FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Vital Records

This project centers around rewriting the U.S. Vital Records page and all the state vital records pages, such as Pennsylvania Vital Records. The project is being run by Ritcheymt who is helping scoping the project, defining sub-tasks, and recruiting volunteers.

Task Tracker

Requirement (AKA story)	Task	Task in progress Mmark	Task in progress Healeyje	Task in progress Blaylockjt	Task in progress Karawahlquist	Task in progress Ritcheymt	Hrs. est.	Hrs. left	Task complete	Story Complete
Create sample template									Create 2-3 lines for links to each site
									e-mail Joe @notify when he makes state pages

Requirement Backlog

Category	Requirement (AKA story)	Priority by Mmark	Priority by Healeyje	Priority by Blaylockjt	Priority by Karawahlquist	Priority by Ritcheymt	7/6/09 Subtotal
Vital Records Template	FamilySearch Record Search http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.htm#start		40	32	35		107
Vital Records Template	Ancestry (3) www.ancestry.com www.ancestryinstitution.com		39	37	37		113
Vital Records Template	CDC example: www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/alabama.htm		38	1	34		73
Vital Records Template	Wee Monster http://www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html		37	18	38		93
Vital Records Template	ProGenealogist		13	35	36		84
Vital Records Template	US GenWeb		14	34	39		87
Vital Records Template	Linkpendium		12	26	42		80
Vital Records Template	FHL-Favorites		36	25	40		101
Vital Records Template	FHL & FHLC & FHLcatalog		35	40	33		108
Vital Records Template	Rootsweb		11	19	41		71
Vital Records Template	Cyndy's List		10	8	8		26
Vital Records Template	State Vital Records Offices		43	39	32		114
Vital Records Template	County Offices		42	38	31		111
Vital Records Template	Town Offices		41	29	30		100
Vital Records Template	State Libraries		9	33	29		70
Vital Records Template	State Historical Soc.		8	28	28		64
Vital Records Template	Genealogical & Historical Soc.		7	27	27		61
Record Information	Birth / Marriage / Death		46	41	45		132
Record Information	Availability State /Time period		45	42	46		133
Record Information	Records from Collection Management Excel files		44	7	44		95
Record Information	Content & Style: edger,reg. cert.		27	31	47		105
Record Information	Scope		24	3	48		75
Record Information	Anayzing and Interpretation of the record		25	36	23		84
Record Information	Indexes-types/errors/ ethnic/don't stop		26	14	22		62
Record Information	Privacy years		34	2	19		55
Record Information	Records for Living		33	12	7		52
Record Information	Ethnicity		20	20	18		58
Record Information	Determine area ethnicity		4	4	9		17
Record Information	Adoption		32	10	14		56
Record Information	Divorce		23	11	15		49
Record Information	Foreign B/M/D		22	9	10		41
Record Information	Social Security Death Index (SSDI)		21	24	1		46
Record Information	Vital Records Substitues		31	30	26		87
Record Information	County Codes - Calif.& others		19	13	13		45
Record Information	Finding aids		18	6	12		36
Record Information	Definitions and Terms		17	17	20		54
Record Information	Introduction-why records were created		2	5	11		18
Record Information	Where to  get the records?		29	1	8		38
Record Information	Record reliability		28	23	21		72
Record Information	What to do next?		15	16	17		48
Record Information	Tips		16	15	16		47
Record Information	See Also		30	1	6		37
Architectue/Style	Remove Civil Registration from title		5	1	5		11
Architectue/Style	Guidelines for Footnote		3	22	25		50
Architectue/Style	Guidelines for Bibliographies		19	21	24		64
Architectue/Style	Template - State / County/ Territories		47	43	43		133
Architectue/Style	Do one county as an example		1	1	1		3

Related pages 

Sources of Information for a United States Record Type Article

Family History Library