Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM

Thank you for your work on my Wikitree during the challenge. It is well appreciated, happy hunting!

Thank you so much Emma,

You went the distance with our family, You showed Intelligence, Understanding, Guidance and Patience in our particular case. WikiTree should be proud having you on their team, I am. When we started it seemed an impossible task but your ingenuity saved the day. My new 1st cousin Mary Ann was adopted out at birth and her records were expunged, but you found our connections through the use of your skills knowing about DNA testing, so many Manager Profilers on WikiTree could learn from your skills. Thank you Emma, Darrel White

Thank you for your help! That is a crucial branch of my family where I've run into a dead in at Mike Moss, Mary's father.

Thank you for the suggestion to merge Mary Moss. I need to find out who uploaded besides me. We may be able to collaborate.

Thanks again!

Hi I am not comfortable with the CLN change on the profile now known as Montalt-2. This was discussed in the past. Is there some new information?

Emma,

Thanks for your feedback. Finding Samuel Lee's parents and grandparents has been a challenge, and your advice will certainly help!

Emma, thank you for leading team Roses in the connect a thon, and for all your hard work during the competition! Also thanks for making me feel welcome even though I am pulling down the average.

-Michelle

Hi, Emma,

Thank you for inviting me to join Team Roses for the Connect-a-Thon. I learned a lot and I am still learning all the time. Having a captain like you helps a lot. I am not sure what the next team event is but if you will have me I would love to join. Jeff M

Hi Emma, I just noticed for Oklahoma Slavery, the Choctaw Nation is listed as Oklahoma, I copied it for Chickasaw (and then noticed it was Oklahoma not IT), but would it be possible to have them listed as Tribe Nation, Indian Territory instead of Tribe Nation, Oklahoma but still have them nested under Oklahoma Slavery? Just checking. Thanks.

Thank you Emma for helping my new 1st cousin Kovacevich-22 Mary Ann and myself for going the distance and finding the necessary and correct WikiTree connections proving our DNA matches were correct.

So many profilers failed to find the connections, but you didn’t give up, this is a happy story with other family members now recognizing family matches on both sides of the fence, you are an intelligent and wonderful profiler, please don’t disappear from WikiTree, your worth your weight in gold, One World Tree is growing a little closer with my family, thank you. Sincerely Darrel White

Thank you for your kind welcome, I will take advantage of new member tips!

Thank you Emma for your tireless work in the Black Heritage project, and also your work with adoptees. Connecting people with their past is such wonderful work, and I appreciate it!

Valorie

Hi Emma,

I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project during the past six months. We've achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.

As the England Project Leaders, we are completing our six monthly check-in with all project members.

Are you happy to stay in your current project team(s)? Which team(s) are you most active in? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?

Also, do you have any feedback on what the project is doing well and anything we could do better in the future?

Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.

Many thanks!

Nic, England Project Leader

Hi Emma. I'm a volunteer on the U.S. Southern Colonists -- Jamestown Project. I help Mary Richardson to I.D. Jamestown immigrants between the years 1606-1624/5. I'm reaching out to you because I came across an immigrant that I think might be of interest to someone in the Black Heritage Project. His name is John Pedro, an African man who came to Virginia in 1623 aboard the Swan. He then worked as a servant for Captain Francis West. I couln't find much more about him, but I thought someone else might want to pick up his trail. I created a biography for him using what I had: John Pedro.

Looks like we're kind of bumping into each other on the Black Heritage Project with the Johnson/Jeter family in Virginia. Might have to do some merging. (So many Johnsons, I admit I didn't look at all the possible matches real closely when creating profiles). I'm going to bed now, will look at it more tomorrow.

I was not surprised to see Team Roses take the cake again in the normalized sum win. You guys are such hard working individuals, and you Emma are beyond amazing at what you do. I was in awe of you the whole run. Leading a team takes a lot of time and effort and you still kick behinds in scoring points. It’s crazy. You’re awesome.

Marvelous Congratulations Emma !!! .. Z zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Inspiring Emma !! C'est Bon Magnifique !

Concerning your Black Heritage Project. I built this profile that has 200 people in it most need connected. Thought you could add it/them to your project. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Cedar_Heights_Cemetery%2C_Paris%2C_Kentucky

Hi Cousin!

I wanted to make sure you had a chance to weigh in, if you knew of someone who would fit the bill, for a quick change we're making in this week's connection finder theme in honor of Beverly Cleary: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1210761/connect-weeks-connection-finder-profiles-childrens-authors.

Thanks :-) Abby

Hi Emma,

I see that there is now a "Black Heritage Project Member" badge. :) May I have one please? FYI, the relationship finder shows that we are 12th cousins 1x removed. – Patty in Everett

Just noticed that I've had my Africa Project badge swapped for the Black Heritage one?

Hi Emma !

I noticed you chose our Integrators Challenge for this month (February  2021), as you are on our tracker, thank you!  

• Could you do us a favor though, and go here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1179604/wikitreers-join-join-integrators-challenge-february-2021 , to sign up officially since you now show up on Feb 2021's Tracker: 

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/index.php?title=Space:Integrators_Project_Challenge_Outline&public=1   and ....  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Integrators_Challenge#How_the_Challenge_Works  

Thank you and Good Luck!! Dorothy,  Integrators Project Coordinator.

Hi Emma,

While looking through some unknowns, I came across this profile: Unknown - Edward Wester Place - and noted that in the biography, it states that this was an enslaved person of Edward Wester. I took a look at the 1840 census in question, and found that a single enslaved person, a male under the age of 10, was recorded as Edward's (on the page after the one which listed those in the household), however they do not appear in the 1850 census. Would you be able to advise me on how to proceed? Looking at the naming conventions page, I assume that the best course of action would be to ask the PM to change the surname to "Wester", but because I've never come across a profile in this area before I wanted to check with you before I did anything.

Regards, Amelia

Hi Emma

Wishing you a Happy and prosperous New Year. Thank you for all the work you have done to improve the English profiles on wikitree.

Just checking in with you to ask if you wish to remain a member of the England Data Doctor Team. Appreciate it if you could let me know

Janet and Derrick

England Data Doctor Team Leaders  

Thanks for all the sourcing you did this year, Emma!

Emma, in regard to the African sticker logo I mentioned on G2G. I found these: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/2181499809023397/

If you like any of them, you would need to be sure they are public domain. Regards, Cari Van Tine Yocom

Hello Emma,

We are eighth cousins once removed: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=McBeth-165&person2_name=Schwalm-61

Nice to meet you, Barbara

Thanks! Great job!

According to WikiTree Connection Finder, we are cousins of 22 degrees.

Sources:

Chlodio Merovingian is 47 Degrees from Emma MacBeath a. Source: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Connection&action=connect&person1Name=Merovingian-57&person2Name=McBeth-165&relation=0&ignoreIds=

Chlodio Merovingian is 48 Degrees from George Thompson a. Source: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Connection&action=connect&person1Name=Merovingian-57&person2Name=Thompson-52533&relation=0&ignoreIds=

Emma MacBeath is 22 Degrees from George Thompson a. Source: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Connection&action=connect&person1Name=McBeth-165&person2Name=Thompson-52533&relation=0&ignoreIds=

Take care of yourself - Sarge.

Hi Emma,

It's that time of the year again: check-in time! As England Project Leaders, we like to check in with you every six months or so to see how things are progressing. Back in May, we didn't ask for a response due to the rapid emergence of Covid-19 because we understood that people's lives were changing rapidly. While we are still living in a Covid world, we do need to hear back from you this time around.

First of all, how are you doing? What are you currently working on? Are you happy with the team(s) you're in, or would you like to change things up?

Secondly, we're looking for some feedback on the Google Group and our Discord server. Do you use either or both of these? If you don't use either, why not? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve participation and collaboration, either generally or for you personally?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Amy, Joan & Lizzie.

Thank you, Emma for the appreciation.

I am a greeter, working on DNA messages for Sundays, and Honor Codes- Wednesdays. I am project coordinator for Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, Disasters and World War II, Civil War, War of 1812, Vietnam War and Korean War, as well as Project Coordinator for the Jamestown Colony and Team Leader for Province of Carolina (part of SoCOL project.

Not sure if I currently could fit more in. But will keep thinking on it.

I additionally help several people with their stickers for projects.

Thanks for asking

Mary Richardson

Just wanted to say a big thank you to Emma for helping my husband find his biological parents. We had no information to go on so she basically started from scratch. Within a month or so she had found both parents. She is extremely good at what she does! Looking forward to the rest of the journey! Thank you Emma! You are the absolute best!!

Smith Family

Hi, glad to hear you are up and around and doing... I was just so surprised when I saw a news item on my MSN [1] not sure it is something we would or could do anything with but it was shocking. and it is the cemetery that Mary Shadd-Cary was laid to rest and 1 other person out of 37,000 in the 100+ years of its use. just thought you might like to know. Carole

Hi, Emma!

Thank you for your participation in October’s 2020 Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.

Keep up the great work!

Pippin Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

Emma has been a huge help in my search for my birth parents, when I had very little accurate information. To my surprise, I was even more confused after getting my DNA done! She is so great at what she does! Words can not express how much

Emma and her skills have opened up a whole new family to me, and provided as much family research material as I can handle! THANK YOU,EMMA!! ♥️

Hi! I was working through category errors for US Southern Colonies Project - which covers to 1776, but Virginia History was under it, which explains how I hit https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Contraband_Camps_in_Virginia

I fixed the errors, but it needs to have a US Black Heritage category too... I'll leave that to you, since I've got my hands full with figuring out US Southern Colonies categories!

Cheers, Liz

Hi, Emma. Did you receive a private message from me regarding duplicates being created in the Bunch/Punch line some of which are Black Heritage managed profiles? If not, may have gone to your spam filter. This involves an active MIR. Thanks for checking.

Hi Emma,

I dropped by after responding to a request from the US Black Heritage Project and noticed your questions about cousins. Using WikiTree's Relationship to Me calculator, I learned we are 10th cousins twice removed. I'm always delighted to find a new cousin, so please feel free to add me to the list. :)

Pamela

Thank you Emma for your dedication and leadership to Team Roses. You set a great example to us.

Pat Meyer-5224

Hello, Emma!

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

On the proposed Fagan/Fagan merge, which one will be the final? How will the most accurate data be chosen from the two profiles?

Just added you to the TrustedList for old Slavery To Do list:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Shira_HumanEra_Slavery_To-Do_List

At least a couple of G2G discussions have had recent activity, either directly mentioning Beyond Kin, or at least dealing with the topic of Categorization of Enslaved Persons and Slaveholders (American Slaves* and Slave Owners are the current descriptions employed here on WikiTree, unfortunately).

I think it would be a great idea to get a working group together that should include the affected projects/category managers.

Here is a conversation that I have begun with the Beyond Kin Project folks on Facebook. We need buy in, all around, but in order for that to work, we need standardization around the Common Method, and a protocol for how the Slaveholders are connected to Enslaved persons.

Because WikiTree allows for non-biological children to be attached, perhaps we have an opportunity for a simpler solution, whereby we would (with permission) use the Current Last Name to identify the plantation (in a standard way, and then as we come across enslaved persons, create them as children and add sourcing to the "parent" profile as well as to the EP's profile.

RE: Category:American_Slaves

"Example profile" (not using the Beyond Kin Common Method): Isaac Holeman

Note that the example profile does not create profiles for the partially named persons, but sourcing and bequeathal are described.

Hopefully the stakeholders here at WikiTree can take the lead in getting us onto the Common Methodology (using Current Last Name or perhaps using a Free Space Profile/Page to identify an entity of the slaveholder function), and the "nonbiological" child function can be employed in some way?

One of the tasks to also be completed is to move all of the present categorization to the preferred terminology enslaved / enslaved person (instead of slave) and slaveholder, too (instead of slave owner). In this effort, hopefully we can first confirm and validate that Black Americans / African Americans with descendants in America are on board with the BK terminology and methodology.

This latter point is important because otherwise, we would not be building an environment for genealogical exploration that is sensitive to the needs of the very community that we are wanting to better document. Noting, for example, that the example profile shown on the current categorization page leads nowhere for the enumerated persons: they are merely stuck on the list of the slaveholder.

Looking forward to continued conversation and innovation, as well as the stakeholders on WikiTree becoming involved.

Fann Fann

• See for example: [Rudolph John Chauncey Fisher. Other categorizations at lower hierarchical levels exist, such as drilling down from Slavery, United States of America to Slavery, North Carolina to North Carolina Slaves to one of 24 subcategories for NC by county, most of which appear to be empty.

Hi Emma,

If you're not going to be engaged elsewhere, as a member of the Scotland Project, 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.

Hope to see you there!

Bobbie & Sarah

Twisted Thistles Co-captains

Thank you Emma for your lovely comment about my bio and my tremendously wonderful husband! I am a very, very blessed woman and I do not take him for granted! Love is a totally wonderful thing, especially when you get that second chance! Thank God for wonderful favors and that favor's name is Robert!

Smiles, Cindy

Hi Emma,

Your England Leaders are completing the six monthly check in with all team members. Thank you for all your work on English Profiles and in particular your work in The Arborist and Data Doctor Teams.

These are unprecedented and difficult times, and we understand as Project Leaders that your situation may have changed somewhat in the last few months. What we are all able to/ wish to contribute on Wikitree has changed. Please let me know if you are happy with your current role and team choice, or if you wish to do something additional or different. Thank you again on behalf of all the Project Leaders for everything you do.

Lizzie

Hi Emma - How do I change my first name from an initial to my full first name? Thank you!!!!!!!

Hi Emma,

I just noticed that you're now a Project Leader. Congratulations! It's well deserved and I'm pleased that all of your hard work has been recognized. Kerry

Hello, Emma!

Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 3000!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!

Pip Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team