We have a new pilot: 100,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to David Draper, and thank you from all of us!

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Time to pin some new wings, we have a new pilot - David Draper!! Congratulations, 100,000+ G2G points, WOW!! 

Members like David make us look good on a daily basis; keeping WikiTree a friendly and respectable genealogy site for all.

Thank you, David, for your more than 47,000 contributions to WikiTree! In addition to his contributions he is a member of the Notables Project, Tree Hugger, Community Star, Family Star, and Generous Genealogist.

On behalf of us all, the G2G Integrators extends a huge thank-you and a big pat on the back to David Draper!

Thank you so much for all you do, we really appreciate it!

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Congratulations David with your well deserved wings, you are a magnificent member a big treasure, you always spoil members with your wonderful poem you gladly share, we are so proud to have you 

Thank you for all your work 

Thank you sweet Dieter for recognition a superstar you are simply the best

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Oh, my!  Well, this is an honor!  Thank you all for making WikiTree a fun place to be a kid again! 

 Funny story:  I have been on WikiTree for coming up 2 years. My wife was getting upset at me for spending a lot of time documenting my family and finding their burial places and playing on the G2G.   Then I showed her how she was the granddaughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.  Everything changed! 

Now, I have to revamp the office this coming week, so there is a larger desk for two people and her new computer should arrive today!  This pilot license just cost me about $1100.00 USA.

Happy wife, Happy life!

Edit: Cindy's new computer came Friday (21) but the new desk is still in transit.  I will post pictures in an upcoming weekend chat.

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Congrats on the Wings, I hope they fit. I was almost certain an acceptance poem would accompany this mile marker. A poet I am not so a limerick will have to do.

I once knew a man named Dave,

Oh, could he make words behave,

He said all the time,
                
With words that did rhyme,

You must edit, before you can save!

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I was afraid I would get 23 down votes if I wrote my own poem!  And, by the way, that poem is pretty good!  

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Susan Laursen, you are such a diamond!  The sun does not shine brighter! Thank you and Dieter and, well everybody!

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Thank you sweet David you are a gem yourselves

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Down votes are the next best thing to an up vote for most people don't respond at all.

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Congratulations David with your well deserved wings, you are a magnificent member a big treasure, you always spoil members with your wonderful poem you gladly share, we are so proud to have you 

Thank you for all your work 

Thank you sweet Dieter for recognition a superstar you are simply the best

Answer 2

Well done, David. 
Besides the cost of your pilot License, you now have to buy a plane before you can take off into the wild blue yonder.  

Thank for David's recognition Dieter.

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We could not find a blood relationship between Roy Tonkin and David Draper

Answer 3

Congratulations David!

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Thanks Lisa     (Liza and David are 18th cousins 8 times removed)

Answer 4

Congratulations David!

You are now the 343rd pilot on G2G.

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Tommy and David are 22nd cousins four times removed

Answer 5

Congratulations on reaching 100,000 and receiving your Pilot Wings!  And, I love your story!!!

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Tammy and I are... (fill in the blanks I can't check our relationship!  Tammy, you will have to check how we are related from your end.   Draper-4171

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Your 16th GGmother is also my 18th GGMother, Katherine Rilay (Rilay-1).  

If you want to look at the relationship, Schauer-42.

Answer 6

Congratulations, Dave. Quite an accomplishment. Keep on keeping on......

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Mark and David are very distant cousins How does that work?

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Very carefully. I think there's a fair amount of unknown confidence going on there in some of those lines.

Answer 7

Congrats sir, but also listen to your wife 

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We could not find a blood relationship between Richard Ameling and David Draper.

Answer 8

That is AMAZING David! Great work!

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Nikki and David are 14th cousins three times removed

I went to school with Tim Stegall in Abingdon Illinois, Class of 1970.  Wouldn't it be funny if that is some of your/our family!

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That would be really great if the Tim Stegall you knew is related to me. It’s not a very common last name so you never know. That’s cool we are blood cousins.

Answer 9

Congrats on getting your wings, David! Well done.

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Luther and David are 24th cousins three times removed

Answer 10

C'est Bon Magnifique !! 

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Stanley and I are....(Stanley you will have to check how we are related on your end) Thanks!

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24th cousins twice removed .. !! Through Multiple generations of English and only two generations of French ancestors !! .. C'est Bon

Answer 11

Congratulation David!

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Congrats on getting your wings, David! Well done.!!

Keep up the good work despite the costs  lol  

I don't think we will find any relationship   and I loved your story !! 

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Ronel and David are 29th cousins once removed

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Michael and David are 25th cousins

Answer 12

Congratulations David!

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Sandra and David are 8th cousins Through the Deweese family

Answer 13

Congratulations David!

Answer 14

Thanks for your WikiTree-songs that cover so well the mood of any WikiTreer at a point of their journey

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If you want to check our relationship, then go to Maner-163 (he's connected quite densly in America), or Weirich-167. Most of my connections go through John Maner though.

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John and David are 11th cousins three times removed

John Edgar Maner (1875-1953) and David Draper are both descendants of Elizabeth (Fryer) Fisher (1473-1535).

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So you are, as I assumed a cousin of the husband of my 3rd cousin 5 times removed. Mathilde Seipp's father emigrated to Texas with his parents in 1848.

Answer 15

Congratulations David, a well deserved recognition. Thanks for your hard work help to others. Maybe one day we can get our Draper lines connected.

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Steve and David are 23rd cousins