Have you registered for the 2020 Connect-a-Thon yet? [closed]

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This is our second annual Connect-a-Thon. Our goal is to decrease the number of profiles that are not connected to our big tree by adding relatives to existing profiles.

The event will start on Friday, July 17, at 8 AM (EDT) and run until Monday, July 20, at 8 AM (EDT).

Will you join us?

To register, just click the ANSWER button and say "Sign me up!" or whatever and include a few words about your location and/or genealogical interests. This will help us assign you to a team. If you already know what team you'd like to be on, say that. The current teams are listed here. There are a few new ones and some that aren't active for this marathon. Please double check before you post your answer!

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Thanks for your assistance.  I really appreciate your kindness

Thanks, Deborah McDaniel Shannon,

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Hi, Deborah!

I just deleted your email address out of your post so that spammers don't pick it up. 

If you have decided to participate in the Connect-a-thon, just go up to Eowyn's original post at the top of these comments, click "answer," and let me know which team you'd like to join. 

Once you're on a team, your teammates will be able to help you figure out the best way to approach adding your information from Ancestry.

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please sign me up for the legacy heirs

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Yes I would like to help.

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Drat, I wanted to take part and didn't think I could - we were meant to be doing a child swap meaning 6 hour drive on Saturday. Find out now our plans are having to change due to illness and I could do Connect-a-thon but I'm too late to register!! so DRAT!!! Catch you next time. Have a good time everyone! Add heaps!

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Sarah you can still participate but you'll be doing it on your own and not with a team. I see that alot during the "thons". Don't not participate because you didn't register. You can still have some fun with it.

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Thank you for your input and encouragement.  McDaniel6503

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Thanks to you Julie and all the others regarding your input about the thon.' You're great!   Deborah

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I know this question shows my “Wiki-ignorance,” but... What does the column labeled “Normalized (sum)” on the score tally sheet mean? I’ve sort of deduced that it means the number of different “connected” profiles that you’ve added a new profile to, but I can be totally wrong. Yup! Been known to happen!

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Hi, Carole --

The team normalized sum is just an average of the total connections made divided by the number of team members who have actively participated.

The individual normalized sums, I believe, are the percentage a person has contributed to the team total -- apparently rounded up to the next whole number. I'm not positive about this, but the math kinda makes sense.

p.s. No "wiki-ignorance" involved. lol ... it's not spelled out anywhere that I'm aware of, and we never did say there would be math. ;-)

p.p.s. We do have a thread going for Connect-a-thon questions if anything else comes to mind. :-) ... just go here

Answer 1

Count me in. I've been quietly working away on unknown LNAB in East England lately, so anywhere in the Mighty Oaks is fine with me.

Cheers,

Raewyn.

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  Hi Raewyn, guess our post crossed, thanks for joining the Mighty Oaks

The following are some links for you

Mighty Oaks team page let us know what you will be working on - area or family line. 

Mighty Oaks Chat Page

We'll be using the same Discord server as always. If you're not already on Discord, just send Joan a Private Message, and she will add you. 

Janet & Joan

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Great, thanks Raewyn!

Answer 2

I would like to register for the 2020 Connect-a-Thon with the MID-ATLANTIC team.

Thanks a bunch! :-)

~Brian Kerr

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Glad to have you back Brian!

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Thanks a Bunch. I was hoping to see something regarding the team continuing to taking part in these.

Just awaiting the confirmation message with the profile badge.

~Brian Kerr

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Great, thanks Brian!

Answer 3

Hi - Please join me up to the Might Oaks please.

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  Hi Jenny, thanks for joining the Mighty Oaks

The following are some links for you

Mighty Oaks team page let us know what you will be working on - area or family line. 

Mighty Oaks Chat Page

We'll be using the same Discord server as always. If you're not already on Discord, just send Joan a Private Message, and she will add you. 

Janet & Joan

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Great, thanks Jenny!

Answer 4

Signing up for the Western Red Cedar team

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Hi Denise!

You're on the roster as a yes! Thanks for joining us! 

Western Red Cedars

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Great, thanks Denise!

Answer 5

I'm super excited to be helping my Scotland Project crew!!! Twisted Thistles get ready...I'm not in the hospital this time! LOL

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We are glad to have you on the team, Randee!

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Great, thanks Randee!

Answer 6

I'll participate in the Canadian Connectors, Eowyn

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Yay Laurie! Welcome!

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Super, thanks Laurie!

Answer 7

Sign me up and put me on team Roses.  

I will mostly be working on connecting profiles to existing ones in the one place study for Hayna, Kurpfalz.  Names include Metz, Winstel, Wingerter, Knoll, Baron, Weigel, Foellinger, among others.  If I get bored with that, then I'll move to profiles connected to people buried in the Waldheim Methodist Church Cemetery in St Tammany Parish, Louisiana.  These are all connected to my family.  Eventually, I may switch to those in my husband's French Canadian line, especially Creviers and Choquettes, particularly in the lines that went to Illinois and Missouri and Kansas.

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You always amaze me, Mary! I"ve got you on the list.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Team:_A_Rose_by_Any_Other_Name_-_Connect-A-Thon

Go Roses!

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Great, thanks Mary!

Answer 8

Me Three please

As always Kiwi Crew

GraemeO

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Hi Graeme!!  Welcome back!!

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Great, thanks Graeme!

Answer 9

I would like to join the Canadian Connectors. This will be my first time participating.

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Welcome Anne!! G2G Chat is here if you have any questions!

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Great, thanks Anne!

Answer 10

Sign me up, please! I will join Bob Keniston on Team Massachusetts.

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Great, thanks Ellen!

Answer 11

I would like to join the Might Oaks team, thanks!

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  Hi Michele, thanks for joining the Mighty Oaks

The following are some links for you

Mighty Oaks team page let us know what you will be working on - area or family line. 

Mighty Oaks Chat Page

We'll be using the same Discord server as always. If you're not already on Discord, just send Joan a Private Message, and she will add you. 

Janet & Joan

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Great, thanks Michele!

Answer 12

I've started the Dust Bowlin' Daddies and Mamas, focusing on the United States Great Plains - (eastern) Colorado, Kansas, (eastern) Montana, Nebraska, (northeast) New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas. 

We're a new expansion team, and welcome all those new to Wikitree or to a 'Thon who would like to get their toes dusty with fun, easygoing, participation oriented team mates.

And I would like to register myself.

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Thanks, Ellen! You're all badged, etc.

Answer 13

I will be co-captaining the Twisted Thistles again! 

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What a team!!!

Cute but Stabby!

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Rah! Rah! Rah!

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Awesome, thanks Sarah!

Answer 14

I'm in.  Sign me up for Legacy Heirs.

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Hey Ward, so glad to see you!!! Putting you on the roster now.

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Great, thanks Ward!

Answer 15

Will give this a go , please sign me up with the Wizards of Oz.

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Great, thanks Rionne!

Answer 16

I will join the Canadian Connectors.

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Welcome Culley!!

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Great, thanks Culley!

Answer 17

Please sign me up.  I'll be working with the Mighty Oaks!

Thanks,  Stephen

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  Hi Stephen, thanks for joining the Mighty Oaks

The following are some links for you

Mighty Oaks team page let us know what you will be working on - area or family line. 

Mighty Oaks Chat Page

We'll be using the same Discord server as always. If you're not already on Discord, just send Joan a Private Message, and she will add you. 

Janet & Joan

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Great, thanks Stephen!

Answer 18

Sign me up please for the Mighty Oaks

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  Hi Gillian, thanks for joining the Mighty Oaks

The following are some links for you

Mighty Oaks team page let us know what you will be working on - area or family line. 

Mighty Oaks Chat Page

We'll be using the same Discord server as always. If you're not already on Discord, just send Joan a Private Message, and she will add you. 

Janet & Joan

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Great, thanks Gillian!

Answer 19

Mighty Oaks for me!

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  Hi Marion, thanks for joining the Mighty Oaks

The following are some links for you

Mighty Oaks team page let us know what you will be working on - area or family line. 

Mighty Oaks Chat Page

We'll be using the same Discord server as always. If you're not already on Discord, just send Joan a Private Message, and she will add you. 

Janet & Joan

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Super, thanks Marion!

Answer 20

I'd like to join the Kiwi Crew, please 

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Welcome Back Nic!!

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Great, thanks Nic!