FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style-Formatting

Databases
Below is the format of a database collection. This format especially helpful for a list of collections found on a Wiki page. *DATE RANGE [URL DATABASENAME] at WEBSITENAME — index & images, ($) Examples: Examples wikitext code: *1880-1920 Sweden Household Examination Books, 1880-1920 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($) * 1850-1939 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1880-1920 Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1947 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1850-1939 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Guidelines for "Index & Images" Phrases
Give information regarding how complete the collection is, what it covers, or additional helpful information at the end of the database line, by using an m-dash (preferred, but not required) and one of the following phrases: Examples:
 * "index & images" or "index and images": used for collections that have indexes with images attached or browsable images available
 * "index": used for databases that are only an index and no images
 * "images": used for databases that only have browsable images available
 * 1840-2004 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1840-2004 Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004 at Ancestry — index, ($)
 * 1639-1962 New York, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index, ($)
 * 1847-1848 and 1908–1936 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; marriage license index on film goes to 1935
 * 1801-1890 Barber Collection- Newspaper Deaths at Ancestry — index, ($); information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post."
 * 1850-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & some images

Linking to Websites

 * List the website the database is located on by stating, "at WEBSITENAME" after the name of the database
 * Put a dash after the website name to list further information regarding index, images, subscription fees, completeness of database, and other important notes regarding the database collection.
 * To increase readability, do not add a link to the website name.

List of Databases

 * When possible, list databases in chronological order.
 * When listing databases that do not have a beginning or ending date, you can use "Pre" and "Post" to help identify the dates the database may cover.
 * Do not use circa or ca. to identify about dates. The dates we list at the beginning of the database link are suggestions to what the database may cover and are not verified for accuracy on their websites. Thus, all database links are "about" dates and do not need to be marked as "about", "circa", or "ca.".

Examples:
 * 1846-1909 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index only
 * 1866-1909 New York City Births, 1866-1909 at NYC Dept of Records - index and images; has some earlier dates starting in 1760s
 * Post-1866 New York, New York, U.S., Index to Birth Certificates, Post-1866 at Ancestry - index only ($)
 * Pre-1909 [New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Birth Index, Pre-1909] at Ancestry; index only ($); Also at MyHeritage index ($)
 * 1910-1965 New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910-1965 at Ancestry - index & images ($)