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This is general help on how to add pages to the genealogy wikicity. Follow these links for general help on wikicities or on wiki].

Pages about individuals
Start by editing an existing page, or following an existing link. The links are in the format Person's full name (birthYear-DeathYear). If you do not know the year use a single ?. The most unknown person is Unknown (?-?) or Unknown (?-?).

The format suggested for a web page on an individual is at People. Simply copy the text from the box on this page into the edit window for the individual you are editing.

A good example of an individual page is Percy Stanley Marks (1911-1988).

If a person has more than one name, the create a redirect page. At the moment we are using static pages rather than the wiki redirect command. See an example at Dorothy Marjoram (1916-1999) is the alternative name for Lorna Dorothy Weily (1916-1999). This shuold only be done where there is a need for disambigution and to list the person in their proper surname categories.

Surname Categories
There is a category for each surname which in turn is a category for surnames in general. Edit the category link at the bottom of the individual's page to state that person's surname. For example Percy Stanley Marks (1911-1988) has a at the bottom of the page. This leads to the category:Marks Surname. Another example is Category:Blackman_Surname.

If the surname does not already exist, you will be asked to edit a new page. There is a Surname Template for you to use. Copy the text from the box into your edit window. The text included at the end of the Surname Template automatically links this category up to the Surname Category.