Nan (Lambert) Starjak
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Nan (Lambert) Starjak

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Nan Starjak formerly Lambert
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Biography

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Nan (Lambert) Starjak is a member of the Tennessee Project.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak is a Texan.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak is a member of the Lambert Name Study Project.
Descendant
Descendant of Hezekiah Lambert.
Descendant
Descendant of Cyrus Iddo Burns.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak is a member of the US Civil War: War Between the States Project.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak is a member of the Appalachia Project.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak is a member of the Appalachia Project (Central Appalachia Team).
Nan (Lambert) Starjak is a member of the Appalachia Project (South Central Appalachia Team).
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Nan (Lambert) Starjak is a member of the Illinois Project.
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Nan has been a member of the England Project for over 1,000 days.
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Descendant of James Edward Lambert, Union Soldier.
Union and Confederate Service badge
Descendant of David Frederick Dygert, Union Soldier.
Union and Confederate Service badge
Descendant of Edward Watson Strickland, Union Soldier.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak has Irish ancestors.
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Nan (Lambert) Starjak has Scottish Ancestors.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak has German Roots.
Norwegian Roots
Nan (Lambert) Starjak has Norwegian ancestors
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 129 previously unsourced profiles.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added 400 connections.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the July 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 100 connections.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 110 previously unsourced profiles.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the Jul 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 434 connections.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated in the April 2022 US Civil War Project Connecting Challenge.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the Apr 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 293 connections.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the Jan 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 668 connections.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2021 Clean-a-Thon, correcting 1354 suggestions.
USBH Connecting Challenge
Nan has participated in the USBH Connecting Challenge.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated in the January 2024 US Civil War Project Connecting Challenge.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated in the January 2024 US Civil War Project Connecting Challenge.
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I first became interested in genealogy through my mother - she often spoke of her grandmother and great-grandmother's families. I was particularly interested when I realized they each married a man with the same uncommon surname, Dygert. (Yes, all has been explained.)

One day my late husband (then fiancé) and I were in a computer store. He was taking forever at what he was looking at, so I was wandering around and came upon one of the early editions of Family Tree Maker. At first I thought, no, I don't really know enough to spend money on software. And besides, where will I find the time? Which is very funny to look back on, now! As I kept waiting for Dan, I kept going back to the FTM box, and finally decided to get it. The rest, as they say, is history!

In addition to genealogy, I love to read, especially mysteries and urban fantasy. Favorite TV shows are Dr. Who, Game of Thrones, Criminal Minds, and Walking Dead (although sometimes, while going "ewww!" during the last of those, I wonder why). And we have quite the little zoo, with horses, miniature donkeys, and llamas.

Tennessee

Project Coordinator for the Tennessee Project. Tennessee is home to several of my father's ancestral lines, and I'm so excited to be part of this project!

One Name Studies

Lambert Name Study
My special interest is in Lamberts who migrated from Tennessee to southern Illinois:
Lambert Families of Tennessee and Southern Illinois.

Bandy Name Study
I feel a special debt to the Bandy line, for helping me track down an ancestor I had thought to be untrackable -- Jane (Brown) Lambert (abt.1820-1851)

One Place Study

Landulph, Cornwall One Place Study
Home of some of my earliest known ancestors.

Military and War Project

Illinois Resource Page, U. S. Civil War
My gg/grandfather fought in the 120th Illinois Infantry. He came home. His younger brother was also in the 120th, but died at the Siege of Vicksburg.

Company G, 120th Illinois Infantry. Creating profiles of the other soldiers in my gg/grandfather's company.

Disasters Project

Cherry, Illinois Mine Disaster, 1909. 259 men died because an untrained boy put a coal car full of hay under a kerosene torch.

Southern Pacific Locomotive 704 Boiler Explosion, 1912. San Antonio, Texas - at least 26 victims, probably more; some bodies were incinerated in the explosion.


My Life in Genealogy

Advance Directive

To aid WikiTree in the administration of my account should I be incapacitated, or in the event of my death, I hereby give permission for all private profiles I'm managing to be transferred to the following WikiTreer, whether or not they are currently on the Trusted Lists:
Nikii Lambert


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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Nan or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
  • Nan (Lambert) Starjak: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1-T16189C!, FTDNA kit #351898
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nan:

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Hi Nan, will you be able to co-captain again for April's Source a Thon""??

Please note that my yahoo email account is still not working.... however, I got a new one, at gmail.com. Please contact me here if needed, or my new email address. thanks!!!!

posted by Dorothy Barry
edited by Dorothy Barry
Hi, Dorothy, Yes, I'll be able to co-captain again! I'll watch for the registration sign-up post on the 13th, and start contacting our crew.
posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Hi Nan, the February Challenge had 33 members who connected 415 soldiers, with a combined total of 2,594 profiles created. Thank you joining the February Challenge and making it such a success.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak attached 11 soldiers, created 72 profiles in the February 2024 US Civil War Project Connect-a-Soldier Challenge.


Thank you Nan for creating the March/April Challenge :)

posted by Pam Kreutzer
edited by Pam Kreutzer
Dear Nan,

The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing a check-in with project members. Please review the following and respond to let us know that you are content with your current team or if you would like to be more involved.

The Project operates in a team structure. There are currently three participant PIP Teams -- The Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team. There is also the Voyage Team which guides new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team.

At our last check-in, you were identified as a member of the Unknowns Team. You are no longer listed on that page. Which of the Profile Improvement Project Teams would you like to work with?

If you have not already done so, we invite you to join the email GoogleGroup and text chat Discord channel for our project. (You will need your Wiki ID for both). Neither is required; we also use the Profile_Improvement tag in G2G for Project announcements.

We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project meet its goals. We would like to hear about the successes you’ve had and would also appreciate any feedback you have to help improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or via private message to one of us.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project

posted by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
Robin, I've been working a lot on the Needs Profiles Created category, which I see is under the Maintenance Category team. Does that work? I'm also, as PC for Tennessee, reviewing TN profiles for correct categories & needed categories, but that's a very long-haul project!

Nan

posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Thanks, Nan, for getting back to us. And welcome to the Maintenance Category Team!
posted by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
Hi Nan: Congratulations with you scorning " 400" on our challenge, that is awesome!! Also thank you for all you did in helping manage the team! Job well done!!
posted by Dorothy Barry
Hi Nan, there were 27 members who signed up to Connect Soldiers during the 2024 January Connect-a-Thon, which resulted in 367 soldiers being connected to family. We beat last years score by 67 soldiers. Thank you for participating :)
Nan (Lambert) Starjak participated in the January 2024 US Civil War Project Connecting Challenge.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
Hi Nan, thank you for signing up to connect Civil War Soldiers during the Connect-a-Thon. Pam
posted by Pam Kreutzer
Hi Nan

This is the time for the annual 2024 check in with members of the Military and War Project. Have you been active during the last six months in the Military and War Project? Note that it is a requirement to respond to the Military and War Project Check-ins. Please respond to this message by clicking the reply button below this message, to post your answer. I look forward to hearing from you..

Many thanks,

Mary, Project Coordinator, Military & War

posted by Mary Richardson
Hi, Mary! Yes, I've been active, mostly in the Civil War project.
posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Nan, thanks for checking in. I am marking you Active. Also will pass this on to Pam for Civil War check in.
posted by Mary Richardson
Thanks Nan for working with the Super Sweepers and helping get everyone signed up. I will be available to help captain the team and joining in the January Challenge. Please note that my yahoo email account is not working however. Please contact me here if needed, thanks!!!!
posted by Dorothy Barry
edited by Dorothy Barry
Hi Nan, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and New Years. Thank you so much for all you do for the Challenges, we have again completed a challenge adding more then 800 soldiers to the Andersonville National Cemetery.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak created profiles in December 2023 US Civil War Project Andersonville National Cemetery W Surnames Challenge.

The US Civil War January Challenge is to connect US Civil War Soldiers for the January Connect-a-Thon. This year will be a twist of what I usually do. Instead of you choosing a "Surname Letter", you will be choosing from a block of soldiers whom I've already screened that show they have family to connect. Each soldier has a connection to one or more of his immediate family--parents, siblings, spouses, children, on their profile. Whether you work on one soldier or your whole block of soldiers, it's one step closer in our goal to connect each of our US Civil War Soldiers. The goal is to make sure all these soldiers are connected at least by one or two degrees. You can sign up now by clicking this link: US Civil War Sign-up Chart

posted by Pam Kreutzer
Hi Nan,

Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!

I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!

On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!

Best wishes,

Joan, England Project Leader

Hi Nan, thank you for joining the December Challenge, here is the link to page 13: Page 13 Link it starts with Pvt. Albert V. Weed grave 587 and ends with William H. Weider grave 12098
posted by Pam Kreutzer
Hello from the Appalachia Project!

Join us for our online Appalachia Project Party on Saturday, December 9th, 2023 at 2pm (EST)/7pm (UTC).

If you are signed up for our Project's Google Group, look for an email with the easy instructions on how to join. If you are on our Project's Discord Chat Channel, all details were posted under Announcements.

(Please make sure to check your Spam folder as many have mentioned the Monthly Newsletter and other communication is landing in their spam.)

Need to sign up for the Appalachia Project Google Group or Discord channel: Google Group and Discord Chat Channel

Sandy

posted by Sandy (Craig) Patak
Hi Nan, our November Challenge went really well, all of the Notable Officers have been connected to the One World Tree, and 69 of the Officers had their CC7 numbers increased. Thank you for the research you did, and for the profiles you created and connected for the Challenge. I appreciate all you do for the Project and the Challenges. You had 103 entries on the Challenge Tracker.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak created profiles in November 2023 US Civil War Project Pick-a-Battle Notable Officers Challenge.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
edited by Pam Kreutzer
We have finished the Shiloh National Cemetery by working together as a team. We added over 1,219 Soldiers to Wiki. THANK YOU for all the time, research and teamwork you gave to our September Challenge!!!
Nan (Lambert) Starjak created profiles in September 2023 US Civil War Project Shiloh National Cemetery Challenge.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
I signed up for the Team but can't find my post on G2G to find my Bib number. How do you find your own messages?

Thanks

posted by Tamra New
edited by Tamra New
Tamra,

At the top of G2G, click on the tab that says "My Activity." That will take you to your posts & comments on G2G. Or -- This is a link to the page your answer is on: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1628429/register-now-for-the-2023-source-a-thon?start=580#a_list_title You're pretty close to the top.

See you at the Source-a-Thon!

Nan

posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Nan, thank you for the message and thanks for being our Co-Captain! I am looking forward to the Thon.

Ginny Fields

Nan thank you for signing up for the Sept Challenge, just wanted to remind you that it starts Monday the 4th, gives us the Labor Day Weekend Free.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
edited by Pam Kreutzer
DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!! Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery has now been completed, every soldier who died as a POW in Camp Chase now has a profile on WikiTree. Plus, we've improved many of the Find-a-Grave memorial pages by finding duplicates, putting in merges, and adding military records to the Biographies. Thank you Nan for all you do for the Challenges and for the US Civil War Project.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak created profiles in August 2023 US Civil War Project Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery Challenge.

The September Challenge will be to complete the Shiloh National Cemetery, if you'd like to join the September Challenge, here's the Challenge Link: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:USCW_Challenge_Worksheet

posted by Pam Kreutzer
Hi Nan, thank you for joining the June Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery Challenge, we had thirteen members who created about 970 profiles plus updating 110 profiles for a total of 1,080 soldiers. A fantastic month.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak created profiles in June 2023 US Civil War Project Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery Challenge.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
Hi Nan, I just saw that Gary Nevius starting on the same B page your doing. He created Bagwell-1390, I sent him a note that your working on that page, he put in that he was working on page 4, so must have forgotten what he decided to work on. Hopefully I've got it straightened out.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
Thanks for letting me know. He's done 9 from p. 1!
posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Apparently he didn't see my message to him. Sorry
posted by Pam Kreutzer
No worries. Thanks for letting me know before I spent any time starting duplicates!
posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Hi Nan, thank you for taking part in the May Connect-a-Soldier Challenge, we had 20 Wiki Members who created over 2,000 profiles. I appreciate all the support you give the Challenges.
Nan (Lambert) Starjak created 76 profiles in May 2023 US Civil War Project Connect-a-Soldier Challenge.
posted by Pam Kreutzer