How do I add inventor info to a profile? [closed]

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I was reading the question of the week and was interested in updating my profile and my father profile accordingly.  But, I'm not sure of the correct process/format.  Please advise.
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in WikiTree Tech by Robert Wissinger G2G6 (8.2k points)
closed by Keith Hathaway
Hi Robert, thank you for posting this.  What a great question!  I'm sure many are wondering the same.

I relayed a link to your question to an expert who will likely provide the truly best answer for you.  I also buffed up your post just a touch by switching categories and adding tags etc.  Anything we can do to help :)

Expect your questions to be resolved shortly....

Cheers!
Hi, Robert!

What is that you want to add to your father's and grandfather's profiles??

We have some categories for Inventors. The parent category is here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Inventors

To use that, you "drill down" to the lowest category that fits with the profile you're working on. Based on your father's obituary, he was born in Ohio and died in Washington state. So, depending on where he was when he did his inventing, you could put either:

[[Category: Ohio Inventors]]

or

[[Category: Washington Inventors]]

These statements would go at the top of the free-text area above the == Biography == header.

If you can track down the patent information, you could also enter citations for that, and of course, any relevant stories you might have would be great, too!

Does this help??
Thank you Julie. This is exactly what I was looking for. I will be updating the profiles soon.

Julie,

I have 2 inventors some of Patents included in profiles. They are father and son they have patents in USA and Canada looks like. I tried to add what could to profiles. I like to add them to projects. 

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bergstresser-31

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bergstresser-32

Billie

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