FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New Hampshire Town Clerk Information

Current Wiki Projects New Hampshire Town Clerk Information

PURPOSE
Adding Town Clerk information to New Hampshire town pages.

CONTACT
Jane Colmenares

Task Page
Task List

INSTRUCTIONS
Video recording of project instructions. The video goes over Massachusetts but also applies to New Hampshire.

1. Go to the Massachusetts Town Clerk Task List and choose a county. Put your name on the list for that county.

2. When you go to that county page on the wiki, you will find a listing for all of the towns in that county. This town listing is what you will work from to find the information you will need to enter onto the wiki pages.

3. Click on your first town name which will take you to that page in the wiki. Make sure there is not already information for the Town Clerk on the page. It should be located near the top of the page (around Town Hall if that heading is present). If not, go on to Step 4.

4. Using New Hampshire Government website, find the information for the town you are working on.

5. If there is already a heading of Town Hall, you will place this information under that heading. Create a heading for Town Clerk (see instructions below if you have not made a heading before). Please note that some towns list their contact information as "Town Office." This is the contact information for the Town Clerk that you will use.



Once you have opened the edit screen, go to the end of the Town Hall line and hit return. Type in the words Town Clerk. Highlight those words and go up to the Format font section and choose Heading 3. This will change the words Town Clerk into a heading.



Then hit return again, change the Format Font back to normal and begin entering the address under "Mailing address:" If needed, change the copied address from all uppercase letters to upper and lower case as appropriate.

6. There is sometimes a website for the town clerk listed the heading "For additional information about Dover, try." It is usually the first bullet. Click on the website to see if it works and goes to the official town page.

7. If the website works, add the word "Website" underneath the address on the wiki page.

8. To add the website link, highlight the word "Website" and click on the Link button on the edit bar. Paste in the website link in the "Link" field and click "ok."

9. If the website does not work, you can try to search Google for the correct town clerk page. Try using the keywords with the name of the town: "town clerk New Hampshire." For example, if you are looking for the Keene town clerk, Google the words, "Keene town clerk New Hampshire." If you find the official town clerk page, use the website URL. If you can't find one, leave off the word Website and go to step 13 to complete the task.

10. There is no e-mail address located on the New Hampshire government website. However, you may locate one on the town clerk page. If it is easy to find on the official town clerk page, copy the e-mail address and paste it between the address of the town clerk and the website for the town clerk.

11. Make the e-mail address into a clickable link by highlighting the e-mail address you entered. Go to the edit bar just below the name of the wiki article at the top and click on the Link button. A box will open. In the "Link" field, type "mailto:" and the e-mail address of the town clerk. Then click "ok."

12. If you do not find an e-mail address, go to step 13 to complete the task.

13. Enter “added town clerk info” in the edit summary box and save your work.

14. Check the page to make sure your work looks the way you think it should and you are ready to move on to the next town. Repeat the above steps above for each town. (see example below)



14. Once you have completed an entire county, go back to the Task List and enter the completed date.