Do you have Pre-1500 certification?! Then please join the Medieval Project!

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Those of us that are passionate about medieval genealogy want WikiTree to be a place where accurate information is available and discussed concerning those that lived during the medieval period.  The Medieval Project was formed three years ago to focus on pre-1500 profiles at WikiTree.  The project focuses on all pre-1500 profiles (not just royals and nobles) that aren’t already covered by other projects (such as Magna Carta and some country projects).

Due to the scope of the project, pre-1500 certification is required to be a project member. 

Availability of time ebbs and flows.  The Medieval Project doesn't require any certain level of participation to be a member.  If you have the skill set to research in the medieval period and are pre-1500 certified, then we welcome you as a member.  To join, reply with an answer (as opposed to a comment) to this post.

We have a few teams already in place, but we welcome and encourage other teams to research and manage medieval profiles.  Feel free to contact John, Michael, or me to discuss your ideas.

We have a Google group for the project.  Membership in it is optional.  If you'd like to join, send me a PM.

Darlene - Co-Leader, Medieval Project and European Aristocrats Project

in Requests for Project Volunteers by Darlene Athey-Hill G2G6 Pilot (590k points)

20 Answers

+17 votes
I think I might like to join, purely as some of my profile interests extend beyond 1500, I have several pre-1500 profiles that still need to be developed but time is always the constraint! Can you assist with providing 48 hours/day?
by Gill Whitehouse G2G6 Pilot (204k points)

Hi Gill!  Glad to have you.  I've awarded you the Medieval Project badge.  If you would like to be a part of our Google discussion group, send me a private message so that I have your email address to add to the group.

As for your request, I, unfortunately, haven't figured that one out.  I'm quite involved in genetic genealogy, though, so perhaps we'll figure out how we can clone ourselves to get more accomplished ...  wink

Darlene, I hope that, if you figure it out, you'll share with the rest of us!  laugh

+18 votes
I have just been awarded my pre-1500 certification and would like to join the Medieval Project. At this time, my primary focus will be to enter pre-1500 source information and create profiles related to the Gilbert One-Name-Study, but I also have a lot of source information and new profiles to enter for my pre-1500 Spanish ancestors.
by Maria Castro G2G6 Mach 1 (12.1k points)
Thanks, Maria, and congratulations on gaining the pre-1500 certification! I have made you a member of the Medieval Project. If you send me a private message, that will give me your email address and I can then add you as a member of the associated Google Group.
+14 votes
I would like to join the Germany Medieval project. I am currently mostly interested in a specific geographic region, but hope to learn more widely from the group as well. Sven
by Sven Elbert G2G6 Pilot (110k points)

Hi Sven, I have awarded you the Medieval Project badge.  If you would like to join our Google discussion group, send me a private message so I can add you.

How do I go about getting a pre-1500 certification? I looked at it at one point and it was confusing.

After you've done the pre-1700 self-certification quiz and gained some experience providing sources and editing early profiles on WikiTree you can request pre-1500 certification. You will be asked to:

I've been pre-1700 certified for a long time.

I'll read about the other things.

Thanks
+14 votes
I'd like to join. So far I only have one pre-1500 profile, but expect to get more on my watchlist as I transcribe wills from the 16th century.
by Francesca Murphy G2G6 Mach 6 (64.3k points)
Thanks, Francesca. for your interest. I am giving you the Project badge. If you send me a private message, that will give me your email address so I can add you to the Project Google Group.
+15 votes
I would like to join the group.  My new project is to add the sources approved by Nathan Murphy (a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists and the Genealogist General of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States).  The gateway ancestor is Juan Montes Vigil (Montes_Vigil-33) born in Spain about 1585 and died in Zacatecas, Mexico, about 1656.  I plan to work on his ancestors in Spain back to about 1215, to the daughter of Alfonso Fernández de Léon, Aldonza Alonso Alfonso de Léon (Léon-518).

Currently, my only plan is to add the sources.  If you like, I can type up a list for the Project before I add them.
by Marcie Ruiz G2G6 Mach 6 (67.8k points)
Thanks, Marcie, for your interest. I have awarded you the Project membership badge. If you wish to join the Project's Google Group, please send me a private message: that will give me your email address so I can add you to the Group.

Thank you for wanting to work on a medieval Spanish line.
+14 votes
Hi Darlene,

I received your email and see you already have awarded me the badge. Thank you. I think I will also contact the Early Scandinavian Project as it seems both could be collaborating. Look forward to some new research.
by Mark Williams G2G6 Pilot (925k points)
+14 votes
I would like to join the medieval project! I just received my pre-1500 certification and have been looking through the linked pages. I've already figured out that I need to go and fix a few naming conventions on my older profiles... I'm also just really interested in the medieval period and would like to learn how to write good bios for this time frame.
by Katherine Bauer G2G6 Mach 1 (13.7k points)

Hi Katherine!  Congratulations on getting your pre-1500 certification!  I have awarded you the Medieval Project badge.  If you would like to join our Google group, you will need to send me a private message.

+13 votes
I would like to join the Medieval Project and its Ireland team.
by Feargal Hennigan G2G6 Mach 8 (86.3k points)

Hi Feargal, I have awarded you the Medieval Project badge.  If you would like to join the project's Google discussion group, you need to send me a private message so that I have your email address to add you to the group.

You will need to contact one of the leaders of the Irish team (Rich Devlin or Amelia Utting) to get them to add you to that team.  Please visit the team page here and click on one of the leader's names to send them a message and request to join.

Thank you for joining us.

+14 votes
I'd like to join the project, as I am a Data Doctor and often find that pre-1500 profiles are in need of sources or other amendments. I'd like to learn how to research them correctly. Deb
by Deb Gunther G2G6 Mach 2 (25.0k points)
Hi Deb, I have awarded you the badge.  Thanks for joining us.
+14 votes
Hi!

My family tree as many noble descendants and links, but I am not able to edit or add ancestors and some data seems to be lost, so I request to join in the project. Could I be helpful to you and gain more piece of my puzzle at the same time?
by S. Croisetière G2G2 (2.3k points)

Thanks for your interest. As the opening question says, I am afraid you need to have pre-1500 certification to join the Medieval Project: see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1500_Profiles for more information about this.

If you want to contribute information to medieval profiles, you can post comments on them. Please make sure, if you do so, you use what WikiTree regards as reliable sources. It may be helpful to point you to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Reliable_Sources and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Reliable_Sources_for_Pre-1700_Profiles.

I hope you enjoy being part of WikiTree.

+14 votes
I'd like to join the Medieval project. I have the pre-1500 cert, and descend from 7 gateways (1 a 19th cent. immigrant) so I have a lot of interest in those many, many ancestral profiles.

Thanks,

Greg Cooke
by Gregory Cooke G2G5 (5.6k points)
Thanks, Greg. I have given you the Project badge. Welcome aboard!
+14 votes
I am currently working, off Wikitree, on a project researching Scotland Forsyths from 1296 through 1700; once completed, I would like to add them to Wikitree.  So 1500 certification will be needed and may help me in my research. Once I have that, I might like to join the Medieval Project.
by Marsha Richardson G2G6 (7.7k points)
+11 votes
Good Morning, I would be honoured to join the Medieval Project.   I have been working on my family forest for some twenty years now and I have so many questions, that need answering.   I just learned that Adelaide of Tours (daughter of Hugh "The Timid", Count of Tours and Ava de Morvois, Countess of Lower Alsace) was my 31st Great Grandmother.  I would be grateful to get some assistance to learn more about her.  Thank you for your your time and assistance.
by Lynda Taylor G2G Crew (990 points)

Thanks, Lynda, for your interest. To be a member of the Medieval Project it is necessary to have pre-1500 Certification, which is required for contributing directly to medieval profiles: you can read more about certification, and about other ways of helping with medieval profiles, here.

If you have questions about medieval ancestors, please feel free to ask them in G2G. If you do so, please be as specific as you can.

As you have probably found, Adelaide of Tours has a profile here. Hardly anything is known with confidence about her, and her parentage, and whether she was wife of Robert of Neustria, is not certain. These sorts of uncertainty are common in this period.

+9 votes
I've been pre-1500 certified since 2016.  What would be the advantage of joining the Medieval Project?

I mostly work on my own ancestors.  One branch (ancestors of Mary Towse, 1550 -1628, Towse-81) connects relatively easily to well known and researched nobility (going back to Edward I), but another branch (ancestors of Christopher Battiscombe, 1520 - 1568, Battiscombe-18) were sufficiently "landed" to have records, but not well known enough to already have profiles.  I have taken that line back to the 1300s.

I have also worked on profiles for. other pre-1500 people that catch my attention, most recently the "St Bees Man," (Anthony (de) Lucy, 1332-1368, Lucy-932, https://stbees.org.uk/home/village/st-bees-man/) and his family.
by Janet Gunn G2G6 Pilot (186k points)
Thanks, Janet, for your continuing interest in pre-1500 profiles. As you recognise, there is no need to join the Medieval Project, but you’d be welcome to do so if you wish, One of the main purposes of the Project is to encourage those with pre-1500 certification to improve some of the many early profiles created in the early years of WikiTree before restrictions were introduced on who could work on medieval profiles. A lot of these profiles have little or no sourcing, and doubtful relationships. Anything you can do to help in this would be great, whether or not you join the Project.

If you decide you want to join the Project, please either respond here or message me.
+9 votes
Hi Darlene,

I do not have a pre-1500 certification, but would love to acquire it in the future. My interest is in the Netherlands, I would love to be in contact with pre-1500 members from there who could help me with this.
by Anonymous Boshuizen G2G Crew (940 points)
Hi, I see that you are fairly new to Wikitree.  I would suggest that you post on our G2G forum with regard to the research you are doing and assistance that you are seeking.
+9 votes
I would like to join the Medieval Project please I enjoy researching Medieval Scottish profiles. Thanks
by Dawn Britz G2G6 Mach 1 (15.9k points)
Thanks for your interest. I have awarded you the badge. If you would like to join the Project's Google Group, please send me a private message - that will give me your email so I can add you to the Group.
+7 votes
Hi, I'm running into some edits on Medieval profiles and I'd like to be a member and collaborate.
by SJ Baty G2G Astronaut (1.2m points)
Hi SJ!  I've awarded you the badge and added you to the Google group (using the email address I had for you).  Let me know if you changed it and didn't get the Google group notice.  Happy to have you as part of the project!
+8 votes
Hi Darlene, I would like to joint the project please. I am working on some pre-1500 profiles for the Machell name study.
by John Machell G2G6 Mach 1 (14.1k points)
Hi John, happy to have you.  I've awarded you the badge.  If you'd like to join the project's Google discussion group, send me a private message so that I have your email address.
Thank you Darlene, and will do. John
+7 votes
I would like to join the Medieval Project. In addition to having numerous ancestors dating to the Middle Ages and earlier, my academic credentials include a Ph.D. with a concentration in Anglo Saxon and Medieval English literature. I have read widely in English and European medieval literature and have written many posts for an online literature site (eNotes) that provides answers to students on questions relating to literature and history in all periods. I have also taught writing and literature courses at several colleges and universities,
by Stephen Holliday G2G Crew (630 points)

Thanks for your interest in the Medieval Project. Due to the scope of the project, pre-1500 certification is required to be a member.  There are ways to assist without that certification.

+7 votes
I would like to join the Medieval Project.  Some of my English profile interests extend beyond 1500 (Straw surname).  I am very familiar with the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 due to the cross reference of the names Wat Tyler and Jack Rakestraw/Straw.  Please let me know.
by Lynne Straw G2G6 Mach 1 (10.0k points)

Hi Lynne
Thankyou for your interest in the Medieval Project but due to the scope of the project, pre-1500 certification is required to become a member. There are ways to assist without certification or you can follow the Medieval and Pre-1500 tags on G2G.

Unfortunately I can't see that WikiTree currently has a profile for Wat Tyler or Jack Straw/Rakestraw.

I would like to join the pre-1500 certification, if possible.  I was not clear in my statement concerning the Medieval Project and there are no profiles for these people.  I should have said that there is a free space on WT called the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 and some of the character names are Wat Tyler or Jack Straw/Rakestraw, among others.  Thank you for your response.

Hi Lynne, you have to apply to get pre-1500 certification.  As noted on the link that John provided:

After you are pre-1700 certified and gained experience providing sources and editing early profiles on WikiTree you can request pre-1500 certification. You will be asked to:

Darlene - Co-Leader, Medieval Project
Thank you for your email explaining in detail the requirements.  I have my Pre-1700 Self Certification (Straw-1236), but I am unable to attach it to this comment box.  Let me know where I should send it.  My pre-1700 person was [[Straw-1265|Abraham Straw]].  I would love to collaborate with your group.  Please advise.
Hi Lynne, you don't send anything anywhere.  Those who have pre-1700 certification and have completed the items mentioned can request pre-1500 certification via the link given.

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