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==Welcome ==
==Welcome! ==


This wiki is meant to be a genealogy of our family, where "our" means anyone who has been invited to be a member. This is a private site. To see any page but the login, you must have a userid and password. We only intend to invite people who are part of the family tree. All the same, once a fact has been posted on the internet, it may never disappear.
This wiki is meant to be a genealogy of our family, where "our" means anyone who has been invited to be a member. This is a private site. To see any page but the login, you must have a userid and password. We only intend to invite people who are part of the family tree. All the same, once a fact has been posted on the internet, it may never disappear.
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#*Click on the "Edit" tab in the upper right corner and make the correction in the page code
#*Click on the "Edit" tab in the upper right corner and make the correction in the page code
::Warning: This may require above average computer skills
::Warning: This may require above average computer skills
::Tip: When you are done editing click "Show preview" so you can see what you've done before you save any thing.
::Tip: When you are done editing, click "Show preview" so you can see what you've done before you save any thing.


=== Creating A Biography ===
=== Creating A Biography ===
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We suggest that, in regard to living people, you provide only basic information.
We suggest that, in regard to living people, you provide only basic information.


=== General MediaWiki Information ===
=== General MediaWiki Information ===

Revision as of 20:43, 3 August 2014

Quick Links:
Biographies
Contact information
Template:Biography

Welcome!

This wiki is meant to be a genealogy of our family, where "our" means anyone who has been invited to be a member. This is a private site. To see any page but the login, you must have a userid and password. We only intend to invite people who are part of the family tree. All the same, once a fact has been posted on the internet, it may never disappear.

Getting started

Browsing

Please use this wiki to browse and learn about our family! You can find a list of all of the family members with biographies here. You can find contact information for living family members here. We hope that this site will help us stay connected.

Correcting Errors

If you notice an error on a page, please do either of the following:

  1. Let an editor know
    • Click on the "View History" tab in the upper right corner
    • Choose someone from the list of editors
    • Find their email address here and tell them of the error
  2. Make the correction yourself
    • Click on the "Edit" tab in the upper right corner and make the correction in the page code
Warning: This may require above average computer skills
Tip: When you are done editing, click "Show preview" so you can see what you've done before you save any thing.

Creating A Biography

  1. Go to Template:Biography
  2. Click on the "Edit" tab in the upper right corner
  3. Highlight the text in the page code and copy it
  4. In the search box type:
If Living: the persons current full name.
If Deceased: the persons full name at death.
  1. Click on: Create the page "Janet Doe Smith" on this wiki!
  2. Paste the Template:Biography code into the new text box
  3. Begin editing!

We suggest that, in regard to living people, you provide only basic information.

General MediaWiki Information

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