FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Portugal Cemeteries & FamilySearch Centers

Instruction
Master Instruction List Task List

Step One: Open Page in Wikitext

 * From the Cemeteries & Family History Centers, select a district. This will take you to the district's table of municipalities.
 * Click on the first available municipality. This will take you to the municipality's page.
 * Click Edit Source

Step Two: Find Cemeteries on FindAGrave and BillionGraves
FindAGrave BillionGraves
 * On the cemetery lookup at FindAGrave, enter in Portugal and click Search.
 * Look through the addresses of the cemeteries to see if any were within the municipality.
 * Use the find function (control-F) to search for the municipality's name
 * There are multiple pages of cemeteries, make sure to look through them all
 * On the cemetery lookup at BillionGrave.com, enter in Portugal and the name of the district containing the municipality, then click Search.
 * From the list of cemeteries, see if any were within the municipality.

Step Three: Input Cemetery Information into the Wiki
For every cemetery you find within the municipality, input contact information under "== Cemeteries ==" [url FindAGrave] or [url BillionGraves], using the URL of the cemetery's page Address Line 1 Address Line 2 etc. Email: [mailto:email email]
 * Move the website from the first line under the cemetery page to be underneath Phone Number.
 * The website link should be formatted as:
 * The address should include breaks at the end of each line
 * In phone number, copy the phone number as follows Phone: NUMBER
 * In email, format the email as follows:
 * Make sure the email address is copied twice into the template, with a space between the two emails

(Possible) Step Four: Add Additional Cemeteries
If there are more than two cemeteries for the municipality on FindAGrave or Billion Graves, add the following template for cemetery contact information underneath the existing ones, and fill in the contact information. Name of Cemetery Website Address Phone number [mailto:email email address]

(Possible) Step Five: Delete Templates if Cemeteries are Not Found

 * If only limited contact information is provided, delete the portion of the template that asks for the information
 * For example, if no email address is provided, delete "[mailto: email email address] "


 * If only one cemetery is found on the websites, delete the second template for cemetery contact information.
 * If no cemeteries are found on the website:
 * Delete both templates for cemetery contact information
 * Paste the following phrase in the place of the template for cemetery contact information: There are no known cemeteries for this municipality.

Step Six: Add Link to Family History Center
Website: Website Email: [mailto:email email] If there is no phone number or email address, delete that line from the template.
 * Open the Family history center locator
 * Search for the municipality
 * Select the nearest Family History Center
 * Fill in the Center's name
 * Click Website to open the FamilySearch Wiki page
 * On the municipality page, cut and paste the website section from directly under the title to directly underneath Phone number.
 * Link the center's page to the municipality page by inserting the following template over "Website," and filling in the name of the center's page.
 * Copy the address, making sure to add a break after each line
 * Format the phone number as Phone: NUMBER
 * In email, format the email as follows:
 * Make sure the email address is copied twice into the template, with a space between the two emails

If there are multiple centers equally close to the municipality, copy the following tablet underneath the first center, and fill in the information for the second center. Name of nearest center Website/page on FS wiki Address Phone number [mailto:email email address]

Example Page
The following link is the completed municipality page for The Municipality of Águeda The following link shows a complete cemetery section for The Municipality of Mealhada