Would you like to join the Quakers project ? [closed]

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The Quakers Project exists to bring together WikiTreers interested in the Religious Society of Friends - the Quakers.

The Quakers can be a very rewarding group to work with because they kept meticulous records and generally married within the community. 

Project members work to identify repositories and other sources for Quaker records, manage profiles for historically significant Quakers and link individuals with Meetings to which they belonged. 

If you would like to help build a collaborative environment for researching your Quaker ancestors, just Answer this question below to tell us about your interests and we will get you a badge.

New join thread https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/774125/would-you-like-to-join-the-quakers-project

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Thank you for introducing me to Hetty Green. I must have been daydreaming the day we learned about her in school *grin*  It looks like you weren't signed in to WikiTree when you commented. Be sure to sign in and then leave an answer so that we can find your WikiTreeID and add the Project badge. 

 

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Answer added :-)

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I had to re-read the question but yes, it is there, though briefly stated.

There is now more emphasis in WikiTree to expect badged project members to actively participate in the projects they're members of. This is why we ask "candidates" to explain us in a bit more detail why they wish to join/which are their areas of interest. This is useful especially as it allows us to customize the comments when we award the project badges.

Also, project badges are not automatic. There are only two of us who can award Quaker project badges, and we both have a life outside of WikiTree. We hope you can excuse the delay.

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Hi,

I've been marking my Quakers as I find them in my tree. I've also been adding copies or pictures to most of those I find. I add images of old Quakers Rolls so others can study them and maybe find their ancestors. I hope that helps with my Badge.

Thank E J Gooden

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Hi, E J. This is going to seem bureaucratic but would you please go to the very first message on this page and click the "Answer" link. Answers are one of the ways that the leadership team makes sure that we've got everyone badged.You can paste in the message you just left as it tells what you're going to be working on and that's really helpful.

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Thanks to #AncestryDNA, I learned that my Uncle is the Jersey Devil. Yes, my seventh Great Grandparents (Quakers), Japheth and Deborah Leeds gave birth to the legendary monster. Mother Leeds, old and destitute, was pregnant with her 13th child when she cursed her own misfortune. "Let it be the devil's child," she screamed, and so it was -- a monster with a horse's head, cloven hooves, bat wings and a pointed tail. It flew up and out the chimney, and has haunted the Jersey Pine Barrens ever since. Even Benjamin Franklin had once spotted the beast. 

My grandmother told me not to research her side of the family because of a family secret and I wonder. Her family also directly descended from the Royal Houses of Tudor, Plantagenant, Stuart and Spencer. Now I really wonder! Fortunately, the family were Quakers with excellent records, here in Burlington, NJ. 

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What an amazing find, Gary ... talk about skeletons in the closet. If you'd like to join the Quakers Project, please click the answer link at the bottom of the first post in this thread. Seems bureaucratic but it's the way Isabelle and I keep track of all the members that get added.

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Hi I related to Col. Ninan Beall and Wasson and Lear and bunch bunch more quakers I like to join the Quaker project to help out what I find.

Billie

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Love it!

Ancestry DNA should feature you in one of their commercials.

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Hello! I'd like to join the Quakers, as my paternal grandmother (maiden name Tilton) is descended from Quakers. I'd love to learn more about Quakers in general, as well as tracing the family as far back as I can.

Thank you very much!

Answer 1

Yes, please. My maternal grandmother was a Blackburn, from Pennsylvania and from roots that were part of the Irish Quaker migration (& also one of the first Rockettes, but that's another story). I was having a great time resarching her family, thanks to the meticulous records you speak of, when I came across, in a tome on another family in Bedford Co., the crazy way that the Friends kept those meticulous dates (at least in Pennsylvania) from 1682 to (c) 1751 making most of my date transpositions from the Town Records (& eventually *all* official documents) from  ddth day of the mmth month yyy to dd MMM yyyy completely inaccurate (by 3 months). (I'm finding that most dates from this period that I have brought in from other trees are also inaccurate in the same way. If I'm going to be researching Quakers, I guess that I need to have other Quaker researchers to bounce things off of!

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Welcome, Scott! Your badge has been awarded.

Answer 2

How do we add the Quaker symbol to our pages and protect them?  I would love to protect this family as there has been a lot of faulty research over the years.  I have document the family of Robert and Elizabeth (Maiden Name Unknown) Weeks through Quaker records.  

Thank-you,

Judith

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Hi Judith. Is this the profile for Robert?

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Weeks-1709

Of so, he meets the criteria for Project Protection. I see that there is one outstanding merge for the profile of Weeks-3593. From the comments, it looks like you and the other profile manager have agreed and got the profiles ready for merger. I would suggest completing that prior to the PPP.

Please let me know here or in a new G2G post when you are ready for the Protection to be put in place.

Answer 3

I'm no Quaker, but a good number of my ancestors were, in Flushing, Scarsdale-Mamaroneck-Purchase, and New Jersey:  Cornell, Bates, Griffin, and more.  So I'd like to join your project.

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Thanks, Halsey!  Your badge has been awarded.

Answer 4

Hello! My name is Laura, and my paternal grandmother is descended from Quakers (no near relatives of mine are practicing Quakers, however) I'd love to join the project to help further my genealogy research, learn more about Quakers in general, and help anyone I can with their research or making connections. My grandmother's maiden name was Tilton.

Thanks!

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Thanks, Laura! Your badge has been awarded.

Answer 5

My Pearson ancestors were Quakers from Indiana, North Carolina, Virginia and England. I descend from John Pearson (b. about 1565 and Maryon Cock from Dean Parish, Cumberland, England. John was born about 1565 and died in England in 1650. It would be a pleasure to participate in the Quaker Project having done research for years.

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Welcome, Laura! I just awarded your badge.

Answer 6

I would like to be a part of this project. Both my husband and I have many Quakers in our line and it is possible he connects to Levi Coffin according to some research I have found. I am learning abou formatting the Quaker families here on Wikitree and looking forward to improving on this project.

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Hi Michelle, I've awarded your badge.

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Thank you Debi.

Answer 7

My interest is limited to the Quakers in the Mendham/Randolph and Hardwick Monthly Meetings, 1740s to 1860s.  I would like to communicate with anyone whose ancestors were members of either one of these meetings.

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Hi, Nick. I'd recommend creating a new post here in G2G with a heading about those meetings. The only people who visit this tread are the project leaders.

Answer 8

I would love to join the Quaker project. My ancestors are the Nordykes and I can trace back generations of Quakers from the East Coast to Indiana. I have spent a lot of time digging through meeting notes and using the notes to trace their movements across the country. I've also learned a lot about the Quaker faith and have a new appreciation for what they stand for and how they worship.

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Hi Kimberly, I've awarded your badge.

Answer 9

I'd be happy to join the project and help you add my huge family of Quakers, too

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Hi Debra. Sorry for the delay in replying, I was traveling. I've awarded your badge. Your next step will be to join the discussion group (link from the Project Page) where we do discuss how to improve Quaker profiles (among other things).