John Elkin

Hi John

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 88,908 profiles.

The Mighty Oaks added 8,292 profiles to the tree. We appreciate your input and support for the event and look forward to working with you all again next time.

Thanks again for this weekend, from your colleagues and the Mighty Oaks Team Captains

Janet, Joan and Maddy

Hi John, thanks for joining the Mighty Oaks for the April 2024 Connect a Thon, your support is appreciated and we hope you have fun.

WikiTree Team page:Mighty Oaks Other links can be found on our page, as well as a list of your Team members

G2G Chat click here and we will be on Discord for live chat so join us there. Not on Discord contact Joan to join us.

Looking forward to working with you any questions just ask

Joan, Janet, and Maddy Co-Captains for the Mighty Oaks

Hello John,

Which Craigies are you researching? Trusting to Hear from you. Daisy Craigie - 321.

Thank you John for changing the pre-1922 birth from Northern Ireland to Ireland. A little slip on my part. I’m conscious of the subtleties that partition produced. Anton 😊

Hi John

Can I just remind you that profiles that have a Hold Request should NOT be amended even by Data Doctors.

These profiles are held as part of educational programs and the one you altered recently Addison-162 is currently being worked on by a Hiker.

In order for them to learn they must correct these mistakes themselves.

This was most likely just an oversight however I thought I would bring it to your attention.

Tartan Trail Project Co-ordinator

Hi John! Thank you for your consistent improvement of WikiTree by participation in the Sourcerers Project during 2023!

Hi John,

Merged Jennie Taft. Do you know who her parents were?

Don Barnett-11431

Hi John,

Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!

I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!

On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!

Best wishes,

Ian, England Project Leader

Good morning John. I see that you have posted birth date and place of birth for McCauley-2550, but without a source. Did you just forget to add a source for this information? Thanks.

Spivey-343

Thanks John for researching my 3rd great grandparents Francis Graham and Jane ? . They are buried in the Aghavea Church Cemetery in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, along with my other 3rd great grandparents Michael and Sarah ? ( Johnston ) Gunne and cousins the Johnstons.

Sunday Graham Thompson

Hi John

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you, a job well done, we hope you had fun. The grand total for the event was 77,293 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 7,332 of those. Thank you for working with us.

If you open up your contribution or tracker list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, on the profiles.

Thanks again for this weekend, you rock

Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran

Mighty Oaks

Hi John

The Connect-a-Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for helping, it is appreciated.

Our teams did really well. Our big Mighty Oaks Team came first overall, and our Little Mighty Oak Branches Team was in the top 5 on the Normalised Score. The combined score of our two teams was 11,109. A total of was 95,575 new profiles added by all during the thon.

Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event).

The next Thon, towards the end of the year will be a Source-a-Thon, And watch G2G for the WikiTree Games sometime in August.

Thanks again for a great weekend, we look forward to working with you again soon.

Joan, Janet, Maddy, & Fran (Co Captains)

Hi John,

Thank you for all the "doctoring" you've been doing to my English Shave profiles. Having grown up on the Western side of 'the pond' the finer points of English locations escape me. I really appreciate your work! Deb [Cavel-3]

Dear John,

On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!

The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.

Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?

Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.

We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.

On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!

Kind regards,

Susie, England Project Leader

Hi John, thank you for editing Elizabeth Griffiths birth place. I too believed that Tividale did not exist in 1813, but her baptism record from Tipton St Martin for 10th January 1813 clearly has residence as Tividale. I have posted a close up of register entry into Elizabeth's gallery on her profile page of my Ancestry tree (Mansell Hoult dna). I have tried to copy it here but it will not let me, (I will copy here if you can tell me where I can paste it.) I would be grateful if you wanted to take a look as maybe I am misreading. I cannot think of any other area in Tipton it could be.

Thank you. Mandy.

Hi John,

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you, a job well done. The grand total for the event was 76,995 profiles created. The Mighty Oaks contributed 6,258 of those.

If you open up your contribution list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, before you orphan the profiles ;)

Thanks again for this weekend, you rock!

Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran

Thanks for your bold edit to Mary Jane (Kennedy) Logan!

Go to www.familysearch.org and there you will find parents, family to update this file for Nellie Ensminger Beaumont.

Would be more current. Ensmingers are of the Hans Meyer and Hans Gerber family. Read ensminger-1.pdf Am trying to get my Hans Gerber-Einsminger family on the Mormon site. My family is not in Ensminger of Alsace and Pennsylvania 2018 edition. On Library of Congress site. Thanks.

Hi John,

Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-a-Thon. The 65 members who joined our teams were awesome. Our two teams added 12,905 profiles over the weekend. The Branches Team came second and the Roots Team came forth in the overall scores. Both teams were also in the top ten in the normalised scores. I hope you enjoyed it and will be joining us in April when we do it all over again.

Joan, Maddy, Janet & Fran.

We appreciate your consistent work in improving WikiTree through the Sourcerers Project in 2022!

Hi John,

On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!

I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.

The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.

On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.

Best wishes,

Ian, England Project Leader

Hi John

We are conducting a check-in with the England Data Doctor Team, you have been a member for some time and we thank you for all the work you do, it is appreciated. Please let us know if you wish to remain with the team, so we can update our lists. Are you still happy to look after the Counties Berkshire, and Staffordshire?

Look forward to hearing from you

Janet and Derrick

Hi John

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you for participating. The grand total for the event was 57,577 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 7,693 of those.

See: https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceAThon/2022/TeamAndUser.htm to open up your contribution list so you can review your work and possibly some tidying up.

Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you again.

Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran

Responding to a note I saw about some changes you had recently made:

Annie (Minion) Gregson was my grandmother ... let me fill in a few gaps for you: dob = 6/8/1881. death 3/6/63 marriage = 4/22/1905 St Mary's Church, Warksworth Children = Olive (14/3/1906) - Nancy (14/6/1914), Peter, my father, 8/9/1918 Plenty more if you need it

I think you have a different Edward Dawson. The one I have is my 5th Great Grandfather. Descendants: Edward Dawson 1730-1788, Edward Dawson 1788- 1815, Henry Dawson 1806-1849 (Younger brother of Edward Dawson 1802-1859), Arthur Finch Dawson 1836-1928, Arthur Bertram Finch Dawson 1870-1956 (younger brother of Henry Finch Dawson 1869-1939), Helen Graham Finch Hemming (1908-1985) (my mother),

Edward Dawson 12th June 1694-26th June 1765. See Memorials in All Saints Churchyard, Long Whatton.

Hi John,

The Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for joining us, it is much appreciated. Our combined score was 11718. Considering the heatwave in England we did really well. You did a great job. The total overall figure was 87,731 new profiles added (some 3,000 more than last time) and numerous connections made.

Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event)

Thanks again for last weekend, we look forward to working with you again during the next thon in 3 months time

Joan & Maddy

Hi John,

On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!

The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.

Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?

We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.

Many thanks!

Amelia, England Project Leader

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes anyway.

I have been working on two Staffordshire profiles for OT-1 (Edward Sneyd-133) and OT2 (William Sneyd-69). I have now started on the latter’s father William Sneyd-66.

At the moment, there are some Sneyd profiles on WikiTree but it is quite far from a full house.

I am thinking of setting up a personal project page for the Sneyd family, to pull together the various threads and to put the family members in context, in parallel to improving existing profiles and creating new profiles. This could usefully be a sub-project for Staffordshire gentry families linked to the Sneyds, including the Bagots, Chetwynds and Kynnersleys.

I would be interested in finding out if the Staffordshire team could help me find other volunteers to join, in view of the work involved due to the size of the family and the families linked to them.

It would be also be useful to find someone locally based who was able and willing to visit the University of Keele library. The University of Keele, located in and around Keele Hall, the former seat of the senior branch of the Sneyds, purchased the family papers for its library and a number of researchers have consulted them.

Among secondary sources, there is a four volume thesis on “A Study of an ancient Staffordshire Gentry Family - the family of Ralph Sneyd, Esq., (1723-1793) of Keele, Staffordshire - with a survey of its pre-history” by Sandra Burgess, 1990. This is in the University of Keele library, but I cannot find anything more than a reference to it online.

According to the abstract it is ‘A study of an ancient Staffordshire gentry family, named Sneyd, with a focus on the 18th century and Ralph Sneyd (1723-93). Includes studies of 17th century antecedents, and their origins in medieval times. There is an analysis of everyday life in an 18th century household, including the roles of women, financial issues, and the contrast between the gentry and the 'below stairs' household’.

So this would be a useful place from work on the Sneyds in general and Ralph Sneyd in particular.

The Sneyd family is large and quite complicated. The main branch is documented in Staffordshire over at least six centuries. The family spread over time to other locations such as Cheshire, Ireland, Hampshire, and India - where Ralph Sneyd-229 commanded the Governor-General’s bodyguard. His half-sister Emma Sophia Sneyd-25 married John Russell Colvin-697, Lieutenant-Governor, North-West Provinces, and his daughter Harriett (profile to be created) married Cecil Beadon-78, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.

The male Sneyds usually seemed to marry heiresses to landed estates, so that even younger sons could be country gentlemen. Much of this land in Staffordshire had coal seams and iron ore in its subsoil, which was exploited especially during the Industrial Revolution, and some of the Sneyds were seriously rich.

Although I do not have Sneyd ancestors, there are several connections through marriage between my Swetenham and Archer ancestors and cousins, on one hand, and the Sneyds and Kynnersleys (also a prominent Staffordshire family in its day), on the other. The Swetenhams were based not far from Staffordshire, in Somerford Booths near Congleton in Cheshire.

The last male Kynnersley, Clement Kynnersley-5, left his estate of Loxley Park to his nephew Thomas, son of his sister Penelope Kynnersley-3 who had. married John Sneyd. Thomas changed his name to Sneyd-Kynnersley. The Sneyd-Kynnersley family kept Loxley until after the Second World War.

Another son of Penelope, Clement Sneyd-30 a naval officer, married Helen Swetenham-4, sister of Clement Swetenham (formerly Comberbach-11) of the 16th Light Dragoons, where he served in the Peninsula under his uncle Clement Archer-6507 and at Waterloo.

Clement Archer’s father William Archer-6230 had made Clement Kynnersley-5 an executor of his will. Clement Kynnersley-5 also gave Clement Swetenham the horse he was riding at Waterloo which was killed under him.

Clement’s Christian name was not just omnipresent in his lifetime: it was perpetuated by successive generations of Archers, Sneyds and Swetenhams, in certain cases up to the present day.

I am in touch with a Sneyd-Kynnersley descendant who has been actively researching his family over many years. In time for his 101st birthday, he has now handed over the results to his son, who by coincidence happened to be an old friend of my sister and me

Richard Clement Swetenham

Duncan Storie (Canada)

Curious if you are an extended family member.

Doug

Hi John

The Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for joining us, it is appreciated. Our combined scorewas 13,335 51 more than the last CAT so well don

The total overall figure was 84,388 new profiles added and numerous connections made. The total figure was down 1,451 on the January Thon

Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event)

Thanks again for last weekend, we look forward to working with you again in 3 months.

Joan, Janet Maddy & Fran

John,

Thank you for again contributing to the March 2022 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.

WT Appreciation Team

Congratulations on adding so many sources during the February 2022 Sourcerers Challenge! Great improvements to the One Tree. Thanks!

Nan, WikiTree Appreciation Team

John,

Thank you for again contributing to the Sourcerers Challenge in January! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.

Nan, WT Appreciation Team

Hi John

Well, the Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and have fully recovered. Thank you for joining us The combined score of 13,284 - is 113 more than the last CAT so well done. The total overall figure was 85,839 profiles connected.

Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for next event)

We are a bit late with out thanks, but we appreciate all your help and we look forward to working with you again.

Joan and Maddy.

John,

Thank you for your contributions to the December 2021 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.

Nan, WT Appreciation Team

Thanks for your consistent sourcing with us, John!

John,

Thank you for your 19 contributions to the November Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.

Hi John

Well, it was a fun weekend, we hope you enjoyed yourself. Thank you for joining us. It is appreciated. The combined score for our teams was a fab 9,296 up 419 on last year, well done. The total overall figure was 56,972 profiles sourced.

Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceaThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for next year’s event)

Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you again

Joan & Maddy

Hi John,

i am trying to establish if i am related to Grace Darling ( the lighthouse keeper's daughter and heroine). my father's grandfather was James Darling b 1854. he is the son of Thomas Darling b1814 in Galashiels. My father has noted that Thomas Darling is the son of John Darling who married Catherine Wallace, though i have no more details. I guess John Darling would have been born between 1760 and 1790.

I note from WikiTree that Grace Darling's grandfather was Robert Darling (1746 - 1815) and he was born in Duns (which is about 20 miles from Galashiels). So could they have been brothers? or cousins? is there any way of knowing.?

Look forward to your replay. my email is [email address removed] best wishes

Chris

Hi John,

I would to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project during the past six months. We have achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.

As the England Project Leaders, we are completing our six monthly check-in with all project members. Are you happy to stay in your current project teams? Which teams are you most active in? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?

Also, do you have any feedback on what the project is doing well and anything we could do better in the future? Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.

Many thanks!

Mike Christmas, England Project Leader

Hi John

Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Clean-A-Thon and congratulations on your work during the CAT what an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks we added 32,841 . Altogether the teams fixed a grand total of 233,558 profiles suggestions. We hope you had fun while cleaning the tree.

See you later in the year for the Connect-A-Thon

Janet & Joan

Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks

  

Hi John

We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks  for the Spring Clean-A-Thon

If you are interested in joining us then sign up here Clean-A-Thon Registration please mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks

Look forward to working with you again

 Janet & Joan

Thank you, John!

Hi John

Wishing you a Happy and prosperous New Year. Thank you for all the work you have done to improve the English profiles on wikitree.

Just checking in with you to ask if you wish to remain a member of the England Data Doctor Team. Appreciate it if you could let me know

Janet and Derrick

England Data Doctor Team Leaders  

Thank you John for helping me with my family Search

Hi John,

It's that time of the year again: check-in time! As England Project Leaders, we like to check in with you every six months or so to see how things are progressing. Back in May, we didn't ask for a response due to the rapid emergence of Covid-19 because we understood that people's lives were changing rapidly. While we are still living in a Covid world, we do need to hear back from you this time around.

First of all, how are you doing? What are you currently working on? Are you happy with the team(s) you're in, or would you like to change things up?

Secondly, we're looking for some feedback on the Google Group and our Discord server. Do you use either or both of these? If you don't use either, why not? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve participation and collaboration, either generally or for you personally?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Joan, Amy & Lizzie.

Hi, John!

Thank you for your participation in October 2020’s Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.

Keep up the great work!

Pippin Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

John - Sorry for the late reply. I would like to thank you for the corrections you made on my tree. Now I have read through other thank yous and your replies I now understand where I was going wrong with places, countries etc.

  

Hi John

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you for participating. A job well done the grand total for the event was 57,577 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 8,877 of those. Maddy lead all the way and ended with a fab score of 1,130. Making her no 6 on the individual scoreboard

See: https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceaThon/TeamAndUser.htm Click on "Tracking" to open up your contribution list so you can review your work and possibly some tidying up.

Thanks again for this weekend, you rock

Joan & Janet