FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject World Survey Church Records

Project Leader
Becca Curtis

Purpose
To create or add to every country Church Records page.

Template
Church Records Template

Instructions
See South Africa Church Records as an example.

Step 1: Copy and Paste Code
 Go to the country. Click on the Societies link in the sidebar (the link will be red because it hasn't been created yet). Copy and paste the following code onto this new page:  For information about records for non-Christian religions in COUNTRY, go to the Religious Records page.
 * Change COUNTRY to the name of the country you are working on (not in all caps).

Add to the bottom of the page: == References ==
 * Change COUNTRY to the name of the country you are working on (not in all caps).



Step 2: Adding Christian Denominations
 Go to the sidebar and click on Religious Records (open it in a new tab). Religious Records lists all of the religions in the country. Find all of the Christian churches (Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox churches) Add all these Christian churches onto the Church Records page in alphabetical order using the following code: == CHURCH/DENOMINATION Records ==
 * Change CHURCH/DENOMINATION to the name of the church (not in all caps).

Under each Church heading add this code:</li> === How to Find the Records === ==== Online Resources and Websites ==== === Historical Background === === Information Recorded in the Records === Also add an "Other Denominations" heading without the subheadings.</li> == Other Denominations == </ol>
 * Take note: After researching each of these denominations, if not a lot of information is found, the church will be moved to underneath the "Other Denominations" heading as a bullet point, its subheadings will be deleted, and a link to Wikipedia will be added.

See Angola Church Records as an example.