Join US Black Heritage's Connecting Challenge--June 2021 [closed]

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US Black Heritage Project's

Connecting Challenge

In order to meet the US Black Heritage's goal of creating 50,000+ new African-American profiles in the year 2021, we have started a connecting challenge. It will be similar to the WikiTree Connect-A-Thon with a few exceptions. Please read our challenge space page for all the rules.

Who can participate? Any WikiTree member who has upgraded from guest and has signed the honor code. 

Start/End: This Challenge is a month long. We begin on the first of each month and end at midnight EST on the last day of each month. 

A participant sticker will be available to all members who join in for at least one of the months. Special stickers will be awarded to all participants who create at least 25 profiles in a month. A Winner's sticker will be given to the top contributor each month.

To Partipate:

• Read the rules please!
• Click on the "answer" button below my name on this post to declare you want to participate.
• Start with an existing profile and create a family member attached to that profile. Keep adding as many family members up, down, and sideways on the tree as you can. Each new profile is one point.
• Make sure the research is correct! Use primary documents to find and prove relationships.
• Add the {{African-American Sticker}} to any profiles of Black Americans who lived in the USA, so the project can keep track of the profiles and honor their heritage.
• Add at least one good source to every profile.
• Use the Challenge Tracker to keep track of every new profile you create for this challenge. It will count the total for you automatically. If you discover you forgot to track some, you can list them here to count.
• Repeat.
• If you are working on enslaved ancestors, every new slave profile you link to a slave owner using the USBH Project's guidelines, counts as a connected profile. See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information.

Have questions? Please ask.

Only have time for a few profiles? Please join us! Every contribution gets us closer to our goal.

Do you need some profiles to get you started? 

• Check out the project's managed profiles list (notables).
• Check out the Project's "needs profiles created" category.

If you are already on the WikiTree Discord server, you should have access to the US Black Heritage Connecting Challenge server. If you can't access it, please send me a message.

Thanks for growing our tree!

Our May total: 3726

Our total for 2021: 15,367 (woohoo!)

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Just popping in to say, even though I have not signed up for the challenge, I have not forgotten my USBH people.

On the 7th of this month I added Clarence Williams III (of Mod Squad fame), his former wife: Gloria Foster (notable actress), his father: Clarence junior; grandfather Clarence Williams (notable jazz & blues musician, published, whatever-er) - connected his wife (as someone beat me to creating the profile) Irene Gibonns (notable singer/actress).Yesterday/today I added Irene's father: Francis Gibbons, so I could attach her sister: Kitty Gibbons -- all so I could add Katherine Henderson (notable classic blues singer), as she was mentioned in a census as staying with Clarence (senior - the musician), and Irene.

(In between the 7th and yesterday I had been (still am) working on Harpo Marx and extended family.  But they're Jewish, not USBH fodder.)

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Thanks Melanie for adding more profiles!

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It's something I enjoy doing.  :)

I also added Katherine Henderson's husband and son - John Lewis Jackson III.  Sad story, that one.  He - the son - died (in a cemetery) in an air crash mere moments after takeoff.  He was just 26 years old, and left two small children. He could do with some help regards properly categorising him military-wise -- as I have no idea where to look for / how to find that information.  US military is definitely not my "thing". 

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I don't mess with military categories or stickers either because I don't work with any military stuff. Usually if I need this added to a profile and it's not something basic I can figure out, I ask for help in g2g.

Answer 1

I'm reporting for duty, since I already created a few profiles this month (and still haven't finished cleaning up last month's effort,  )

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Your work has been amazing!

Answer 2

I have been creating African-American profiles without signing up for the challenge. OOps.

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That's okay. We're happy to have all the profiles we can get. This challenge is just a fun way to encourage each other to make more and a way to count new profiles. Thanks!

Answer 3

I will get a few more done this month. Enjoy working on them.

Comments

Fabulous, thanks!

Answer 4

I've been adding folks connected to the Golden 14 yeomanettes, but I think I've done what I can there and will look for new families to add.

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Thanks, Karen!

Answer 5

I have a question. I am working on Bose Ikard (Ikard-18) and his family. His father was the slave holder, which there is quite a bit of information on, but profile manager belongs to someone. I do need permission to add info yes?  On Bose's mother the only information I can find (several bio's) is his mother's last name was King. Do I create a profile for King or just leave it mentioned in Boze's profile?

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Hi Vickie, you don't need permission to add sources/information to an existing profile, but if you're going to make major changes, it's always polite to reach out to the profile manager. You can create a profile for the mother if you wish, especially since you have a last name.

Answer 6

Sure, I'll add some profiles!

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Thanks, Jaki!

Answer 7

I would like to join, and help, I have already added 25 African-American profiles this month, can they be added to your total.

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Hi Malcolm. So glad to have you on board! Yes, you can definitely have any you already created in June added for this month. All you have to do is list them here and I'll add them to your total at the end of the month.

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Thank you so much Emma, following is a list: Reverend John Henry Hoard - 397 (he may already be listed as  added some info to his profile), John Wesley Clements-6409, Clara Viola Lock-3104, Lulu E Smith-244670, Carrie Belle Robinson-45903, Pearl Sylvester Hoard-398, Leona Elizabeth Hoard-399, Clarence Hoard-400, Arthur Chester Hoard-401, Audia Mae Hoard-402, Henry John Hoard-403, Laura Edna Hoard-404, George Wesley Hoard-405, Grace Bernice Hoard-406, Sylvester Cedric Hoard-407, Helen LeBlanch Anita Hoard-408, Lester Alfred Hoard-409, Fannie Austin-13055, Dorothy Jack Frey-3329, Louisa Goodeau-1, Helena Hoard-410, Agnes Billie Hoard-411, Mabel Clara Hoard-412, Juanita L Hoard-413, Wilbert Hoard-414, Mahala Kitten Patton-7030. Phew sorry about the length of the message, I will add any new people to the challenge tracker as i go along now.

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I got these 25 profiles added to your total for June. Thanks!

Answer 8

In again, just getting a late start!

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thanks, Tara!