G2G: Little Team on the Prairie January 2025 G2G Connect-a-thon Chat [closed]

Question

For those who are new to Wikitree or haven't participated in a connect-a-thon before, we are always looking for folks to join our little team who are interested in genealogy in the six primary states Little Team On The Prairie focuses on: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

You can post questions, answers, encouragement, praise, and congratulations here for the team.

To sign up, click here.

Cheers ~ Judi Stutz-25, Team Leader #Little_Team_on_the_Prairie

Answer 1

The Connect-A-Thon is my most favorite.  It give me a chance to add to my tree.  By always checking the "Relationships" to the profile.  I am truly amazed just how many people I am related to all over the world.

Answer 2

This is your Little Team on the Prairie Friday check-in. 

• What are you working on today?
• Have a goal you'd like to share?
• You can put in a guess for the total number of profiles added.
• You can add a selfie to that G2G post, too.

Cheers!

Comments

I'm going to try to do two things today: create profiles for Korleski-5's siblings and try to connect Merle Hay to the big tree - he was one of the first American casualties in World War I and has several locations in Des Moines named for him, including the road that goes north from Des Moines toward Camp Dodge.

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I am working on a WHITE family from South Dakota -- helping a lady who knows absolutely nothing about her grandfather's heritage.

Answer 3

This is your Little Team on the Prarie Saturday check-in.

• Join your team online during a Connect-a-thon live cast on Youtube for your chance to win a prize! #GO PRAIRIE
• What's your Saturday snack situation?
• We have ridiculously remarkable researchers on this team. If you get stuck, find us on Discord so your teammates can help!

Comments

Still working on the Korleski line - got sidetracked on some of the in-laws. Darn those rabbits!

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Congratulations for winning the door prize!

Answer 4

This is your Little Team on the Prairie Sunday check-in.

• We are on the home stretch to the end on Monday morning.
• If you need any help at all or have questions, come find us on Discord.
• Teammates have been creating profiles from all over. At last check, we had 600+!

Answer 5

Shout outs, encouragement, and congratulations are welcomed posted on this team G2G page!

Answer 6

I'm doing something different this time. My great grand uncle, Frank Miller was born in Grayson County, Texas in 1905. He was murdered in 1926 in Oklahoma. I found a photo in my grandfather's belongings of my uncle and his school friends. Frank had actually written the names of all of his friends on the back of the photo. I am adding all of his friends to Wiki Tree for this competition. Every single one of them has to start out as a unconnected person. I keep adding family members until I reach someone who is connected to the main tree. After that, I moved to the next friend.