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

I would like to participate in the connect-a-thon as I have a ton of Italian profiles to add to this category: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Italians_in_Haverhill

Problem is we don't have an Italy team. If we did, I'd call us the Sopranos. Or the Corleones. =P

Since there is a Canada team, I'll be joining that one. Peer pressure from a Mr. Greg Clarke.

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Welcome Chris!

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Thank you!

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I'd like to hear you sing soprano, Cugino 

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LOL! I know you would! Not gonna happen, Emms!

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Imagine me pouting in disappointment. 

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LOL. If you really want me to sing, message me on Facebook. =)

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You are officially badged, Chris!

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Thank you, Julie!

Answer 2

Sign me up with the Cornbread Catchers!

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Hi Alexis (Lovelace-587) Nelson! Which team would you like to join?

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Connect-a-Thon#Teams

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Hi Azure, I hesitated to join, since my surgery on my right hand, and I feel like a first grader trying to write. Please sign me up with Cornbread Catchers.

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You have the badge now, Alexis. :-)

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Thanks, Alexis.

Answer 3

Sign me up!  

I am interested in Yorkshire, England, as well as New York state.  Sounds like fun and hard work;-)

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 Hi Susan

Are you thinking of join the Mighty Oaks the combined England Team?

The following is the link to the Mighty Oaks team page just confirm you wish to work with us

Thanks

Janet & Joan

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Thanks Susan for confirming you wish to be with the Mighty Oaks

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You're all set, Susan!

Answer 4

I'll participate with the Legacy Heirs again.

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Great Paul, putting you on the roster now.

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You're all signed up now, Paul. :-)

Answer 5

Sign me up, I am joining the Tree Nuts. Julie Ricketts and I are very distant cousins. She has helped me with some G2G questions. Most helpful was the Needs Profiles category, which i use when I am working on a family. It keeps me from going off track. I am interested in my mother's line which is mostly in New Jersey. My father's family were more adventurous, living all over the midwest, in Indiana and Ohio. I will work on my own Needs profiles first.

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Glad you like the category I created. It definitely helps stop you from falling down the rabbit hole while you are working on certain profiles.

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Hi, Nancy!! So glad to have you on board the Tree Nuts! :-)

Our G2G Chat

Our Team Page

And if you'd like to join us in our live text chat on Discord, just send me a private message, and I'll get the link for you. 

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And now you have the official badge, Nancy. :-)

Answer 6

Sign me up!  I know I am late to this but would like to resolve a question of Gray-4819 and Gray-27588. I've tried to research the Tiverton location, but I think that location is wrong given what I could find below.

TIverton, Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1639-1899

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3897/41384_2421406273_0007-00680?pid=90843&

Pages 654 to 658

No mention of Edward's birth in 1704 or His parents Edward Gray and Melatiah

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Hi, Frank --

You're not late. The Connect-a-thon doesn't start until July 17. :-)

Do you know what team you'd like to join? There's a list here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Connect-a-Thon#Teams

That page also explains how the Connect-a-thon works.

Answer 7

Yes, I'd like to participate please - Musty Dustys if possible

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Thanks, Andrew! You're registered.

Answer 8

I am participating again, sign me up for the Cornbread Catchers, please!

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Hi, David! You're all signed up. :-)

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Thank you, Julie! :-)

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Thanks, David!

Answer 9

Yes!  Sign me up for the join the Twisted Thistles in the upcoming Connect-a-thon the weekend of July 17 - July 20. 

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Happy to have you with us Debbie! Thanks for joining us.

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Thanks, Debbie! You're all set.

Answer 10

Sign me up for the Spic-n-Span Scandinavians please.

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Thanks, Anders! You have the badge.

Answer 11

Looking forward to playing with the Cornies!

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You are registered, Claire. :-)

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Thanks, Claire!

Answer 12

Please sign me up on the Twisted Thistles team.

Neil Croll

Croll-284

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Welcome to the Twisted Thistles Team, Neil!! Glad to have you join us.

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You're all set, Neil!

Answer 13

I am happy to participate and will be joining the "Mighty Oaks" team

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  Hi Trevor , thanks for joining the Mighty Oaks, I added you to the team list

The following are some links for you

Mighty Oaks team page Appreciate you letting us know what you will be working on will add you to Kent.  On the team page is a table for the counties clicking the county name takes you to the county unconnected list. 

Mighty Oaks Chat Page

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

Janet & Joan

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Thanks, Trevor. You're fully registered now. :-)

Answer 14

Sign me up for Team Roses please

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Yay, Kathryn! 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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You have the badge now, Kathryn. :-)

Answer 15

Please sign me up. I would like to be in Twisted Thistles Team. Thanks.

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Welcome to the Twisted Thistles Team, Jacqueline!! Very pleased to have you join us!

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You're all set, Jacqueline!

Answer 16

Sign me up for LEGACY HEIRS, please.

I am hoping my signing up for this means I will actually take a break from work for a bit. My work is always busy, and during pandemic times has turned out to be even more so. I am also interested in my local (virtual) Fringe Festival that runs the same weekend as our 'thon, so I will not be a big contributor, but do intend to participate.

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Hi hun, we are so glad to have you here with us!!! You are on the team roster.

Chat: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1054824/legacy-heirs-2020-connect-a-thon-g2g-chat-page

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Thank you, Susan!

Answer 17

Yes, I'd love to participate with the Cornbread Catchers Team!

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Thanks, Tara!

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Thanks, Tara! Glad to have you on the team again.

Answer 18

Sign me up - southwest sunshiners

Thank you

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You have the badge now, Catherine. :-)

Answer 19

Please register me for the connect-a-thon with the A Rose By Any Other Name team. Unless I have to get a tattoo!

I have tried registering with the above button but I don't have Facebook and my reply doesn't want to post? Any advice on completing the registration?

Christine Lajeunesse (Mama Kiki)

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You are registered by answering here, Mama Kiki. We are so glad to have you on Team Roses. Bienvenue! (I promise, no tattoo required. That was a single incident with an overenthusiastic Team Roses member ). You are now on our list. And I'll send you more information.

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

Go Roses!

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Thanks, Mama Kiki ... you're officially registered now. :-)

Answer 20

Yes, I'd like to participate with Team Missouri.

Jo

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Welcome back Jo!!

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Thanks, Jo! You're registered.