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WikiProject Pennsylvania Progress Chart  Pennsylvania Wiki Project Task - Church Records: Ancestry

Task
Wiki Project Pennsylvania Tasks - Church Records: Ancestry Task

Description
There are 2 parts to this task: A) Add a general Ancestry database and B) to locate pertinent church record databases on Ancestry.com for the county.

PART A
1. Go to the county you are working on. Edit the page and change to wikitext.

2. Scroll down to, Church Records.

3. After the general description of the church records for the county and Template, PAChurch1 and before the headings of the individual denominations, add: in Heading 5:


 * ===== County-wide Database - Multi-denominational =====

4. Add the following under the heading you entered in #3:"



5. Go to Part B.

PART B
1. Search Ancestry.com (AncestryInstitution.com)

2. To the right of the webpage, click on the county you are working on. A list of all applicable databases for that county will appear.

3. Church records are listed in 1) "Birth Marriage and Death." 2) Schools, Directories &amp; Church Histories." Sometimes you need to click on "View all Pennsylvania Birth, Marriage, and Death" to see the full list.

4. Review the databases listed in this county, and analyze them to see if they are worthwhile (contain individuals' names and is complete for the county). If it is not worthwhile, do not include it. The decision is up to you.

5. If you think the database is worthwhile, determine which denomination(s) the databases cover. You will add the database to the appropriate denomination headings already listed. If the denomination is not listed, please add it as a heading 5 in alphabetical order with the other denominations. Leave out the word "Church" for each denomination.

6. Now list each applicable database from Ancestry under the correct denomination heading and after any written description about the denomination (you do not need to add a description) in chronological order and then alphabetical order in the following manner:


 * WITHOUT DATES IN TITLE


 * :* Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania Church Records at Ancestry.com - $; index only


 * WITH DATES IN TITLE


 * :*1758 - 1800 York County, Pennsylvania, 1758-1800: First Moravian Church at Ancestry.com - $; index only

7. When adding a database with dates in the title, repeat the dates just after the bullet in bold. Make sure to use the N–dash between the dates and anytime it is used in wiki text. The N–dash is made by holding the alt key and typing 0150:

8. After each database listed, add any helpful information about the database after the $ in the entry such as, "not complete" or "index only" or "index and images". See examples above.

9. If an index covers more than one church for the county, put the database under the heading, "County-wide Datbases - Multi-denominational" you added in Part A. Put it in chronological and alphabetical order among the other databases.

10. When linking Ancestry databases, be sure to use www.ancestry.com and not www.ancestryinstitution.com.

11. We are not adding any church histories at this time, please only add actual databases listing individuals' names.

County-wide Database - Multi-denominational

 * 1708-1985 - Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry.com – $; This database is incomplete for all counties.
 * 1729-1881 – Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881 at Ancestry.com – $; incomplete

Moravian

 * 1758 - 1800 York County, Pennsylvania, 1758-1800: First Moravian Church at Ancestry.com - $; index only

Presbyterian Church

 * Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania Church Records at Ancestry.com - $; index only