FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Portugal Histories

Instruction
Master Instruction List Task List

Step One: Open Page in Wikitext

 * From the Histories and Cities Task List, 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: Locate Corresponding Page in Wikipedia

 * In a separate window, open Wikipedia.org
 * Search for the district that contains the municipality.
 * Several districts also have municipalities with the same name. If the municipality opens, the sidebar will contain a link to the district's page.
 * From the list of municipalities on the district's wikipedia page, select the correct one.

Step Three: Extract Historical Information

 * From the introduction and the History section of Wikipedia, find the following type of information:
 * The date the original area was founded.
 * The date the municipality was created.
 * What district it belonged to at different periods of time.
 * Historically significant events (fires, earthquakes, battles) that may have damaged genealogical records.
 * Rephrase the historical information whenever possible so we are not directly copying Wikipedia.
 * Each point of information should be preceded by an asterisk (*), and be placed on a separate line.
 * The last bullet point should give the population of the municipality. The basic format is already provided.
 * Fill in the name of the municipality
 * Fill in the population number, (usually stated in the sidebar), rounded to the hundred.

Step Four: Format Citation
There is already a template for a citation after the last bullet point.
 * Copy the name of the wikipedia article into "PAGE NAME"
 * Copy the wikipedia article's url into "URL"
 * Write the current date in place of "DATE"

Example Page
The following link is the completed municipality page for São Miguel, Azores Genealogy