Maureen Ahern

HI Maureen,

I completed the merge for Abigail Tolles Briscoe

Mickey Bazley

Hi Maureen,

It is once again time for our annual Ireland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:

1. If you would like to continue as an Ireland Project member. If your answer is yes, please tell us if you are happy with your current team, or if you would prefer to join a different one. If you are currently participating in more than one team we would appreciate you ranking them in their order of importance to you, from highest priority to lowest. This information will be helpful as we consider possible future changes to our team structure.
2. In the past, the project has had a very minimal membership requirement (one contribution per year) for badged members to meet. Do you believe this is adequate, or should this requirement be increased? What do you believe would be a reasonable commitment to expect from all project members?
3. How active have you been in the Ireland Project over the past year? Please choose one of the following options: a) I normally spend 1-5 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. b) I normally spend 6-10 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. c) I spend over 10 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. d) I am not able to contribute every month but have spent approximately ________ hours during the past year improving Irish profiles.
4. Please provide feedback on any things you’d like to see the project do more of in the future.

You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within the next three weeks we’ll assume your interests have changed or you no longer are able to participate in the Ireland Project at this time, and your badge will be removed. If your circumstances change later you will be welcome to reapply for membership.

Many thanks for all that so many of you have contributed to the project in the past year, and very special thanks to those who answered the project’s call and gave generously of their time to be part of Team Seanchaithe during the most recent connect-a-thon. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

le dea-mhéin, Jen Hutton, Ireland Project co-leader

"Uniacke"? Ha ha, I haven't seen that name before, at first I thought you'd slipped on your keyboard. Merry Christmas, Maureen. Thank you for all your work.

Hello Maureen,

Thank you for your work on WikiTree; however I see you added father, mother, and child to Spicer-879, a profile I manage, however you didn't add a significant source. I'm wondering why you did this without a dependable source to back up the information? Thank you.

Thanks for adding Aldworth profiles!

Hi Maureen,

It’s time for our annual Ireland Project check-in! Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:

• If you are happy with the team you’re on or if you’d like to make a change. It is now required that all members with an Ireland project badge work on at least one of the project’s team(s), so if you’ve not yet signed up please do so in your reply to this check-in.

• What you think the project is doing well, and what (if any) changes you would like to see us make? Are there any teams you would like to become more active in?

• Would you be interested in helping to work on an Ireland Project newsletter?

• Please give us some feedback on the use of google group and discord. Do you use one or both of these? If you don’t use either of them, what is the best way for us to ensure you receive project communications? If you would like to join us on either one, just let us know in your response and we will get you signed up.

Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within two weeks, we will assume you are no longer interested in participating in the Ireland Project, and your badge will be removed. If you wish to reapply for membership later, we will be happy to have you back. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Jen Hutton, on behalf of the Ireland Project

Hi Maureen. You're normally on the ball with these, but regarding Bishop Lewis Jones that you edited today, I think you've fallen foul of the very conflation that I warned about.

You've quoted "in a letter to Bishop Laud, dated May 1629, recommends Dean Jones very strongly for the vacant Archbishopric of Cashel", but you've also quoted "In 1607 he was made Dean of Cashel". So he can't be being recommended for the job of Dean of Cashel in 1629 if he's already held that role since 1607. The point being, these sources are referring to two different men "Dean Jones".

I suspect that if we were to look at the unintelligible original source "he was permitted to hold it in union with his deanery, on account of the smallness of his income. [Rot. Pat. 6 Jac. I.]", that it would actually say that he was "*presumably* permitted", as the author's way of explaining why one man seemed to have two jobs. The alternative is that Prebendary Jones of Cashel was the 'apprentice' of Dean Jones of Cashel, and it was the Prebendary who was recommended for the role of Dean in 1629.

I'm also a bit disgruntled that two different men, Ussher and Ware, were quoted giving different dates, but you've arbitrarily decided that Ussher was right and Ware was wrong, so you've updated the profile according to Ussher and have discarded Ware's conflicting information. When it's one person's word against another with no other facts to settle the difference, the correct thing to do is to present both pieces of evidence, even if it's more inconvenient for you.

I don't have time to fix it now, but one day when I get a chance I shall reintroduce the ambiguity, but leave your other additions intact.

Thank you for Douglas Neville ,always thought male on family tree, so nice to know female "black water"!

Thank you for all the updates to Thomas Dunbar (1600-1694). A rather distant (8th nephew), so one I wouldn't usually do very much for. Cheers. Jason

Hi Maureen,

Thanks for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz! Pre-1700 ancestors are shared by many descendants, thus coordinating with others is essential.

To find a project that may fit your research interests and provide opportunities to collaborate and contribute to our global tree, please use the Pre-1700 Projects list.

Please refer to the new recommended sources for citing Pre-1700’s sources. when working on profiles of that time period.

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Hi Maureen!

As you have been a member of WikiTree for a few weeks now I thought I would check in to see how you are getting on with the site.

Has the New Member How-To been helpful or left you with any questions?

I am here to help with any problems or queries you may have. Just click my name, then ask in the comment section of my page or send me a private message.

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Thank you for volunteering. You are now a full member of WikiTree.

Start with the New Member How-To Pages - they are really useful as you add profiles and learn your way around: 

Let me know if you require assistance. I am happy to help. After adding my own family and ancestors I have found many cousins and distant ancestors here on WikiTree.

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