Sheila Tidwell
Honor Code SignatorySigned 22 Jun 2021 | 58,179 contributions | 2,572 thank-yous | 2,531 connections
Signed 22 Jun 2021 | 58,179 contributions | 2,572 thank-yous | 2,531 connections
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I am interested in communicating 
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anyone who shares the same genealogical or historical interests.
Here is my family tree.
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anyone who shares the same genealogical or historical interests.
Here is my family tree.
I will be glad to help anyone that needs information or help with any thing about the State of Alabama.
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Sheila D. Tidwell
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
and Sister of
[private sister (1950s - unknown)] and [private brother (1960s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Jun 2021
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Biography
Sheila Tidwell was born in Alabama.
I was born and raised in Auburn, Alabama although the hospital where I was born is in a neighboring town.
I never married and my nieces and nephews are my children.
I am a very proud Alumni of Auburn High School in Auburn, Alabama. I was a drummer in the A-Band (I am in the middle of this picture.[1] I was also in HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America). I wanted to be in the health field but that didn't work out.[2]
I have always lived in Auburn, AND love my Auburn University Tigers and my Auburn High School Tigers! War Eagle!!!!! and Go AHS Tigers!!!!
I am the family historian and keeper of all the family pictures. When my mother died, I inherited over 16,000 pictures. I am still working on scanning and sorting them all out.
I got interested in my family geneology in 2008 when my father asked me to see if I could find out any information on his Tidwell line that he didn't already know. I have been hooked ever since.
My main surnames are:
Paternal: Tidwell and Yarbrough
Maternal: Whitman and Mahone
I am in the process of getting my family tree OFF of Ancestry and onto WikiTree. Please feel free to private message me or leave a comment! I love the "collaboration" we have here on Wikitree and am always trying to learn!
DNA Confirmation
Maternal relationship
Confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Sheila Tidwell and Rebecca Whitman, her aunt. Their most-recent common ancestors are Samuel Whitman and Ida Mahone, the grandparents of Sheila Tidwell and parents of Rebecca Whitman. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Aunt, based on sharing 1360 cM across 42 segments.
Paternal and Maternal relationships
Both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Sheila Tidwell and Ken Tidwell, her brother. Their most-recent common ancestors are James Tidwell and Cecelia Whitman, the parents of both Sheila Tidwell and Ken Tidwell. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Sister, based on sharing 2493 cM across 54 segments.
| Current Ethnicity Estimate (Ancestry from April 2024 Build accessed on 4/2/2024): |
 Sheila has 44% - England & Northeastern Europe |  Sheila has 32% - Scotland | ||
 Sheila has 16% - Ireland |  Sheila has 5% - Wales | ||
 Sheila has 2% - Norway |  Sheila has 1% - Norway |
Space Page Project
Our Military men and women are very special to me. If not for them, we wouldn't be free and able to live our lives as we want.
I am currently working on creating profiles for all my local Veterans buried in the area. I am starting with the cemetery where my Mother, Father and Niece are buried.
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Active Projects
 Sheila Tidwell is a member of the Appalachia Project (Southern Appalachia Team). |
 Sheila Tidwell is a Cemeterist Project affiliate. |
Finished Projects
 Sheila Tidwell participated with Cornbread Catchers during the April 2022 Connect-a-Thon. | Sheila Tidwell participated with Cornbread Catchers during the July 2022 Connect-a-Thon. | |
| Sheila Tidwell participated with Cornbread Catchers during the January 2023 Connect-a-Thon. | Sheila Tidwell participated with Cornbread Catchers during the September 2023 Connect-a-Thon. | |
| Sheila Tidwell participated with Cornbread Catchers during the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon. | Sheila Tidwell participated with Cornbread Catchers during the April 2024 Connect-a-Thon. | |
 Sheila Tidwell achieved the 16 For 16 award for completing 16 missions in our 2024 16 For 16 Challenge. |  Sheila Tidwell achieved the 32 For 16 award for completing 32 missions in our 2024 16 For 16 Challenge. |
Sources
- ↑ "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016", "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Auburn High School; Year: 1982, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1265 #1302085030 (accessed 7 April 2024), Name: Sheila Tidwell; Estimated Age: Abt 16; Birth Year: abt 1966; Yearbook Date: 1982; School: Auburn High School; School Location: Auburn, Alabama, USA.
- ↑ "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016", "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Auburn High School; Year: 1982, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1265 #1302085591 (accessed 7 April 2024), Name: Sheila Tidwell; Estimated Age: Abt 16; Birth Year: abt 1966; Yearbook Date: 1982; School: Auburn High School; School Location: Auburn, Alabama, USA.
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 WikiTreers, whether or not they are currently on the Trusted Lists: Wanda Ann Tidwell Ptomey and James Kendall Tidwell
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Sheila's formal name
- full middle name (D.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (2)
- private siblings' names
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Sheila or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sheila:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Sheila or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sheila:
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100.00%
100.00%
Sheila Tidwell:
23andMe, GEDmatch A306176 [compare], yourDNAportal SHE39a53e18
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A306176 [compare], yourDNAportal SHE39a53e18, Ancestry member AuntSheila
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50.00%
50.00%
Wanda (Tidwell) Ptomey
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QL8924259 [compare], yourDNAportal WAN86847092, Ancestry member wptomey
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50.00%
50.00%
Ken Tidwell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TD1035181 [compare], yourDNAportal KEN4602ef39, Ancestry member ken611985
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~25.00%
~25.00%
Rebecca Whitman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AP5466257 [compare], yourDNAportal REB9fb07e50
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~13.28%
~25.00%
Lorene (Tidwell) Bates :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SG2166597 [compare], yourDNAportal LOR99317131
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~6.64%
~12.50%
Sandy (Bates) Robinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LD3773283 [compare], yourDNAportal SANb17ab470, Ancestry member SandyB59
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~0.78%
William Skinner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member williamskinner3
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Sheila:
- Sheila Tidwell is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 20, 2023.
- Sheila Tidwell is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 13, 2023.
- Sheila Tidwell is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 5, 2023.
- Sheila Tidwell is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 2, 2022.
- Sheila Tidwell is a Wonderful WikiTreer Aug 19, 2022.
- Sheila Tidwell is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jul 13, 2022.
Featured National Park champion connections: Sheila is 16 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 18 degrees from George Catlin, 17 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 24 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 17 degrees from George Grinnell, 28 degrees from Anton Kröller, 19 degrees from Stephen Mather, 24 degrees from Kara McKean, 16 degrees from John Muir, 20 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Sheila
Wishing you a very happy new year!
Sandy
I will be participating in the thon with the Cornbread Catchers. How do I put the sticker on my profile?
edited by Sheila Tidwell
To add the sticker I added to the comment, the code is here. You just need to modify the wording. :)
Ernie Buck [email address removed] (501) 915-0913
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
Paula Southern Team Leader
I see you're adding the Native American Sticker to profiles (or at least one, anyway).
This sticker generates a category; when no tribe= specification is included in the sticker, the sticker generates a top level category Category:Native Americans. Ideally that category is not used on person profiles-- it's a high level category for grouping (in this case) specific tribes.
Do you know the tribal affiliation of https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Eagle-1148 ?
If not, we're starting to use the Heritage sticker instead, to avoid having individual profiles placed in the top level Native American category:
Heritage Sticker|ancestors=Native American|imagetext=Tree silhouette
Many thanks for your help!
-- Jillaine, project coordinator WIkiTree Native Americans Project
I will look to see if I can find the tribe affiliation for https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Eagle-1148
I appreciate you reaching out. I always want to do things properly and always want to learn.
Thanks, Sheila
Sometimes you can determine the tribe through the parents (if there are any). And if you're guessing, just place a note in the narrative that explains your thinking for why you believe it's one group or another. Many thanks!
Did you mean to post this on my page or G2G? I can try to help if you need me too. Can you give me some WikiTree Id's?
Thanks, Sheila
It's Thon time again, this time the Source-a-Thon! It will be from September 29 - October 2, 2023. Do you want to participate with Team Cornbread Catchers in this Thon? Use this link to get to the G2G sign up post! Click the "answer" link at the bottom of the post and, when the Answer box pops up, mention that you want to be on the Cornbread Catchers team!
Debi & Kelly
BTW, I have a suggestion error on my sticker for the last connect a thon. Do you know how to fix it?
Thanks, Sheila
Great to have you on the team again! Looking forward to another fun weekend. I am helping out Debi since she is still on her RV trip. I updated the team page and added a new G2G chat.
Our team page link https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Cornbread_Catchers
The new July G2G post is https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1606954/come-join-the-cornbread-catchers-july-2023-connect-thon-chat
The Discord Channel help. Discord: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/cornbread-catchers?pli=1
Best,
Kelly Kley
Let me know if you have any questions,
Tabor (who is helping Debi out for this Thon)
Join us for our online Appalachia Project Meetup on Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 at 7pm (EST). If you are signed up for our Project's Google Group, an email was sent this morning with all the details. 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.
Appalachia Project Google Group and Discord Chat Channel
Sandy
edited by Lula (Tuttle) Sinnott
On WikiTree, I manage the profile of his great-grandfather, James Kenyon White (1846-1925). You manage the profile of James' fourth or fifth wife, Martha S (Griggs) White (1865-1941). To the best of my knowledge, James and Martha had no biological children.
If this is an area you want to explore, feel free to contact me.
Thanks again, Sheila
Lula Tuttle Sinnott.
Cousin Sheila
Welcome to the Appalachia Project - Southern Appalachia Team!
Please review our Reliable (and Unreliable) Sources for the Appalachia Project ( LINK ) to help with sourcing our Profiles as you add or come across them. WikiTree requires valid sources on all Profiles and our Project has certain requirements for sources. Check the Appalachia Stickers Page for tips on adding stickers to profiles.
Please add the following:
The team categories to your profile: Category: Southern Appalachia Team and Category: Appalachia Project
If you prefer stickers, our Member sticker is available on this page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Appalachia_Project_Stickers
I am always available for any questions or help. Thanks for joining the team.
Paula, Southern Team Lead - Appalachia Project
edited by Patricia (Long) Kent
As requested, made both changes regarding merged memorials on Findagrave.com. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Jack Kellar
I will go look at the profile. And again, thanks for helping me and being so nice about it!
Sheila
Bill Pool
Sheila
There's a DNA Confirmation Citation Maker which will help you figure out which relationships can be marked 'confirmed with DNA'. The app will also create an appropriate statement for each profile: https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/clarke11007/DNAconf.php
Please add a statement for each child whose parent(s) you have marked 'confirmed with DNA'. Until you have an appropriate DNA confirmation statement, relationships should be marked 'confident' instead of 'confirmed with DNA'.
Please let me know if I can help. Thanks!
Kay Wilson
For your extensive work on the Tidwell family, you deserve a Family Star!! Thanks for all you do!! Sometimes members who make significant contributions through the data errors, or arborists aren’t recognized for their family tree work. Your Tidwell line is so very well sourced with nice biographies!! Thanks!
Paula
My Dad asked me to research his family back in 2008 right before he died. I take so much pride in the work I do "FOR HIM". And I promised my Mom that I would work on her side of the family also!
It is so nice to be recognized for that work!
Thanks again, Sheila
Thanks for the data error message for Billy Green. All fixed! Happy Thanksgiving 🍁
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