Team Virginia is focused on clearing Virginia Unsourced Profiles during the Oct. 1-3 Source-a-Thon, and on Victory! See more at Team Virginia.
Ready? If you haven't yet, check out the information on the Team Virginia page - it's got tons.
Set? In preparation of listing profiles you change from being unsourced to sourced - see [this tutorial] - comment on your answer below & add some numbers to get you started. If you run out of room in your initial post, you can reply to the comment and continue the list - again, see [this tutorial] & also [these instructions] for a numbered list.
Go! The bell rings at midnight (Eastern Time) so start sourcing at the crack of October 1!
Number of Virginia Unsourced Profiles: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Virginia_Unsourced_Profiles
Profiles sourced by Team Virginia:
During the source-a-thon...
Questions? Post a comment to [Team Virginia's Quick Reference page] (you did send me a trusted list request, yes?) for a Team response or to [this G2G post].
Star just posted in G2G about how to join the Source-a-Thon, but it contains good advice for preparing for the Source-a-Thon too! Take a look at http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/298576/need-help-signing-up-for-next-weekend-s-source-a-thon-
Hi Larry! as of 8 pm (ET) yesterday, we had sourced 562 profiles & the cumulative number of Virginia Unsourced Profiles had gone down by 205. Two reasons the numbers don't match: (1) Not all of the 562 unsourced profiles were categorized as Virginia Unsourced Profiles; (2) New Virginia Unsourced Profiles continue to be added.
And you're right. Adding a source for someone with the same name as the name on the profile, even with unique names such as Whata WeirdName, without checking that the source is for that Whata is not helpful. If census with John Smith is 1850 (I think it is) or later, then it will also have his family members. If the profile bio has the same family members (or profiles for them are attached), and for the same location as John, then it's probably for that John & I would say yes, it's proof (most lineage organizations consider census records acceptable proof).
Liz, you're a star. In case it's helpful, here's a team roster:
Thanks Chris ... have you seen the table Eric did for us?
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Team_Virginia#Team_Members
Liz Shifflett
Saturday Team Captain for V Team Virginia
Profiles that I reviewed & removed the Unsourced category from, but don't count, since they had a source already (not fully sourced, but not unsourced either)
No sources found/added lead or research note (profile still in unsourced category)
I'm rather fond of Virginia
68 Foster-119
69 Ellis-1855
70 Eppes-25
71 Fox-4172
72 Epperson-512
73 Fox-3087
74 Gregory-231
75 English-1015
76 Foughty-2
77 Griffis-152
78 Farris-554
79 Grigsby-196
80 Gaskins-55
81 Gaskins-171
82 Hancock-2003
83 Gaskins-56
84 Gaskins-5
85 Hall-1217
86 Ferguson-647
87 Harbour-4
88 Flake-10
89 George-1903
90 Fitzwater-62
91 Flory-279
92 Flournoy-125
93 Hargrove-261
94 Gordon-4739
95 Gish-56
96 Flowers-388
97 Goosey-19
98 Harrell-193
99 Gresham-390
100 Hooper-1062
101 Hewitt-61
102 Lang-1218
103 Morriset-2
104 Morris-5928
105 Morgan-133
106 Moseley-198
107 Marshall-9634
108 Parnell-35
109 Parr-29
110 Morrison-3379
111 Mott-986
112 Hughett-7
113 Hull-932
114 Hunt-774
115 Hicks-7226
116 Jacobus-45
117 Hickey-339
118 Jacobus-3
119 Johnson-6698
120 Layne-436
121 Livesay-53
122 Westbrook-235
123 Weeks-336
124 Whitehead-381
125 White-8131
126 Wells-6761
127 Turnbow-62
128 Whitley-621
129 Turbeville-144
130 Whiteman-320
131 Wilbarger-7
132 Twitty-16
133 Vardeman-31
134 Vause-79
135 Tussey-1
136 Vigne-41
137 Tyler-879
138 Turnley-283
139 Wilson-6655
140 Vanover-238
141 Vines-133
142 Hill-8680
143 Wallis-451
144 Walker-5653
145 Womack-467
146 Waddy-4
147 Womack-191
148 Walker-6109
149 Walker-4771
150 Walker-17232
151 Wallingford-79
152 Womack-14
153 Womack-138
154 Walker-591
155 Bright-791
156 Acker-458
157 Addison-427
158 Armistead-788
159 Awbrey-80
160 Burwell-118
161 Weedon-66
162 Holladay-86
163 Brocas-3
164 Hawkins-203
165 Hall-10280
166 Hudspeth-124
167 Hawley-6
168 Hall-438
169 Helmick-90
170 Haynie-86
171 Guill-2
172 Groff-154
173 Helmick-99
174 Moseley-241
175 Maxwell-120
176 McClendon-184
177 Matthews-499
178 Mullins-781
179 Matheny-158
180 McKay-1258
181 Owen-248
182 Lockett-56
183 Osborne-2404
184 Moore-788
185 Moon-326
186 Owen-3788
187 Osborn-267
188 Parr-28
189 Randolph-1039
190 Parsons-84
191 Randolph-315
192 Shipp-36
193 Reavis-25
195 Reavis-20
196 Reavis-15
197 Shipp-64
198 Pendleton-434
199 Pennell-258
200 Pegram-78
201 Coon-470
202 Garrett-921
203 Cox-510
204 Gambill-49
205 Cook-7017
206 Cook-4246
207 Gaskin-176
208 Hudspeth-120
209 Hudspeth-118
210 Hatcher-379
211 Hughes-533
212 Hart-4831
213 Jordine-1
214 Guy-124
215 Hiner-16
216 Toone-57
217 Wells-8522
218 Tomlin-24
219 Townsend-759
220 Travers-120
221 Tooley-4
222 Thweatt-163
223 Woodson-146
224 Woods-455
225 Von_Nida-2
I'm in. Thanks, Liz,
Count me in for the Western part of VirginIa and the parts that broke off into West Virginia (before they became Wild and Wonderful).
Liz - I am so glad you mentioned this because I got so lost on a different track this morning that bread crumbs would not even have helped get back home! Now, I have convinced myself to adopt some after the work I've put into some abandoned profiles.
Add these to the my running list...
21. Ferguson-3904: Added Marriage Source 22. Ferguson-3900: Added Marriage Source 23. Ferguson-3901: Added VA Birth & Christenings 24. Ferguson-3903: Added Marriage Source and 1850 Census 25. Hemmings-123: Added Marriage Source & Bio 26. Hemmings-114: Added Bio from Monticello 27. Hatcher-375: Added 1850 Census 29. Hatcher-373: Added 1850 Census; 1880 Census, Sources for Children 30. Hatcher-374: Added Marriage Source, Death Source 31. Hatcher-377: Added Civil War Source, F.A.G., Marriage 32. Hatcher-384: Added Marriage Source 33. Hatfield-644: Added Marriage Source, Added F.A.G. Source, Added Soldier's Tombstone Ref 34. Hatfield-646: Added 1820 Census; F.A.G.
I took the liberty of adding some of the ones you did on the golf course. They were good sources for abandoned or ignored (6 years with no change!) profiles...
35. David Devore. (Added Marriage and Parent Source)
36. R Childers. (Added Marriage and Parent Source)
37. Caleb Benjamin Hedges. (Added Marriage and Parent Source)
ps - i haven't added these into our total, so if you'd rather I didn't, just keep going on your other list & I'll switch these to bulleted "unsourced, but weren't categorized as unsourced" list
A few more while traveling today...
38. Dodson-836: Added Baptism Record 39. Dodson-837: Added Baptism Record 40. Dodson-2307: Added Baptism Record 41. Dodson-835: Added Baptism Record 42. Morrison-3365: Added F.A.G. with Bio 43. Kabrich-110: Added 1860 Census; Added F.A.G. 44. Henry-4478: Added Draft Regestration Card 45. Halterman-55: Added F.A.G with Bio/Obit 46. Barker-1629: Added 1850 Census 47. Farr-335: Added 1850 Census; Added Washington Cty, VA Death Notice 48. Eanes-65: Added F.A.G. with Obit 49. Eanes-68: Added F.A.G. with Obit 50. Craig-4631: Added Marriage Source 51. Davidson-4664: Added Marriage Source 52. Womack-1260: Added Marriage Source 53. Dodson-1715: Added 1880 Census 54. Dodson-677: Added Marriage Source
I'm in, too. Thanks, Liz.
Combs-617 sourced Birth
Combs-781 sourced land deeded through will
Dempsey-8 added source of 2nd hand information (excerpt from family bible)
Solomon-37 added source of 2nd hand information (excerpt from family bible)
Dillion-566 added source of marriage record
Campbel-2758 added source for marriage
Dodson-2948 edited bio and added findagrave source
Ray-2002 added christening source
Lyne-30 added source of SAR Memb. Appl.
Cooper-142 added source of census record
V is for Victory
Wow...somebody sure had their caffeine!! Great job
Yes I will join the Virginia Team. If there is a sub team working on Rappahannock, Culpeper or Fauquier Counties let me know. However any group is fine. Larry
OK Liz, I clicked there and I'm answering here. Team Virginia it is. Does this mean I find sources for people from Virginia?
woo-hoo! Thanks for joining! While the focus of Team Virginia is on Virginia Unsourced Profiles, you're certainly not restricted to just those. Glad to have you on the team!
Cheers, Liz
I'm in. Will be working on my family line found mostly in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Welcome Bill! Good to have you on the team! If you have sources you'll be using and want a place to stash "go-by" citations, check out http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Virginia_Sources_Quick_Reference (there's a link to it from the top of the Team Virginia page).
1 Edward Asbell. (to add source for birth and death)
2 Helen (Clark) Asbell. (to add source for birth and death)
3 John Asbell. (to add source for birth)
4 William Asbell. (to add source for birth)
5 John Asbell. (to add source for date of death)
6 Thomas Asbell. (to add date of marriage)
7 Joseph Asbell. (to add source for date of death)
8 Martha (Asbell) Cruce. (to add source for date of death)
9 Fred Asbell. (to add source for birth)
10 Joseph Asbell. (to add source for birth)
*1 James Asbell. (to add date of marriage)
*2 Aaron Asbell. (to add 1850 census info)
*3 Elizabeth (Asbell) Underwood. (to add 1850 census info)
*4 Mary (Byrns) Cloyes. (to add source for birth and death)
*5 Elizabeth (Bonner) Asbell. (to add source for birth and death)
1 Mary (Nesbitt) Asbell. (to add source for birth and death)
2 Sally Asbell. (to add source for date of marriage)
3 Aaron Asbell. (to add source for 1860 census enumeration)
4 Virgil Asbell. (to add source for birth and death)
5 Mary (Cloyes) Oliver. (to add 1850 census enumeration info)
Kinda lost but willing to help
21. Denzil Smith. (added Ohio Death Index)
22 Adam Gann Jr.. (added Findagrave info )
23 Margaret Amelia Badgett. (1850 Census data, )
24 William Henry Bird. (WV Death record edit bio)
25 Michael Blue. (Research note added 1820 Census info)
26 John Connolly. (1870 US Census )
27 Sarah M Connolly. (marriage information, record image, family data)
28 Manville Adkins. (1900 US Census data with children)
28 Felix Hogbin. (Find a grave. record of child death proof of marriage corrected death place)
30 Daniel Holmes. (marriage information , Child death information )
31 James Jarvis. (SS Death Index. Findagrave)
32 Thomas McCord. (listing in birth of 3 children )
33 Ferne (McCoy) Heiser. (DOD source Findagrave)
34 Phillip Null. (added WV Death record Cleaned bio)
35 Mary Crans. (added children DOB (proof of marriage
36 John McCord. (DOB DOD findagrave 1880 Census )
37 Susannah (Agee) Jones. (marriage information)
38 Edward Allen. (DOB DOD Marriage record)
39 William Womack III. ("Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940,)
40 Mary (Allen) Womack. ("Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," )
Looking good Mel! Did you see the 4 pm ET Hangout? Even a (really) small screen, it's nice to hear your name on air :D
41 Phoebe Bartlett. (DOB DOD parent info Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index)
42 William Byers. (DOD DOB + Research note)
43 Cox Edwards. (DOB, DOD, 1870 Census )
44David Edwards. (Probate record, "North Carolina Estate Files Findagrave record )
45 Elizabeth (Elkins) Farmer. (marriage information)
46 Barnett Farmer. (marriage information)
47 Agnes (Estes) Hall. (1860 Census DOD/DOB FAG)
48 Jane (McBeth) Black. (dob dod FAG)
49 Giles Waddell. (marriage information, dod, HEADSTONE)
50 Hannah Price. (marriage information DOD FAG dob)
51 Geo Waddell. (1900 US Census data with children)
52 Giles Waddell. (1900 US Census )
53 Nancy Waddell. (1850 Census data, )
54 Mary (Ball) Lee. (marriage information)
55 Mary (Ball) Hardin. (family data record)
56 Jacob Burton. (census data)
57 Ruben Estes. (DOD DOB , Newspaper article, Will)
58 John Scott I. (Virginia Deaths and Burials)
59 Cadis Breedlove. (Research note with census info added)
60 Elizabeth (Elkins) Adkins. (family data record )
61 Pelc (Holcomb) Jones. (SSA Death Master File)
62 Michael Blue. (Washington C.H. Record-Herald DOB DOD)
63 John Bumpass. (Census , FAG)
64 Winnifred Bumpass. (SAR records DOB DOD )
65 John Bunner. (DOD DOB Headstone pic)
66 Rachel (Bunner) Morgan. (WV marriage Record )
67 Samuel Carson. (Tn Marriage record)
68 William Green. (REV War Record )
69 Mary (Christmas) Green. ( proof marriage )
70 George Hatfield. (family data
71 Mary (Leeper) McMillian. (marriage documentation )
72 James Leeper. (Marriage Data)
73 Margaret (UNKNOWN) Leeper. Marriage Data
74 George Livvix. (1870 Census)
75 Thomas Lovorn. (land record )
76 Ambrose Williams. (Family data)
77 Milly (Ludington) Williams. (family data)
78 Ambrose Williams. (family data)
79 Hannah (McKay) Fitzhugh. (Christening record)
80 Carter Hudspeth. (probate DOD)
81 Jane (Lansden) Sowell. (1880 Census )
82 Thomas Sowell. (1880 Census )
83 Sarah (Knox) Hazelrigg. (Residence & marriage SAR)
84 Hans Koger. (DOB DOD Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records)
85 Peter Key. (Mar Ala record)
86 Lucy (Seward) Key. (Al Marriage record)
87 John Strayhorn. (FData 1820 Census)
88 Presley Simpson. (VA marriage record ) (1850 Census data, )
89Elizabeth (Torian) Owen. (Virginia, Marriages)
90 Catherine (Rader) Ruddell. (VA Death REcord)
91 Catherine Long. (Family Data Va death for child)
92 Elizabeth Jordan. (VA Marriage )
93 David Rowland. (VA marriage record )
94 John Jordan. (Family data VA marriage record of child )
95 Bennett Hudson. Marriage record
96 Sarah (Gillaspie) Hudson. Marriage record
97 Robert Hudson. (family data childs record)
98 Maud (Samples) Ralston. (Marriage record)
99 Lillie (Sams) Patten. (1940 US Census)
100 James Samuel. (1850 Census data, )
101 William Samuel. (1850 Census data, )
102 Anna Marie (Samuel) Petersen. (Iowa Census 1925)
103 John Petersen. (Iowa census)
104 Lillian (Salisbury) Blocker. (SS Death Index)
105 Marie (Sizing) Salisbury. (named in SS Death Index for child)
106 David Byerly. (GAG DOD DOB)
107 Brunell Price. (Family data parents in child's record )
108 Kate (Eaton) Price. (Family data parents in child's record )
109 Joanna (Eaton) Springer. (FAG with Headstone)
110William Springer. (FAG with Headstone pic)
111 Jacob Eaton. (FAG with Headstone pic)
112Polly (Patchin) Eaton. (FAG )
113 Lydia Eaton. (1860 Census DOB)
114Osgood Eaton. (Mass. Marriage Record)
115John Ebell. (Death record parent info)
116Margaret (Eberhart) Deadwyler. (marriage documentation )
117Mary (Johnson) Deadwyler. (marriage documentation )
118Samuel Ebersole. (Family data parents in child's record )
119Margaret (Echelbarger) Gobel. (marriage documentation )
120 Jacob Gobel Jr.. (marriage documentation )
I'm awake and ready to get started at the stroke of midnight! This is going to be fun. I'm looking forward to learning how to streamline my sourcing!
Hi Sarah! I was checking on Carol's contributions & saw that you had sourced a profile that had been in the Virginia Unsourced Profiles category...
Francis Turnley. (The Turnleys, A Brief Record)
Was there a reason you didn't add it to your list?
21. Francis Turnley. (The Turnleys, A Brief Record)
22. Nancy (Harris) Estes. (Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940)
23. Arthur Harrison. (Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917)
24. Prudence (Moseley) Alvis. (United States Census, 1850)
25. Sarah Gaskins. (Genealogies of Virginia Families -W&M College Quarterly)
Newbie here, hope to have some fun
Ready to go.I think lol.Team Virginia rules!
Whatever you can do on Monday will be great!
Teresa posted elsewhere:
I'll be doing this mostly on Monday. Have to work the weekend. Bummer! Looking forward to sourcing and having some fun!
Did I arrive late to the race? I'm ready to go. I'm bib 491, thanks for drafting me into team Virginia.
Seems paltry, but I've struck out a lot.... 3 more
Thanks Liz! A little late off the block but will try to pick it up! :-)
Barry
Pat Davis here...better late than never...
Added sources to
Researched (still in Unsourced Category):
Answering for Carol until she posts an answer, since she's badged/bibbed & sourcing!
Carol (Hunter) Sullivan
Hi! I've been proven unreliable in my abilities in that regard <grin> so I'm hoping Eric or Doug will post the update to http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/301761?show=305670#c305670up
But I wanted to have something for the midnight hangout... my count as of 11:35 (when I FINALLY found an unsourced profile that I had a source for and increased my number to 11), um. er. Oh yes. I got 1186.
And I think I've been lost in a rabbit warren the whole weekend. I think the next source-a-thon I'll adopt the handle Watership Downs!
hi guys. my body said I'm done a few hours ago. I just got up to check the hangouts but going back to bed now. And i have serious math challenges apparently! I thought I had accurately updated the table on Team Virginia's page even though I couldn't manage to total those numbers with any degree of certainty (I came up with 1022 twice though, so that's what I posted to the G2G update thread). THANK YOU Eric for posting the later update. i hope to be functioning again by 10, but I'll leave the updates to those with better skills than I have & focus my last bit of Source-a-Thon time on trying to source at least 6 more profiles!
I just want to say how much fun it's been getting to know y'all through Team Virginia and how proud I am of each of you & how much we've done and how much fun we had doing it! And I'm thinking Eric might have taught me enough that I could feel useful participating in the October Sourcerers Challenge - I posted a comment about that on our [Quick Reference] page, and then in the next Hangout Mags (or Eowyn or Julie) said to follow the [Sourcerers G2G tag] to be notified when the October Challenge starts. I hadn't thought of that!
So hope to see you after the Source-a-Thon in the October Sourcerers Challenge. Till then - see you in an hour or so. And THANK YOU again for making the 2016 Source-a-Thon such a blast!
My last entries -- hopefully in the right thread:
Gideon Moon – added Lunenburg Co. Deed, but though the profile was classified as unsourced, it had sources. Formatted so that the sources will show up. Probably shouldn’t count?
William Witt: Found Family Data Collection individual record, but only entered it as a research note. There is a message from Stratton-11 that states that there is no evidence that the parents had a son named William.
