FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New York/Tasks-Repositories Museums

WikiProject New York Progress Chart  Tasks - Repositories: Museums

Description
The purpose of this task is to find county museums with genealogy-related materials and list their contact information, website, and what collections and databases they have.

Instructions
1. NOTE!!! If the museum is associated with a society or library (hopefully already listed under those topics on the county page), do not repeat the information.

2. To locate societies in a county, search the following websites:


 * For Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and St. Lawrence Counties, use this website first: Northern New York Library Network
 * Linkpendium
 * New York USGenWeb
 * Cyndi's List
 * Google "museum [county name and state]"

3. For each county museum you find, add the following:


 * Address
 * Phone number
 * Email
 * Link website and not the url. Do: New York USGenWeb; instead of: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygenweb/

4. Add one or two sentences that discuss the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the museum, if applicable.

5.You may also wish to include the following:


 * Rules for using the collection
 * Copy policies
 * Research help
 * Cost of entrance

6. If you copy a link and add it to the county page, make sure the link works. Do not add any broken links.

7. If the museum does not have a website, make sure the name of the museum is in bold type.

8. If you locate a town museum, you may want to add the information to the town page. To go to a town page, click on the town link in the "Municipalities and Communities" box at the bottom of the county page (you may have to click on the "show" button to see the list of towns.). Once on the town page, add a Heading 3 called "Museums" and add the information about the museum using the format given on this page.

9. You do not need to add state level museums to county or town pages.

Societies
Crystal Lake Historical Society PO Box 1151 Crystal Lake, IL 60039-1151

The Crystal Lake Historical Society is located in the Colonel Palmer House at the intersection of Illinois Route 176 and Terra Cotta Road in Crystal Lake. Their Research/Archives Room resources include newspapers from 1875, published county and local histories, atlases, maps and family files. On-line resources include the Index to Death Notices/Obituaries in the Nunda/Crystal Lake Herald, which provides details of name, age, date of death and date of burial for more than 33,000 people, dating back to 1875. The Crystal Lake Newsletter is bi-annual.