other Repositories

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Berks County Church Records  in online catalogs like:


 * Historical Society of Pennsylvania
 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
 * (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).