Jaki Erdoes
Honor Code SignatorySigned 4 Oct 2014 | 5516 contributions | 291 thank-yous | 1487 connections
Signed 4 Oct 2014 | 5516 contributions | 291 thank-yous | 1487 connections
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Jaki J. Erdoes
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Joseph (Erdos) Erdoes
and Dorothy Jean (Sternbergh) Erdoes
Sister of
[private brother (1950s - unknown)] and [private brother (1950s - unknown)]
Mother of
[private daughter (1970s - unknown)] and
[private son (1980s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Sep 2014 | Last significant change: 19 Jul 2022
18:52: Dieter Lewerenz answered a question about Jaki Erdoes [Thank Dieter for this]
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Biography
Jaki Erdoes is a member of the Hungary Project.
I was born in New York City, the third child of artist parents. I grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan when it was still a middle class neighborhood. I attended public schools, including the High School of Music & Art, as an art student.
My father started out as an illustrator/commercial artist upon arriving in New York in 1940. He later became a noted author and photographer, best known for his work with Native Americans. Please see his bio for more about Richard Erdoes. [Erdos-14]
My paternal grandfather was a Hungarian Jewish opera singer, who died in Budapest in 1912, just weeks before my father was born. My grandmother was Austrian Catholic. My grandparents decided somehow that my father would be raised neither Jewish nor Catholic. So I have both Jewish and Catholic roots, but not the religious background of either. Much of what I know about my Jewish ancestors is through genealogical research.
My mother's roots stretch back to early colonial settlers of New England and New York. They came from Holland, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France, and Norway - that I know of so far. Between my two parents, I count about 14 different nationalities.
My favorite family genealogy story is one in which my maternal grandfather was explaining his lineage to my father, his future son-in-law. My grandfather was intensely proud of the Revolutionary War heroes and prominent colonists in our background, especially our ties to General Philip Schuyler of Albany.
After listening to my grandfather's pedigree, my father replied, in his thick Austrian accent, "Zat's nussing! My uncle caught ze clap from ze Dutchess of Bentheim!" thereby both deflating and charming my grandfather with his wry sense of humor. :-)
Now I live and work in Maine. I have been researching my roots since the 1990s, first at a local Family History Library, slogging through microfilms of Hungarian vital records. I also transcribed records as a volunteer for JewishGen, though I have not been active with that organization lately.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Jacqueline Erdoes at registration.
Jaki Erdoes has Hungarian Roots.
Jaki Erdoes has Jewish Roots.
Jaki Erdoes is gerelateerd aan Nederland.
Jaki Erdoes has Polish Roots.
Jaki Erdoes has Czech Roots.
Jaki Erdoes has German Roots.
Jaki Erdoes has Scottish Ancestors.
Jaki Erdoes has English ancestors.
Jaki Erdoes has Irish ancestors.
Jaki Erdoes has French origins.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Jaki's formal name
- full middle name (J.)
- e-mail address
- birth location
- images (7)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (2)
- spouse's name and marriage information
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Jaki 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 Jaki or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Jaki Erdoes: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup T2b5a, FTDNA kit #395953
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100.00%
100.00%
Jaki Erdoes:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #395953
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~3.12%
Robert Schuyler
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Kimberli (Wall) Hartwick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A755424 [compare], Ancestry member avw4kim56
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #b154794
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~0.78%
Alana Quinn :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alanaquinn79
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Jaki:
- Legacy Heir Jaki Erdoes is a Wonderful Wikitreer! Jul 19, 2022.
- Jaki Erdoes is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 21, 2021.
- Jaki Erdoes is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 16, 2021.
- Other than Jaki herself, is anyone closer than 14 degrees to her? Jun 2, 2020.
Jaki is 24 degrees from Nichelle Nichols, 21 degrees from Denise Crosby, 21 degrees from Jimmy Doohan, 20 degrees from Jonathan Frakes, 20 degrees from Dee Kelley, 24 degrees from Leonard Nimoy, 19 degrees from Gene Roddenberry, 21 degrees from William Shatner, 28 degrees from Brent Spiner, 38 degrees from Patrick Stewart, 20 degrees from Richard Wheaton and 20 degrees from Betsy Ko on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Thank you so much for being a Legacy Heir and being in the Connect-A -Thon. I hope to see you for the Source-A-Thon in October.
This year we are hoping to learn what our membership would like to accomplish over the next 12 months.
In case you aren't aware, this year is WikiTree's ""Year of Connections"" and the Project's leadership would like to contribute to this in as many ways as possible.
We would appreciate it if you would share your thoughts and ideas with us on how we can accomplish this goal. We would also appreciate it if you would provide some feedback on our existing goals, including:
We continue to communicate with our Project members via Google Group (official) and Discord (unofficial), as well as G2G. You may also reach out to any of the Project leaders via WikiTree's internal messaging system at any time.
Thank you for all you do to help the Scotland Project become a knowledge hub for Scottish genealogical research! We wish you all the best in 2022!
Sincerely, Amy Gilpin on behalf of the Scotland Project Leaders
The April 2022 Connect-a-Thon is about a week away. It will be from Apr 22-25, 2022. Would you like to participate with the Tree Nuts Team again in this Thon? If you would like to join us again, be sure and ANSWER the G2G sign up post. Click ‘Answer this post’ and mention that you want to be on the Tree Nuts team!
We hope you can join us!
Robin
P.S. For this event, ‘connecting’ means that you use the add links on a profile created before 22 April to create profiles for parents, siblings, spouses, and children. The goal is not to connect to the main tree, but to add as many linked profiles as possible.
edited by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
Nan, WikiTree Appreciation team
Thank you for contributing to the January 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.
Nan, WT Appreciation Team
We’ve started the February challenge here: February Connecting Challenge.
We’ve started the January challenge here: January Connecting Challenge. We are working toward a goal of 150,000 total profiles in 2022.
Emma
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1335880/join-us-black-heritage-connecting-challenge-december-2021
Thanks for your contributions in 2021! Emma
Thank you for joining the June Connecting Challenge and helping us create 2299 new profiles!
You can add the participation sticker to your profile if you’d like. Connecting Challenge Stickers
We’ve started the July challenge here: July Connecting Challenge
Emma
De G2G is gestart Je kunt, als je mee wilt doen, je naam nu al toevoegen aan de deelnemerslijst
For a great start of the spring this year we will have a Spring Clean-a-Thon again. The fun starts Friday, April 23, at 8 AM (EDT) until Monday, April 26, at 8 AM (EDT) make sure to register for this event (hurry ;) (and respond with an ANSWER not a comment or reply) and of course also mention in the answer you are joining the Flying Dutchmen- Vliegende Hollanders team !
It’s time for a Project check-in!
Scotland Project Leaders check in with you at least once a year to see how you are doing. With the changes happening around the world, we understand that life is hectic right now.
What are you planning to work on for the Scotland Project this year? Are you happy with the team(s) you part of, or would you like to make some changes?
This time round, we’re also looking for 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 to ensure you receive Project communications? If you would like to join us on Google Group or Discord, let us know in your response.
08:16: Jaki Erdoes added an unmerged match of Hastings-3786 and Hastings-1834 Can you please add a reason for this unmerged match?
I noticed that you have created several unmerged matches with no explanation, please make sure you understand the process of merging and why you use an unmerged match. Please see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Merging#Unmerged_Matches
edited by Robin Lee
Your 10th cousin once removed, Steve Ryan
The 5th! Source-a-Thon will take place from the 2nd of October till the 5th of October. We really hope you will join us at our Team The Flying Dutchmen. Registering is open now HERE. More info at our Team page HERE or at our G2G-S-a-Th-Chat.
Hope to see you!
Margreet, Bea and Astrid
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 over the weekend. We are proud of your efforts.
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
After a great Liberation day challenge, the Connect-a-Thon is coming up, it will take place from Friday 17 July 2020-Monday 20 July 2020) so everyone is invited to join the Flying Dutchmen Team - Vliegende Hollanders..so let's all hop on the boat (teampage) ;) again and have some fun together. Don't forget to first register here (you can register until wednesday 15 july) and let them know you're going to rock the Flying Dutchmen (women) - Vliegende Hollanders boat ..and here's our connect-a-thon chat.
Hope to see you soon,
Bea and Astrid x
We'd love to have you join the Twisted Thistles in the upcoming Connect-a-thon the weekend of July 17 - July 20. If you'd like to join us and help to develop our ever-expanding Scottish tree, please register on the G2G post here and be sure to mention you'd like to be on the Twisted Thistles team for Scotland.
We also have our team Chat page posted here.
We're 9th cousins once removed. I may have seen your dad's books. Some of them sound familiar.
edited by Scott Hutchins
We are 16th cousins with 174 ancestors in common within 30 generations. Great for research of deep roots! Your cousin Angela,
Angela Boyer Cortner Boyer-3525
Jaki and Janine are 10th cousins twice removed
But If you want to add the Hungary Project Member sticker to your profile, here is how to do it (-:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Hungary_Project_Members
Have a good summer researching your ancestors. If you need help with Hungary records and locations, let me know.
Magda
I know......... first the Cl-a-Th now a DRP challenge. But it is our 5th Liberation Day challenge. Just to celebrate freedom and remember those that made us to live in FREEDOM! Join us please!
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
Pip Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
A big thank you for the fun we had and all your wonderful work during the Clean-a-Thon 2020
team Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders x
Please join us at Team Flying Dutchmen after registering HERE.
And please feel welcome to join us in the mean time at cleaning up a Dutch Roots Gedcom we work on together for the next weeks.
Hope to see you soon!
Margreet, Bea and Astrid
First of all we all are wishing you a very happy and healthy 2020! And for a great start of this new year we will have a Scan-a-Thon again. The fun starts this weekend, from Friday 10 January (8 AM (ET) until Monday 13 January (8 AM (ET) and the registration cut-off is Wednesday, January 8th, at 11:59 pm, ET, so if you want to participate make sure to register for this event (hurry ;) ) (and respond with an ANSWER not a comment or reply) and of course also mention in the answer you are joining the Flying Dutchmen- Vliegende Hollanders team !
Hope to see you soon,
Bea & Astrid :)
I hope you have some time and energy to join us at the upcoming DRP challenge. We like to have you as particpant. The challenge is besides adding profiles about fun and getting to know each other better. The challenge lasts from the 30th of December to the 6th of January. It is not important if you can not be around every day. Any add is welcome. And we like to jump together at WT into the New Year! HERE you find more info. Already wishing you a Happy New Year! Bea, Margreet and Astrid
Wanna have some fun ? It's almost time for the Source-a-Thon 2019 (Friday 4 October-Monday 7 October) and we would love to see you ! make sure to first register (with an answer!), and let them know you join the Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders and of course feel free to add your name to the team here (click link) (don't forget to remember and add your number (for the prizedrawings) there as well). ;)
Hope to see you soon and have a great day,
Bea + Astrid :)
The registration for the brand new Connect-a-Thon is open now, so if you would like to join us, make sure you first add an answer at this Connect-a-Thon 2019 registration G2G saying you would like to participate and join the Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders team and just add your WT ID to the team Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders, at our Connect-a-Thon team page where you also can see how everything works. And here's our team chat .
Many thanks and hope to see you (again) !
The Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders Team :D
https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?&count=20&offset=0&query=%2Bsurname%3AErdoes.~%20%2Brecord_country%3AHungary
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=77470&query=%2Bplace%3A%22Hungary%2C%20Ung%2C%20Vaj%C3%A1n%22&subjectsOpen=786399-50
It is time for the spring cleaning at WikiTree! For the third time WT organizes a Clean-A-Thon (CaTh-) challenge. And we need you! Please join us! Here is all info. And make sure to first register by clicking answer Here and let them know you want to join the Team Flying Dutchmen-Vliegende Hollanders .
Many thanks and hope to see you all !
The Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders
Did you know our first annual Scan-a-Thon 2019 is almost starting ? It will last 72 hours from 11 January-14 January 2019, a big event here you can register and since you're a member of our project perhaps you want to join us and have some fun ? Here's our Flying Dutchmen Scan-a-Thon Team hope to see you soon !
Greets from the Netherlands ,
The Dutch Roots Project Team
Did you know our third annual Source-a-Thon 2018 is almost starting ? It will last 72 hours from 28 September-1 October 2018, a big event here you can register and since you're a member of our project perhaps you want to join us and have some fun ? Here's our Flying Dutchmen Source-a-Thon Team hope to see you soon !
Greets from the Netherlands ,
The Dutch Roots Project Team