Laura (Karsky) Gerwood

Laura (Karsky) Gerwood

Born 1980s.

Laura (Karsky) Gerwood

Born 1980s.

Genealogical Interests

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Family Tree of Laura (Karsky) Gerwood


Laura (Karsky) Gerwood has French origins.
Laura (Karsky) Gerwood has Czech Roots.
Laura (Karsky) Gerwood has German Roots.
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Laura has Canadian roots.
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Laura (Karsky) Gerwood is a North Dakotan.
Laura (Karsky) Gerwood has Austrian Roots.
Laura (Karsky) Gerwood has Ukrainian Roots.
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Laura has Native American ancestors.

Biography

Connectors Project Member
Laura (Karsky) Gerwood is a member of the Connectors Project.

Ancestry Timeline

How many generations ago most recent ancestor for each population:

  • Eastern European: Between 1890 and 1950
  • French & German: Between 1890 and 1950
  • Italian: Between 1770 and 1860
  • Indigenous American: Between 1710 and 1800
Laura (Karsky) Gerwood participated with Little_Team_on_the_Prairie during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.

Notable Connections

Surety Barons:

  • Henry (Bohun) de Bohun- 29th Great Grandniece
  • Roger Bigod- First Cousins 31 times Removed
  • Eustace (Vesci) de Vesci - First Cousins 31 times Removed

Royalty:

  • Charlemagne- 37th Great Granddaughter
  • Louis IX- 28th Great Grandniece
  • Otto (Ottonian) Liudolfinger- 34th Great Granddaughter
  • Guillaume (Normandie) de Normandie- 30th Great Granddaughter
  • Richard (Plantagenet) of England- 27th Great Grandniece
  • Konrad (Bourgogne) de Bourgogne- 33rd Great Granddaughter
  • Alienor (Aquitaine) of Aquitaine- 28th Great Granddaughter

Others:

  • Louis Hebert- 13th Great Granddaughter

Sources

  • First-hand information. Entered by Laura Karsky at registration.

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  • Laura's formal name
  • full middle name (M.)
  • e-mail address
  • exact birthdate
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  • private siblings' names
  • private children's names (2)
  • spouse's name and marriage information

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DNA Connections for Laura: 5

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G2G Forum


Comments on Laura (Karsky) Gerwood: 33


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Liard-1
Danielle Liard
Hello Laura,

You recently made edits to Joseph Brunelle (1818-1912), adding a wife and various bio items which are so far unsubstantiated. The first item that is erroneous is the statement that he was a half-breed, he was no such thing. You may have picked the wrong man, Joseph Brunelle is not at all a rare name.

Danielle

posted by Danielle Liard

Please unmerge your incorrect merges to the Drennan family. I worked hard on those profiles and explicitly outlined their profiles, facts, sources-- which you have ignored. These are all explicitly undoubtedly different people.
Are you referencing George Drennan, born in 1907? On April 1, 2024, you proposed a merge of two George Drennan profiles with the same dates listed. On July 19, 2024, I merged it through "Pending Merges", merges that are left in limbo. I see no other Drennan profiles I have merged.

posted by Laura (Karsky) Gerwood

Yes. I had initially* put a merge request in, after I came across my George's father, but then after a minute, I saw all of the incorrect info on on the rest of them--- and realized it was the mash of the incorrect family with the mixing of several different people, that had spawned from an unfortunate 'Junk Tree' that has become a popular source of incorrect information. So I had immediately canceled said request, and went forward with pulling some of the mixed people apart--and have been trying to get the correct information across other websites. They both have different parents and siblings-- and I have it listed under research Notes on both of the George's father's (as one is a David, Jr.**, and another is a Rifleman, and a Sr.).

I initially thought you had also merged his father, and presumed you had done it with his actual siblings aswell (initially his father's profile wasn't pulling-up)--So I was initially really upset; after it had taken me sometime to be able to get the parentage correctly linked on here (originally made and managed by an uninterested & unresponsive 'junk tree' user). But I was fortunately mistaken. So, I apologize about that.

Smith-165384
Hal Smith Sr.
Hi Laura,

Before I merge files need to research some items. I saved Profile as a Draft and will complete the merge if all checks out. Thanks so much for your help. Hal

posted by Hal Smith Sr.

Sands-1865
Kay (Sands) Knight
Laura,

It appears that you may have been repurposing profiles merging Isabel and Flora into Araminta Pryor and William into Lewis. Profiles should not be recycled - see Recycling IDs and the Deletion FAQ

posted by Kay (Sands) Knight

Laura,

Check out history of pitzer-508. Lots of info from Marion Platts Morton County roots book. FYI. still working on Ralph Mann Thx

posted by Roger Pitzer

Stutz-25
Judi Stutz
I wanted to take this time to thank you for your participation in the 2023 Source-a-thon. It was a pleasure to work together as a team to improve Wikitree. We hope you'll join in the fun during the next challenge!

Little_Team_On_The_Prairie-17.jpg Little Team on the Prairie : Learning I Connecting I Sourcing I Mentoring

posted by Judi Stutz

Wld like to b on the 2024 email list..

Haven't worked on genealogy for a few years Thanks Roger-498

posted by Roger Pitzer

Kingman-271
John Kingman
Welcome to WikiTree and DNA.

My name is John Kingman. I am a Coordinator with the WikiTree DNA Project.

Since you have started following a DNA tag, you may be interested in how you can use DNA test matches with your relatives to strengthen your genealogy on WikiTree. You will find the answers in the Help pages, of which the DNA Help category page shows all the DNA help that is available, and the How to Get Started with DNA page is highlighted. Also the DNA Features page can show you various ways that DNA tests can work with your genealogy. For a detailed guide to connecting DNA test results to WikiTree profiles via GEDmatch, look here.

You may see some relatives show up in your list of "DNA Connections" on your profile if they have added a DNA test to their profile. These DNA Connections are possible DNA test matches, they are not sufficient for marking parental relationships as "confirmed with DNA" without providing a DNA Confirmation source citation providing details of an acceptable DNA match. You may find that you have acceptable matches with some of them. There is more information about DNA Connections on the DNA Test Connections page.

When you are ready to start documenting that your genealogy sources are confirmed by DNA test matches, be sure to follow the guidance at the Confirmed with DNA help page. Also, I strongly recommend using the DNA Confirmation Citation Maker WikiTree app for creating and/or validating your DNA confirmation source citations. Note that a profile should not be marked "confirmed with DNA" without source citations for both genealogy and relevant DNA test matches.

If you have questions or need assistance, feel free to ask on the G2G Forum using the Tag "DNA" and/or "DNA_Confirmation".

Please sign our Honor Code, and happy WikiTree-ing!

John Kingman

posted by John Kingman

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Florian Straub
Dear Laura,

since I didn’t see any reaction from your side about the check-in message from May, I assume you don’t want to remain a project member. If I don’t hear from you within the next 14 days, I will then remove your Germany Project badge. If you do not wish for that to happen, please reply to the check-in message below or send me a direct message.

If this message finds you too late, feel free to re-request the badge by replying to our G2G join post.

Kind regards from Black Forest

Flo (Project Coordinator Research/Resources)

posted by Florian Straub

Straub-620
Florian Straub
Dear Germany Project member,

it's annual check-in time 2023. If you still wish to remain a member of the Germany Project, please reply to this post, by stating this intention. If we don’t hear from you in the next 30 days, your membership badge will be removed. In this case please don't be offended ... you're welcome to rejoin at any time. Please also note, that in order to receive help, with researching your German ancestors, membership is not mandatory. Just ask your questions in the G2G forum and tag them with Germany in order for knowledgeable people to see them.

If you wish to remain a member, we would like to learn more about your perception of the Germany Project in order to achieve a future development according to our members needs and wishes. For this, we created a survey, which we kindly ask you to fill-in.

In case you want to communicate, discuss and receive help about WikiTree in German, you might want to check out the WikiTree category at Compgen’s Discourse as well as the German Discord server Ahnenforschung.

Of course there’s still the official WikiTree Discord server, where we usually talk English. Feel free to learn more about Discord and the server at Help:Discord.

Kind regards from Black Forest

Flo (Project Coordinator Research/Resources)

posted by Florian Straub

Thiessen-117
Traci Thiessen
Hi, I just sent you an invitation to join Germany Project's Google Group. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Traci

posted by Traci Thiessen

Thiessen-117
Traci Thiessen
Hi,

It’s Germany Project check-in time again! Please respond within the next 2 weeks and let me know if you’re still interested in participating with the Project. Remember, the only requirements for membership in the Germany Project are (1) that you work on at least one German profile every 6 months and (2) that you respond to this check-in.

Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. In your response, we welcome any feedback you may want to give on the project (what you like about it, what you’d like to see us do, what we could change, etc.)

If you ever have any questions, please ask. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader

posted by Traci Thiessen

Yes i I am still interested, thanks for checking!

posted by Laura (Karsky) Gerwood

Thiessen-117
Traci Thiessen
Thanks for responding, Laura. Could you please join our Google Group when you have a chance? Request to join here: https://groups.google.com/g/wikitreegermanroots and add your name and/or WikiTree ID to the request. Thanks! Traci

posted by Traci Thiessen

Mutter-136
Dale Mutter
Okay, that had to be the fastest merge response of all-time! Thanks Laura

posted by Dale Mutter

Thiessen-117
Traci Thiessen
Hi,

The Germany Project Leaders are doing their semi-annual check-in with all project members and we want to verify that you’re still interested in being a member of the Project. Please respond by private message and let me know.

Are you currently working with one of our Sub-projects or Teams? If not, take a look at our main Project page for a full list.

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.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader

posted by Traci Thiessen

Hi, thanks for reaching out! I’ve been super busy and have not had much time to work in the project, but I am still interested, thank you!

posted by Laura (Karsky) Gerwood

Thiessen-117
Traci Thiessen
Hi again,

I sent you a message a couple of weeks ago on behalf of the Germany Project and have not yet heard back from you. I hope you are well!

If I don’t hear back from you by the end of April, I will assume you no longer wish to be a member of the Germany Project and I’ll go ahead and remove you from our member roster. You are, of course, welcome to rejoin at any time via our G2G sign-up post.

Best wishes,

Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader

posted by Traci Thiessen

Hi, thanks for reaching out! I’ve been super busy and have not had much time to work in the project, but I am still interested, thank you!

posted by Laura (Karsky) Gerwood

Thiessen-117
Traci Thiessen
Thanks for responding Laura. The only participation requirement for the Germany Project is answering at check-in time - which you just did. We're glad you're staying with us!

posted by Traci Thiessen

Thiessen-117
Traci Thiessen
Hi,

The Germany Project Leaders are doing their semi-annual check-in with all project members and we want to verify that you’re still interested in being a member of the Project. Please respond by private message and let me know.

REMINDERS: (1) We use Google Groups for project collaboration and you aren’t yet a member of the group, please submit a join request here (make sure to add your name/WikiTree ID to the request). (2) I see you've added German_Roots (our old project name) to your G2G tags, you should also add GERMANY to your followed G2G tags so you don't miss any discussions in G2G (see: Help:Tags#How_to_follow_tags Help:Tags).

Are you currently working with one of our Sub-projects or Teams? If not, take a look at our main Project page for a full list. We recently launched a new Profile Improvement Team and are seeking new team members. Let me know if you’re interested.

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.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader

posted by Traci Thiessen

Lewis-24639
Deb (Lewis) Durham
Hi, Laura,

Thanks for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz!

Have questions? Ask in the comments section of my profile.

Deb ~ Pre-1700 Greeter

posted by Deb (Lewis) Durham

P.S. Henry de Bohun is a surety baron. See our glossary for terms used ... Space:Magna Carta Project Glossary.

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

Hi Laura,

I'm Natalie a WikiTree Mentor, and I am looking forward to helping you out with your profiles.

Regards, Natalie, WikiTree Mentor

posted by Natalie (Durbin) Trott

Atkinson-107
John Atkinson
Hi Laura you seem to have created a few duplicates for the German Schwarzburg family. I'll propose some merges but there are probably others.

If you are planning on creating anymore royal/noble families then please have a look at the Naming Standards for the European Aristocrats project https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Name_Fields_for_European_Aristocrats Thank you

posted by John Atkinson

Sheppard-2686
Pip Sheppard
Hi Laura!

Thank you for your time and energy in creating over 1000 (actually, over 1900!) contributions to WikiTree for the month of July 2019. Your efforts are appreciated!

Pip Sheppard

WikiTree Appreciation Team

posted by Pip Sheppard

Hi Laura,

Thank you for adding pre-1700 profiles to our shared tree :)

You may not be aware, but many things have changed since you self certified for pre-1700.

The profiles you have added recently all have "unsourced family tree" as a source, which is not acceptable now for pre-1700 profiles.

Please re-acquaint yourself with this page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1700_Profiles and if you are unsure on what constitutes a reliable source, please collaborate with the project which covers the profile. They will be more than happy to assist you :)

Thank you for all your valuable contributions to our shared tree :)

Wendy

Wikitree Ranger

posted by Wendy (Ling) Sullivan

Hi Laura,

You will need to switch your "french_roots" followed tag to "france". Please check this out: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/846021/french-roots-becomes-the-france-project

Isabelle

Welcome Laura, what Volga villages are your ancestors from? I have been a member for about 6 weeks and have found a lot of information about Walter but not much about Hoffental. People are very helpful & collaborative.

posted by Terry Poole

Silva-1055
Mindy Silva
Hello Laura

Thanks for joining us! I hope you're enjoying our site and our community. I just wanted to check in and see how things are going. Have the New Member How-To pages been helpful or left you with questions?

It's great to have you on board. Congratulations on having your DNA tested! Enjoy your time here, and good luck growing your branches. If you need help just click on my name you'll be transferred to my profile where you can post a message or send me a private message.

Mindy ~ WikiTree Mentor

posted by Mindy Silva

N.-17
Maggie N.
Take a look and see if any of the historical boundaries for your ancestors fit here -

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Volga_German

posted by Maggie N.


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