User:Batsondl/Sandbox 9

FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Colorado Additional Census Info

Purpose
Add additional databases and fix a heading for the Colorado Census section

Task List
Task List

Instructions
1. Go to the Task List and sign out a section of counties to work on.

2. Go do the Census heading on the first county.

Step 1 - take out previous content
3. If the following database is listed under the heading, State and Territory Census Records, cut and paste it under the heading, Federal Census Records and it's subsequent paragraph.


 * 1860-1940 Colorado Census Records from 1860 to 1940 at FamilySearch.org — index/images

NOTE: if it is not there, you do not have to paste it in.

Step 2 - add new content
5. Add the following wikitext before the 1885 State Census database links so it's in chronological order. directly after the heading, State and Territory Census Records

*1860 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Colorado was included in the 1860 Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Utah Territories Censuses *1870 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Colorado Territory Census

5. Preview the page to make sure the links and information look correct.

6. Add to the Summary field, "added census databases" and save the page.

7. Once you are finished with your counties, go back to the Task List and add the date you completed your section of counties.

Territory and State Census Records

 * 1860 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Colorado was included in the 1860 Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Utah Territories Censuses
 * 1870 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Colorado Territory Census
 * 1885 - Colorado State Census, 1885 at FamilySearch - Index and images
 * 1885 - Colorado State Census, 1885 at Ancestry - ($), Index and images

Federal Census Records
The 1880 Census was the first Federal Census for Colorado after it became a state in 1876. For links to Federal Census indexes, see Colorado Census.
 * 1860-1940 Colorado Census Records from 1860 to 1940 at FamilySearch.org — index/images