FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah, Oregon, and West Virginia New Collections

Project Leader
Caileigh Oldroyd caileigholdroyd@familysearch.org

Purpose
These four new collections need to be added to all county pages in Utah, Oregon, and West Virginia in the United States.

Task List
Task List NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Beginning Instructions
There are four new collections that need to be added separately to county pages in Utah, Oregon, and West Virginia, USA.

1. You will need to sign up for a county under a collection title tab on the Task List. 2. Go to the instructions for the specific collection below.

=Utah Newspapers, 1850-2003=

Step One
Sign your name next to a county on the Utah Newspapers tab of the task list.
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two
Go to Utah, United States Genealogy and click your county you signed up for.

Step Three
In the contents, select Newspapers. This should jump you down to the Subheading Newspapers. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four

 * Click Edit Source next to Newspapers.
 * Copy the following code and paste it in order according to date range. If there are no links with date ranges yet, make this link the first one:

*1850-2003 Utah Newspapers, 1850-2003 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)


 * Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good.
 * Enter in "/* Newspapers */ Adding New Collections" as the Summary.
 * Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.

=Utah, Marriages, 1887-1999=

Step One
Sign your name next to a county on the Utah, Marriages tab of the task list.
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two
Go to Utah, United States Genealogy and click your county you signed up for.

Step Three
In the contents, select Marriage under Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Marriage. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four

 * Click Edit Source next to Marriage.
 * Copy the following code and paste it in order according to date range:

*1887-1999 Utah, Marriages, 1887-1999 at MyHeritage — index ($)


 * Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good.
 * Enter in "/* Marriage */ Adding New Collections" as the Summary
 * Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.

=Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917=

Step One
Sign your name next to a county on the Oregon State Archives, Births tab of the task list.
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two
Go to Oregon, United States Genealogy and click your county you signed up for.

Step Three
In the contents, select Birth under Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Birth. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four
 *1842-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images (*); Also at: Ancestry
 * Click Edit Source next to Birth.
 * Copy the following code and REPLACE the entry that begins with 1842-1917. You can do this by copying the code below, highlighting the entire entry that begins with 1842-1917 on the county page, and pressing "Control + V" on your keyboard. NOTE: if the entry is NOT on the page, just add in the copied code according to date range.


 * Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good.
 * Enter in "/* Births */ Adding New Collections" as the Summary
 * Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.

=West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971=

Step One
Sign your name next to a county on the West Virginia, County Marriage Records tab of the task list.
 * NOTE: You can scroll through tabs on Google Sheets. Next to the first tab, there are four lines stacked vertically. If you click that, you can see a complete list of all tabs on the Google Sheet. Additionally, next to the last tab, there are right and left arrows that you can click to scroll through.

Step Two
Go to West Virginia, United States Genealogy and click your county you signed up for.

Step Three
In the contents, select Marriage under Vital Records. This should jump you down to the Subheading Marriage. You can also just scroll down to this subheading.

Step Four
*1776-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * Click Edit Source next to Marriage.
 * Copy the following code and paste it in order according to date range:


 * Click Show Preview to make sure it looks good.
 * Enter in "/* Marriage */ Adding New Collections" as the Summary
 * Click Save Changes.

Here is an example of what it should look like.