Victoria English
Honor Code SignatorySigned 20 Apr 2015 | 3,631 contributions | 481 thank-yous | 403 connections
Retired Police Officer, award winning investigative reporter, photographer. MA English Rhetoric and Compostion, Linguistics, ESOL BA Spanish, minor in Russian. Working knowledge: French, Arabic, Latin
I'm an old-school meets new-school researcher. Equally comfortable in a library or computer. I know the old Dewey Decimal System and what a Card Catalog looks like. I'm the person you might see on my hands and knees looking for a book that has fallen behind the stacks. If you don't know what "stacks" are, then you aren't old school! (Library joke!)
First Publication: "A Nebraska Farmer's Journal: The Diary of Joseph Henry Drinnin 1883-1915." Transcribed, Researched, and Compiled By his Descendents LaDonna Geiser English (my mother) and Victoria English Tucker (my former marriage). 2011. 547p.
Work in Progress: Vol. 2 follow up and continuation of "A Nebraska Farmer's Journal." Will begin at 1916-1933 and include corrections, additions, and omissions from the first book.
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Here is the link to the March/April Vicksburg National Cemetery Challenge, in case your interested: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1710470/civil-war-2024-march-april-vicksburg-natl-cemetery-challenge
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Sincerely,
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Thank you!
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.
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The US Civil War January Challenge is to connect US Civil War Soldiers for the January Connect-a-Thon. This year will be a twist of what I usually do. Instead of you choosing a "Surname Letter", you will be choosing from a block of soldiers whom I've already screened that show they have family to connect. Each soldier has a connection to one or more of his immediate family--parents, siblings, spouses, children, on their profile. Whether you work on one soldier or your whole block of soldiers, it's one step closer in our goal to connect each of our US Civil War Soldiers. The goal is to make sure all these soldiers are connected at least by one or two degrees. You can sign up now by clicking this link: US Civil War Sign-up Chart
The September Challenge will be to complete the Shiloh National Cemetery, if you'd like to join the September Challenge, here's the Challenge Link: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:USCW_Challenge_Worksheet
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
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.
We will miss you.
Mary~ Project Coordinator, Membership, US Southern Colonies
In case you’d like to continue creating profiles for these soldiers we have a new space page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:POW%27s_Who_Died_in_Andersonville_Prison whose purpose is to steadily create profiles for the 12,681 soldiers buried in Andersonville National Cemetery.
Thank you again for joining the Challenge.
The March Challenge will be to create profiles for the Union soldiers who died while POW's in the Andersonville Prison.
http://www.researchonline.net/pmwiki.php?n=KYRoster.Unit126
At whatever point we seek to tackle the Confederate Trenches, I stumbled upon the Confederate Army Casualty Lists and Reports 1861-1865, as well as publication in an Apr 11, 1862 Memphis newspaper.
edited by Pam Kreutzer
Thank you Victoria for participating in the US Civil War Challenge. There were 27 of us who signed up for the Challenge, completing 6,480 profiles.
The US Civil War February Challenge will be to create profiles for those soldiers who died during the Battle of Shiloh on the 7th and 8th of April 1862. If you're interested in joining another challenge, check out the US Civil War Challenge Page on February 1st.
Thank you again. Pam
Here is a link to the original battlefield burial sites: https://www.nps.gov/shil/learn/historyculture/monument-search.htm#sort=Title+asc&fq%5B%5D=Type_Of_Structure%3A%22Initial+Burial+Site%22 Confederate Burial Trenchs: https://www.nps.gov/shil/learn/historyculture/monument-search.htm#sort=score+desc&q=Confederate&fq%5B%5D=Side%3A%22Confederate%22
https://www.nps.gov/shil/learn/historyculture/cemetery-search.htm#sort=score+desc&q=17th+Kentucky Type in your unit and it goes right to them.
edited by Victoria English
Here's the link to the G2G question: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1506578/us-civil-war-january-2023-challenge
I Hope you'll join the fun.
We had eight+ members who participated in connecting 45 Generals, only three of the Generals still show they didn't connect beyond the 1st level of family. Norman Jones won the first Project Challenge Badge, his choice for the October challenge is connecting more Generals. Thank you again Victoria for joining the September Challenge, I hope to see you in the October Challenge. Pam Kreutzer, US Civil War Project Leader
I sent you a check-in message a week ago about the US Southern Colonies 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.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Best wishes,
Mary~ Project Coordinator, Membership, US Southern Colonies
Victoria
Mary
It is time for the semi-annual check in for June, 2022 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
The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing its first annual check-in with our project members. Please review the following and let us know if you are content where we have placed you or would like to be more involved.
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 which guides new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team.
You're currently identified as a member of the Biography Team Level 1, working on profiles from your own watchlist and whatever else you find. Biography Teams Levels 2 and 3 will work on designated profiles for notables (Level 3) and everyday people (Level 2). Please let us know if you would like to help with a higher-level Bio Team or one of the other Teams.
You 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 would like to work at a higher level on the Biography Team. If you’re interested, choose a profile from your own watchlist that you have completed to the best of your ability and compare it to the Voyage Biography Standards. If your profile is 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. If you request to join our GoogleGroup, please be sure to include your Wiki ID. 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 and WikiTree. The Project’s mission is to:
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
P Kreutzer, US Civil War Between the States Project Leader.
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
When you have the chance, please add your Province of Georgia interests by your name on the team page. Also, please review our Reliable (and Unreliable) Sources for the Province of Georgia ( LINK ) to help with sourcing our Profiles as you add or come across them.
I am always available for any questions or help. Thanks for joining the team.
Sandy, Province of Georgia, Team Lead - US Southern Colonies Project
edited by Sandy (Craig) Patak
We're sad to inform you that the Black Sheep Project is being dissolved. All BSP's subprojects will be moved in pieces under the Notables Project as categories and perhaps as Teams, depending on interest. Witch Trials will become a subproject of Notables.
Your BSP project member badge will soon be removed. If you'd like to join the Notables project, please let one of us know and we'll get you a Notables badge.
Please email either of us if you have any questions and if you'd like to join the Notables project.
Thanks, Susan McNamee & Traci Thiessen ~co-leaders, Black Sheep Project
Thanks for your participation during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree over the weekend. I hope you’ll join us for the Source-a-thon this fall.
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Thank you so much for responding to our check-in. We are delighted that you wish to continue contributing to the Black Sheep Project. Below is a quick checklist for active members. The project leaders would like you to make sure you have done the following:
1) Checked the Project Page for ways to contribute.
2) Added BLACK_SHEEP to the tags you follow.
Thank you!
Deb ~ Volunteer Coordinator
It has been a few weeks since we contacted you about your participation in the Black Sheep Project and as we haven't heard from you, we are following up to make sure you wish to remain a member.
We understand that interests shift as we grow our shared tree and that some members may have moved on to projects more pertinent to the branches they are currently building. If this is the case for you, please let us know.
If we do not hear back from you within the week, we will assume you have moved on to other things for the moment and remove you from the project. Please know that you will always be welcome to rejoin should your interests shift back in this direction.
Thank you so much for your participation; we genuinely appreciate it.
Deb ~ Volunteer Coordinator
I want to add my welcome to the Southern Pioneer's Project. Glad to have you join us.
David Douglass
Thank you for responding to our check-in. We are delighted that you wish to continue contributing to the Southern Colonies. For active members:
1) Check the Southern_Colonies Project for ways to contribute. The Sticker is present on the project page to add to your profiles.
2) PM the project leaders with your email address to be added to the US Southern Colonies Google Group.
3) Check out the Southern Pioneers Project to see if you are interested..
Thank you!
Mary ~ Volunteer Coordinator
It has been a couple of weeks since we contacted you about your participation in the Southern Colonies Project. As we haven't heard from you, we are following up to make sure you wish to remain a member.
We understand that interests shift as we grow our shared tree and that some members may have moved on to projects more pertinent to their ancestors. If this is the case for you, please let us know.
If we do not hear back from you within the week, we will assume you have moved on to other things for the moment and remove you from the project. Please know that you will always be welcome to rejoin should your interests shift back in this direction.
Thank you so much for your participation; we genuinely appreciate it.
Mary~ Volunteer Coordinator
On behalf of the Project Black Sheep Leaders, we are doing a six-month check-in with members. Please let me know, by commenting on my profile or sending a private message, if you are still active in the project, and if so, how you have contributed to the main project or a sub-project within the last two months.
All of us at WikiTree would like to thank you for your contributions and hope that you are enjoying exploring your roots.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Butch Smith ~ Volunteer Coordinator
On behalf of the US Southern Colonies Project Leaders I am doing a six-month check-in with members to see if you were Active in US Southern Colonies
1) Were you active in the recent months in Southern Colonies. What contributions ?
2) Have you joined other Southern Colonies Subprojects, such as Southern Pioneers Project. Or have you worked on other subprojects?
3) Your activity in Southern Pioneers Project.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Mary ~ Volunteer Coordinator
I live in Savannah, Ga.