Taneya Koonce
Honor Code SignatorySigned 26 Mar 2013 | 5,120 contributions | 139 thank-yous | 491 connections
Signed 26 Mar 2013 | 5,120 contributions | 139 thank-yous | 491 connections
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Taneya Koonce
Born 1970s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of
[private father (1950s - unknown)]
and [private mother (1950s - unknown)]
Sister of
[private brother (1970s - unknown)] and [private sister (1980s - unknown)]
Mother of
[private daughter (2000s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Nov 2010
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Biography
Taneya Koonce Participated in the 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Taneya Koonce competed with the
Wonderful Willows in the 2023 WikiGames.
WikiTree Day Attendee: 2023
Taneya Koonce competed with the
Glorious Gingkos in the 2024 WikiGames.
Taneya Koonce competed with the
Glorious Gingkos in the 2024 WikiGames.
Taneya Koonce Won Team Bronze in the Long-Distance Locating in the 2024 WikiGames.
Taneya Koonce participated in the 2024 Locators Challenge.
Taneya Koonce completed week 1 in the Watchlist Weevils Challenge.
Thank you for visiting my WikiTree profile page! I've been doing genealogy since 2005 and love every minute of it! I'm quite passionate about it and enjoy working on my tree, and others. I have more than 20 years of professional expertise in information science, research, and information organization.
I volunteer extensively in the genealogy community with current leadership roles in the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society (National Treasurer and AAHGS Nashville Chapter President) and the USGenWeb Project (National Representative-at-Large). I regularly contribute to FamilySearch Family Tree, Find-A-Grave, and BillionGraves.
I also have an active Facebook community, Academy of Legacy Leaders Facebook, through which I facilitate education and inspiration for family history. I also share genealogy posts at Substack.
My Surnames
- Click on Surname to view EKA - Earliest Known Ancestor
- Paternal vs Maternal ancestors
- Baker, Baker , Battle , Becton , Boston , Bullock , Bullock
- Cox
- Harvey, Holloway , Hood
- Kilpatrick, Koonce
- Lawhorn, Lennon , Lennon , Lennon
- McNair (Tannahill)
- Robinson (Robeson)
- Toon
- Walker, Wimberly , Wood
Here on WikiTree, I am participate in the following activities:
- Papers of the Past: Historical Newspaper Indexing for Family Discoveries - indexing historical newspapers and attaching them to the people involved.
- US Black Heritage Project - with a focus on the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, and sometimes, Florida.
- Koonce One Name Study and Vanderbilt One Name Study - before getting active with WikiTree, I started these surname projects and I'm excited to work on them here now!
- Cemeterist Project - I have sooooo many headstones for which I've taken photos and I'm looking forward to adding them to WikiTree Profiles
- Ambassadors - I enjoy sharing WikiTree joy across the internet and spreading the word about the benefits of #CollaborativeGenealogy!
- Tarpon Springs, Florida - One Place Study
- Who's Who in Tennessee (1961) - I am adding profiles of individuals listed in this book.
- Tennessee Lives (1971) - I am working on profiles of individuals in this book.
- Events Committee - the WikiTree events are so much fun!
- You may also find me hosting on YouTube lives from time to time also! I hosted during the 2023 Source-A-Thon and I plan to join in as host throughout 2024 also!
People in my FAN Club who are no longer with us 💔:
Shirlee Wilson Brundage | Charlotte Knight | John Paul Koonce
Celebrities I've Met: LeVar Burton | Lee Majors | Robin Williams
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Taneya's formal name
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (1)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (1)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Taneya:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Taneya:
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Taneya Koonce:
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member TaneyaKoonce
Acadian heritage connections: Taneya is 31 degrees from Beyoncé Knowles, 31 degrees from Jean Béliveau, 28 degrees from Madonna Ciccone, 31 degrees from Rhéal Cormier, 29 degrees from Joseph Drouin, 33 degrees from Jack Kerouac, 31 degrees from Anne Murray, 32 degrees from Matt LeBlanc, 29 degrees from Roméo LeBlanc, 29 degrees from Azilda Marchand, 31 degrees from Marie Travers and 32 degrees from Clarence White on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
Categories: Vanderbilt University | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Emory University | African American, Professional Genealogists | WikiGames | Wonderful Willows | Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society | Glorious Ginkgos | WikiTree Day Attendees
All first-time participants in 2025 can add the 2025 participant sticker to their profile. Connecting Challenge Stickers
You can see your personal 2024 challenge total and your all time 2021-2024 total on the 2024 tab here: our tracking spreadsheet.
We will continue the 1880 Census Project in 2025
Thank you for participating in the January 2025 Connect-a-Thon (Connect-a-Thon XIII) with the Southern Super Sweepers! We ended the Thon with 3714 profiles created! We couldn't have done it without you.
Hope to see you in April for the next Connect-a-Thon!
Dorothy and Nan, Co-Captains, Southern Super Sweepers
Registration for the July 2024 Connect-a-Thon is open until midnight (EDT) July 17.
We'd love to have you join the Southern Super Sweepers again! To register, go to the link above and comment under the answer for the Southern Super Sweepers (usually on the second page of the post)
Dorothy and Nan, Co-Captains, Southern Super Sweepers
Thank you for participating in the April Connect-a-Thon with the Southern Super Sweepers! We ended the Thon with 3177 profiles added! That's 473 more than in January. We couldn't have done it without you.
You can choose either of these stickers to put on your profile:
Hope to see you in July!
Dorothy and Nan, Co-Captains, Southern Super Sweepers
Hope to see you in July!
Thanks for joining the Southern Super Sweepers for the April 2024 Connect-a-Thon! We start on Friday, April 12, at 8 a.m. Eastern; and go through Monday, April 15, at 8 a.m. Eastern.
Participation instructions are here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Connect-a-Thon#Participation_Instructions Our team page is here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Southern_Super_Sweepers Our G2G chat post: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1730209/southern-super-sweepers-team-chat-april-2024-connect-a-thon The Southern Super Sweepers Discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/494893309152722955/856524100843208744 A link to the points tracker for this thon will also be posted on the team page, the chat page, and our discord channel as soon as it's active. Schedule for the video hangouts during the Thon: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Challenge_Hangouts Share a connecting selfie here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1730772/will-you-share-an-april-2024-connecting-selfie
Stickers:
edited by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
You can see your personal 2023 total and your all time 2021-2023 total on the 2023 tab here: our tracking spreadsheet.
Thank you for joining the Southern Super Sweepers for the 2023 Source-a-Thon! Dorothy will be starting a chat page on G2G when we get a little closer to the Thon. Our team page is here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Southern_Super_Sweepers It has, among other info, the thon's video chat schedule, and a link to the Southern Super Sweepers discord channel.
See you then!
Nan
Co-Captain, Southern Super Sweepers
All first-time participants in 2023 can add the 2023 participant sticker to their profile. Connecting Challenge Stickers
We’ve started the September challenge here: September Connecting Challenge.