This month’s Bio Builders Challenge theme is People whose profile Needs Biography.
On the Needs Biography page you’ll find all the sub-categories and in excess of 14,000 profiles.
This month’s target covers a wide area, but the bull’s eye is Projects, and the 10 ring is PGM (Puritan Great Migration). NOTE: PGM profiles require pre-1700 certification to edit.
If you work on a Project profile, be sure to follow any criteria set forth by that project, especially if a specific badge (pre-1500, pre-1700, etc.) is required.
You are not limited to profiles on your Watchlist.
You are NOT limited to Project profiles.
Thank you for your support.
Here's our checklist:
Data Section:
- birth date/place
- names of parents
- marriage date/place and spouse name
- names of children, if any
- death date/place
Biography Section:
- Written (full) sentences stating the facts above, adding inline sources to each fact.
- Is the profile '''Genealogically Defined?'''
- As a general rule biographies should be in your own words. Paraphrase and rewrite, don't copy/paste.
- Baptism, burial, military, and other life events with inline sources.
- Something to "humanize" the person, such as career or avocation with sources.
- List of children with at least one pertinent fact.
- Some list siblings. (I think this takes up real estate.)
- Explanatory remarks, if needed (e.g. disputed persons information, Research Notes, whatever needs extra explaining).
- Photos or pictures, background. Not a must, but nice (you need to own the copyright unless they are in the public domain).
- Categories.
- Connection to the Global Tree.
- All duplicates merged or initiated.
- Links to persons and events, perhaps from Wikipedia.
- Historical context as related to the person's life.
- Sources, Sources, Sources.
You can see some ideas on where to find some of this information on the Biography Builders space page.
Use "comments" below to ask questions.
NOTE: Biography Builders will not show on the tracker. Please add a list to your answer.
[edited to add link to challenge page]
