July 2017 Connectors Challenge

Question

Hello Connectors!

It's time to begin another month of connecting the unconnected across WikiTree. We'll get the project page updated soon with last month's tallies, but for now, it's time to start connecting!

WE HAVE A TIE!

June's top connectors were Gillian Thomas and Bob Keniston with  18 connections each.

Connectors connected 62 profiles to The Tree in June, and the total since the beginning of the challenge is 1263. 

Thanks to all of you who participated the June Connectors Challenge. If you haven't checked out the Connectors Chat page, you should! There is a lot of chatter there about what everyone is working on.

Now on to the Connectors Challenge Rules:

1. Pick any WikiTree profile which is not connected to the main tree. (In other words, that profile does not have a box at the bottom of the page, showing the degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon, Rosa Parks, and Queen Elizabeth II of the Commonwealth Realms.) You can look for unconnected profiles using the Unconnected People tool, the Unconnected Profiles category, the Unlinked_Profiles category, or you may run across an unconnected profile in the regular course of your research.

2. Either add a new profile for a first degree relative (parent, spouse, sibling, or child) of the person on that profile as a link toward a connected profile, or else connect an existing profile on WikiTree to the profile you're working on.

3. Add a source to the profiles involved in the connection showing the relationship between the two profiles. This could be a census record listing a family, a marriage record, a death record listing the spouse and/or parents, a birth record listing the parents, or any source which demonstrates that the two profiles should be connected to one another. Your source needs to be cited as closely to the style recommended on our Sources help page as possible to count towards your tally.

4. If you are adding a new profile, add a second, independent source for that profile. (For example, if you add a spouse because of a marriage record, then look for a birth or death record for the spouse you're adding.) (Note: The reason for this rule isn't to discourage you from adding people. But as you have probably already learned, even official documents frequently misspell names, so adding an independent confirmation of the name helps to save other researchers time in trying to find records that don't exist, because the person's real name was not the same as showed up in the linking document.)

5. Answer this post, creating a numbered list, and including the two profiles and the kind of source you used to make the connection. (For example: "1. Smith-123 added as spouse of Jones-456, Anytown VR) You only need to reply once. As you make more connections, just edit your post to add your new connections.

6. If you connect a profile which completes a connection trail either for an isolated profile or an unconnected tree, please add "Connected!" at the end of the line which made the connection. We count those connecteds towards your tally.

7. The tally is of branches/unconnected profiles connected to the WikiTree tree, not sources or profiles added. That said, if you can add a number of sources to a profile, all the better, and sometimes a connection will take a number of profiles to get added. Every one is different, and each one makes our tree better. So, in short, we'll count each "connected!" we see.

8. If either or both profiles you connect did not have good sources before and were already on WikiTree, then you can also count those sources towards the Sourcerers Challenge.

9. All participants who do not already have a Connectors Project badge, will get one. Winners each month-the person with the most connections made to the tree-will get the Connection Challenge Winner badge, and the Top Connector each month with get a spiffy template to wear on their profile page. Stats will be kept on the Connectors Challenge page, just like we do for the Sourcerers Challenge.     
   See last month's challenge as an example. Ask questions in the comments section here. Thank you! 

 

WikiTree profile: Space:Connectors_Challenge

 

Comments

Do unconnected profiles merged in to connect profiles count? If so, I've got some merge proposals that will count. They are probably going to have to go to default approval so they may not make it for July but ... inquiring minds need to know.

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Yes, unconnected merged into connected count. The easiest thing to do is add the unconnected to the parent or spouse, then propose the merge. That gets the connection right away, without the wait for the merger to be completed or go to default.

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FYI, Everyone, Greg Slade is closing in on 200 first degree connections. Have at it, Greg.

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Number 7. Gee I woke up thins morning and I had 10 less unconnected than yesterday. I found four  that I worked on. Nobody else worked on any. Oh my! I better start searching. :o)

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I need some help understanding how this works.  I connected an entire family line by adding the missing family links.  I just need to add the required sources.  But I need to know how to add them here.  

I would like to try the connectors challenge this month!

Who can I talk to and figure this out?  Thanks!

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Talking to me would be the first step. I assume you had a profile (call it EM) with a number of profiles connected to it but not the Tree. You found a profile (call it 3c4xEM) several generations removed from EM and added the missing links between 3c4xEM and EM. The last link (HEM) before EM is the connection and has to be a first degree connection. A first degree connection would be a child to a parent, parent to a child, or a spouse. In your answer, you could post the connection like: EM added as child (or spouse or parent) of HEM (brief description of sources used to connect EM to HEM) 18xx census, Anytown VR, "M family history" then CONNECTED. I hope this is clearer than mud. Only the final first degree connection counts for your total regardless of the number of profiles connected to EM.

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Okay, that last part is what I needed to know.  I had to add a set of parents to the descendant (who is already connected to the tree) before I could connect him to the entire set of ancestors.  So only the linking father would I guess in this case count towards making the connection?  Do I have that right?  Thanks Bob!

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Can I ask for advice--what would be the best method of knowing what would connect a profile?  I need a system to work with or I feel lost :-)

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And does it take 24 hours for the connection at the bottom of the profile to update or does it show right away?

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Easy part first. Connections do not show up immediately. It could take up to 24 hours because the system updates connections once a day, and I'm not sure of the time. On to the the harder part. Any system you use has to be flexible because of the dates you're working with, and where the person is located. FamilySearch is always a good place to start.

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One more point of clarification--We are not adding to the tree unless that person connects between profiles already on the tree, right?  Our goal is to connect what is already here...?  Thanks!

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YARE! (You're Absolutely Right, Emma) (Our version of Naval Aviator's YARC - You're Absolutely Rght, Commander). If it doesn't Connect to the Tree, it's not a connection. Just remember, sometimes you have to add several generations to make the First Degree Connection - parent, child, or spouse. We must have a First Degree Connection.

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Let's remember, every Connection we make makes it easier for the Biography Builders. Always help our Sibling Collaborators - Bio Builders, Sourcerers, and Integrators. HOOYAH! (The Connectors Cheer). Let's hear it!

Answer 1

Back for another month of grafting limbs to the Tree.
1. Isaac Kendall-3254 added as child of Isaac Kendall-880 Woburn VR CONNECTED
2. Elizabeth Kendall-1801 added as child of John Kendall-42 Woburn VR, "Kendall Family in America" CONNECTED
3. Rachel Reed-2997 added as child of Thomas Read-665 Sudbury VR CONNECTED
4. John Newton-820 added as child of John Newton-810, merged with John Newton-1301 Marlborough VR, "Newton Genealogy" CONNECTED
5. Nathaniel Newton-5218 added as child of John Newton-810 Marlborough VR, "Newton Genealogy" CONNECTED
6. Ephraim Newton-3557 added as child of Daniel Newton-802 Marlborough VR, "Newton Genealogy" CONNECTED
7. Beulah Newton-3959 added as child of Moses Newton-103 Marlborough VR, "Newton Genealogy" CONNECTED
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Answer 2

With Bob's answer, I shall report my first connection this month:

1. Hosiah Cook added as the child of Hosea Cook and Emily (Ivey) Cook Death Certificate, existing census sources - merge of Hosea/Hosiah initiated - Connected! 

Comments

HOOYAH!! (Navy version of OORAH)

Answer 3

Continuing on with the British Columbia Challenge...

1. Foster-6970 to Foster-12657 - ThePeerage.com - and so John Foster McCreight, first Premier of British Columbia, is now connected!
2. Foote-1437 to Foote-2238 - grave, genealogy book - connected!
3. Foote-2238 to Slade-553 - census, grave, genealogy book, Wikipedia - connected! (And so I ended up connecting a governor of Vermont. Go figure. At least this one helped with the Slade Name Study.)
4. Crane-1859 to Crane-4064 - census, grave - connected!
5. Crane-4064 to Crane-4065 - census, marriage, grave - connected!
6. Crane-4065 to Masaryk-1 - grave, Wikipedia - connected! (And so, one more unconnected notable is connected.)

Comments

Double dipping!! Way to go, Greg. Can you get a triple with the Sourcerers?

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Not in this case, everybody in the chain was already (sorta) sourced. They just weren't connected to one another.

Answer 4

I will be happy to join the challenge for this month.

Answer 5

I'm in for this month : )

1. Baylies-35: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-3 & Park-320.--Connected!
2. Blackwell-1314: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Blackwell-2302 & Smith-74366. Merged into already connected Blackwell-2309.--Connected!
3. Newcomb-995: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Newcomb-585 & Cole-3989.--Connected!
4. Newcombe-148: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Newcomb-585 & Cole-3989.--Connected!
5. Newcomb-993: Added birth record to unconnected profile. Connected to already connected parents Newcomb-585 & Cole-3989.--Connected!
6. Newcomb-990: Added birth record to unconnected profile. Connected to already connected parents Newcomb-585 & Cole-3989.--Connected!
7. Newcomb-991: Added birth record to unconnected profile. Connected to already connected parents Newcomb-585 & Cole-3989.--Connected!
8. Newcomb-989: Added birth record to unconnected profile. Connected to already connected parents Newcomb-585 & Cole-3989.--Connected!
9. Perry-3470: Added birth record & tombstone. Connected to already connected father Perry-3242 and mother Dryer-62.--Connected!
10. Perry-3471: Added birth record. Connected to already connected father Perry-3242 and mother Dryer-62.--Connected!
11. Warriner-130: Added birth & marriage record. Connected to already connected spouse Chandler-1566. Merged into already connected profile Warriner-112.--Connected!
12. Baron-71: Added birth & marriage record. Connected to already connected spouse Tinkham-250. Proposed merge into already connected profile LeBaron-355.--Connected!
13. Redway-59: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Redway-21 & Bliss-406.--Connected!
14. Redway-54: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Redway-21 & Bliss-406.--Connected!
15. Redway-56: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Redway-21 & Bliss-406.--Connected!
16. Redway-52: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Redway-21 & Bliss-406.--Connected!
17. Redway-60: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Redway-21 & Bliss-406.--Connected!
18. Baylies-36: Added two birth records. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-3 & Park-320.--Connected!
19. Baylies-34: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-3 & Park-320.--Connected!
20. Dutton-220: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Dutton-1181 & Hill-2700. Merged into already connected profile Dutton-219.--Connected!
21. Bemis-253: Added birth & baptism record. Connected to already connected parents Bemis-41 & Warren-1103.--Connected!
22. Bright-1911: Added birth & marriage records. Connected to already connected parents Bright-1217 & Stone-6413.--Connected!
23. Merchant-254: Added birth, marriage, & death record. Merged into already connected profile Merchant-109.--Connected!
24. Cary-1232: Added birth & christening record. Connected to already connected parents Cary-483 & Phillips-5886. Merged into already connected profile Cary-490.--Connected!
25. Thurber-258: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Thurber-160 & Thresher-25.--Connected!
26. Richardson-2364: Added birth record. Connected to already connected father Richardson-10627.--Connected!
27. Newcomb-992: Added birth & marriage records. Connected to already connected parents Newcomb-585 & Cole-3989.--Connected!
28. Thurber-257: Added two birth records. Connected to already connected parents Thurber-160 & Thresher-25.--Connected!
29. Thurber-253: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Thurber-160 & Thresher-25.--Connected!
30. Thurber-250: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Thurber-160 & Thresher-25.--Connected!
31. Thurber-255: Added two birth records. Connected to already connected parents Thurber-160 & Thresher-25.--Connected!
32. Thurber-247: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Thurber-160 & Thresher-25.--Connected!
33. Martin-14845: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Martin-14816 & Burnham-863.--Connected!
34. Haskell-1181: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Haskell-621 & Nelson-3217. Merged into already connected Haskell-630.--Connected!
35. Baylies-62: Added birth record & tombstone. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-2 & Wood-4037.--Connected!
36. Baylies-63: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-2 & Wood-4037.--Connected!
37. Baylies-59: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-2 & Wood-4037.--Connected!
38. Baylies-56: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-2 & Wood-4037.--Connected!
39. Baylies-57: Added birth record and tombstone. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-2 & Wood-4037.--Connected!
40. Baylies-61: Added birth record. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-2 & Wood-4037.--Connected!
41. Baylies-58: Added birth and marriage records. Connected to already connected parents Baylies-2 & Wood-4037.--Connected!

Comments

Hey, Jayme. Glad to have you with us.

Answer 6

Love making connections!

1. Thomas-27029 (uc) linked to parents Thomas-4320 and Watkins-994 (Transcript of family bible). Connected! (Thomas-27029 merged with Thomas-4322).

2. Thompson-17974 (uc) merged with Thompson-17976. (Clear dups). Connected!

3. Rudolph-589 (uc) merged with Rudolph-3 (clear duplicates) Connected!

4. Anderson-28794 (uc) merged into Anderson-8977 – clear dups. Connected!

5. Shelton-3423 (uc) merged into Shelton-3422 – clear dups. Connected!

6. Thomas-12026 uc merged into Thomas-2544 (Genealogical and historical notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, p155. [https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhist00gree#page/154/mode/2up/search/rowland Rowland Thomas of Virginia]) Connected!

7. Shepard-1681 uc merged into Shepherd-2544 (baptism record, marriage record) Connected!

8. Edgell-209 uc merged into Edgell-177 (baptism record) Connected!

9. Edgell-208 uc merged into Edgell-176 (1881 census) Connected!

10. Started at Renkin-18 (baptism record), added parents Robert Renkin-19 (1851 census, death record) and Mary Allinson-71 (marriage record, 1851 census, death record). Added son of Robert and Mary, John Renkin-20 (baptism, marriage record, death index), and his wife, Elizabeth Little-9167 (marriage index and burial record). Added son Robert Renkin-15 (unconnected) (Baptism record and death index. Connected!

11. Mitchler-7 uc merged into Mitchler-4 Clear duplicates. Connected!

12 Lipe-334 uc merged into Lipe-104 Clear duplicates. Connected!

13. Lipe-329 uc merged into Lipe-143 Clear duplicates. Connected!

14. Added John McManus-797 as a son of James McManus-2239 and Poole-3015 (both uc) NSW Birth Index. Connected!

15. Lipe-333 merged into Lipe-332 (uc) Clear duplicates. Connected!

16. Wintershull-4 merged into Wintershull-2 uc (clear duplicates). Connected!

17. Humphreys-1655 uc linked to parents Humphreys-1451 and Hart-8086. Baptism record. Connected!

18. Humpryes-1 uc linked to mother Hart-8086. Baptism record. (Merge proposed for fathers. Merges of of other duplicate profiles proposed). Connected!

19. Scott-11465 uc merged into Scott-11419. Clear duplicates. Connected!

20. Added Thomas-5166 uc as a child of Thomas-11139 and Doe-_Massa-1. SA birth index. Connected!

21. Added Moulden-54 uc as a spouse of Thomas-5166. SA Marriage index. Connected!

22. Thomas-17366 uc merged with Thomas-8349 (Clear duplicates). Connected!

23. Thomas-15010 uc merged with Thomas-7457 (Clear duplicates). Connected!

24. Shepherdess Wright-13866 (uc) – created daughter Shepherdess Peisley-38 (NSW baptism index, NSW death index), created husband John Wilson-44772 (NSW marriage index, Australian Royalty website), linked to son Augustus Henry Wilson-44727 (NSW death index, Australian Royalty website). Connected!

25. William George Moulden-9 (uc) – created father George Moulden-126 (SA birth index, Australia Trove (coroners findings), created mother Elizabeth Klintworth-102 (SA birth index, SA marriage index, Australia Trove – Funeral notice), linked Moulden-126 to parents William Moulden-18 and Margaret Wright-5133 (SA Birth index) Connected!

26. Catherine Sullivan-1444 (uc). Created husband Georg (Frederick) Klindworth-25 (baptism record, SA marriage index). Linked to daughter Emma Klintworth-101 (SA birth index). Connected!

27. Mary Ann Goodhew-41 (1871 census) uc, added father Henry Goodhew-45 (1851 census, NSW Death index) and mother Sarah Jane Russell-15130 (marriage record, NSW Death index), added parents of Henry Goodhew-45 Richard Goodhew-43 (1841 census, 1851 census, England Death registration) and Charlotte Causten-1 (baptism record, marriage record). Added son of Richard and Charlotte, Charles Goodhew-44 (baptism record, 1871 census). Added wife of Charles Goodhew, Charlotte Sudds-12 (baptism record, 1851 census). Added parents of Charlotte Sudds, James Sudds-11 (marriage record, 1851 census) and Eliza Rowles-296 (1851 census, marriage record). Added child of James and Eliza, Ellen Sudds-10 (1851 census, marriage index). Added husband on Ellen Sudds, George Obee-18 (1851 census, marriage record). Add parents of George Obee, Robert Obee-17 (baptism record, 1851 census) and Anne Heath-4518 (marriage record, 1851 census). Added child of Robert and Anne, Henry Obee-16 (baptism record, 1881 census). Added spouse of Henry Obee, Fanny Hollands-214 (marriage record, 1881 census). Linked child of Henry and Fanny Emily Obee-12 (1881 census). Connected!

 

Answer 7

I'll give it a try this month. Hopefully my life is less hectic than last month.

 

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-102  -- added wife https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1720 and proposed merge between duplicate wives CONNECTED

2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-76 -- Changed mother from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1930 to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1720 Proposed Merger of duplicate profile. CONNECTED

3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-77 -- Changed mother from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1930 to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1720 Proposed Merger of duplicate profile. CONNECTED

4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-78​ -- Changed mother from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1930 to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1720 Proposed Merger of duplicate profile. CONNECTED

5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-73 -- Changed mother from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1930 to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1720 Proposed Merger of duplicate profile. CONNECTED

6.https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-74 -- Changed mother from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1930 to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1720 Proposed Merger of duplicate profile. CONNECTED

7. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-75​ -- Added connected 2nd wife of father https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Estes-1720 and proposed merge between duplicate wives CONNECTED 

8. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-94 --Added connected Duplicate wife https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Heier-39. Proposed merge of Duplicate profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-35 CONNECTED 

9. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Heier-59 -- Added to connected spouse. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-35 Proposed merge of duplicate profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Heier-39. CONNECTED 

10. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-95 -- Added son's connected wife https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Heier-39. Proposed merger of Duplicate Profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-41 CONNECTED 

11. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-52 -- located grandmother's connected profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rothgeb-112; proposed merging of duplicate grandfathers.  CONNECTED 

12. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-51 -- located great grandmother's connected profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rothgeb-112 CONNECTED 

13. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dadisman-53 --  located great grandmother's connected profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rothgeb-112 CONNECTED 

Comments

That's good.

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Nicole, you are very welcome. I have a dozen more but I don't seem to know how to finalize the CONNECT. I am missing something and I do not know what. I think these family people are  connected but do not show it.

Answer 8

I am going to try this again - not too successful last month but will look for ability to connect while sourcing.

Proposed a Merge of Woodcock-366 (connected) into Woodcock-588  with son Woodcock-587  (unconnected).  Did receive a note from one of the PM's and these profiles are still under research.  they ''may'' be different people.

Answer 9

1. I proposed a merger of Abraham Ream-271 and Abraham Reams-362, neither of them sourced. This would connect Abraham Reams-362 and his daughter Matilda Reams-361. CONNECTED!

Answer 10

Giving this a shot.  Please tell me if I need to correct how I am doing this!  Thank you.

1. Joseph Anthony Ribordy-60  added as father to  already connected Delore F Ribordy-12  {1920 census record} CONNECTED!

(by creating Joseph as the father and connecting Joseph to his father, I was able to connect several generations of Ribordy's to the global tree!)

2. Proposed merge of Claudia P Bruner-632 with already connected Claudie P  Bruner-728  {1920 census} CONNECTED!

(added mother to make the connection before merge)

3.  Proposed merge of Elmer Bruner-627 with already connected Elmer Bruner-735 {1920 census} CONNECTED!

(added mother to make the connection before the merge)

4.  Proposed merge of Thelma Catherine Bruner-631 with already connected Thelma Catherine Bruner-733 {1920 census}  CONNECTED!

(added mother to make the connection before the merge)

5.  Proposed merge of Roberta Bruner-630 with already connected Roberta Bruner-729 {1920 census} CONNECTED!

(added mother to make the connection before the merge)

6.  Proposed merge of Horace W Bruner-629 with already connected Horace W Bruner-730 {1920 census} CONNECTED!

(added mother to make the connection before the merge)

7. Proposed merge of Essie Bruner-628 with already connected Essie M Bruner-731 {1920 census} CONNECTED!

(added mother to make the connection before the merge)

8. Proposed merge of Irene Bruner-633 with already connected Irene Bruner-732 {1920 census} CONNECTED!

(added mother to make the connection before the merge)

9. Proposed merge of Katie Bruner-617 with already connected Katie Bruner-734 {1920 census} CONNECTED

(added both parents to make the connection before the merge)

10. Proposed merge of George Washington Bruner-626 with already connected George Washington Bruner-727 {1920 census, FAG, marriage} CONNECTED!

11. Proposed merge of John Seese-37 with already connected John Seese-71 {FAG, 1850 census} CONNECTED!

12.  Attached John Nordskog-27 as father to already connected Sina Nordskog-26 {Death certificate} CONNECTED!

13.  Attached Martha Foss-2105 as wife to already connected Richard John Weken-4 {son's death certificate} CONNECTED!

14. Attached Ester Louise Weken-5 as daughter to already connected Richard John Weken-4 and Nordskog-26 {1910 census}  CONNECTED!

15.  Attached Silas John Weken-6 as son to already connected Richard John Weken-4 and Nordskog-26 {1910 census} CONNECTED!

16. Attached Ruth Weken-7 as daughter to already connected Richard John Weken-4 and Nordskog-26 {1910 census} CONNECTED!

17. Attached John Elmer Weken-8 as son to already connected Richard John Weken-4 {1895 Iowa Census} CONNECTED!

18. Attached Ellen J Falsted-1 as the mother to already connected Richard John Weken-4 {1895 Iowa Census} CONNECTED!

Comments

You've got it Emma. Brackets aren't necessary. You are now on your way to  Connectors Paradise.

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Awesome!  Thanks Bob :-)

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19. Attached John J Weken-9 as the father to already connected Richard John Weken-4 {son's death record, probate record} CONNECTED!

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Answer 11

Since I did not understand nderstand rule 5, where it says ANSWER and I only replied, SO now I did like rule 5 says and I answered. It is the same unconnected people. I just did a copy and paste. Sorry for the mistake.

1. I connected Charles Knecht-225 to parents                                              Source: #S-988587421 Year: 1850; Census Place: Boardman, Mahoning, Ohio; Roll: M432_707; Page: 317A; Image: 52 then I  identified the Knecht that was unconnected as Knecht-225? Connected!

2. I connected Christianna Knecht-220 as child for Leonard Knecht-256.

Source: S-988651216 Repository: #R-2142048919 Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. ​Connected!

3. I edited the last name at birth then Merged Fry-3870 into Knecht-279 Knecht was name at birth not Fry. No source was needed. ​Connected!

4. Daniel Fry was already married to Fry-3870 in my tree but when I corrected her last name to Knecht 279, He was connected also  Connected! ​

5.Samuel Williamson-788 I added that  he was married to Knecht-220

Year: 1880; Census Place: Moore, Northampton, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1162; Family History Film: 1255162; Page: 181C; Enumeration District: 091; Image: 0370 ​Connected!

This is the Third and last time I am going to add these next couple. If they do not remain, I quit for July.

6. Abraham Thomas-27478 added as father of Alice Thomas

​Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 043501-046050

Description Certificate Number Range : 043501-046050​ Connected!

​7. Griffith Thomas-27477 added as father of  Abraham Thomas-27478

Class: HO107; Piece: 1375; Book: 12; Civil Parish: Llan arthney; County: Cardiganshire; Enumeration District: 12; Folio: 6; Page: 3; Line: 1; GSU roll: 464304  ​Description Enumeration District : 12 ​ Connected!

 8. Rachel Daughter of Griffith Thomas Class: HO107; Piece: 1375; Book: 12; Civil Parish: Llan arthney; County: Cardiganshire; Enumeration District: 12; Folio: 6; Page: 3; Line: 1; GSU roll: 464304  ​Description Enumeration District : 12 ​ Connected!

9.Timothy-26065 the son of Griffith Thomas Class: HO107; Piece: 1375; Book: 12; Civil Parish: Llan arthney; County: Cardiganshire; Enumeration District: 12; Folio: 6; Page: 3; Line: 1; GSU roll: 464304  ​Description Enumeration District : 12 ​ Connected!

​10. Thomas the son of Griffith Thomas Class: HO107; Piece: 1375; Book: 12; Civil Parish: Llan arthney; County: Cardiganshire; Enumeration District: 12; Folio: 6; Page: 3; Line: 1; GSU roll: 464304  ​Description Enumeration District : 12 ​ Connected!

11. James Lloyd Thomas-26071 son of Timothy Thomas-26065     Source Citation Class: RG10; Piece: 5540; Folio: 5; Page: 2; GSU roll: 850859 Description Enumeration District : 10   Connected!

12 Grace Thomas-27496 daughter of Timothy Thomas-26065        Source Citation Class: RG10; Piece: 5540; Folio: 5; Page: 2; GSU roll: 850859 Description Enumeration District : 10   Connected!

13. David Timothy Thomas-26069 Son of Timothy Thomas-26065  Source Citation Class: RG10; Piece: 5540; Folio: 5; Page: 2; GSU roll: 850859 Enumeration District : 10   Connected!

14. Mary Anna Thomas-26073 daughter of Timothy Thomas-26065  Source Citation Class: RG10; Piece: 5540; Folio: 5; Page: 2; GSU roll: 850859 Description Enumeration District : 10  Connected!

15.  Elizabeth Jane Thomas-26068 daughter of Timothy Thomas_26065 Source Citation
Class: RG10; Piece: 5540; Folio: 5; Page: 2; GSU roll: 850859 Description Enumeration District : 10  Connected!

16. Grace Thomas-26096 daughter of Timothy Thomas-26065  Source Citation Class: RG10; Piece: 5540; Folio: 5; Page: 2; GSU roll: 850859 Description Enumeration District : 10   Connected!

17. Thomas Evans Thomas-26075 son of Timothy Thomas-26065  
Source Citation Class: RG10; Piece: 5540; Folio: 5; Page: 2; GSU roll: 850859 Description Enumeration District : 10 Connected!

18. Priscilla Evans Thomas-27072 daughter of Timothy Thomas-26065   Source Citation Class: RG10; Piece: 5540; Folio: 5; Page: 2; GSU roll: 850859 Description Enumeration District : 10  Connnected!

19. Maria Margaretta Knecht-280 daughter of Leonard Knecht-265
Source Information Title U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2012 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA Connected!

20. Johannes Jansen-2254 husband of Maria Knecht-280  Source Information Title U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2012 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA Connected!

21. Hellier Lefour Dolman-308 son of Horace Dolman-293 21 Hellier Lefour Dolman-308 son of Horace Dolman-293 Source Information Title England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Author FreeBMD  Connected!

22. Dorothy Gertrude Ling-1406 wife of Horace Dolman. Source Information Title England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 Author FreeBMD Connected!

23. Henry Ling-1407 already connected father to Dorothy Ling-1406 Source: S-988642450 Repository: #R-2142048919 1901 England Census Connected!

24.Clara Roberts-21288 already connected wife of Henry Ling-1407 Connected!

25.  Salome Knecht-224 connected to father Knecht-256 ​https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66431672Connected!

​26. Christine Elisabetha Schott Knecht connected as Wife of Leonard Knecht-256 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66431672 ​Connected!​

27. Anne Owens-5950 already connected as wife of Timothy Thomas-26065 ​CONNECTED!

2​​8. Christian Frederick Knecht-221 already connected as son of Leonard Knecht-265 CONNECTED!

​PART 1 OF 2. This answer only allowed 8000 characters. I added a part 2 somewhere in here. Sorry about the inconvenience.

 

Comments

No problem, Jerry. Your connections don't have to look like source info in a bio. Just so-and -so added as child/ spouse do so-and-so FAG (if has a good source), Anytown VR, "Family Genealogy", etc. CONNECTED

Keeps the line short and uses fewer characters. Also if you fill the answer, add more as a Comment to the answer.

Bob

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This is PART 2 of 2. the first part allowed 8000 characters Sorry about the inconvenience.

 

29. Susanna Knecht-222 already connected as daughter of Leonard Knecht-256 ​CONNECTED!

​30. Jacob Knecht-87 connected to Leonard Knecht-256 Connected!

​31. Gideon W Fry-4048 connected to his father-4047

31.Elizabeth Knecht-279 to her father Leonard Knecht-256  Connected!

Answer 12

I can''t find where I started my answer yesterday, so here's another merge

1 Merged True-553 into True-474    s using VR: sourced Mary True's siblings, her marriage, & Mary and Henry's children- connected!

2 Batchelder-1246 Joanna; birth record; then I found her parents on Wiki; her father was a patriot (DAR database)  connected!

3 Batchelder -1229 Esther; birth record, connected to her parents;

her father was a patriot (DAR database)  connected!

4 Cone-1742 proposed merge for Cone-56

Comments

Hi Janine : )

You posted it on Greg's post with last month's stats:

1 Gould-1575;  connected her profile to her parents; BC  - connected!

2 (Merged Wilcox-5320 into Wilcox-4499; cleaned profile & added sources (marriage & DAR)

3 Boutelier-19 and Boutilier-636  merged; cleaned profile; she was b. in Canada and d. in New Hampshire;  - connected!

4  Benjamin Gould Jr. (BC, Mar; Death); added father - connected!

5  Pierce-7163, sourced marriage and children; - connected!

6 Eagor-1   sourced Moses Eager's marriage & children (DAR & VR) merged with Eager-233 -  - connected!

Answer 13

OK...I thought I would give this a try, for something different to do in addition to Bio-building and sourcering! So I pick my ancestors common in law wife (who is  unconnected)..and add her father, and see a possible connection between her mother and someone who IS connected (but is poorly sourced) so I check his daughter, who is also poorly sourced, and find her marriage & census only to discover she has the wrong place of birth and wrong parents in tree so I'm going to HAVE to correct that....and I don't think I'll actually get around to making a connection! lol

Edit...i can see discovering wikitree is going to be a nightmare for someone like me who is data ocd...lol

Comments

Michelle,

You have just experienced a "normal" connection. Fun isn't it? Seriously, not all are like the one you described, but most do require digging. Don't be discouraged, the process will get easier the more you do connections. BTW, Welcome to the Challenge.

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It's the proverbial ancestry "Tree" source and gedcom import...and I think it could be harder to connect profiles from England as there aren't as many to connect to! But I will try!

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is there any way to tell if I have inadvertently connected previously unconnected profiles whilst I have been bio-building and source-sprinting??? I'm sure some profiles I was working on were unconnected, but I left them for a day to see if it takes time to propagate connections, and now I can't remember which ones were unconnected initially lol

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Unfortunately making a connection doesn't show up in Changes. The best thing you can do, if you're Sourcing, is to check at the bottom of the profile first to see if it is connected. Work the connection first, then the sourcing.

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OK... I think I have found one that I can connect to my tree via my son's father...so it *should* become connected....

I'm going to document this a step at a time, just in case I am confused, or am doing this wrong!

William George Cousins-1078 and wife Jackson-21353 (currently unconnected) added father of Cousins-1078  George  Cousins-1116 then added his father Thomas Cousins-1118 then added his son Thomas Cousins-1119 then linked him to his son Reginald Percy Cousins-1114 who *should* be connected as his is my son's paternal 2x great grandfather and should be connected through me (as I am connected!)

phew...

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So...if William George does become connected, would that mean his wife's family (her siblings are all unconnected) should then become connected too? I'll check them out tomorrow and see if it worked.

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It worked! I finally managed to connect an unconnected family branch to the tree lol Now to find the next one

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2nd one William Alfred TUCKER Tucker-8694 and wife's family currently unconnected. Created father Alfred TUCKER Tucker-9210 connected to father Nicholas TUCKER Tucker-919 CONNECTED!

Think I'm getting the hang of it now lol now realise Tucker-919  probably needs merging with Tucker-8697

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Good job, Michelle.

Answer 14

1. Ruth Hendryx-1.  No antecedents.  CONNECTED to her father, Cornelius Hendryx-31.

2.  CONNECTED to her mother, Mehitable DUNHAM-964
3 Michael JACKSON -727(husband of Ruth Hendryx-1)  Corrected name and CONNECTED to his father, Lyman JACKSON-,10850 added source.

4.  CONNECTED to mother,Diadema DUNHAM.-966.  

(This shows how this couple had a first cousin marriage, not so unusual at the time).

5. Added Lincoln-3193, CONNECTED to existing parents..

6. Added Lincoln-3194.  CONNECTED to existing father.   Added mother.

7. Added Lincoln-3192.  CONNECTED to existing spouse

8. CONNECTED same to newly created parents.

9. CONNECTED  Wight 727 to his existing parents, Wight- 121 and Fairbanks-883.

10. CONNECTED Bullard-1151 to her existing parents, Bullard-33 and Weston-1001

11: CONNECTED Dickinson-4422 with her existing paretns, Dickinson-173 and Spofford-40.  Propose merge ofo Dickinson-4422 and Dickinson-225.

12.  Oliver Whitcomb-1086 with a mother but no father, and mother unconnected.   CONNECTED to father, William Whitcomb-118.  Proposed merge of mother, Hannah Darby-1131 to Daby-1 (correct spelling of surname per Stow MA vital records.) 

Comments

Welcome to the Challenge. Let me know when you aren't having fun. We'll tickle you or hit your funny bone. Gotta love grafting branches to the Tree.

Answer 15

YEA!!!!!   I just connected my tree via DNA

BOOO!!!!   The tree I connected to was unsourced

Comments

Get the tree sourced and go to the Sourcerers Challenge.

Answer 16

Since I just got my connectors badge today and I did connect a few notables, I'm going to post my connections for July - These were Notables.

And yes they all have sources - even if it was just a WDYTYA TV episode but that was only used when I was absolutely unable to find anything else.

1 - Annie Lennox (Lennox-295) to her father (Lennox-499) to his mother (Henderson-12005) to her father (Henderson-12006) to his mother (Fraser-4791) to her sister (Fraser-4178) - So I had to create 4 new profiles to get that connection. I have added others as well but that was the direct link to connect Annie to the Global tree. CONNECTED

2 Charles Dance (Dance-144) to his mother (Perks-125) to her mother (Gold-818) to her father (Gold-809) to his mother (Futvoye-13) to her father (Futvoye-3) - and that is another 4 profiles I created to get the direct connection - although of course I have created other profiles to add in spouses and children as well. Still working on this family. CONNECTED

NOTE - The only other notable I have connected was one who didn't have a profile at all - but I did connect her after I found 2 of her ancestors on the tree. Does she still count? I will assume she does since she HAS been connected

3 Rebecca Gibney (Gibney-94) to her mother (Way-1280) to her father  (Way-1279) to his father (Way-540). So except for the last person who was already connected, I made 3 profiles to get Rebecca attached to the tree. CONNECTED

4 Sir Peter Blake (Blake-4701) to his wife Pippa (Glanville-358) to her brother Charles (Glanville-361) to his wife Nicola (Blount-1297) to her father Walter Blount (Blount-964) who was already connected. CONNECTED

I created Peter, Pippa and Charles's Profiles, and persuaded a fellow wikitreer to make Nicola's profile so that we could attache the line at Nicola's fathers profile because he was already connected!!

This was after wasting several hours looking for Peter Blakes Ancestors and finding nothing but more isolation by going backwards. So I decide to try going through the wife. But I could not find any details about Pippa's parents. I ended up having to watch several videos on youtube about Peter Blake's Sailing exploits before someone finally mentioned Pippa's fathers name. LOL

And that's me done for July.

 

PS if you have teams, can you put me in the Kiwi crew (team) please. Thanks

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Kiwi_Crew

Comments

Robynne ,

Glad to have you with us.

Bob

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Thanks Bob.

Answer 17

Connectors, Yes love this idea, It would be must easier if Wiki would change its Api a little so it is much easier to down load and input  from Family search, I know of a few lines That is already Documented and sourced on Family search and go back quite a long ways and some tie into the tree, so it they would be done very quickly.

Answer 18

I know it's late in the month, but here is my contribution:

1. Jasper Radford - added 1880 census as source and proved connection to his parents.  Added parents to his profile who were already connected, so he is CONNECTED!

Answer 19

1. I am pleased to report that I have finally shed myself of an Unconnected albatross that's been hanging around my neck for months. Back in February 2016 I created an unconnected profile for P. William Filby, whose name I had seen in innumerable Ancestry.com citations (and sometimes in other citations) as the compiler of a massive compendium of immigration records. Back in December 2016, I started to add some of his family members in hopes of getting him connected. I worked on this on and off, adding more and more of his relatives -- and researching some genealogies for people already connected in WikiTree who looked like possible connections, but turned out not to be connectable with the resources available to me (almost all of these relatives were in England). I created over 100 unconnected profiles, and along the way I added a connection from Filby to the unconnected family tree of a member who seems to be inactive.

Finally, I can report success! Here's the complete path of new profiles I created and connected to get from Percy William Filby to the existing connected profile of John Few-30:

• Percy Filby-40 > his first wife, Nancie Elizabeth Giddens-395 (various biographies and obituaries)
• Giddens-395 > her mother, Agnes Read Barnes-12252 (census and marriage record)
• Barnes-12252 > her father, Joseph Read Barnes-12253 (combination of census records and his marriage and death records)
• Barnes-12253 > his father, William Barnes-12254 (christening record, census records, and William's marriage record)
• Barnes-12254 > his mother, Frances Few-154 (christening record, Frances' marriage record)
• Created Frances' father, Robert Few-162 (christening records)
• Connected Few-162 to his son John Few-30 (christening records)., who was Frances' brother. CONNECTED!! (at last).

Answer 20

Connected Robins-760 to his parents Robins-472 and Short-1645 found by alabama death record.

Comments

Gonna count this one for July, Jennifer.