FamilySearch Wiki:Formatting Databases and Books Cheat Sheet

Format of Code - Summary
The basic elements that should be included in the link to an online database are:
 * The range of years included in the database
 * The database name
 * The website hosting the database
 * The type of database
 * An indicator if it requires a subscription or payment to access

For example:
 * 1715-1945 Prisoners of War 1715-1945 at Findmypast - index & images ($)
 * 1820-1957 Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)

Basic Database Link
*DATE-DATE [URL DATABASENAME] at WEBSITENAME — index & images ($); ADDITIONAL INFO; Also at: [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE] ($), [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE] ($)
 * Additional guidelines for listing dates

Historical Records Collection Link with Template
*DATE-DATE at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1863-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection, Coverage Table, Inventory; images

Historical Records Collection Link Browse Only
*DATE–DATE at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; images; ADDITIONAL INFO

FamilySearch Catalog With Author listed in Link
*DATE-DATE (*) AUTHOR at FamilySearch Catalog - images

FamilySearch Catalog No Author listed in Link
*DATE-DATE (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Online Books - Listing Title First
This is to be used in the body of the Wiki article. *NAME OF BOOK. By AUTHOR. PUBLISHING PLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISH DATE. ; ; Online at: [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE]; [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE]; [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE]

Book Not Online - Listing Title First
This is to be used in the body of the Wiki article.

*NAME OF BOOK. By AUTHOR. PUBLISHING PLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISH DATE. ;

Traditional - Book Not Online
*LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME. NAME OF BOOK. PUBLISHING PLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISH DATE. ;

Traditional - Book Online
*LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME. NAME OF BOOK. PUBLISHING PLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLISH DATE. ; ; Online at: [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE]; [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE]; [URL NAMEOFWEBSITE]

Instructions for Creating Database Links

 * Standard Database
 * Listing Dates
 * Listing Index & Images
 * Listing Websites
 * Listing Identical Databases
 * Listing Free and Subscription Websites
 * Listing Free Collections on Subscription Websites
 * Listing Free Indexes and Images for Pay

FamilySearch Historical Records Database Links

 * Listing HR Indexed Collections with Template
 * Listing HR Browse Only Collections with Template
 * FamilySearch Collections With Limited Access

FamilySearch Catalog

 * FamilySearch Catalog Links to Digital Images

FS Catalog and FS Historical Records

 * FamilySearch Catalog vs. FamilySearch Historical Records Links

FamilySearch Explore Images

 * FamilySearch Explore Images - Links to Digital Images

Database Examples

 * Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)
 * 1636-1692 (*) Essex County Courts at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1642-1905 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1817–1979 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; images; includes guardianship records
 * 1849-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($), Findmypast ($)
 * 1849-1985 Web: Minnesota, Naturalization Index, 1849-1985 at Ancestry (Free collection)
 * 1856-1929 (*) Nevada County Recorder at FamilySearch Library Catalog — images
 * 1863-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection, Coverage Table, Inventory; images
 * 1866-1909 New York City Births, 1866-1909 at NYC Dept of Records - index and images; has some earlier dates starting in 1760s
 * 1880-1920 Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1947 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1884-1910 (*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1890 Idaho, Reconstructed Census, 1890 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1899-Onward Ohio, Lucas County Obituaries at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1900-1934 Minnesota Births, 1900-1934 at Minnesota Historical Society — free index, images ($)
 * 1901-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-Current Birth Index, 1906-Current at Pennsylvania State Archives - index

Books Not Online

 * Traditional List - Book Not Online
 * Listing the Title First - Book Not Online
 * Using FamilySearch Catalog FSC Template - Book is NOT Online

Online Books

 * Online Books - FamilySearch Digital Books and Other Websites
 * Obtaining a Link in FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Traditional List - Books Online
 * List the Title First - Books Online
 * Multiple Volumes for Online Books
 * One to Three Volumes
 * Four or More Volumes
 * Dates Listed on Online Book Link

Traditional

 * Austin, Jeannette Holland. The Georgians: Genealogies of Pioneer Settlers. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984. ;
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. A Key to Southern Pedigrees: Being a Comprehensive Guide to the Colonial Ancestry of Families in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Alabama. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 1953.
 * Gnann, Pearl R. Georgia Salzburger and Allied Families. Revised. Savannah, Georgia: Mrs. C. LeBey and Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1970. ;

Title First

 * Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1890.
 * History of Washington County, Iowa: From the First White Settlements to 1908. By Howard A Burrell. Chicago, IL: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1909.
 * The Georgians: Genealogies of Pioneer Settlers By Jeannette Holland Austin. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984. ;

Traditional

 * Crozier, William Armstrong. A Key to Southern Pedigrees: Being a Comprehensive Guide to the Colonial Ancestry of Families in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Alabama. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 1953. . Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Hathitrust
 * DeMond, Robert O. The Loyalists in North Carolina During the Revolution. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1940. Online at: Hathitrust, Ancestry ($)

Title First

 * A Key to Southern Pedigrees: Being a Comprehensive Guide to the Colonial Ancestry of Families in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Alabama. By William Armstrong Crozier. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 1953. ; ; Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Hathitrust
 * The Loyalists in North Carolina During the Revolution. By Robert O. DeMond. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1940. ; Online at: Hathitrust, Ancestry ($)

1 to 3 Volumes

 * Revolutionary America, 1763-1789: a Bibliography By Ronald M. Gephart. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984. ; Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust; Vol. 1 & 2 - Internet Archive

4 or More Volumes

 * Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, Genealogical-Memorial: Representative Citizens. By Samuel Hart. Boston, Massachusetts: American Historical Society, 1917-1923. Online at:, Internet Archive, Vol. 1-13

Dates Listed on Online Book Link

 * 1609-1999 Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1635-1750 A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. By Charles William Manwaring. Hartford, [Connecticut]: R.S. Peck & Company, 1904-1906. Online at:
 * 1635-1750 Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750 at American Ancestors - index & images ($)