Virginia (Butter) Fields
Honor Code SignatorySigned 3 Dec 2014 | 81,674 contributions | 9,753 thank-yous | 7,567 connections
Signed 3 Dec 2014 | 81,674 contributions | 9,753 thank-yous | 7,567 connections
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cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
Here is my family tree.
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cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
Here is my family tree.
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Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Descendants 
and 
Mother of
Michelle (Fields) Pierce and [private daughter (1970s - unknown)]
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Biography
Virginia (Butter) Fields participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added 234 connections.
Virginia (Butter) Fields achieved the 15 For 15 award for completing 15 missions in our 2023 15 For 15 Challenge.
Virginia (Butter) Fields participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 250 previously unsourced profiles.
Virginia (Butter) Fields participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 150 connections.
WikiTree Day Attendee: 2022
Virginia (Butter) Fields participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the Jul 2022 Connect-a-Thon.
Virginia (Butter) Fields participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the Apr 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 280 connections.
Virginia (Butter) Fields participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the Jan 2022 Connect-a-Thon.
Virginia (Butter) Fields is a member of the US Southern Colonies Project.
Virginia was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the WikiTree Blog!
Virginia (Butter) Fields is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Virginia (Butter) Fields is a Project Member of the Southern Pioneers Project.
Native of Louisiana
Virginia (Butter) Fields has English ancestors.
Virginia (Butter) Fields has Scottish Ancestors.
Virginia (Butter) Fields has Irish ancestors.
Virginia (Butter) Fields has German Roots.
Virginia (Butter) Fields is a Texan.
Virginia (Butter) Fields participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2019 Connect-a-Thon, and added 307 connections.
Virginia is the 2C 19R of Owain Glyndŵr.
Virginia is the 18th Great granddaughter of King Edward III.
Virginia is the 5C 13xR of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Descendant of William Albini d'Aubigny.
Virginia (Ginny) Butter is the only child of Dallas Butter and Frances Fears. She was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and lived there through the first grade. She then moved three times during her growing years as her Dad was transferred; Texarkana, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee and Irving, Texas where she graduated from high school. She then attended college in Denton, Texas where she obtained a degree in Library Science with an English and Education minor.
Ginny then worked as a school librarian for two years in a Fort Worth suburb before leaving to attend LSU in Baton Rouge for a masters. Meanwhile, she decided to marry instead of finishing the master's degree and moved to New Orleans and then to Slidell, Louisiana for the next 27 years. Along the way her family grew to three adorable children and she only worked intermittently while they were young. Staying home gave her the opportunity to pursue her love of family history and that passion grew with every genealogy success. Those were the days of writing letters and visiting court houses and archives. She helped her young children learn to read by block printing last names on slips of paper, turning them loose in a cemetery while promising ice cream as soon as those names were all found! Sometimes her husband participated as he also liked ice cream.
Time flew by and one day in the very early 2000's, Ginny found that census records were online! What a dream come true! Now, here it is 2023 and there is so much online that there is hardly enough time to cover it all. There is still a need to visit archives, courthouses and libraries but what a difference has been made in the last twenty years! A passion that was born while still in high school has evolved into so many avenues . WikiTree is now a huge part of Ginny's genealogical life; the readily available help and the opportunity to offer help, the friendships formed and the overall comaraderie are unmatched anywhere else.
On a personal note, Ginny has now been married to her original husband for 55 years, has three wonderful grown children, two super sons-in law and three tremendous grandsons. Her life both in person with family and friends and virtual with her genealogy contacts is blessed.
Finding the missing pieces of the family puzzle and the supporting documents is a truly fun avocation which Ginny hopes to continue for some years to come.
DNA Research
- Maternal relationship confirmed by a Gedmatch test match between first cousins Joe W. Fears Gedmatch kit # SJ3394136 and Virginia Butter Fields Gedmatch kit #T653391. Their most recent common ancestors are their grandparents William Jesse Fears and Jessie Arlee Thomas. Estimated number of generations to MRCA=2, based on sharing 846 cM across 34 shared segments.
- Maternal relationship for Virginia Butter Fields is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Virginia Butter Fields and RE, 3rd Cousins. Their MRCA is the 2X Great-grandfather of both parties William Sadler Fears. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 3rd Cousins based on sharing 31 cM across 1 segment. Verified by paper trail.
- Maternal relationship for Virginia Butter Fields is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Virginia Butter Fields and CT, 3rd Cousins. Their MRCA is the 2X Great grandfather of both parties John W. Fears. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 3rd Cousins based on sharing 20 cM across 3 segments. Verified by paper trail.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GedMatch test match between Virginia Butter Fields Gedmatch kit #T653391 and her third cousin Elizabeth Jane Buck Mix GedMatch kit #M896379. Their most recent common ancestors are their 2x great grandparents Robert Graham and Ruth Lucy Smith. Estimated numbmer of generations to MRCA=4.5. 29.8 cM across 2 segments.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GedMatch test match between Virginia Butter Fields Gedmatch kit #T653391 and her Aunt Doris Butter Gedmatch #T621269. Their most recent common ancestors are the grandparents of Virginia Butter Fields, Henry Robert Butter and Lavinia Matilda Dunn who are the parents of Doris Butter. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.5. 1853.3 cM across 56 half/match segments.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GedMatch test match between Virginia Butter Fields Gedmatch kit #T653391 and her third cousin MG Gedmatch kit #QG9158166. Their most recent common ancestors are their 2x great grandparents Henry Butter and Susan Eliza O'Neal. Estimated number of generations to MRCA=3.2, based on sharing 163.6 cM across 9 total-match segments.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a FTDNA test match between Virginia Butter Fields FTDNA kit#208714 and her 1C1R KH FTDNA kit #374673. Their most recent common ancestors are the 2x| great grandparents of Virginia and great grandparents of KH James H. Henderson and Sarah Frances Odom. Relationship based on sharing 237 cM across 25 segments.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GedMatch test match between Virginia Butter Fields Gedmatch kit #T653391 and her third cousin CMD Gedmatch kit #A594110. Their most recent common ancestors are their 2x great grandparents David William Dunn and Elizabeth Jane Hammock. Estimated number of generations to MRCA=3.6, based on sharing 96.1 cM across 7 segments.
- Maternal relationship for Virginia Butter Fields is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Virginia Butter Fields and JEH, 3rd Cousins. Their MRCA’s are the 2x Great grandparents of both parties Jesse Thomas and Rhoda Jackson. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 3rd Cousins based on sharing 57 cM across 5 segments. Verified by paper trail.
- Maternal relationship for Virginia Butter Fields is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Virginia Butter Fields and CG, 3rd Cousins. Their MRCA's are the 2x Great grandparents of both parties Wiley Clark and Whitehead-1866|Frances Whitehead]]. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 3rd Cousins based on sharing 101 cM across 6 segments. Verified by paper trail.
Southern Pioneer Trail
This"Pioneer Trail" has been project reviewed and approved by David Douglass for meeting the Southern Pioneer's Project standards for quality and accuracy.
- The parent-child relationships have been determined to be reliably established by the sources cited;
- The biographies are well-written, concise and meet the project's standards for quality, and style,
- The facts presented are believed to be accurate, consistent and free of conflicting information
This trail has been officially designated as a "Pioneer Trail" and has been awarded the "Pioneer Trail" project sticker in recognition.
Project Recognized Pioneer Trail
- Virginia is the daughter of Bettye Frances Fears [Approved]
- Frances is the daughter of Jessie Arlee (Thomas) Jones [Approved]
- Jessie is the daughter of Ezekiel Thomas [Approved]
- Ezekiel is the son of Jesse Thomas [Approved]
- Jesse is the son of Jesse Thomas [Approved]
- Jesse is the son of Hans Wendell (Thoma) Thomas [Approved]
- Hans is the son of Johannes Thoma Approved
This trail was reviewed and approved by Douglass-990 11 October, 2019
Member Daughters of the American Revolution, Heritage Ranch Genealogical Society, Dallas Genalogical Society, Texas State Genealogical Society and National Genealogical Society.
[http://www.butterfamilyhistory.blogspot.com
Virginia (Butter) Fields participated with Team Southern Super Sweepers during the 2019 Scan-a-Thon, scanning and uploading 227 items to profiles.
Patriot Ancestors
- Isham Chaffin 5th Great Grandfather
- Thomas Clarke 3rd Great Grandfather
- William Fears 4th Great Grandfather
- John Griffin 4th Great Grandfather
- Joseph Humphrey 4th Great Grandfather
- James Mills 4th Great Grandfather
- James Pye 4th Great Grandfather
- Benjamin Rush 5th Great Grandfather
- Enoch Stringfellow 4th Great Grandfather
- Jesse Thomas 3rd Great Grandfather
Civil War Ancestors
- David William Dunn 2nd Great Grandfather
- William Thomas Fears Great Grandfather
- James H. Henderson 2nd Great Grandfather
- Ezekiel Thomas Great Grandfather
Magna Carta Surety Barons
I am a direct descendant of 15 out of the 25 Surety Barons
- William Albini 26th Great Grandfather
- Hugh Bigod 27th Great Grandfather
- Henry Bohan 27th Great Grandfather
- Gilbert Clare 26th Great Grandfather
- John FitzRobert Clavering 24th Great Grandfather
- Robert FitzWalter 23rd Great Grandfather
- William Huntingfield 26tg Great Grabdfather
- John Lacy 26th Great Grandfather
- William Malet 27th Great Grandfather
- William Mowbray 26th Great Grandfather
- Saher Quincey 24th Great Grandfather
- Robert Ros 26th Great Grandfather
- Geoggrey Say 26th Great Grandfather
- Robert De_Vere 27th Great Grandfather
Digital Afterlife
Some may think it is morbid to publish thoughts on one's own demise. Since I, as most genealogists, have been searching for and researching the lives of dead people for decades, it is natural for me to think about my limited future. Thank goodness, at this time, I am still advancing in age but futures are all uncertain.
In the event of my sudden and reluctant demise, I want my work on WIkiTree to live on; therefore, I hereby give permission for all of my private profiles to be transferred to any of the following WikiTree members whether or not they are on the Trust Lists:
Sources
- ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current", Irving Daily News; Publication Date: 22/ Sep/ 1968; Publication Place: Irving, Texas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/82798800/?article=c351a193-c592-4f64-a745-34e294a326d1&focus=0.27483857,0.4675706,0.39641804,0.7374502&xid=3398, Ancestry Record 62116 #42131746 (accessed 27 January 2024), Virginia Leigh Butter marriage to Earl Joseph Fields on 2 Aug 1968 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Virginia's formal name
- full middle name (L.)
- nicknames
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (4)
- private children's names (2)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Virginia or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Virginia or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Virginia (Butter) Fields: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U5a1a1d1, FTDNA kit #208714, MitoYDNA ID T11141 [compare] + Mitochondrial DNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U5a1a1d1, MitoYDNA ID T11141 [compare]
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100.00%
100.00%
Virginia (Butter) Fields:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T653391 [compare], Ancestry member ginnybf
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T653391 [compare], FTDNA kit #208714
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~25.00%
~25.00%
Doris (Butter) Denmon
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T621269 [compare], FTDNA kit #214120
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~12.50%
Stephen Butter :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T795608 [compare], FTDNA kit #182572
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~12.50%
Joe Fears :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SJ3394136 [compare], FTDNA kit #265882
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Karen Hays :
23andMe, GEDmatch M133203 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T554526 [compare], Ancestry member susieqkaren
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T554526 [compare], FTDNA kit #229011
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~1.56%
Diane (Henderson) Eldredge :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Timothy Giles :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Elizabeth Jane (Buck) Mix :
23andMe, GEDmatch M896379 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A490678 [compare], Ancestry member libbymix1
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~0.78%
Margaret Danette Lyle :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member maggideeisme123
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Darline (Brady) Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Laflutterby
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~0.39%
Jeanne-Marie Thomas :
AncestryDNA
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Virginia:
- Meet our Members: Virginia (Ginny) Fields Dec 11, 2023.
- Virginia Fields is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jul 4, 2023.
- Look to the sky, a new astronaut has taken flight! Virginia Fields, 1,000,000 G2G points, wow! Jan 18, 2023.
- Virginia Fields is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 6, 2022.
- Virginia Fields is a Wonderful WikiTreer Sep 10, 2022.
- 900,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Virginia Fields, and thank you from all of us! Aug 28, 2022.
Featured National Park champion connections: Virginia is 15 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 23 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 17 degrees from George Catlin, 15 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 19 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 17 degrees from George Grinnell, 28 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 24 degrees from Kara McKean, 16 degrees from John Muir, 17 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Categories: WikiTree Leaders | WikiTree Day Attendees | US Southern Colonies Project Members | Southern Pioneers Project Member | German Roots | Virginia Project
Thank you for your edits to Howell Tyndall Redwine's profile! Your organization will serve as an example to me in editing and organizing profiles from now on. It's also interesting to see that I am related to Howell through the Redwine line and you are apparently related to his wife's family. I'm glad to have made your acquaintance!
Lewis
I see that you are an archivist for the Troup County Historical Society - I assume that is in Georgia. If so, I might have some questions you can answer at some point. Many of my ancestors at least passed through Georgia and quite a few were there all their lives.
Sometimes it is a small world!
Ginny Fields
Troup County is in West Georgia right on the state line with Alabama. Many people stopped here before heading further west into Alabama and beyond. Of course some of them liked it here and stayed permanently. My archives mostly collects materials relating to the county, but we also have a small genealogical library and are more than willing to research surrounding counties. I more than willing to see what I can do to answer any of your genealogical questions regarding the area or the state as a whole.
Lewis
Thank you for being our Connect-a-Thon cheerleader! Everyone appreciated the encouragement. Hope to see you again in July!
Dorothy and Nan, Co-captains, Southern Super Sweepers
Just a reminder, Connect-a-Thon registration closes midnight EDT, Wednesday, April 10. We'd love to have you back with the Southern Super Sweepers!
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1717455/have-you-registered-for-our-april-2024-connect-a-thon-yet
I am so sorry and I have been struggling with my decision not to participate this time. I am having some vision issues and need another retina surgery which is in the process of being scheduled. I cannot stare at the computer for long periods of time without great discomfort. If I were to sign up, I would feel so obligated to do all I could do to help our team win and I just cannot put my vision through that right now.
I will be cheering for the Super Sweepers and will be wishing I was there!! Thank you for assuming one of the Leader positions and I look forward to next time!
Ginny Fields
Nan
This is the time for the annual check in with members of the Military and War Project. Have you been active during the last six months in the Military and War Project? Note that it is a requirement to respond to the Military and War Project Check-ins. Please respond to this message by clicking the reply button below this message, to post your answer. I look forward to hearing from you..
Many thanks,
Mary, Project Coordinator, Military & War
It is good to hear from you. I have not been particularly active in the Military and War project since becoming a Leader and a Leader of the Louisiana Project and a Ranger. I am still trying to get a handle on these projects and my role in everything.
You can remove me for now and I will reach out as I need help with adding military information to various profiles.
Take care,
Ginny
Thanks for responding to the check in. We are sorry to hear you cannot be an active member. I will remove your badge for now. Remember, you can always ANSWER the g2g posting and join again, when you have more time..
if you’d like to rejoin at any stage you would be most welcome to do so by answering the G2G sign-up post here.
Mary
Thanks again for posting on my page.
Ginny Fields
Thank you for joining the Southern Super Sweepers for the 2023 Source-a-Thon! Dorothy will be starting a chat page on G2G when we get a little closer to the Thon. Our team page is here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Southern_Super_Sweepers It has, among other info, the thon's video chat schedule, and a link to the Southern Super Sweepers discord channel.
See you then!
Nan
Co-Captain, Southern Super Sweepers
Thank you if you will share any sharable thoughts on this.
Charles
Here is a link to the FamilySearch profile for William M O'Neal. There are 13 sources on this profile - some may not be viable but there are some census records and a marriage record. After arriving at his profile page, click on the "Sources" link at the top of his page. In case you haven't used FS sources before, you can just copy the citation and paste it on his WikiTree profile. I hope this helps and if you have more questions, just let me know.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M13V-58Z
Ginny Fields
This is the time for the 2023 annual check in with members of the US Southern Colonies Project. Have you been active during the last six months in this Project? Note that it is a Wikitree requirement to respond to the US Southern Colonies Check-ins. Please reply to this message by clicking the reply button below this message, to post your answer. I look forward to hearing from you..
Many thanks,
Mary~ Project Coordinator, Membership, US Southern Colonies
It is great to hear from you again! Since all of my ancestors are still southern (no new ones from the north yet) everything I do is southern so yes, I have actively added sources, profiles and bios to a lot of southern folks in the last six months. I have not had to contact the project for any encountered problems but I am still plugging away here!
Thanks for checking in with me! Ginny
...Robert C Huber, Brainerd, Minnesota
Ginny
Well deserved!
Virginia and Kitty are 10th cousins once removed.
Mary
Ginny
(I hope you are not offended.)
Thank you for taking the time to send this to me.
Ginny
(If you do reuse it, please add the alt text for screen readers (just copy what came through on the email as the label parameter).)
There are times I just cannot resist the little imp that lives inside my brain when it starts prodding at the art bug that also lives there.
This is the time for the semi-annual check in with members of the US Southern Colonies Project. Have you been active during the last six months? Note that it is a requirement to respond to the US Southern Colonies Check-ins. Please respond to this message by clicking the reply button below this message, to post your answer. I look forward to hearing from you..
Many thanks,
Mary~ Project Coordinator, Membership, US Southern Colonies
Ginny
Mary
Hope you are well.
I sent you a check-in message a week ago about the Military and War Project to ask you about your continued involvement but have not yet heard back from you. Do you still want to be in the project? If I don’t hear from you by the same time next week I’ll assume that you’ve moved on to other things but you’re most welcome to re-join the project at any time.
Best wishes,
Mary~ Project Coordinator, Military and War Project
Hi Mary, I hope this counts for being active in the Military and War Project. Anytime I find information that a person participated in a war - usually Civil War, I add the information to the profile along with the sticker.
Thanks for the check-in! Ginny
From you, Mary:
Thanks for the check in, Ginny. You are right on target for active. Those are plusses for any war, including Military and War which covers so many wars. Mary
posted 7 days ago by Mary Richardson
Mary
Greetings from the Military and War Project. We are doing the six month check-in with members.. Have you been active in the last six months? Please note that it is a requirement for membership in the Military and War Project that you respond to these check-ins. To make bookkeeping easier, just click Reply to this message on your own page, add your reply, then <Save>;. I look forward to hearing from you..
Many thanks,
Mary~ Project Coordinator, Military and War Project
I hope this counts for being active in the Military and War Project. Anytime I find information that a person participated in a war - usually Civil War, I add the information to the profile along with the sticker.
Thanks for the check-in! Ginny
Mary
Jennie
Ginny
Thanks for sourcing.
Congratulations on adding sources to 107 profiles during the January Sourcerers Challenge! Thank you for improving the health of our One Tree.
Nan, WT Appreciation Team
P Kreutzer, US Civil War Between the States Project Leader.
Thank you for the message. I appreciate having the US Civil War project and I have enjoyed the very small part I have taken in the project. For right now, I would like to be removed from the project as I have some other areas I plan to concentrate on this next year. I will still place the appropriate stickers, etc. when I find profiles where they are needed.
Thank you for all you do for this project and I will consider rejoining in the future.
Virginia (Ginny) Fields
Hope all is well with you..
This is the semi-annual polling for the US Southern Colonies Project check-in with members to see if you have been active in the last six months in this project?
Please note that it is a requirement for membership in the US Southern Colonies Project that you respond to these check-ins.
I look forward to hearing from you.. Many thanks,
Mary, Membership Coordinator, US Southern Colonies Project
Great to hear from you! I have been active in the last six months and would like to continue being a member of this project.
Take care,
Ginny
Thank you for your 287 contributions to the December 2021 Sourcerers Challenge! That's quite an achievement, and a great step forward for the health of our One Tree. Congratulations!
Nan, WT Appreciation Team
Thank you for your 100 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.
Appreciate any help you could give me. My tree is presently called the Bailey Core Family Tree and it is on Ancestry.
Thanks for sourcing, Virginia!
Thanks, Virginia!
Thank you for your participation in October’s 2020 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
Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree. You have every right to be pleased with your efforts!
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Hi Virginia
Thank you for participating in the Data Doctor weekly Challenge - for Orphan profiles. Every suggestion you cleared made our Tree that much better. The Data Doctor Team and the WikiTree community appreciates the work you are doing..
Janet Wild
A Data Doctor Project Coordinator - Member of the WikiTree Appreciation Team
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 900!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
Pip Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team