FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England

Welcome to the WikiProject England page! A focused community effort to create or revise content relating to a single topic.

Scope
Articles about England and England research topics. Ideally a child WikiProject could be set-up for each English County which would focus on articles for county level resources and the parishes within each county. Until these are created these are within the scope of this project. Some articles cover both England and Wales and so would also fall within the scope of WikiProject Wales.

Child WikiProjects

 * FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Dade Parish Registers
 * FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject English parishes

Meetings
A Project Meeting is held every Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. MST. Everyone is invited. If you would like to work on the project, but aren't sure where to start, this is a good place to learn more about what is going on.


 * Join the meeting here
 * The meeting number is 994 670 621
 * There is no password required
 * The system will call you, but should you need to dial in, the phone number is 1-855-537-4000 (U.S. Toll-Free)

For more information or questions, contact the Project Coordinator, Jane Colmenares, evancol@yahoo.com Evancol 15:06, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Tasks
See a list of easy tasks that need to be performed on the England pages. If you haven't edited in the Wiki before, we will help you get started, and we will teach you how to perform the task you choose.

Contributors

 * Steve
 * Don
 * Jane
 * Jana
 * Nathan

Tasks
Please volunteer to complete one or more tasks by adding your name to this list. Before you can add your name to the list below, Do this while viewing this page:


 * 1) click the "Edit" option located in the page options box to the right. This will open the "Editing" window.
 * 2) Select the task you wish to work on, then input three tildes in the "Sign Up..." column (the third column) across from the task description. (Do not type your name--the three tildes will automatically insert your username if you are logged in.)
 * 3) Go down to the bottom of the editing page, and click "Save Page" to save your changes.
 * 4) Make sure you share your thoughts on the project you're working on in your User page. Also share your thoughts on others' User pages.

More than one person may sign up to work on a given task. That way, those who sign up for a task can also communicate with each other on what they'ree doing.

Articles about Record Types

 * Census - County Census articles generally have links to FHLC entries about the parish - these are not census specific - idea rename these pages County FamilySearch Catalog results


 * Church Records - work has started on a series of articles explaining CofE Diocese
 * Civil Registration - add details/point to websites of county record offices
 * Poor Law - articles have been created at County level for Poor Law Unions - created articles for each specific PLU - use workhouse template to link to create links to external resource
 * Probate - WikiProject England/Probate Keys Migration

Wish List

 * Add suitable images/pictures to articles
 * A good source of images from around England available to use via the Creative Commons Licence is Geograph (use the Geograph template when uploading the image)

Barn Raising February 2009
The following tasks were defined during the England Barn Raising in February 2009. Some of these articles came from the old England Research outline and need to be updated. This first table lists those topics that are part of this phase of the barn raising.

Simple tasks
Potentially, a large number of volunteers in the community may feel unqualified to write a 'how to' article on a subject of interest, but they are available to do simple tasks that support the writing of articles. This is the place to list and/or volunteer for those tasks! If you're a writer, here's where you can get some help. If you're a volunteer or community member, here's where you can give some!

Other England Pages to Update
Many of these articles came from the old England Research outline and need to be updated. This table lists all topics for all phases of England barn raisings. They are listed here to give you the opportunity to take a task even if all of those above are taken or none of them meet your interests. You may add tasks you think are needed or add a note to one you think is not needed for England.While these pages are not part of the February 2009 barn raising, they can be worked on at any time, and may be the focus for a future phase of England barn raisings.

England county pages to update
These pages should be written during the second phase of the barn raising.

Infoboxes

 * Infobox England Jurisdictions

Navboxes

 * England counties
 * England Archives and Libraries
 * England Research Guidance
 * Poor Law
 * Church of England dioceses

Categories

 * Category:WikiProject England
 * Category:WikiProject England articles
 * Category:England