Do you want to nominate a fellow WikiTreer to have their CC7 number improved in our We Will RAWK You Event? [closed]

Question

It's come up often that we should do something similar to the WikiTree Challenge for WikiTree members. As a part of our 15th Anniversary celebration this year, we decided to introduce our We Will RAWK You Event.

RAWK stands for Random Acts of WikiTreer Kindness.

How it works:

The plan is to run this event three times in 2023 - March, June, and September. It works like this:

A month before each of these events, we will put out a call in G2G for RAWK nominations (like this one!). This is your opportunity to nominate another WikiTreer to be a potential participant in the We Will RAWK You Event.

After nominations close, The WikiTree Events Committee will randomly pick 5 of the nominated WikiTreers who will then get to be RAWKED. 

A month prior to each event, we will also put out a call in G2G for RAWKERS, WikiTreers who would like to help work on the lines of the 5 participants.

On the 1st of March (June and September), we will kick off the We Will RAWK You Event. Everyone who signed up to help with research will have one month to see how much they can increase the CC7 numbers for the five nominated WikiTreers.

There are stickers for those who are RAWKED and for the RAWKERS.

Note: Members of the WikiTree Team are not eligible for nomination.

Please post your WikiTreer nomination as answer below!

The nomination period will end February 15. 

If you would like to volunteer to be a RAWKER, please post an answer here. 

Comments

I'm glad to hear that recipients of RAWK will be picked also randomly and not based on merit as our nominations tend to do - human nature, I guess, which is often opposed to randomness, and alas!, kindness sometimes too ;-)

Answer 1

I nominate Paula Rogers (Rogers-37048).

Answer 2

are there active wikitree’ers that are not connected to global tree?

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I don't believe these WikiTree leaders are connected to WikiTree's global tree (via their ancestry):

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bech-2

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coat-12

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Girouard-4019

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rassinot-1

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thomas-7679

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Utting-102

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Devlin-670

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-47589

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Batman-73

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cormier-1939

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Hout-28

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lewerenz-9

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClain-3310

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hardman-1532

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cullen-643

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harden-1880

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Skillings-87

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ling-1181

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Potter-10870

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baxter-4158

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i think all these are connected

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Please provide an example of how one of them is connected to the global family tree via their ancestry.

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did not understand ‘via their ancestry’ never heard that before  and a concept unfamiliar to me.

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Curious, Peter, how did you pull the list? Leaders category, My Connections, everyone who was a connection but not a relative? Or something else?

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Hello S., You could be connected to the global family tree by way of an ancestor's sibling's spouse's ancestry.  That however is not your ancestry.  Via their ancestry is their great great etc., grandparents' ancestry.  Not their great aunt's husband's ancestry.

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Hello Johnathan,  I looked at the Leader's list and used WikiTree's Relationship Finder (not Connection Finder) to see each person's relationship with someone with several different ancestral lines back to the WikiTree's global family tree.  The above list are those leaders with no "blood" relationship to that person.  If there was a relationship then they would be cousins to each other of some degree with a shared ancestor.

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I’d like to nominate Steve Entwisle-253 from England who was one of me great buddies on a YDNA skills course. Since I don’t know much about English ancestry I cannot help much myself but I’d try to help on the other RAWKEEs. Steve has a patrilineal NPE in the UK in the early 1800s which is hard to solve through paper-based genealogy, thus helping him to find living male patrilineal descendants of that line would be amazing, although I am not sure it would increase his CC7 a lot. He also has his tree on Ancestry so sourcing his other lines should be easier, increase his CC7 and connect him to various English lines here on WikiTree.

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Hi Peter,

I have documented cousin relationships with Gisèle Cormier (8th cousin), Jacqueline Girouard (8th cousin), and Isabelle Martin (8th cousin, 3 times removed).

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Peter, under WikiTree's terminology, "connected" does not mean genetically related. Connected, and therefore CC7 connections, are all about the people connected to you, not only the people you are directly descended from, which is where I think your response to the original question has gotten confused. Personally, I am "connected" to the global tree even if I am not genetically related to the people currently featured.

While I'm more than happy for people to work on my lines if they choose to do so, I'm conscious of the fact that we do have other incredible genealogists (including Leaders) who aren't connected to the tree either through these connection trails we utilise or through their ancestry.

Answer 3

I would like to nominate Gaile Connolly (Gordon-4080).

She's super helpful in GTG and really deserves this. Also, she's not connected to the tree yet.

EDIT: Oops, checked again, Gaile IS connected to the tree. I still think she's a good candidate for this though.

Comments

Joke, thank you so much for this nomination.  I am only connected through about a half dozen marriages and not connected by blood relatives.  I had finally made a breakthrough and discovered two generations back from my maternal grandparents and my paternal grandmother, but couldn't get far on my paternal grandfather.  All the research for all these is in Lithuania, Hungary, and maybe Poland and/or Ukraine (when they were all part of the Russian Empire) and it is way beyond my ability to get any further, so I gave up and have been working on community profiles for the last 4 or 5 years.  I would LOVE to know more about my family - this would be a wonderful blessing to me if the skilled WikiTree researchers take my family on.

Answer 4

Can I nominate myself as I have a 'brick wall' at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crisford-358

There was a fire, and records were lost before this date.

Comments

Hi Graham! Not this time, it's for nominating others, but we've talked about having either the June or September event be an opportunity for people to nominate themselves.

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Okay, I'll nominate Graham Crisford! ;-)

Answer 5

I want to nominate Murlen Posey. He has an interesting case with his ancestor Francis Posey. This will most like require a trip or two to the SC Archives.

Francis' parents are unknown and I think this could be solved with some Archival work. He is living in Pendleton County, South Carolina in 1800, with lots of good neighbors. 

Thanks in advance.

Answer 6

I nominate Erin (Soltysiak) Robertson:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Soltysiak-9

Comments

I second the nomination.

Answer 7

I nominate John Tyner.  He gives back to the WikiTree Community so much and doesn't always have the time to work on his own tree.

Comments

I second that

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I agree with this. John helps whenever he can.

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I agree!

Answer 8

I nominate Kathy Nava

Comments

She would definitely appreciate that!!

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I second that Kathy is so generous with her time

Answer 9

I nominate Pam Fraley (Dale-2823). She is my greeter trainer and is always willing to help with that and with creating categories in the Appalachian project.

Comments

Yes, yes, yes!

Answer 10

I would like to nominate Nancy (Cox-27529) She is always willing to help and learn. She loves the challenges and being a part of the Appalachian Project. She joined the greeters and is doing great!!

Comments

This is cute. You nominated each other. I second both of your nominations! 

Answer 11

Nominating my first cousin, Sandra (Peasley) O'Leary, for her maternal ancestry, (her mom is a family member: Doris (Eylenfeldt) Peasley.)

• Eylenfeldt-4
• Knupfer-24
• Tapio-51

I've done some work for her on them, but it would be great to have those with expertise in those countries assist with expanding these lines. 

These lines aren't of our shared ancestors.

Answer 12

I'd like to nominate Eileen Bellamy Robinson. She helps with everyone else's tree and is such a busy lady! I'd love for us to help her increase her cc7.

Comments

Second!

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I third this nomination!

Answer 13

I nominate Mags Gaulden.  Mags is a dedicated WikiTree leader, vlogger, and all-round cheerleader. Her passion for genealogy and commitment to preserving family history has resulted in numerous contributions to the platform, helping to build a comprehensive and collaborative database for future generations. Mags exemplifies the true spirit of community and teamwork, consistently supporting fellow users and sharing her expertise with all. She is a most deserving nominee to be RAWKed.

Comments

Yes Mags is definitely deserving she is not just a Wonderful Wikitreer but and Amazingly, Wonderful, Helpful, Knowledgeable, Giving, (and I'm sure many more adjectives) Wikitreer.

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I agree. Mags is an amazing person and dedicated WikiTree member who gives of her time and expertise. From the Secret Santa event, she agreed to meet me (we live in the same city) and gave me a totally new direction to research in trying to identify an unknown direct line paternal ancestor when yDNA results were not as expected.

Answer 14

I nominate the inimitable Greg Clarke, whose work many on here enjoy and some may not even realize they rely on. His fan chart app is amazing, but his own is unbalanced after four or five generations and could use some help. 

Comments

Agreed!!! Greg is awesome :)

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I totally agree!

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Yes, Greg is awesome and totally deserving of help with either his bio or adopted family.

Answer 15

I would also nominate Amy Gilpin, she leads and contributes to so many things I can't imagine she has enough time to devote to her lines

Comments

YES!! Amy is the bestest 

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I second/third this nomination, she is awesome in categorization, and even more awesome teaching hopeless cases like myself the ways of the Amy. She is a sensei -bow- 

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Awe, thank you  guys!  

Answer 16

I nominate Gill Whitehouse (Whitehouse-2064). She is always helping and her explanations are a marvel of clarity.

Answer 17

I would like to nominate Gail (James-11261) she does so much for our family tree and her relatives

Answer 18

I would like to nominate Linda Crannell to have her tree RAWKed.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crannell-6

She has made nearly 30,000 contributions, yet only has 655 connections.

Answer 19

I would like to nominate Cindy Cooper who does so much for WikiTree. She has a few brick walls in her family tree that I noticed.

Answer 20

I’d like to nominate Steve Entwisle-253 from England who was one of me great buddies on a YDNA skills course. Since I don’t know much about English ancestry I cannot help much myself but I’d try to help on the other RAWKEEs. Steve has a patrilineal NPE in the UK in the early 1800s which is hard to solve through paper-based genealogy, thus helping him to find living male patrilineal descendants of that line would be amazing, although I am not sure it would increase his CC7 a lot. He also has his tree on Ancestry so sourcing his other lines should be easier, increase his CC7 and connect him to various English lines here on WikiTree.