Amy (Crawford) Gilpin

Hi my cuz and dear friend,

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 (I know you are taking a break, but can you let me know if you are still interested in leading the categories team when you get back?)

Dear Amy,

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.

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 Amy!

Here's your sticker code for the January 2022 connect a thon. Just add the curly brackets {{ }} on the ends: Connect-a-Thon|team=The Twisted Thistles|year=2022|profiles=144|extra=Thanks for participating in the January thon!

Sarah

Huge thanks Amy for all you've done, and continue to do, for Project Scotland.

Your unfailingly generous approach to all and to any question is an inspiration ton Best regards, Moira

Please remove my name from the One Name Study list for Ford. Thank you.

I see the proposal to merge Honora Stephenson & Eleanor Crawford. (Grimes-4532 & Grimes-973). I had stopped working on this because I wasn't sure this Wlm Crawford was my relative since there are a few. Just hadn't had time to research. But I do see some of what I think are errors in 973 like Horora's mother. If ya look at the GENI source it says her mother is "Alice", and I found it to be Alice Townley--lost my source but will find. I will continue to research as I find time. Thank you, Jan Dempsey (I added more info to my Grimes- 4532)

Hi Amy!

Thanks for contributing to Puritan Great Migration profiles over the last six months. Every little bit helps, so please keep those edits coming!

Like all WikiTree projects we check in with team members twice per year and it's that time again. (Even though you're brand new :)) Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:

1. If you'd like to continue as a PGM project team member

1. If you're happy with the team you're on (Research and/or Profile Improvement) or if you'd like to make a change
2. Optionally, what you like since the reboot back in May or what you think could be improved. This could be something about Discord, or Google Groups, or managed profile spreadsheets, or challenge participation or really anything. If you like everything the way it is, you can let me know that too :)

If you'd like to tell me about a particular project or family you're working on, I'd love to hear about that as well.

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

Many thanks!

Brad Stauf, PGM membership coordinator

Amy, I am already part of the Crawford project. I would like to start a One Name Study for Kernohan. This is a brick wall for me and I would love to break it down.

Amy, I apologize if this is not the place to ask to be in the Scots Irish and Ulster Scots project. If it is not, please direct me to it. I am also interested in the Crawford name project as my grandmother is a Crawford.

Virginia Kline Norris Kline-1865

Hi, Amy. where can I find the most recent recommendations on the organization and presentation of Name Studies at WikiTree?

Thank you for adding my Nordic badge.

Amy, a couple weeks back you told me you would check out my William & Hugh Crawford dilemma & then get back with me. Have I missed your note or did not find anything? Would like to hear back from you. Thanks, Jan

Hi Amy,

I would like 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

Amy the changes occurred overnight from the 27 of April I believe. Perhaps it was do to the "Clean-a-thon?" I just know early in the day I was listed as a 13th Great Grandson of James IV and then on the 28th, I was listed as a third cousin, 15 x removed. One of the Margaret Stewarts surrounding the King James might have been changed. Margaret Stewart Drummond (Stewart-2306;) Margaret Stuart Stewart (Stuart -194; ) Margaret Tudor Stewart (Tudor -33) or Margaret Douglas Stuart (Douglas- 65) all of these ladies are related to me. I also noticed that I now had two people popping up in my relationship breakdowns that I hadn't notice as often before the 27th of April. So they may be a key to where the line change took place. Their names are John Drummond Ist Lord Drummond (Drummond-52), his wife, Elizabeth (Lindsay) Drummond (Lindsay-150)

I hope this helps in the search. Any insight will be appreciated. Thanks , Again. Farryl (Essig-190)

Hi Amy, I see there have been changes along my lines dealing with the Stewarts, the Drummonds,and the Napiers changing me from a Great Grandson of James IV of Scotland to a 3rd Cousin 15x removed. Do know the specific changes that occured to reveal this difference in my line of descent? I am confused and would like to find some clarification. The changes are surprising from one day to the next when the new line occured.

Thanks,

Farryl Essig Essig-190

We want to thank you very much for your participation in this weekend's Clean-a-thon! Your 1521 contributions helped bring our team to almost 7000 corrections made, which is an amazing number for a small team. As a token of thanks for helping our team, please feel free to add this participation sticker to your profile (as always, below the Biography line). You'll need to add curly brackets/braces { like these, but doubled } around the following template:

Clean-a-Thon|team=Team Twisted Thistles|year=2021|suggestions=1521

If you enjoyed working to make repairs like these, please consider joining the Data Doctors Project, a group of members who work on these improvements on an ongoing basis.

Regards,

Bobbie & Sarah

Twisted Thistles Team Captains

Hi Amy,

I'm sorry it's taken so long to get back to you. I'm disabled and have a hard time concentrating on anything for more than a few minutes. I've caught myself messing up my own records. (I blame it on the 13 prescription meds I have to take every day.) Right now I don't think it would be safe for me to work on anyone else's records. Thank you for the invitation.

Gail

Hi Amy, thanks for checking in!

It seems most of my Scotland effort has been be flying solo. I'm not using Google or Discord, email works best for me.

I've been using https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ to get sources for Forbes, Douglas, Stewart, Sutherland and Cumming family names (to name a few). I think I've used up all my credits.

I am continuing to work on Argyll in Scotland, seeing how far I can go back with families. Also hoping to add more families associated with Campbeltown Distilleries. I prefer Google Groups. I just can’t get the hang of Discord. (Why you never heard from me on Crawford name study -I think that’s what they use).

Scotland project got it right with Discord! Turned out to be the BEST realtime communication method I've yet to see from any WikiTree project to date.

... APPLAUSE:)...

This year I'm going to think about what happened around the time of the English Civil War and how it affected Northumberland allied families. And I'm interested in the Grays. Some antiquarians thought that after arriving with the Conqueror, one line went to Scotland and then the Northumb. sprang from it. I'm curious to see if there's anything in that theory.

I am trying to resolve a family surname from the 1700's due to a pending merge proposal. I am trying to determine the proper WIkiTree naming convention, at birth, to improve overall success of the tree.

https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:MergePerson&user1_name=Saulnier-657&user2_name=Saunier-Beausoleil-1&action=compare

I will admit that the name I included has a typo and should actually be Saulnier-Beausoleil. (I left out the L in Saulnier.)

The name, as it appears in official records is: Saulnier dit Beausoleil. I am not familiar enough with the French to determine how to proceed. In looking down the descendants of this line, some chose to use only Saulnier and some chose to go with Beausoleil, as my family did. (Some changed to a completely unrelated anglican name, too.)

This is a link to a record that has the name of marriage record in question:

Your help in bringing clarity to this will be greatly appreciated.

Patricia

Hi Amy :)

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,

Amy, Joan & Lizzie.

Hi Amy,

Thanks for participating in the 2020 Source a Thon with Team Twisted Thistles! Here is a sticker code, just add the curly brackets.

Source-a-Thon|team=Team Twisted Thistles|year=2020|sources=78

Best Regards,

Sarah and Bobbie, Twisted Thistles Team Captains

Hi, Amy!

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