Map/Society Page Project - How to Create a Society Page

Map/Society Page Project How to Create a Society Page

How to Create a Society Page
Follow these steps:

Step One - Invite your Society to Participate

 * Decide who from your society will enter information on your society Wiki page.


 * Editing on the Wiki is similar to Microsoft Word and other word processing programs.


 * There are written instructions and online videos to help guide a beginner through the process of editing on the Wiki.

Step Two - Create a FamilySearch User Account

 * If you are the appointed society representative to add information to the Wiki society page, you must create a FamilySearch user account. This will be a personal account and not a society account.


 * Instructions on how to Create FamilySearch account. To print the instructions on the webpage, click on the printer icon at the top of the page.


 * You may already have a FamilySearch user account if you have indexed on FamilySearch or signed in to view some images on FamilySearch Historical Records. If so, you do not need to create a new account.

Step Three - Contact FamilySearch

 * To begin editing your Society page, you must have FamilySearch create one for you. Send an email to: USWiki@FamilySearch.org.


 * An email will be sent as soon as the society page is completed.

Step Four - Collect Information about Your Society

 * Use the Society Page and Infobox Form to determine what you would like on your society page


 * [[Media:Society_Page_and_Infobox_Form.pdf|PDF Society Page and Infobox Form]]


 * Skip any sections that do not apply to your society.


 * NOTE: The society page structure may change throughout the pilot project. Updates and information will be given to societies who participate.

Step Five - Log into the Wiki

 * Log into the Wiki by going to wiki.familysearch.org and clicking, "Sign in" at the top right of the screen.


 * Type in your user name and password and press enter.


 * When you have successfully logged in, your name should appear in the top right of the screen.

Step Six - Add Info to Your Society Page

 * Once you are logged in, locate your society page by typing your society name in the search box. Example: The Brickwall Genealogical Society.


 * Review the results list and click on your society page.


 * Instructions on how to add information to the society Info box and the society Wiki page are below:


 * Editing a Society Wiki Page


 * Editing a Society's Infobox


 * You may find it helpful to view a completed example of a completed society page