User:Iluvhistory66/Sandbox/FamilySearch Municipalities Histories PR

Project Leader
Virginia Pratt

Purpose
Add municipality section and history to Puerto Rico municipality pages. Update old information in other sections.

Task List
Puerto Rico Municipality Update Task List

Step One
VIRGINIA: [screenshots of Research Wiki article and of Wikipedia page]
 * Open Task List, select a municipality by putting your name in the "Name" column.
 * Click on the municipality link, which takes you to the FamilySearch Wiki page for that municipality.
 * In a separate window, open Wikipedia Main Page
 * Search for the location.

Step Two: Extract Historical Information
History Examples: ''Before the Spanish settlers founded, Yauco, the Taíno (the indigenous people of the Caribbean) inhabited the area for hundreds of years. The Yauco area was the capital of what is now modern day Puerto Rico and was governed by the most powerful chief on the island. In 1756, after the Spanish settlers built a place of worship satisfying one of the Spanish Government's requirements to establish a municipality, the Spanish Government granted the settlement of the town of Yauco. Starting in the 19th century and going into the early 20th century, hundreds of families emigrated from Corsica, most of them settling in the Yauco area. These immigrants were instrumental in further developing the economy of Puerto Rico, especially the coffee industry. Immigrants also came from Italy, France, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany.'' Yauco population is approximately 46,384.
 * From the introduction and the history section (and other sections if need be) of Wikipedia, find the following type of information:
 * The date the original area was founded.
 * The date the location was created.
 * What jurisdiction it belonged to at different periods of time.
 * See if there was any historically significant events (fires, earthquakes, battles) that may have damaged genealogical records.
 * Rephrase the historical information whenever possible so we are not directly copying Wikipedia.
 * The histories should be written in paragraph form, with each piece of information you find in a sentence.
 * The last sentence should give the population of the province. The basic format is already provided.
 * Fill in the population number, (usually stated in the sidebar), rounded to the hundred.

Step Three: Format Citation
Citation Template: Example: see the citation example for the history of Yauco on this page.
 * The Author and Repository I have put into this template.
 * Copy the name of the wikipedia article into "ARTICLE NAME" (make sure to keeP quotation marks around the article name)
 * Copy the wikipedia article's url into "URL"
 * Write the current date in place of "ACCESSDATE"

Step Four: Remove Bold

 * Under Online Records section search for the words "incomplete" that are bolded.
 * Remove the marks from around the words to unbold them.