Edit Countries: Help
This page presents a list of supported countries
and permits adding, deleting, and modifying the descriptions of countries.
The "Pattern" input field is used to limit the displayed list of
countries to those whose English name contains the value. For example
if you enter "can" only countries whose English name contains
"can", for example "Canada" and "American Samoa" are displayed.
For each country there is a row in the table containing:
- A two-character mnemonic code, as defined by
ISO 3166,
used by other tables to
identify a country. This field is read-only except on a line
for adding a new country.
- The full name of the country in English.
- A Names button to open a
dialog
to edit the name of the country in other languages.
This dialog opens in the right hand side of the same browser window.
- A Statesbutton to open the
dialog for editing the list of lower level administrative units
within the country, such as provinces and states.
This dialog opens in the right hand side of the same browser window.
- A button to open a page of links to other genealogical resources
for the country.
- A Delete button to delete the country.
Although this removes the row from the display it is necessary
to click on the Update Database button
to actually update the database.
At the bottom of the page there are two buttons:
- The Update Database button applies
the changes you have entered on this page into the database.
Note that pressing the Enter key while editing any input field
also performs this function.
- The Add New Country button
adds a new row at the bottom of the table, permitting you to
add a country.