FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Utah Tasks Church Phase 1

The WikiProject Utah team selected a community approach to LDS records, rather than individual wards. (The ward approach may be needed for large LDS communities, such as Salt Lake, Provo, etc.) (Meetings 9/12 and 9/26/2012)

Task Description
The purpose of this project is to copy and adapt the "pattern" — found in the Discussion tab — to each LDS community in each of Utah's 29 counties.

The LDS communities have been identified, for the most part, and appear as red links under the heading "Church of Jesus Christ..." on the county pages.

Step 1. Copy the pattern without changing it
A) Click the Discussion tab B) Click the "Edit This Page" button. C) Select Wikitext D) Highlight all (Ctrl+A) and copy (Ctrl+C) E) Cancel edit

Step 2. Click a red link and copy the pattern page

 * (Best to have another tab or window open)

A) On the county page, go to the Churches and Religious Groups topic B) Click a red (inactive) link -- under the Church of Jesus Christ... heading.
 * Note: It will tell you the page does not exist

C) Click to edit, select Wikitext, click on the page, then paste the pattern. D) Fill in edit Summary box: "copied pattern" and Save page

Step 3. Adapt the Pattern
A) Breadcrumb trail:
 * Change "Beaver" to the current county (2 instances in breadcrumb trail)
 * Change "Frisco" to current town with comma
 * Fill in edit Summary, "Breadcrumb", Save page

B) Get correct pages from Jenson's Encyclopedic History.


 * Click on the BYU link, search by place, scroll down to see page numbers
 * Hint: slide down to the alphabet for the place, and check the page(s) with hits. to see which one is the beginning page. Then determine which is the ending page.
 * Edit in WikiText again, and change the page numbers (p ?-?) to the pages for this place

C) Under "Church Units and Boundaries"
 * In WikiText, change the name of Beaver Stake, Utah stake in two places in the line that starts with "[["
 * Once you save the page, this link may turn red. It just means that the page has not been created with this pattern page as yet.
 * Using bullets, add each church unit and its boundaries for the church unit the page is about.
 * Get this from Jenson's above.

Important note: if this ward or branch did not exist in 1941 per Jenson's, please note that in this area, including the ward or branch it was merged with. (See the example in the fake timeline below for more clarity.)

D) Under "Obtain the Records":
 * Change "Beaver, Frisco" to current county, place
 * Test the link.
 * If it goes to the FHL Catalog, but no entries appear, remove the link.
 * If it doesn't go to the FHL Catalog, fix the link.

E) Under "History Timeline":
 * Create a timeline with the year first, and in year order so users can quickly jump to the time period that affects their ancestors.
 * If there is an event with a beginning and ending date, be sure the ending date is also on the timeline. Fake example: If Jenson's says, "the Silver Lode mine operated from 1878-1930. Situated 35 miles NW of Hoquiam, miners (some of them LDS) came to this area. By 1888, several of the miners requested a branch or at least a sunday school, due to the distance. The mine closed in 1930, causing miners to relocate. The ward was dissolved in 1931and members who stayed became affiliated with Hoquiam Ward.
 * 1878. Silver Lode Mine opened 35 miles NW of Hoquiam.
 * 1888. Several miners from Silver Lode Mine requested a branch.
 * 1900. Silver Lode Branch was established.
 * 1930. Silver Lode Mine shut down, causing members to relocate.
 * 1931. Silver Lode Ward was dissolved. Members became affiliated with the Hoquiam Ward.

F) Below "References"
 * In Category, replace "Beaver" with current county
 * Type in the edit Summary box: "adapted to town" and Save page

Counties that are ready
(Counties will be added as readied through a separate project)

Beaver· Box Elder·