Alan Salt
Honor Code SignatorySigned 14 Oct 2017 | 53,527 contributions | 2,164 thank-yous | 2,144 connections
Signed 14 Oct 2017 | 53,527 contributions | 2,164 thank-yous | 2,144 connections
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Mr. Alan C. Salt
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Kenneth Salt
and Jessie Ferguson (McEwin) Salt
Brother of
[private brother (1940s - unknown)]
Father of
[private daughter (1970s - unknown)] and [private son (1990s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Oct 2017
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Biography
Alan Salt is a member of the Salt Name Study Project.
This profile is part of the Salt Name Study.
Alan Salt was born in South Australia, Australia
Alan Salt has Scottish Ancestors.
Alan Salt is a member of Clan_MacEwen.
Alan Salt has English ancestors.
Alan Salt is a member of the Australia Project.
Alan Salt was born on July 1, 1952 at North Adelaide Memorial Hospital. He was the son of Robert Kenneth Salt and Jessie Ferguson (McEwin) Salt . He is still living.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Alan Salt at registration.
- 1952 'Family Notices', The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), 3 July, p. 16.
SALT.— On July 1, at Memorial, to Jess and Bob — a son (Alan Charles Stewart). Both well.
Notes
Both my children are by de-facto relationships, which Wikitree has no provision for recognising. I guess no "marriage" probably suffices.
People that have lived in my home town of Blyth, South Australia.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Alan's formal name
- full middle name (C.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (9)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (2)
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Alan or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Alan or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alan:
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Alan Salt:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ND5669606 [compare], yourDNAportal ALA6a013ceb, Ancestry member alancsalt
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Alan:
- Alan Salt is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 30, 2023.
- Alan Salt is a Wonderful WikiTreer Sep 11, 2022.
- Alan Salt is a Wonderful WikiTreer Aug 18, 2021.
- Alan Salt is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 7, 2021.
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Categories: Unmarried | Australia Project Members | Salt Name Study | Clan MacEwen
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Thank you for your comment a year ago on William Hobart (1804-1889) that his eldest son had already been in SA before he migrated. I have found unconnected profile William Hobart (1832-1919) but don't have a solid reference to confirm this William is the son of that William. Do you have a reference to confirm it so I can connect that branch to the global tree?
The elder William Hobart was my wife's great great great grand stepfather through his second wife.
Thanks.
I just wanted to say "thank you" for all of the additional sources that you added to the Peebles and Ferguson profiles that I manage.................greatly appreciated mate. kind regards.........Nigel Clark
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Great to hear from you! That's terrific working on all those voyage categories. You're currently in the SA and Born in the Colony teams. Let me know if you'd like to be added to any other team to cover your work on the voyage categories, but it's fine if you're happy with the teams you're on.
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Anything left between there and Z I couldn't find a source for.
I came to this via a search for something else. But if you want/need information about Prestwood `(sometimes called 'Priesthood') Boucher please get in touch. I visited his home village in Berkshire, England yesterday. William Horwood
I wish to thank you for adding the "Irvine Family on the Mangerton" to Alexander Irvine's profile [Irvine-2338]. I found it most interesting - it will enable me to look further into his family. It is information that I wouldn't have had otherwise. Many thanks, Margaret Cranley Cranley-15
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Cheers, Margaret
and I see you created a wiltshire to NSW category. Thank you.
edited by Alan Salt
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edited by Margaret (Gale) Haining
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edited by Margaret (Gale) Haining
Thanks for all your work on WikiTree. I noticed that you recently created a profile for a pre-1700 ancestor.
There have been some updates to the Pre-1700 Profile help page and the Pre-1700 Quiz since you took it in Nov 2018. Please review both and let me know if you have any questions or concerns. You will notice that the wording has been modified to more fully explain the sourcing needed for pre-1700 profiles.
We're looking for reliable sources to add to the various lists. Would your sources be good additions?
Thanks,
Debi
Perrin, ed., Autobiography of Phineas Pett, by Phineas Pett. Published 1918. Publications of the Navy Records Society [in London] . Library of Congress DA70 .A1 vol. 51
Volume 51 of their publications is, simply, the Autobiography of Phineas Pett, so it is only useful for the study of Phineas. I suspect other volumes might cover other naval historical figures, while others cover other naval subjects. I would assume they mostly cover the Royal Navy of Britain. I only possess the volume on Phineas Noah Pett. They've been publishing since 1893, and have produced over 160 volumes. There is a list of early volumes that have entered the public domain and been digitised here: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=navyrecsocpubs
The profile on Phineas (Pett-147) was a bit of a test effort. I've made what I think are improvements as I've learnt. If I've made any faux pas there, or style errors or anything noticeably out of order, or there are improvements I could make, please let me know.
edited by Alan Salt
I took a look at Phineas' profile and do have a couple of suggestions. The first would be to include a link to either the Internet Archive or Project Gutenburg digital versions of the Autobiography. It helps other researchers know where they can go for more information.
The other thing is that his current biography focuses more on his career than on topics of interest to a family history reader. Have you tried the Biography Builder app that was created by one of our members? It uses the data fields and linked profiles to create a basic genealogical biography. There's a check box which will include inline citations codes for the various information.
Since no one knows how accurate Phineas was in his autobiography, it is usually best practice to look for corroborating sources. For instance, his first marriage has been indexed at FamilySearch:
The England Project has determined that the England Marriages database is reliable for pre-1700 profiles, so you could copy that citation in to Phineas' profle. If you have time and lots of English ancestors, I would recommend joining the project and going through their Orphan Trail to learn about sources for England. I recently completed the Trail and found it very helpful in my research. It's also a great grounding on what to include in a biography.
I hope this helps. I will see you in the branches,
Debi
Can only clearly trace back to 1793. Further back the information is not so reliable.
Phineas Noah Pett is an ancestor of the mother of my second child. She was quite proud of the lineage.
In line with your suggestions, I have (hopefully) upgraded the bio, though I think the career important, as it is what makes him noteable.
I see that you found a second source for his death date. You left the original death sentence and citation in the career section, possibly intentional, possibly not, so thought I would mention it.
The link you used for sourcing his parents goes to the Errata volume of the Dictionary of National Biography instead of Vol 15. I was able to find this link to the online version of the biography https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/22060 which shows only an excerpt. Luckily, that excerpt includes the names of his parents.
Members of the England Project suggested checking the Burials for Chatham for records on his death and the early parish registers for both Stepney and St Margarets for his other marriages. Links for searching those records can be found in the England Project's Reliable Sources FAQ.
Regarding your Salt family, I wanted to mention that finding records for commoners is not as difficult as it once was. I learned that through my experience with England's Orphan Trail.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Debi
Each County has their own page. Links for them can be found at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England_County_Resource_Pages
Sorry for being less than clear
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