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Connect-a-Thon, April 2024
The first Thon of 2024, the Connect-a-Thon, is here!
- The fun starts: Friday, April 12th at 14:00 (CEST, Germany), 8 AM (EDT)
- And it ends: Monday, April 15th at the same time
Here's a time zone calculator if you need help figuring out the right time in your part of the world.
What is the Connect-a Thon?
- The Connect-a-thon is a site-wide competition in which members add new SOURCED profiles to our shared tree, with the ultimate goal of connecting unconnected profiles to the main tree. What's considered an unconnected profile? Read this page HERE. The focus of this thon is all about adding new, sourced profiles to existing profiles and expanding our shared tree. Every profile we add increases the chances of finding a connection for the unconnected.
HOW TO JOIN
- You'll need to register by posting a comment to the Germany Genies answer of the April 2024 Connect-a-Thon Join post on G2G.
Scoring
- ALL new profiles added to the tree will count as a point IF they are attached to another profile. See this page for more info. All added profiles MUST have at least one primary source. Remember that links to online trees: Ancestry, Family Search, and Geni, etc. are NOT considered reliable sources. Instead of using an online tree as a source, use any reliable sources included in that online tree ... after you've verified them, of course. Also, make sure you add dates of birth and locations, even if they are estimates.
- Scoring for this Thon is EASY! Tracking for the challenge is done automatically. You do not need to use the "challenge tracker" or manually keep track of how many profiles you add.
And There are Stickers and Badges and Prizes!
- STICKERS
- Copy and paste this coding {{Connect-a-Thon|team=Germany Genies|year=April 2024}} on to your profile and you'll get a sticker that looks like this:
- See also Template:Connect-a-Thon
- BADGES
- After you register for the Thon, you will be awarded a April 2024 Connect-a-Thon badge.
- In addition to the participation badge, the individual and team winners will get the 2024 Connect-a-Thon winner badge. These winners will include: the top 10 winners overall and everyone on the winning teams who participated (both overall and by average).
- PRIZES
- 1. The top five winners who add the most profiles will get t-shirts.
- 2. The Team will draw one participant at random during every video chat (see the section above). You don't need to be in the chat to win but you do need to register in advance and be participating.
LISTS TO WORK FROM
- Click any link to take you to the corresponding list:
- Germany DBE Unconnected List: there are over 92,000 unconnected German profiles on WikiTree! The DBE Unconnected page shows unconnected branches with at least one profile of a person who was born in or died in Germany. Lists are also provided by modern German state and
- Category:Germany, Needs Profiles Created: This category exists as a way of noting profiles that have sources for family members who do not yet have profiles on WikiTree. For example, a member might have only created a profile for a daughter mentioned in a census. However, the rest of the family still needs to be added to WikiTree.
- Work from your own Watchlist: One of the easiest ways to participate is to work on building out your own family lines. Sometimes we focus so much on our direct lines that we forget about the collateral ones. You can work on building outward, not just upward or downward.
- Work on your own Unconnected Profiles: If you click here you will see a list of the people on your Watchlist who are not yet connected to the main tree. You can sort that list several ways, and also limit it to a particular surname. If you click on the highlighted word "total" in the first paragraph on that page, you will see a list of all unconnected profiles on WikiTree, which works the same way.
- Table listing the largest unconnected branches on WikiTree, many of which are German.
- Unconnected German Notables, managed by the Germany Project. The 70+ unconnected project-managed profiles are noted with a "Y" in column C. The spreadsheet has ben sorted so that the unconnected profiles appear at the top of the sheet. The unconnected profiles are in chronological order by date of birth, oldest first.
- German Inventors and Discoverers
- Other places to find unconnected profiles.
Chat Links
- Need help or have questions? Someone should be available to answer your questions if you post them in the Germany Genies channel in the WikiTree Discord Server. Instructions on how to Join Discord are HERE or simply click this link. Make sure you ask to be added to the channel #germany-genies. If you need help joining the Genies channel, post your request in the "Welcome" or "General Chat" channel of the WikiTree server.
Merchandise
You can order t-shirts, mugs, glasses and stickers with the Germany Genies logo from the WikiTree store
Help Pages
- Help:Connect-a-Thon: Connect-a-Thon Main Help Page: everything you ever wanted to know about Connect-a-Thon-ing
- Connect-a-Thon Tutorial
- Video: Connect-a-Thon rules explained by Gelbi and Lola
Team Members for April 2024 Connect-A-Thon
Captains:
Team Members (in order of registration):
- Jelena Eckstädt
- Anke (Meyer) Frehse
- Oliver Stegen
- Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz
- Christine (Rein) Hühn
- Victoria Fachner
- Carrie Portlance
- Karl-Georg Kettering
- Terri (Clawson) Swift
- Craig Kanalley
- Beate (Schmitt) Glowacki
- Connie Goos
- Jack Schaffer Ph.D.
- Linda (Lenze) Mearse
- Stephen Ullrich
- Ashley Picard
- Sven Elbert
- Bonnie (Hiller) Fullerton
- Germany Genies April 2024 Connect-a-Thon team chat Apr 11, 2024.
- Germany Genies January 2024 Connect-a-Thon team chat Jan 18, 2024.
- Germany Genies September 2023 Source-a-Thon team chat Aug 29, 2023.
- Germany Genies July 2023 Connect-a-Thon team chat Jul 13, 2023.
- Germany Genies 2022 Source-a-Thon Chat Sep 20, 2022.
- The Germany Genies are a Wonderful Thon Team! Jul 19, 2022.
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We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 88,908 profiles added to the tree. We appreciate your fab input and support for the event and look forward to working with you all again next time.
Thanks again for this weekend. On behalf of everyone in the Mighty Oaks Team Janet, Joan and Maddy
From all the members of the Appalachia Roots Thon Team
Was für eine fantastische Leistung von Germany Genies! Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu Ihrem Divisionssieg!!! Es hat großen Spaß gemacht, mit Ihnen am Connect-a-Thon im Januar 2024 teilzunehmen. Es hat uns Spaß gemacht, auf der ganzen Welt zusammenzukommen, um Profile zum globalen Stammbaum von WikiTree hinzuzufügen. Wir sehen uns im April!
Von allen Mitgliedern der Appalachia Roots Thon Team
Thanks to Team Germany Genies for all yeer efforts during the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon! Go raibh míle maith agaibh!
We look forward to participating with you in the next 'thon.
Jeffrey (Wall -7415), Captain for Team Nordic Noir
edited by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Little Team on the Prairie : Learning I Connecting I Sourcing I Mentoring
Jeffrey (Wall -7415), Captain for Team Nordic Noir
See you at the next marathon! Azure, Sondra, & the Western Red Cedars
edited by Azure Robinson
It was a fun weekend and we look forward to seeing you in the next Thon :)
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
Sláinte Mhath! (Cheers!)
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
From our team, Appalachia Roots, to yours, thanks for joining in a fun Sourcing weekend!
We had a great time participating with all your members. They were awesome! Can't wait to do it again at the next Thon in 2024.
Patty & Sandy - Appalachia Roots Co Captains
Rob Wilson, The Banyan Tree team (India)
From your cousins in the Welsh Dragons
Lang May Yer Lum Reek!
It was an AMAZING weekend and we look forward to seeing you in the next Thon :)
Jeffrey - Nordic Noir
It was a fun weekend and we look forward to seeing you in the next Thon :)
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
I miss you guys, Traci
Morgana (Patrocinio_Costa-1) and Adriana (Hazelton-509), Smoking Snakes team captains
Thanks to all our efforts we added a total of 76,995 profiles to our shared tree. We look forward to seeing ye in future 'thons!
Jeffrey (Wall-7415), Nordic Noir team captain
It was an AMAZING weekend and we look forward to seeing you in the next Thon :)
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
Mindy & Sandy .
Warm regards on behalf of all of the Dutch Genealogists,
Joan and Margreet
We all had a good time and hope to see you in the next Thon :)
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
Thanks to all our efforts there are now 63,445 less unsourced profiles in our shared tree.
We hope to see ye in future 'thons!
See you at the next marathon!
Azure, Sondra, & the Western Red Cedars
.Team Virginia thanks you for sourcing profiles during the Thon!!! It was a blast! We look forward to seeing you at the next one.
Sven
this team is only for competing in "the big challenges" like Connect-a-Thon and it can be also joined without being a project member. Our "full-time" teams can be found at Space:Germany_Project_Teams. If you want to join the Germany Genies, please state it when registering for the next Thon, which would be Source-a-Thon. A G2G message about it will be posted then.
Kind regards from Black Forest
Update: Since you also requested joining the Google Group, we assumed that in fact you wanted to join the Germany Project and meanwhile awarded you the badge.
edited by Florian Straub
Thank you for participating in the July 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and contributing to filling out our global tree!
See you at the next marathon!
Azure, Sondra, & the Western Red Cedars
Jutta and Hilary Welsh Dragons team
Mindy Silva & Sandy Patak Team Virginia
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It was a FUN weekend and we are looking forward to working with you again on the upcoming Source-a-Thon :)
Fran, Carol, Joan, and Maddy
We hope to see you at our Annual Liberation Day Challenge from May, 4 to May, 10!!
edited by Astrid (Schellenberger) Spaargaren
...thanks you and your team members for participating in the April 2022 Connect-a-thon.
In this year of Connection... When we work together, great things can happen!
Can't wait for the next one! See you in the branches.
Azure Rae and the Western Red Cedars gang
We all had a great time and are looking forward to the next Thon :)
Mindy Silva & Sandy Patak Team Virginia
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Just sailing by to thank you for al the fun and the great achievements. We all can be proud on ourselves!
See you next X-a-Thon we hope.
Colleen, Astrid and Eef.