G2G: Mighty Oaks of England July 2023 Connect-a-Thon Chat

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Team Mighty Oaks! It's time to get connecting come and join us for the July 2023 CAT. The event will start on Friday, July 14, at 8 AM EDT (12pm UTC) and runs until Monday, July 17, at 8 AM EDT (12pm UTC)

First things first: If you haven't registered yet, make sure to  Sign up here When you sign up remember to tell the challenge team you want to be a Mighty Oak.  

If you have not joined up before and are looking for a team the Mighty Oaks welcome everyone interested in England.

If you have some good resources and/or helpful tips, here is the place to share them. It’s also a good place to give us updates on your progress, ask for and give help, etc. You can start your own thread below by Answering this question.

Ales will be auto-tracking so no need to click anything just add a profile with a source and go on to the next one.

We'll be using the same Discord server as always. It is so much fun to be able to have live conversations going on during the 'thons. If you're not already on there, just send Joan a Private Message, and she will add you.

We are looking forward to hanging out with all of you again!

Want a refresher Connect-a-Thon_Tutorial see what counts. Also see Help:Connect-a-Thon

Looking forward to working with you again

Joan, Janet, Maddy, and Fran Co-Team Captains for the Mighty Oaks

Answer 1

I'll be working on my Devon, Cornwall and Derbyshire collaterals.

Answer 2

hello,  an enquiry regarding the unconnected profiles of Cheshire. How does the scoring go - in other words if (for example) a connection is made with the  Arbuthnot-1714 family with a tree size of 91 - do we get 91 points to our total ?.

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The scoring in for each profile that you create that is  connected to another profile.  You do not get any extra for connecting a group of unconnected profiles.  There is more information here. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Connect-a-Thon#Participation_Instructions

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hello, i connected three 'unconnected' profiles Nixon-7106, Garner-1046, and Beckett-2117 a few days ago, they didn't require any new profiles (just connecting existing profiles), so no point waiting for the start of the connect-a-thon, since there were no additional profiles. All 3 are now connected to the main tree - as shown by the degree number in the browser extension. But in the new list generated this afternoon they are still listed as being 'unconnected' - is there something else i need to do to show that they are now 'connected' ?.

I have one other 'unconnected' profile which i am waiting until Friday to connect, a person probably known to most in the UK.

thanks, Allan

Answer 3

I was looking forward to this so much, but wouldn't you know it. My brother, who I only see once a year at Christmas, has rearranged his summer plans & is arriving here tomorrow for 3 days. It's unlikely I'll be able to add any during the challenge, but I have added lots & lots of "needs profiles" tags over the past month, especially in Lancashire & Devon. I've also added some with my own category field for profiles I manage. If anyone is looking for extra profiles to create, feel free to jump over there. Each of them will have a corresponding profile on Familysearch.

I use Wikitree X to create the basic profile (attached to an existing profile) and then use Wikitree Sourcer with the "Build All" sources to complete the profile.

conflated family tree

Answer 4

I was looking forward to this so much, but wouldn't you know it. My brother, who I only see once a year at Christmas, has rearranged his summer plans & is arriving here tomorrow for 3 days. It's unlikely I'll be able to add any during the challenge, but I have added lots & lots of "needs profiles" tags over the past month, especially in Lancashire & Devon. I've also added some with my own category field [[Hutton-2752 add from census]] for profiles I manage. If anyone is looking for extra profiles to create, feel free to jump over there. Each of them will have a corresponding profile on Familysearch.

I use Wikitree X to create the basic profile (attached to an existing profile) and then use Wikitree Sourcer with the "Build All" sources to complete the profile.

Or, you could leave that to me by adding this category.

[[Hutton-2752 Under Construction]]

Have a fantastic weekend! 

Loralee

Answer 5

I'm planning to work on my family lines, currently about to add quite a few people from County Durham. I have a village in Norfolk and one in North Yorkshire I like to keep connected to.

Answer 6

I was hoping to participate, but quite frankly am overwhelmed. The deeper I dig, the more conflicting information I find and I don’t know how to verify accuracy enough to feel confident in adding records. I am quite a novice at this thing, and also don’t have the time needed to devote. Hopefully I will learn more and be better prepared for the next thon.

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Do not worry Brian. WikiTree can be quite confusing until you get used to it.  I suggest that you consider joining the England Project so that we can try to help you.You would do our Orphan trail, but people work at their own pace and it would give you a good understanding of how WikiTree works and how to make a good profile.