Hilary (Buckle) Gadsby

Hi Hilary!

Thank you for contributing towards the goals of the England Project! Over the past year, a staggering amount has been done to improve English profiles on WikiTree and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.

The England Project leadership like to check in with all our project members at least once a year.

Are you happy to stay in your current project team/s? Or is there another team you would like to join or become more active in?

Please reply to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you. Please also let us know if you have other feedback about the direction of the project.

Many thanks!

Ian, on behalf of the England Project leadership

Hi Hilary

Thank you so much for the warm welcome. I look forward to finding more about my family.

Kind regards Glenys

Hilary ...

Hillary ...

Thanks for the greeting. Having not visited WikiTree for several years I am overwhelmed with the changes and interface. I want to take my time to digest and (hopefully) become more familiar with the current version. Truefully the current wiki presentation is almost too much to comprehend but I will try. Is there a manual, book, etc. that give an overview of WIkiTree?

If I have any questions I touch base with you again.

Again, thanks for your welcome.

George Murray

I had my John Lovegroves confused and finally got to the point when I had them correct (or so I thought) but got the message that the parent was born before the child.... In other words I've unwittingly swapped their ID numbers 776 apparently should be 777 and 777 should be 776. I've spent most of today and some of yesterday getting to this point... Is there a way to just swap the ID numbers? Please let there be a way!

Terry

Dear Hilary,

The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing a check-in with project members. Please review the following and respond to let us know that you are content with your current team or if you would like to be more involved.

The Project operates in a team structure. There are currently three participant PIP Teams -- The Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team. There is also the Voyage Team which guides new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team.

There are currently three different Biography Teams - The Biography Team, the Abandoned Team, and the Popular Team.

You're currently identified as a member of the Biography Team. The Biography Team works on profiles from their watchlist and other profiles that interest them.

Are you happy with the Team you are on? If you are interested in working with a different Team, please let us know.

If you have not already done so, we invite you to join the email GoogleGroup. We use the WikiTree Discord server #profile-improvement channel for our project. Neither is required; we also use the Profile_Improvement tag in G2G for Project announcements.

We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project meet its goals. We would like to hear about the successes you’ve had and would also appreciate any feedback you have to help improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or via private message to one of us.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project

Thank you, have I broken the honor code? This site is not very user friendly and it’s difficult to add family when there is an obvious connection. I want t find cousins from a genealogy document that I have but the collaboration process doesn’t really allow for collaboration.

Hi Hilary,

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,

Elizabeth, England Project Leader

I'm not a new member exactly, but am on the brink of throwing in the towel. By its very nature, this is complicated and needs care, but I'm finding that even simple questions get caught up in a morass of page after page of things that are not helpful. For instance:

I have been trying for the last hour to access my GED portal with the aim of linking my DNA test. I cannot even find my "DNA portal dropdown menu!". Every page has multiple dropdown menus that send me in circles. I'm just not sure, as wonderful as WikiTree is, that I find it worth all the time spent on every single little thing.

Okay, end of rant. Thanks for any help.

Thank you for your greeting. I have just jointed and am still finding my way. I will post more later.

Regards Charles McGill

Thank you for your greeting Hilary, I am working with a mentor, Gill Whitehouse to try and bring my 20 existing pre 1700 profiles up to scratch. At present I'm practising copy and paste, ( which I've never done before) of sources using Wikisourcer. I am taking baby steps and am not yet ready to join a Project unless I have to, because I feel overwhelmed. Is it mandatory at this juncture?

Kind regards Alison Parkes

Thank you for the welcome, Hilary. I've gotten used to Ancestry.com and having a bit of trouble figuring Wikitree out, but I'm sure when I have enough time to work on it more, I will. I've uploaded my DNA and my very large tree here.

I'm stuck right now and hope to meet some cousins in the UK. Trying to go back on my father's side, the Chiltons. With DNA I've gotten back as far as a Samuel Chilton in North Carolina, US, born in 1792. There are no birth records for him anywhere and no parents names. I'm starting to get a few DNA matches in the UK, but none with good trees, and none involving any Chiltons. Early on I found a Robert and Elizabeth Chilton from Little Wenlock, Shropshire...that had a son named Samuel with a nearly same birthdate. So out of desperation, I decided to claim him. :-) I would love to find out for sure, find some kind of documents showing Samuel coming to America, or something. Samuel had about 4 wives and two sons that either have no mother, or some other wife. I'm just so frustrated.

Again, thanks for welcoming me. If anyone has some Chilton info, I would sure appreciate it. Especially I'd love to find someone with DNA related to Robert Chilton in Little Wenlock. His birthdate was 1742.

Jan Chilton South Carolina US

Dear Hilary,

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

It's time for the One Place Studies Project Check-In!

We've put together a survey for you to fill out to check in with you, it will only take a moment as there are only a few questions. Filling out the survey lets us know you are still interested in coordinating your study and provides an opportunity for you to share any suggestions you may have for the project.

• https://forms.gle/FVwokwa4uNoVgtnJA

If you have decided to step away from your study, please reply to this comment to that effect.

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Hi Hilary!

Thanks for the welcome message! I just started this page today and to be honest I'm quite clueless about genealogy in general. Wish me luck! 🤞😁

Hi Hilary. Thanks for your getting. I only found out about Wikitree this morning when I received some info from Geneanet. I will upload

my GEDCOM and DNA file as soon as I can. Chris Porter

Hi Hilary!

I'm new to Wikitree and I'm struggling to reconcile Banister-34 and Banister-121. Can you offer any general advice with this? John would be my 10x Grandfather, on my mother's side (Bannister). His emigration to Virginia and the link to Rev. John the botanist make it clearly the same person, but the wives, father etc. are completely different, and obviously this affects my personal tree going back further. All the best, Lorcan.

Thanks for welcoming me!

Barbara

Hi Hilary, thank you for your welcome, I appreciate your direction.

Regards Glenn

Hi Hilary!

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 Hilary,

Just a note to say how much it is appreciated that you have improved some of the Langridge profiles of WikiTree, thank you.

I hope you are having fun growing your branches of the tree. If you would like to add the Langridge profiles to a one name study visit {https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Langridge_Name_Study Category:Langridge_Name_Study]]

Questions? You can always use the G2G link in the Help Menu to find answers or click reply to this message and I will try to answer your questions.

Janet ~ A member of the Appreciation Team with Langridge ancestors

My Grandfather is Lemual Compton, my mother lived in Spencer Indiana. Lemual parents lived in Kentucky. That Compton line would be our connection but might go back several generations. Lemual died in 1940s at young age in Indiana driving a Truck.Good luck.

Thank you for your welcome Hilary. Very new to this site so just trying to find my way around it. Cheers Glo

Hi Hilary,

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 suggestion 835 for Dorset, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Wiltshire?

Look forward to hearing from you

Janet and Derrick

Team Springbokke thanks you for sourcing profiles during the Thon

It was lots of fun!!!

See you next year

Hi, Hillary, and I already feel that we must be cousins. My Snipe(s) ancestors probably came from Yorkshire (I have DNA connections with only one family in the UK) but we migrated to Barbados in ca,1649, then to the US, Australia, and NZ. I have noticed that there are no listings for Snipes in those locations other than the US. Am I missing something? Thanks,

William R. Snipes

Hi Hilary,

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

Thank you Hilary for all you do. I am trying to become familiar with the Autosomal DNA matches page. Can you tell me what the colored dots mean, red, yellow, orange? beside the name of the tester?

Thank you.

Hilary,

Thank you for your contributions 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

I have a question about when you upload a gedcom... I already upload the gedcom file and then waited until i can compare them. i checked all the boxes...so i how do i search for the names that i've added.

Thank you for the welcome and the advice.

Thank you for again contributing to the Sourcerers Challenge in February!

Nan, WikiTree Appreciation team

Hi Hillary, thanks for responding.

Yes I am a direct descendant from one of the fudge families of Dorset going back to 1620. My wife also descends from a Dorset Fudge family and therefore I have an extensive tree covering the Fudges. If you would like to compare notes or have a GED file please contact me [email address removed]

Dear Hilary,

The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing its first annual check-in with our project members. We are in the process of transitioning to a team structure. There will be three participant PIP Teams to start -- The Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team. There is also the Voyage Team who guide new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team. Please let us know which team(s) you would like to participate in.

For those of you who joined the Project before the Voyage started in late 2018, we would like to invite you to consider a "fast track" Voyage, especially if you plan to join the Biography Team. If you’re interested, choose a profile that you have completed to the best of your ability and compare it to the Voyage Biography Standards. If you’re at Level 2 or better, include a link to the profile in your response to this check-in for a “fast track” review.

We would also like to invite you to join the email GoogleGroup and text chat Discord channel for our project. (When you request to join our GoogleGroup, please be sure to include your Wiki ID). You will find more information on the GoogleGroup.

We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project and WikiTree. The Project’s mission is to:

Make profiles beautiful! We clean up messy biography sections and sources, and try to set standards for attractive, useful, and well-written biographies, starting with those we manage.

We know you’re working on profiles *smile* We would like to hear about successes you’ve had toward the Project’s goals. We would also appreciate any feedback you might have to help us improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or privately via private message to either of us.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Robin Shaules Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

Hi Hillary, Your posting regarding Susannah Fudge is in my opinion at fault. The two marriages are correct but if the same Susannah had married a second time it would have been under her married name not Fudge. There are two Susannah Fudges one christened 9/6/1791 and the other 26/2/1792 both Sturminster Newton. The first is the daughter of Richard Fudge/Mary Ridout the second John Fudge /Sarah Hillier. I would suggest that the first was married to William Brushett and the second to William Tucker although it could be the reverse with their ages so close. Would love to hear what you think

Hi! My name is Carolyn (Davenport) Lewis, (Amelia, Virginia, USA) and, being new to Wikitree, am seeking some guidance about researching ancestors of my husband, James Walter Lewis. His grandfather and brothers emigrated to the United States in the 1880's from Wales. Therefore, we have only limited information before his great grandfather. I have a birth certificate for the Grandfather, James Lewis. His father was John Lewis; mother was Mary Davies Lewis. There is a birth date of April 8, 1880, listed for James and an address of 384 Craig Road, Alltwen Killybebill Glamorgan. The Registration District is listed as Pontardawe in the counties of Glamorgan and Brecon. There is also a marriage Certificate for John and Mary from the District of Neall (?) in the counties of Glamorgan and Brecon. The marriage date was August 29, 1874. These documents are our last link to relatives remaining in Wales. I wondered if there are any additional sources for information about relatives there.

Hillary,

Congratulations on adding sources to 30 profiles during the January Sourcerers Challenge! Thank you for improving the health of our One Tree.

Nan, WT Appreciation Team

Hi Hilary

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.

Hi Hilary, Re Mary Young b 1851, Sturminster ( Young-26063) . You recently removed her as a child of Robert and Charlotte Young. I agree that this couple didn't have a daughter Mary born in 1851 (Charlotte was dead by then) I think that this profile was created from the 1861 census where Mary F Young's (Young-258460)'s is not very clear. She was 14 but the ancestry transcriber has written 10.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/27118407?h=07aa6d&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url

If you agree, I'll propose and complete the merge, Helen

Hilary,

regarding: Annie (Green) Marsh: Green-41526

I welcome additional information with sources, BUT please do not totally reorganize the order I have the information set up in.

In this case there are 3 possible birth places: where the registration took place and the two different places listed in the censuses. ALL the places are with in Dorset/Dorsetshire, England. Since the 1871 & the 1881 census were answered by the parents more than likely that is the correct birthplace BUT all 3 should be listed until the birth certificate / registration is ordered and the place found &/or confirmed.

I like how you did the spreadsheets on each of the census BUT I prefer the placement of each with the sentence on her 'status' for each census OR below with the source, NOT in a third area.

This is the second time I've had to reorder her profile after changes you made.

Regard, Carol

Hilary,

Thank you for the additional information and the way you formatted the census information on Annie Green Green-41526 . I'm going to start using it [see Annie's mother], I think it's clearer than my transcriptions. I did reorder the format so it is in chronological order. Oh I like. I'm looking at your profile page and like how you did your ancestor's surnames. How did you do it? I noticed on the census transcript [for Annie] that there is a color code listed for the header, where is that list of codes? I'm assuming [I know ouch] that it is the same way you colored your ancestor's surnames. Another item to add to my to do list after I finish uploading my gedcom.

Regards, Carol

Hilary, being new to WikiTree, I am trying to work out how best to progress on the ADEY name study part of my genealogical research. I originally just collected all references to the surname and put them into TMG. This obviously resulted in a lot of small isolated family trees and confusion on how to keep track and match them up. This time around, I have bought Custodian4 to keep track of all the references to ADEY and its variants in the Christchurch area of Hampshire. Then I found WikiTree, and decided to enter all the ancestors that I am confident are connected to me, even though I haven't yet found the time to do sourcing and biographies. My original intention was to extract the basic relationship tree as a GEDCOM file from WikiTree, but I have had problems with the HTML in my profile causing GEDCOM Form import problems. So now I am more interested in strategies for connecting my isolated tree to the World Tree. Since ADEYs seem to have been fairly localised in Hampshire, they seem to be an obvious first line to explore and I would welcome any advice you can give. I am investigating what techniques I can learn from the WikiTree Connections Project, but their strategy seem to be to come from the connected to the unconnected. I wonder if you have tried something similar, and how best to proceed?

Hi Hilary, Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm excited but a little daunted to explore how wikitree works. Also interested in how to continue, augment, and maybe copy my work on Ancestry. I appreciate any guidance.

Best, Deb

Hi Hilary,

Well, it was a fun weekend, hope you are all recovering from your hard work.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

Thanks again for this weekend, you rock

Janet & Fran

Hilary,

Thanks for welcoming me to the group qualified to edit Pre-1700 Profiles. It is nice to hear from someone more seasoned than I am and I appreciate the link that reminds me of the pre-1700 considerations necessary to make entries in this era. I am looking forward to getting more of my family connected to Wikitree and thank you again for the welcome.

Kindest Regards,

Robert Bradley Clark

Hi Hilary

Here is your page... I haven't linked it to the team page yet...

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

Hope you are well..

Mary Richardson

Thank you Hilary for your greeting

Best wishes Marit Wallenberg former Hellström

Thanks for sourcing, Hilary!

Danke Hillary Gadsby, für das Danke sagen

Hello Ms. Gadsby. I just have one question:

Is it OK to use information from myheritage.com? Their Mansbridge details that I'm already famiiar with are correct but I don't know if they are considered a trusted source. Many thanks if you are able to reply. Paul Mansbridge.

Many thanks for your reply Ms. Gadsby.

Paul Mansbridge.