G2G: Louisiana Roots Team Chat - Connect-a-Thon XVII (Apr 2026)

Question

This is the Louisiana Roots chat page for the Connect-a-Thon XVII (April 2026). This is the team's sixth Thon event that it will participate in.

DATE/TIME:  Friday, Apr 10 at 7 a.m. CDT  to  Monday, Apr 13 at 7 a.m. CDT (72 hours)

GOAL:  The goal of this team is to focus on adding new profiles with a birth or death in Louisiana  or  connecting the unconnected profiles with a birth or death in Louisiana.  Unconnected Louisiana profiles can be found at this link:  Lists of Louisiana Unconnected Profiles

Participation / Instructions:  Connect-a-Thon Instructions

Registration:  If you haven't signed up yet, go to the registration post and comment under the Louisiana Roots answer.

Team Page:  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Roots

     Team Roster:  3 members (current as of 8 Apr 2026)
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Category - Louisiana, Needs Profiles Created:  see list of 2,141 profiles needing profiles created.  

Unconnected Louisiana Profiles:  Lists of Louisiana Unconnected Profiles
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Points Tracker:  by User   by Team   by Division  (pages will show results once the Thon starts)

YouTube Chats (Schedule/Links to Live Video Chats on YouTube):  Fri • Sat • Sun • Mon

Team Chat on Discord:  Team Chat on Discord (Note: NEW team members will be added to our channel after registration closes on Wed, 8 Apr 2026.)

If you have any questions or comments, post them below.
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G2G Miscellaneous Questions:

• Can you help spread the word about WikiTree during Connect-a-Thon XVII?
• Do you have any Connect-a-Thon XVII questions?
• Will you share a XVII Connecting Selfie?
• Guess the Connect-a-Thon XVII Total!

Comments

Team Stats

Team Ranking:  40 out of 41

Profiles Added:  35 out of 75,651

• Stephanie - 18
• Carol - 12
• Tommy - 5

Answer 1

Good morning team:  Carol and Stephanie

Comments

Good Morning!  Will my profiles that I add be counted automatically for the team or do I need to do something else to have them counted.

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As long as you add them in the time period of the thon, they will be counted automatically.

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Thank you.  I have added several and will try to add more.

Answer 2

Good morning Carol and Stephanie.

Day 1 in review:

• There are 41 teams.
• There are 563 participants with one or more profiles created.
• There were 26,556 profiles created so far.

Currently, our team is ranked 40th with 2 participants which created 12 profiles.

Answer 3

Good morning Carol and Stephanie.

Day 2 in review:

• There are 41 teams.
• There are 607 participants with one or more profiles created.
• There were 50,053 profiles created so far.

Currently, our team is ranked 40th with 3 participants which created 27 profiles.

Answer 4

Good morning Carol and Stephanie.

Day 3 in review:

• There were 41 teams.
• There were 620 participants with one or more profiles created.
• There were 75,651 profiles created.

Our team finished 40th out of 41 teams with 3 participants which created 35 profiles.