Chris has written and improved ten profiles for the Biography Builders Challenge.
Chris has written and improved fifty profiles for the Biography Builders Challenge.
Chris reached the Blue Skies milestone by sourcing 50 profiles in the July 2019 Sourcerers' Challenge
Chris reached the Blue Skies milestone by sourcing 50 profiles in the August 2019 Sourcerers' Challenge
Chris the Golden Achievement milestone by sourcing at least one profile in every month of the 2019 Sourcerers' Challenge
Chris reached the Blue Skies milestone by sourcing 50 profiles in the May 2020 Sourcerers' Challenge
Chris reached the Blue Skies milestone by sourcing 50 profiles in the June 2020 Sourcerers' Challenge
Chris reached the Red Hot Effort milestone by sourcing 100 profiles in the August 2020 Sourcerers' Challenge
Red Hot Effort Milestone for tracking 100 profiles with improved sources in one month
Genealogy Interests
Direct descendant of Dolar Davis, MA; Nathaniel Mowry, RI; Gregory Dexter, RI: John Hoyt, MA/NH; Samuel Gorton, RI and several other early New England settlers. And then some Irish Potato farmers as well!
My primary focus is early New England ancestors and their descendants. I live in central MA and am quite near several related historical areas such as Brookfield, where Simon Davis took charge after Capt. Thomas Wheeler was wounded in King Philips War; along the corridor for Shay's Rebellion etc.
While my Davis' ancestors fought the Indian's, some of my Mowery ancestors aided or warned the Indians during this same time frame from Mowery's Tavern, Mt. Hope, Providence.
I occasionally answer questions on G2G, either because I've hit my own brick wall and need a break, and or because I like to help newbies find some tidbit that will send them on their way to fascinating heritages.
Thanks for your contributions to Puritan Great Migration (PGM) project profiles.
Like all WikiTree projects we check in with team members periodically to find out about their continued interest in the project. Would you please respond by February 5, 2024, to let us know about your interest:
Would you like to continue as a PGM project team member?;
Do you have any suggestions for PGM Project priorities in the next year (optional)?;
Do you have interest in taking a more active role within the PGM project, and if so, what you might be interested in doing (optional)?
Welcome to Team Massachusetts. For any -Thon, we strive to connect, clean, source, and generally improve profiles from Massachusetts. That doesn’t mean profiles from other places are excluded. Our primary goal is to improve any WT profile. Let’s have some fun this weekend adding lots of sources.
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
This past year I have been helping Andrew Simpier with completing some of the pensions, military census, FAG memorials etc. for his Civil War soldiers.
Thank you Chris for replying to the Check in. I am marking you active. Some times it helps to work in teams. I worked on a lot of the Military and War space pages as part of a team.
I sent you a check-in message several days ago about the 1776 Project to ask you about your past and 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 in a week or so, I’ll assume that you’ve moved on to other things, but you’re most welcome to re-join the project at any time.
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, from projects in which you are involved, 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 from the 19th or 20th century, 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:
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.
We're doing our semi-annual check-in to ask whether you have made contributions to the project in the last six months?
Please note that it is a requirement for membership in the 1776 Project that you respond to this check-in. Please post your response as a reply to this message on your page, for convenience of record keeping.
Thank you for contributing to the December 2021 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.
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. Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:
If you'd like to continue as a PGM project team member
If you're happy with the team you're on (Research and/or Profile Improvement) or if you'd like to make a change
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.
I am checking in on behalf of the 1776 Project to announce the new project membership requirements and to verify that you are still interested in being a member of the project. All project members are being asked to join one of the project teams and also to make at least one project contribution every 6 months. We are also asking all project members to join the project's Google Group for project communications.
If you are interested in remaining with the Project, please reply to this comment or send me a message, request to join the Google Group, and let us know what team you would like to participate on.
We really appreciate your contributions on WikiTree, and thank you for all your hard work. If you have any questions, please ask. We would also love to hear any feedback you may have for the project.
If we don't hear back from you we will assume that you no longer wish to participate in the project and if so, you could rejoin at any time as is convenient for you.
Registration has started for the 2021 Source-a-Thon. You can sign up here. Be sure to mention you will be participating on Team Massachusetts. Don’t forget to visit our Team Chat Page.
Chris,Congratulations. By writing and improving 100 biographies in the Biography Builders Challenge, you are qualified to display our Achievement Sticker. Just add
Chris has written and improved one hundred profiles for the Biography Builders Challenge.
Are you ready for some sourcing? (Shameless ripoff of Monday Night Football theme song. Sorry, Hank) 2020 Source-a-Thon starts tomorrow. Let’s do the Bay State proud. Source on.
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
The 2020 Source-a-Thon is taking registration now at this [1]. The S-a-T will take place from 8 AM EDT Friday, October 2 to 8 AM EDT Monday, October 5. If you want to participate as a member of Team Massachusetts, go to the post and answer indicating the team name. You need to answer the question so Eowyn can officially add you to the Team. We did a good job last year. Let's see what we can do this time around. Don’t forget to visit our Chat Page.
Bob
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
PS: That's a heck of a lot of PGM ancestors! I'm impressed.
As a "Tree Hugger", I want to congratulate you for contributing sources to 53 profiles in the Monthly Sourcerer's Challenge and being awarded a Blue Skies Milestone sticker.
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 100!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
Welcome to the Connectors Project! Be sure to check out the Connectors project page to see some of what we do, our To-Do lists which have folks who need connected to our Global Tree, and please add the connectors tag to your G2G feed. We've also got a great sub-project, Connectors Chat, where we talk about what we're working on and where we'd like to help out. If you're new to making connections and want some simplified connections to work on, look at our Connecting Buddies page. Thanks for joining us!
The Spring 2020 Clean-a-Thon is taking registration now at this [1]. If you want to participate as a member of Team Massachusetts, go to the post and answer indicating the team name. You need to answer the question so Eowyn can officially add you to the Team. We did a good job last year. Let's see what we can do this time around.
Bob
Chris,
Congratulations. By writing and improving 50 biographies in the Biography Builders Challenge, you are qualified to display our Achievement Sticker. Just add
Chris has written and improved fifty profiles for the Biography Builders Challenge.
Thanks for your contributions to Puritan Great Migration (PGM) project profiles.
Like all WikiTree projects we check in with team members periodically to find out about their continued interest in the project. Would you please respond by February 5, 2024, to let us know about your interest:
Please respond to this comment on your profile, or if you'd like, send a private message to either Bobbie (Madison) Hall or S (Hill) Willson.
Thanks for all you do for PGM and WikiTree!
Regards,
Bobbie and Sharon, Co-Leaders, Puritan Great Migration Project
Find Unsourced Massachusetts at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:DBE_Unsourced#Massachusetts
edited by Bob Keniston Jr.
Unconnected Massachusetts https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:DBE_Unconnected_US#Massachusetts
Team standings and totals https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm
Welcome back to Team Massachusetts. We’ve been doing this for some time now. Let’s have some fun this weekend making lots of connections. Bob
Chris, thanks for your work to improve our shared tree.
Chris, thanks for your efforts to improve our shared tree.
The 2022 Source-a-Thon is here. It begins on September 30. You can register at https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1463120/register-now-for-the-2022-source-a-thon?show=1463681#c1463681 Team Massachusetts needs your support. Bob
Many thanks,
Mary~ Project Coordinator, Military and War Project
Mary
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
Many thanks,
Betty -- 1776 Project Leader
I sent you a check-in message several days ago about the 1776 Project to ask you about your past and 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 in a week or so, 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,
Betty -- 1776 Project Leader
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, from projects in which you are involved, 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 from the 19th or 20th century, 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
We're doing our semi-annual check-in to ask whether you have made contributions to the project in the last six months?
Please note that it is a requirement for membership in the 1776 Project that you respond to this check-in. Please post your response as a reply to this message on your page, for convenience of record keeping.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Betty -- 1776 Project Leader
I noticed you recently chose our Integrators Project Challenge for this month (April 2022), thank you!
Could you go here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1397902/wikitreers-join-the-join-integrators-challenge-april-2022 to sign up officially please. And if you can please add your question that you will be working on or the profile marked "needs profiles created" for the challenge, Thanks!
Got a question, see this page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Integrators_Challenge#How_the_Challenge_Works
Thank you and Good Luck!! Dorothy, Integrators Project Coordinator.
edited by Dorothy Barry
Great work on the March 2022 Sourcerers Challenge! Thank you for improving our tree.
WikiTree Appreciation Team
Thanks for sourcing with us again, Chris.
Thanks for sourcing, Chris.
Nan, WikiTree Appreciation Team
Mary Sarah Harnden B:10 Nov 1742 Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Colony D:1810 Washington, Mason, Kentucky, USA
Thanks for sourcing.
Congratulations on adding sources to 93 profiles during the January Sourcerers Challenge! Thank you for improving the health of our One Tree.
Nan, WT Appreciation Team
Thank you for contributing to the December 2021 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
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. Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:
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
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1292335/team-massachusetts-2021-source-a-thon-chat
Happy sourcing. Bob
I am checking in on behalf of the 1776 Project to announce the new project membership requirements and to verify that you are still interested in being a member of the project. All project members are being asked to join one of the project teams and also to make at least one project contribution every 6 months. We are also asking all project members to join the project's Google Group for project communications.
If you are interested in remaining with the Project, please reply to this comment or send me a message, request to join the Google Group, and let us know what team you would like to participate on.
We really appreciate your contributions on WikiTree, and thank you for all your hard work. If you have any questions, please ask. We would also love to hear any feedback you may have for the project.
If we don't hear back from you we will assume that you no longer wish to participate in the project and if so, you could rejoin at any time as is convenient for you.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
SJ - 1776 Project Leader
Thanks, Bob
Cheryl
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
The 2020 Source-a-Thon is taking registration now at this [1]. The S-a-T will take place from 8 AM EDT Friday, October 2 to 8 AM EDT Monday, October 5. If you want to participate as a member of Team Massachusetts, go to the post and answer indicating the team name. You need to answer the question so Eowyn can officially add you to the Team. We did a good job last year. Let's see what we can do this time around. Don’t forget to visit our Chat Page. Bob
Thanks! Great job! We had another month of over 10,000 profiles sourced!
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
PS: That's a heck of a lot of PGM ancestors! I'm impressed.
Thanks! Great job!
John Williams
Wikitree Appreciation Team
I noticed you chose our Integrators Challenge this month (Jun 2020), thank you!
And if you can please add your question that you will be working on or the profile marked "needs profiles created" for the challenge. Thanks.
Got a question, see this page as well: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Integrators_Project_Challenge_Outline&public=1 and ....
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Integrators_Challenge#How_the_Challenge_Works Also, you can put a sticker on your profile You can do so by adding the words Integrators Challenge with the {{ }} in front and back, in your biography.
Thank you and Good Luck!! Dorothy, Integrators Project Coordinator.
Great job sourcing last month! Thanks for all your help, it’s very much appreciated.
Since you manage a number of Prentice profiles I invite you to check-out the new One Name Study for the Prentice surname. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Prentice_Name_Study
Best - RP
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 100!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
Pip Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Our Team Massachusetts Chat page is up and running at:https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1023588/team-massachusetts-2020-c-a-t-chat . Included are links to Watchlist errors and WT errors. Have fun this weekend, and stay safe. Bob
Sorry I missed your entry. I’ll add you to the roster. Bob
The Spring 2020 Clean-a-Thon is taking registration now at this [1]. If you want to participate as a member of Team Massachusetts, go to the post and answer indicating the team name. You need to answer the question so Eowyn can officially add you to the Team. We did a good job last year. Let's see what we can do this time around. Bob
Outstanding! We started this program in April of this year 2019 award is April through December.
Thanks, Bob