Gloriajean (Heslin) Vonderau

Hi Gloria

I have a handwritten note by my grandfather,Harold Hillery Erasmus that his mother was Agnes Marianne(Born O'neil). She was previously married to a Williams . She then married Gideon Johannes Erasmus(my great Grandfather). They had 12 children .Margaret(Maggie),Constance,Agnes,Frederick Cornelius,Catherine(Kate),Louisa,Gideon Johannes,Gerald who died as a baby,Harold Hillery , Norah Ellen, Eveleen Francis,Muriel Sybil

Is there common ground for us to work on further? Kind regards Harold

Hi Gloriajean. Welcome to WikiTree. Your comment upon volunteering caught my eye. It sounds like you're a great new addition to our community. Thanks for joining.

Hi there Gloriajean,

We are really happy that you took the Pre-1700 certification Quiz. Thank you for doing your part to make WikiTree an accurate and openly collaborative place for genealogists to share their research.

Do you have some 1700's people in your tree already ? Now that you have the badge, you can take part in one of our projects.

If you have any questions, you can contact one of our Mentors or Volunteer Coordinator, Erin .

Have a great day !

Welcome! We are so glad you are here! Please let me know if you are interested in joining our WikiTree DNA Project: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:DNA

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Hi there, GloriaJean

As every experienced genealogist knows, incorrect family tree information can be found all over the internet. Some mistakes get repeated on WikiTree over and over again, requiring our best members to spend their time fixing these same mistakes over and over again. It’s led many good genealogists to give up on the entire idea of a collaborative single family tree.

So we are really happy that you took the Pre-1700 certification Quiz.

Do you already have some 1700's people in your tree already ?

Would you like to become involve in one of our projects ?

Feel free to ask [email address removed] or any mentors if you have question .

Have a great day !

Hi Gloriajean!

Thank you for your decision to contribute. WikiTreers have all sorts of skills, but one common interest - genealogy. I would recommend first looking around and become familiar with the various functions.

The main menu, located at the top right of the page, offers access to the most important features amongst them your Wiki-ID. In the help section »G2G« at the bottom, you’ll find the WikiTree online help. You can ask all sorts of questions, technical and others, and because WikiTree is worldwide, there is almost always someone online, who can give a qualified answer. Good luck! - And don't forget to sign the Honor Code. Pleasure to have you aboard.

Hello everyone! I have found searching for family members so very interesting! Sometimes I would come to a "brick wall" and then with continued pursuit of searching I'll stumble onto a tidbit of info that unfolds a whole new line of family members... I'm sure you all have been there for that special feeling of success!! Unfortunately there is not enough time in the day for my ancestral investigations. I am a cake decorator/ florist by day and an assisted living caregiver by night. In the future, I hope to have a DNA test, further my findings and share. Happy hunting all!!

I noticed you uploaded a GEDCOM. Here's a link to a great step-by-step of the process including screenshots that you might find helpful.

The help pages give lots of information about the process, best to start with 'Before you import a GEDCOM'.

Hi Gloriajean,

Welcome as a guest to WikiTree! We're growing a FREE worldwide family tree, striving for ONE collaborative profile for every person.

A couple suggestions to get you started:

1. Feel free to ask a question at our G2G forum.

2. Our help pages, top right, have all sorts of useful information.

If you would like to contribute, click the volunteer button and leave a comment here on your profile to let our greeters know. You should include a little bit about how you plan to contribute to the tree.

Thank you for visiting WikiTree and I hope you enjoy exploring our friendly community.

April Dauenhauer