The England Project is looking for YOU [closed]

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Hello WikiTreers,

The England Project is looking for people who are interested in England, have English Ancestors, or who would just like to come and help in the project.

Our project members are dedicated, friendly people whose main goal is to improve, source and generally make sure that England profiles are accurate and presented to a high standard, which honours the person.

It doesn't matter if you are an experienced WikiTreer or have just joined and are still finding your way around, you will be given as much support as you need whilst you get used to the intricacies of English records and the nuances of the towns and cities.

Your first stop would be our newly formed Orphans Team, where you would work on England orphaned profiles that are in need of some TLC. Hone your skills and maybe learn new ones, as you settle in and meet our members. From there the sky is the limit. We have a number of sub projects which you could join, from helping with a county or working on profile improvement by sourcing, connecting and biography writing to develop profiles of a high standard.

Remember, every snippet of sourced information added to a profile brings it to life.

You will be awarded the United Kingdom badge when you join and also be invited to join our google group.

Follow the tags for United_Kingdom and England so you can keep up to date.

If you are new to WikiTree and have not become a full member, you will need to volunteer and sign our Honor Code to receive your wiki genealogist badge, which is a necessity for editing profiles.

Remember, you can still use the {{England Sticker}} for people born in England and {{English Ancestor Sticker}} on your own profile. 

If this opportunity interests you, then please click the ANSWER button.

P.S. Check out our England Project page to learn more.

PLEASE NOTE THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED. TO JOIN THE ENGLAND PROJECT PLEASE GO HERE: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/612872/how-to-join-the-england-project

Thanks

 

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I would love to be helping with the orphan team I mainly have people in Surrey and Somerset but would be happy to help with anywhere else in England and Wales please

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Hi Stephanie,

Thank you for your interest in the England Project. It will be great to have you aboard. I will contact you momentarily via PM

Wendy

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Thank you Wendy

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Please add me to the England project.

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Hi Colin, thank you for your interest in the England Project. I will PM you momentarily.

Wendy

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Please add me to the England team. Look forward to collaborating!

Philip

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Hi Philip,

Welcome to Wikitree!!. It is really nice that you have made us your first port of call. We look forward to having you aboard. I will contact you momentarily via PM

Wendy

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Hi

I am new to the site and have many ancestors all over the U.K. I would like to join the project please

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Hi Danielle, Welcome to Wikitree:) We would love to have you in the project. I will contact you via PM shortly, so please check your email in box :)

Wendy

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Hi, I've just found your page and would love to help!!

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Hi Tracey,

We would love to have your help. I will be in contact shortly via PM.

 

Wendy

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Please add me to the project and grant me the badge.  I'm mostly working to cross-reference sources to break down a [[Category: Bedfordshire Family Brick Walls]] for [[Stiles-31|Thomas Stiles]].

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Hi Robert, It would be great to have you involved in the project. I will contact you momentarily via pm

 

Wendy

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Please Add me to the project. I am born and still, live in England, I have family in the North, Midland, and i am in the SW.  Also some family in Australia and Canada (lost contact).  I willing to help as much as I can with any questions.

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Hi Lawrence, Thank you for your interest in the England Project. I will send you the details momentarily.

 

Wendy

Answer 1

I am Wayne Morgan 5487 Wiki Tree,An experienced Researcher having

extensive experience in England,Wales,Scotland and Ireland.

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Hi Wayne,

Thank you for your interest in the England Project. I will private message you momentarily.

 

Wendy

Answer 2

Yes, you can include in in the Orphans team.

My reluctance to get too involved in Wikitree projects is that I'm in my mid-eighties, have the profiles of over 652 of my wife's and my "cousins and aunts etc" in Wikitree already and am busy getting as many more of them up as I can before I "cark it"!

But yes, I agree with all that the England project is about. - Fleming-5947

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Hi Ian, thank you for your interest. I am now getting you set up in the project. i will message you momentarily :)

Wendy

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I am also in my 80s and want to get all my information on before I am not able to do so.

Answer 3

wiki 38203    I have a lot of Ancestors from England, would love to join, still learning searching stuff and where to look.

star clark  /S.V. Clark

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Hi Star, Thank you for taking an interest in the England Project. I will PM you shortly so we can get you all set up.

Wendy

Answer 4

I would love to join the England  as well as the United Kingdom Projects.  My grandparents are from England and Ireland.  I have many relatives that still live there.  Susan

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Hi Susan, we would love to have you join us. thank you for taking an interest in the England project. I will pm you shortly

Wendy

Answer 5

Hi!  I'm new to Wiki, so don't have many skills to contribute- but I do have UK ancestry, and I'd love to be part of the team.

Judy Copley Phillips

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Hi Judith,

Welcome to Wikitree and thank you for your interest in the England Project. We would love to have you involved. I will pm you shortly.

Wendy

Answer 6

Hi i'm Donna Roberts and my dna is mostly English. I love history and have worked a lot on ancesters in England. I also like to clean up orphan files if i'm able. I have several links for sources and info-Family Search, Ancestry.com ect

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Hi Donna and thank you for your interest in the England Project. We would love you to be involved, so I will message you in a moment.

Wendy

Answer 7

Yes. I would appreciate becoming involved and a member of the "England Project". Most of my ancestors migrated to the United States from England, and I have been involved in improving the profiles of many of these folks. There are a lot of blanks in the family tree, and it is a challenge to tie everyone together, sourced.

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Hi David, we would love to have you aboard. Thank you for showing your interest in the England Project. I will PM you momentarily.

Wendy

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Thank you Wendy

 

David

Answer 8

Hi,

I am  very interested in helping with the England Project.  Most of my ancestors came from England and the British Iles.

Susan

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Hi Susan, we would love to welcome you into the Project. I will PM you momentarily.

Wendy

Answer 9

With the majority of my ancestors in both my direct lineage and in my extended family being of English birth, who at sometime in their combined lives, have lived in just about every English county. I would like to help out with the England Project as this is where the majority of my research is based and I feel that I can be of assistance.

David

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Hi David, thank you for showing your interest in the England Project. We would love to welcome you. I will PM you in a moment.

Wendy

Answer 10

I have researched in Hampshire, Somerset, Devon, Dorset, in each place back to the 17th century or earlier. However my contacts with the record offices in these places have aged out. I would like to acquaint myself with the types of records other Project members have access to. But as a matter of course, I do not subscribe to paywall sites; I mainly use Internet search, FamilySearch, books out ot copyright and freely available, census records still free, and transcriptions of Old Parochial Records online and still free. Hopefully you could point me to many other such resources. Then I would be happy to do lookups and help make sound connections in profiles in need of help.

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Hi Weldon, Thank you for showing an interest in the England Project. I will PM you in a few moments

Wendy

Answer 11

many of my Clark, Clarke & Clerke ancestors and their tree mates originate

in England. it would be great to help out with orphans or research while

 I work.

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Hi Michael,

Thank you for showing an interest in the England Project. I will PM you shortly to get you into the Project.

Wendy

Answer 12

Happy to help.  Would prefer Lancashire, but happy with anywhere.  Cheers, Lisa

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Hi Lisa, Thank you for your interest in the England Project. I will contact you via PM shortly.

Wendy

Answer 13

I would love to join this group I love researching and cant stop until I find answers. Not only on my line but on any lines that need help

Regards

Helen

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Hi Helen and welcome to Wikitree :) We would love to welcome you into the project, so I will be contacting you via PM shortly.

Wendy

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Helen, I really need help!

I'm sooo intimidated by all these highly experienced experts here on WikiTree. 

It's absolutely clear they are quite a gentle sort and remember when they were newborns too.  Still, I feel so out of my league!

Currently, most of my time is spent re-doing my handful of ancestor's profiles to conform to WikiTree standards and format.

If you're willing, I can sure use a guardian angel looking over my shoulder to help me begin taking baby steps.

Answer 14

I can help - all my ancestors are almost all English, some Irish.

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Hi Steve, Thank you for answering the G2G post. I will contact you shortly via PM.

Wendy

Answer 15

My grandmother was a war bride from England and have information on her English heritage and pedigree.  Would love to help with this project.

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Hi Charlotte, we would love to have you in the project. I will contact you shortly.

Wendy

Answer 16

I would be very interested in joining the England Project. I have been researching my family history for a while and am keen to use the skills I have and to learn new ones to help me progress the areas I am currently struggling with.

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Hi KenT, I will contact you via PM momentarily. We will be happy to welcome you to the England Project.

Wendy

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Hi KenT, I have tried to message you but only get your IP address. Could you please include your Wiki ID in your reply so I may PM you please?

thanks

Wendy

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My Wiki id is Thompson-32222

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Thank you Ken :)

Answer 17

I would like to be involved.  I have English ancestors and would like to learn how to make additional connections.  I am also happy to contribute time to to improve, source and generally make sure that England profiles are accurate and presented to a high standard, which honours the person.

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Hi Carl, we would love to have your help in the Project. I will contact you shortly via PM.

Wendy

Answer 18

I would like to join the project. I am brand new and have just started adding family information and building pages using handwritten family records. I'm not sure how much help I would be, but am willing to learn.

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Hi Carol, we would love to have you join us:)

Wendy

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Thanks, Wendy, for the enthusiastic  encouragement.  I guess it's time I overcome the awe of my betters and jump in the water, too.  After all, water under the WikiTree is quite warm! :))

Answer 19

New to Wikitree, but am English with (as far back as I've found) almost entirely English ancestors. Would love to help out, albeit sporadically.

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Hi Anne, Welcome to Wikitree. We would love to have you aboard

I will contact you shortly

 

Wendy

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Hi again,

I followed the instructions in your pm, and created a gmail address, but am not having much success with joining the google group. Am unfamiliar with google groups, facebook and the like, so have probably not got it right.

Answer 20

I would like to help with your orphan project. I live in England and have many years experience of English records but I am still struggling to find my way around WikiTree. I am a member of the United Kingdom project.

Peter Cameron

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Hi Peter, We would be delighted to have you join us. I will contact you via pm shortly.

Wendy

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Peter, do you have any suggestions for access to pre-1700 Yorkshire?

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Hi Teresa, It would depend whereabouts in Yorkshire but I would suggest Familysearch as a first port of call.

Peter

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Thanks, Peter!  I'll do exactly as you suggest.