FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Kansas Newspapers

Task List
Task List

Step 1: Finding Newspapers for your county
1. Go to the Newspaper Heading in the county and copy and paste the following in wikitext DIRECTLY below the CO Newspaper Intro template: 

Kansas Newspapers Online

*Kansas Newspapers at Newspapers.com - ($), free to Kansas residents through Kansas Historical Society *GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers *Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers *Chronicling America - contains images of some Kansas newspapers; searching tips *Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites

Kansas Newspaper Catalogs *Kansas Online Historical Newspapers - contains a list of known Kansas newspapers online and the websites they are found on  *U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper

Step 3: Remove old template
1. Remove the old template from the page:

Step 4: Saving the page
1. Once you have added the wikitext, preview the page by clicking on, Show Preview at the bottom of the page. Check your work to make sure it looks like it should. Make any necessary adjustments.

2. In the edit Summary field at the bottom of the page,enter "added newspaper links" and save the page.

3. You are now done with the task. Go to the next County on your list.

Example
Kansas Newspapers Online Kansas Newspaper Catalogs
 * Kansas Newspapers at Newspapers.com - ($), free to Kansas residents through Kansas Historical Society
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Kansas newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * Kansas Online Historical Newspapers - contains a list of known Kansas newspapers online and the websites they are found on
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper