User:Amberannelarsen/sandbox148

Purpose
FamilySearch Places is a useful tool for finding the location of a place based on the place name. We will be using FamilySearch Places to compile a gazetteer for users of the Wiki to locate the more localized places their ancestors are from.

Sign up on Task List
1. Sign up for a country/jurisdiction in the task list above, and navigate to the respective Google Sheet for your assignment. 2. You will notice that for each department/jurisdiction of your country, there is a separate sheet (see image below). Make sure you are on the correct sheet for the jurisdiction you signed up for on the task list.

FamilySearch Places
3. In a separate tab or window, go to the FamilySearch Places tool. 4. In the search box in the top-left hand of the screen, search for the country/jurisdiction you signed up for from the task list. 5. Below the search box, you should see a recognized jurisdiction (e.g. "Department", "Province", "State", etc.). On the right-hand side of that result, there should be a blue link titled something like "Places in this Department". Click on that blue "Places in..." link. (see example circled in red below) 6. After you click on the "Places in..." link, it will show a long list of Populated Places (and other types of places). 7. For every entry in the results list, copy the word(s) immediately before the department/jurisdiction name, and paste them into the "Place Name" column in the Google Sheet (see the place names in red below, listed immediately before the department name "Alta Verapaz") 8. For each entry in Places, they will also list what kind of place it is (see things underlined in blue in the image above). Add this to the "Type of Place" in the Google Sheet column. 9. Continue adding the Place Names and the Types of Places from the FamilySearch Places tool into the Google Sheet. As shown in yellow in the image above, you will need to click to the next page until you have finished that country/jurisdiction. 10. If you encounter something that seems odd or out of place, add it to the "Notes" column in the Google Sheet. One example is shown below. "Candelaria" occurs in the "Alta Verapaz, Guatemala" jurisdiction 4 times in a row, listed as separate entries, but with the exact same name. In this case, I just listed "Candelaria" one time in the Google Sheet, and made a note that it was listed 4 times in Places. 11. When you have finished that entire country/jurisdiction you signed up for on the task list, add the Date Completed, and sign up for another available part of the task list. If you have any questions about this project, please contact Amber either on Yammer or email at amberlarsen@familysearch.org
 * Note: I personally like to have two windows open side by side: one window with the Google Sheet open, and the other window with the FamilySearch Places tool open next to it. That way I can see both at the same time.
 * Example: If I had signed up for "Guatemala: Alta Verapaz", I would search the Places tool for "Alta Verapaz, Guatemala".