User:SvareJM/Sandbox/Document Template

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Breadcrumbs
For a single locality, usually a national collection, use the wiki article for the country as the breadcrumb.  Locality  For multiple localities, the national level is first, followed by the state, county, town, and any lower level. In this template the lowest level is placed in link5. 



Infoboxes
See this page for all current infobox parameters. The link opens in a new window.

Article Headers
These are section headers and content that should not be changed. See the sections below for the content that belongs in each section. 

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

How Can I Contribute to the FamilySearch Wiki?


Sample Article
Without Breadcrumbs and infobox

Why Should I Look at This Collection?


Why Should I Look at This Collection?
 This section is recommended but optional. Add this section to describe any special benefit to looking at this collection.

What is in This Collection?


What is in This Collection?
 Please do not just copy and paste the Publishable Description from the Guidance Tab in Rosetta. Use that description as a base and add information based on what you know about the collection when the article is written. Check out the original records or microfilm collections, to see what they look like. At first this description is only preliminary, it should be updated as more is known about the collection or the collection scope changes. You may want to mention the archive where the collection was housed.

Image Visibility
Effective 6 January 2020 all Historical Records articles shall include this section. 

Image Visibility


Reading These Records
Add this section only when collection records are in a language other than English. Replace the word "language" in the sample with the name of the language. 

Reading These Records
These records are written in language. 

 These records are written in Language. For help reading these records see:  Or  These records are written in Language. For help reading these records see Language, Reading Spanish handwritten records, and Script tutorial for Spanish. </PRE>
 * Language Genealogical Word List
 * Reading Spanish handwritten records
 * Script tutorial for Spanish

To Browse This Collection
Add this section only if there are images to view and a browse hierarchy with headers (not just numbers, AKA “fakey” browse). Add the CID number Populate the title parameter with the publishable title from the traveler Scheduled = is needed if the collection is not yet published 

To Browse This Collection
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What Can These Records Tell Me?


What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: </PRE> The idea is to give the article readers an idea what information is include in each image or record. We usually begin with this phrase: The following information may be found in these records:</BR>

If the list has three or fewer items write it as a sentence. Four or more items should be put into a bulleted list. Please use phrases such as Name of Deceased, Birthdate of bridal couple, Groom's Occupation.<BR> No matter what data you put in this section, please order it so it makes sense! If a collection is for death records, don't put "death date" last in the list. Likewise, don't put "birth date" first.<BR>

The best way to determine what should be in this list would be by looking at some of the actual images from the collection. This list does not need to be comprehensive, but if there is a item of particular significance it should be identified. Rosetta lists the fields that will be indexed. Go to the Guidance tab, scroll down to the Fields heading, and look at the table column labeled as Name.<BR>

There are two ways to display information in this section using a bulleted list. The first is the columns-list template, the second is the three col templates.

The columns-list template works very well for a collection containing a single record type, but not well at all for church records where you have different information based on the event that is being recorded.. This template allows you to specify the number of columns you want to display, but you have no control over where the list breaks. The template has only one parameter, the number of columns to display.  • 2 </PRE>

The second way is by using the three col templates: col-begin, col-break, and col-end. These work best for displaying information for collections containing multiple record types, such as baptism, marriage, and burial records. You can use the col-break template to force a new column to display. When using the col-break template, the first item on the list should be the record type, with bold formatting and no bullet. All data for that record type should be bulleted I.e., Baptism
 * Child's name
 * Baptism date
 * Birthdate
 * Parent's names

The width=auto parameter in the col-begin template insures the list will nest against the Infobox. This is especially important if you have or more than three columns, or bullet points that contain a lot of text. 

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Collection Content
This section can be omitted if there are no sample images or coverage information. 

Collection Content
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Sample Images
Instructions for downloading and fixing images can be found at: P:/Records_User Guidance_ Image Instructions. The perrow variable can be changed as needed for the article.

The caption parameter is not used in the image gallery. 

Sample Images
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Coverage Table


Coverage Table
</PRE> Add text explaining the table or map and links between articles and maps as appropriate.

Coverage Map


Coverage Map
</PRE> Add text explaining the table or map and links between articles and maps as appropriate.

Digital Folder Number List
Digital Folder Number Lists are created for fakey browse articles to help people negotiate fakey browses. A collection sometimes has DGS numbers, not words, and no one knows what lies in the folders, so a fakey browse is created to help the patron find information. (If you find a collection that needs a “fakey browse,” add to the Fakey Browse Collections Spreadsheet on OneDrive) 

Digital Folder Number List
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</PRE> The DFNL_completed= parameter should be removed after the DFNL article is published.

How Do I Search This Collection?
List items that will help people search the collection. Be careful not to intimidate searchers by listing too many items. For example: 

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: </PRE>
 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

Search the Index
Add the coding below for a collection with an index. 

Search the Index
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View the Images
View Images Link template for collections with a real browse 

View the Images
</PRE> The levels of the browse hierarchy are found under the Guidance Tab in Rosetta, in the Browse Hierarchy table, in the Hierarchy Description column. If the browse level does not exist leave the parameter blank. Remove the Scheduled= parameter when the collection is published.

DFNL View template for collections with a Fakey Browse 

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Catalog Tip


</PRE> Longer coding is used when the link is to a catalog record that lists references to multiple catalog records: <PRE>

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How Do I Analyze the Results?
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How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log. </PRE>

What Do I Do Next?
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What Do I Do Next?
</PRE> This section is a level two header that should be left blank as the next two sections address this.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
</PRE> This section can be made up of either sentences or bullet points. Add advice about how to use the discovered information. For example: <PRE> </PRE> If you add bullet points to this section, do not add periods to the end of each line. They are not sentences. If there are two phrases you may add a period between the two phrases.
 * Add the new information to your records
 * Use the information to find the person in other records
 * Analyze the entry to see if if provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?
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I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?
</PRE> This section can be made up of either sentences or bullet points. Add advice about alternate records, search methods, locations, etc. For example: <PRE> </PRE> If you add bullet points to this section, do not add periods to the end of each line.
 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of his name
 * Try searching by surname only

Research Helps
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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in. </PRE> To complete the sentence use the locality given in Link1 or Link2 from the breadcrumb trail as appropriate.

Add the articles shown below in the order given. If an article does not exist, omit it from the list. If none of the articles exist, omit this section. Any added articles should go at the end of this list. <PRE> </PRE> You can find these links in the Research Helps Links.xlsx spreadsheet on OneDrive. Alternatively, you can copy this section from another article for the same locality.
 * Location Guided Research
 * Location Record Finder
 * Location Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1907 | 1907-Present

Related Family History Library Holdings
This section is optional. Titles listed in the FamilySearch Library Catalog can be included in this section. As this is a reference section of the article, and not instructional, it is appropriately placed at the end of the article. <PRE>

Related Family History Library Holdings
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Related FamilySearch Historical Records Collections
This section is optional and should only be added if other Historical Records collection related to this have been or will be published. As this is reference section of the article, and not instructional, it is appropriately placed at the end of the article. <PRE>

Related FamilySearch Historical Records Collections
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Related Digital Books
This section is optional and should only be added if digital books relating to the collection have been identified. As this is reference section of the article, and not instructional, it is appropriately placed at the end of the article. Any article containing this header should also include the category Digital Books. <PRE>

Related Digital Books
</PRE> Add the category Digital Books at the end of the article or at the end of this section. <PRE>

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Known Issues with This Collection
The Known Issues section is under revision. For now leave it out of the article. <PRE>

Known Issues with This Collection
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Citing This Collection
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Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. </PRE>

There are some collections that do not have an index, though they are relatively uncommon. <PRE>

</PRE> (Use this coding if there are indexed records) Do not add an image citation if the collection is index-only. <PRE>

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How Can I Contribute to the FamilySearch Wiki?
This section is built entirely from the Contributor invite template. No additional coding is required. <PRE>

How Can I Contribute to the FamilySearch Wiki?
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Categories
Most categories are automatically generated by the location= coding in the infobox at the top of the screen. Subcategories and sometimes larger categories need to be added manually. The coding for a category is: Category:Name of locality and it can be added to the bottom of an article.<BR> Before creating a category or subcategory, please double check the existing categories to make sure they don’t already exist.<BR> To create a subcategory for a state equivalent, create the category for the state equivalent first. For example, <PRE></PRE>. Edit the source for that category and list the category for the country next to the coding for the lower level category, in this case <PRE></PRE> <PRE></PRE><BR> Before adding a category manually to an article please make sure it hasn’t been automatically generated and isn’t listed in the category box at the bottom of the page.