Team Missouri Connect-a-thon chat APRIL 2022 [closed]

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Where's my "Show me" state folks at?!

Thank you for volunteering to help and for joining our team. This post will create a thread where we can work together to coordinate our efforts. This is the place for the team to ask questions, give advice, see updates, and cheer each other on.

As a reminder, these are the states we cover: Missouri (of course!), Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Of course, if your connections lead you elsewhere, you can certainly follow that trail!

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closed with the note: Event over
in The Tree House by Lori Zukerman G2G6 Pilot (151k points)
closed by Lori Zukerman

8 Answers

+7 votes
I'm signed up. This will be my first Connect-a-thon-er.

I think I understand how this one works. I did a quick sneak peek at my watchlist and there were a few on there.
by Luther Brown G2G6 Pilot (536k points)
Great to have you back with us Luther! I still have my list from last Connect-a-thon. I barely made a dent in it. lol
+8 votes
Clarification:  Is this where I sign up for the Connect-a-thon.  If I need to choose a letter i choose M

thanks
by Mike Conley G2G3 (3.2k points)

Hi Mike! You actually need to go here. When you sign up, make sure to tell them you want to be on Team Missouri.

Hey Mike! Did you ever register for the Connect-a-thon?
+7 votes
I am signed up and ready to help! Go Team MO!
by Michelle Enke G2G6 Pilot (407k points)
Awesome Michelle!

I still have most of my list to work on from the last “thon”.

Go Team MO!!!
+7 votes

Hi all! I've just signed up for Team Missouri.

This will be my first Connect-a-thon. My current plan is to focus on building out my family tree. 

Surnames of particular interest: DeHart (Tennessee, Oklahoma), Wallace (Tennessee), Grigg (Illinois) and Elam (Illinois, Oklahoma).

Individuals of particular interest:  Jane Wallace , James Thomas Elam and Absalom Grigg .

My great-grandmother, Jane Wallace, has been a particularly difficult one for me to track down. 

by John DeHart G2G6 (6.2k points)
Great to have you joining us John! Maybe you'll find a couple of cousins on the team. I know I have.

I have ancestors in Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and Oklahoma. My Missouri ancestors came from Weakley county, TN and Lewis county, KY. They settled in Daviess county, then moved to Clay and finally to Seminole, Indian Territory.

Hope you enjoy your first Connect-a-thon!
Welcome John to Team Missouri!

My family is in Gasconade County, Missouri.
+7 votes

I'm curious how others on Team Missouri use some of the internet tools and sites for their research.

I tend to use ancestry.com for my testing ground, then when I have something solid and well sourced I add or update any corresponding wikitree.com entries.

I also tend to use familysearch.com for some of their research documentation. For instance, I recently discovered that they have a large volume of digitized books, some of which are searchable online. I've been using these two volumes on Bond County, Illinois ( volume 1volume2 ) to try to unravel my Grigg and Elam ancestors who ended up there. A lot of the books there are not accessible online because of copyright restrictions, but there is still a wealth of information that is available.

As an example, here is a current view of the Griggs and Elams I have on ancestry.com:

Serrena Elam at the bottom is my paternal grandmother. Five generations back from her, the couple Joel Elam and Phoebe Hill show up on three different branches. I'm hoping to verify as much of that as possible in the upcoming connect-a-thon.

Regards.

John

by John DeHart G2G6 (6.2k points)
I deleted my tree on Ancestry last year because it had so many mistakes in it and started fresh with just direct line ancestors. I'm only there until my current gift subscription runs out. I tend to do most of my research on Family Search and use that exclusively whenever doing one of these "thons". I made a list before the last thon of folks that needed family added to them and barely scratched the surface.
I think my approach is similar.  I primarily use Family Search for the availability of records to cite.  And I go to Ancestry for clues as to where to find other records.  So much of Ancestry is a mess, but there is lots of info there!  I see undocumented trees, and with my Missouri roots, I say "Show Me" the documentation!
Yeah, me too! My 25 year old brick wall is because I refuse to just accept who my g-g- grandfather's parents are. Oh, there's a set up there but I'm not fully convinced they're right. In true "show me state" fashion, I need proof! It's been easy for me to see what's not correct but dang it! I'm unable to verify what might be correct, if that makes sense. Some days I doubt I will ever solve this riddle.
+6 votes

I'm signed up!   And I wanted to point out that the Missouri website for Death Certificates has released info for 1971.

by Bartley McRorie G2G6 Pilot (162k points)
edited by Bartley McRorie
+6 votes
Just checking in...everyone doing okay?
by Lori Zukerman G2G6 Pilot (151k points)
Just getting started!
lol

I’m done for the day so you can pick up my slack. I’ll be back on in the morning. Have fun!
Looks like Team Missouri has a pretty good participation this time around so far. 19 of us working our little fingers off. Lukas is really gettin' after it!
Yes sir! I'm pretty impressed by Lukas. I thought Randy was going to run away with it but Lukas passed him like he was standing still.

I'd say we're doing fairly well considering most of the teams ahead of us have many more folks on their teams. We need a few more like Lukas, Randy and LaMyra!
+4 votes
Just signed up for the Missouri team. I actually have no connection to Missouri, but I do have numerous ancestors from Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. For the Connect-a-Thon, I think I'll focus on my grandmother's Swedish relatives in southwestern Iowa (Red Oak area).

Looking forward to meeting everyone.
by David Randall G2G6 Pilot (333k points)

Great to have you joining us, David! You might want to repost this to the current chat located here.

By the way, we are 16th cousins once removed.

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