Billy Matney
Honor Code SignatorySigned 24 Mar 2016 | 1,573 contributions | 92 thank-yous | 595 connections
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young. - Oscar Wilde
I was born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma on December 31, 1962.
My Grandpa and Grandma McGinnis both did genealogy and since I spent much of my youth with them, they would take me along with them when they went to the library to do their genealogical research and look at reels and reels of micro fiche They spent a lot of time researching their genealogy through the mail and in genealogical magazines of the time and purchasing books. My grandparents amassed a fairly large collection of genealogy information. They did all of their work without computers in the land before internet.
By virtue of being brought up in this environment, I absorbed more family information probably more than most other children my age.
My mother (McGinnis) worked with my grandma on the family records and the genealogy of our families and so with the passing of my grandma, my mother inherited my grandparents genealogy collection.
My mother discovered the internet and used her computer to do more family and genealogical research on sites like Ancestry.com.
After raising my children and surviving divorce, a bad economy and a heart attack and triple bypass, I became more interested in genealogy and working with my mother I began my own research. I discovered WikiTree and loved the whole idea that people could follow their passion for genealogy FREELY without charge. Oh I still utilize the paid sites when I can.
On one hand the paid genealogy sites are a tremendous resource, while on the other hand I see it as being almost criminal that a person has to pay a fee to access their own family information.
I understand that a company, any company has overhead, cost of maintaining storage facilities, internet services, advertising and merchandising costs, electricity and employees, I am dumbfounded and pleasantly surprized that WikiTree can of these services at no cost to the public.
Thank you WikiTree!
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Billy is 28 degrees from Herbert Adair, 23 degrees from Richard Adams, 22 degrees from Mel Blanc, 25 degrees from Dick Bruna, 23 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 36 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 21 degrees from Sam Edwards, 19 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 24 degrees from Marty Krofft, 19 degrees from Junius Matthews, 18 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 22 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Categories: Scotland Project | Military and War Project Members | Clan Abercromby | Clan Irvine | Clan Scrymgeour
Thank you, Bobbie Scotland Project co-Leader
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
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We haven’t heard back from you concerning the Scottish Clans Transition. If we haven’t received a response from you by 23 March 2020, you will be welcome to rejoin by answering the current g2g thread for joining the Scotland Project.
Best Regards,
Sarah Mason, Scotland Project PC
My name is Sarah and I’m the Project Coordinator for the Scotland Project. As you may have heard, we have merged the Scottish Clans project into the Scotland Project. I am contacting you today to find out if you are interested in continuing with us under this new format. If you would like to go forward on the Scottish Clans Team, please reply and let me know which clans you have been working on or would like to work on. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Sarah Mason, Scotland PC
It has been a couple of weeks since we contacted you about your participation in the Louisiana Families Project and as we haven't heard from you, we are following up to make sure you wish to remain a member.
We understand that interests shift as we grow our shared tree and that some members may have moved on to projects more pertinent to the branches they are currently building. If this is the case for you, please let us know.
If we do not hear back from you within the week, we will assume you have moved on to other things for the moment and remove you from the project. Please know that you will always be welcome to rejoin should your interests shift back in this direction.
Thank you so much for your participation; we genuinely appreciate it.
Karen ~ Volunteer Coordinator
On behalf of the Louisiana Families Project, we are doing a periodic check-in with members. Please review the project page [1], and if you feel you are able and would like to contribute to the project in the upcoming months, please let me know by commenting on my profile or sending a private message. If you have other obligations or interests at the moment and would like to be removed from the project at this time, you will always be welcome to rejoin if you find yourself with more time and interest later.
All of us at WikiTree would like to thank you for your contributions and hope that you are enjoying exploring your roots.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Karen ~ Volunteer Coordinator
We are sorry to lose you as a member of the Military and War Project, but we understand that life gets busy and interests shift. Please know that you will always be welcome to rejoin the project in the future if you wish.
Thank you so much for your participation; we genuinely appreciate it.
Deb ~ Volunteer Coordinator
It has been a couple of weeks since we contacted you about your participation in the Military and War Project, and we are following up to make sure you wish to remain a member.
If you wish to remain, please let us know how you have been contributing to the tasks and goals of the project or any of its sub-projects recently, it would be very helpful to the leaders.
If we do not hear back from you within the week, we will assume you have moved on to other things and remove you from the project. You will always be welcome to rejoin should your interests shift back in this direction.
Thank you,
Deb ~ Volunteer Coordinator
I havent heard back from you about the break up of the United Kingdom Project. I hope all is well with you. I assume you dont wish to join any of the country-level projects at present, and will go ahead and remove the United Kingdom badge. If you wish to join England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland in the future, you would be most welcome to do so via the respective G2G sign-up post.
Many thanks for all your contributions,
Susie :-)
On behalf of the Military and War Project Leaders, we are doing a six-month check-in with members.
First, we want to thank you for your past participation in the project. We appreciate your desire to honor your ancestors for their service to their countries, or even for your service, wherever in the world. We hope that your membership has enhanced your WikiTree experience.
Please let me know, by commenting on my profile or sending a private message, if you are still active in the project, and if so, in a general sense how you may have contributed to the main project or any sub-projects within the last couple months.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Deb ~ Volunteer Coordinator
It has been a couple of weeks since we contacted you about your participation in the Southern Colonies Project. As we haven't heard from you, we are following up to make sure you wish to remain a member.
We understand that interests shift as we grow our shared tree and that some members may have moved on to projects more pertinent to their ancestors. If this is the case for you, please let us know.
If we do not hear back from you within the week, we will assume you have moved on to other things for the moment and remove you from the project. Please know that you will always be welcome to rejoin should your interests shift back in this direction.
Thank you so much for your participation; we genuinely appreciate it.
Mary~ Volunteer Coordinator
On behalf of the US Southern Colonies Project Leaders I am doing a six-month check-in with members to see if you were Active in US Southern Colonies
1) Were you active in the recent months in Southern Colonies. What contributions ?
2) Have you joined other Southern Colonies Subprojects, such as Southern Pioneers Project. Or have you worked on other subprojects?
3) Your activity in Southern Pioneers Project.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Mary ~ Volunteer Coordinator
We realise the time has come to dissolve the UK Project in favour of the individual country projects of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
We are checking in with all UK badge holders to find out which country project(s) you would like to be in so you can collaborate with other members, have the opportunity to select which team(s) you would like to join, and so we can ensure you have all the correct badges.
Please respond by PM to let us know which country project(s) you would like to be in. Please dont assume we know. We are effectively starting from scratch to make sure no one falls through the cracks.
Once you have done this, the Coordinator for Membership in the relevant country project(s) will be in touch to help get you situated.
Many thanks,
Susie
Ive not heard back from you so presume you dont want to continue in the Canada Project at this time so have gone ahead and removed your badge. If that changes anytime you would be most welcome to re-join in the future.
Susie :-)