
Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
Honor Code SignatorySigned 8 Oct 2016 | 211170 contributions | 12651 thank-yous | 2623 connections
I rarely do pre-1850 research. If you need research help, g2g is the best place to ask. Members from all over the world are ready to help you.
I create a lot of Black heritage profiles in order to grow the Tree. If I manage one of your family member profiles, I would love to add you as the profile manager. Please ask.
I agree with genealogist Donya Williams who says genealogy can heal the world.
Due to the large amount of messages I receive, it could take me a week to answer comments and private messages. I also answer messages for different projects on different days. If you need an immediate reply, please put "Urgent" in the subject line of a private message. If you feel I forgot about you, I am never offended by a second message. Emails sometimes go astray. I don't answer emails on Sundays and Thursdays.
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I am a genetic genealogist who finds birth parents for those who are searching and connects enslaved ancestors to their descendants. My goal is to reconnect all 10+ million enslaved ancestors. I am also a Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction author. I have been researching my own family since I was 12 years old, long before the presence of the internet, but really fell in love when DNA testing became an everyday thing. You can find me at Emmaline Rose Books and Missing Link DNA. I write under the pen name Emmaline Rose.
Although a native of northern California who has lived in a few other places, I now live with my two awesome sons in Washington. What do I do in my spare time? More genealogy and writing--or I read a lot and spend time with friends and family.
CC7 6-28-22: 1924 CC7 7-9-22: 1946 CC7 12-4-22: 2145
I'm an ENFP with a D on the DISC which means I'm very creative and extroverted with a drive to get things done! If you know anything about ENFPs, you know we don't like to spend our time dotting our I's and crossing our T's. I use the outside-in method of research. That means I work with clusters of families that I learn about in a general sense so I can find the patterns in their information. This leads me to more sources and correct connections. I then build a bare-bones profile for them at WikiTree (outside) to later be built out with biographies and exact details (in).
Connecting families is my strength because of my ability to find those patterns. I create a great deal of bare-bones profiles because my time is better spent on my strengths. I can research and create 100 profiles in the time it takes me to build one thorough biography! (Not exaggerating). I believe we should all play to our strengths and contribute those strengths to WikiTree. If we all work together in this way, we will have amazing and accurate profiles.
Our time in this world is limited. I want to create as many accurately connected profiles that are free and publicly available for the Black community while I can. The work the USBH Project is doing is long overdue and will serve descendants for generations to come. I'm proud of that.
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PATERNAL
Adams (England); Blanchette (Québec/France); Day; McBeth/MacBeath (Scotland); Danielsen (Norway); Hamel (Québec/France); Heskett; Hubbard; Jeffs (England);Kilburn/Kilbourn/Kilbourne (England); Lambert (Québec, France); Menzies (Scotland); Moon (England); Mott (Canada/England); Olsdatter(Norway); Plumb (England); Reed (New England); Scott (Scotland); Seaver (New England); Sexton (Ireland); Smith (New York); Stark (Scotland); Toombs (England); Vance; Ward (England); West; Yumm/Yemm (England); Woods (England); Zornes (Germany?)
MATERNAL
Anderson; Beeler (Germany); Boutwell; Bowman (Sweden); Bruner; Brunskelle (Gottschee, Austria); Davis (Britain); Eldridge; French (New York); Durand; Durand (second line of same surname); Giddings; Havens (New York); Higgins (New England); Hammerberg (Sweden); Kump (Gottschee, Austria); Marr (Scotland); Mandeville; Rockwell; Scarlet; Starr/Stariha/Starika (Austria/Slovenia); Streeter; Treben (Slovenia); Troje (Slovenia)
Check out these April Fools badges on this g2g post. These are the ones that apply to me :-)
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Team Captain
See: Emma's Challenge Stickers for a full list of challenges I've participated in. I'm a very goal oriented person, so I like challenges!
Also check out this page if you want an explanation of how I get such high scores during thons. The answer might surprise you!
Missing Link DNA
Missing Link DNA Website
Missing Link DNA on Facebook
Emmaline Rose~~Author
Emmaline Rose Website
Emmaline Rose on Amazon
Emmaline on Facebook
DNA MATCHES
Digital Afterlife Instructions : this is my permission that upon my death, for my family firstly, then secondly Charlotte Shockey, thirdly the WikiTree staff, to manage the profiles and space pages where I act as PM in any way they see fit, as long as this is in line with the Honour Code and preserves the privacy of living people. I wish all profiles of living people and private free space pages (those that aren't part of project work) of which I am the only PM to be deleted. McBeth-165 19:56, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
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Emma is 22 degrees from James Bourn, 20 degrees from Hosea Easton, 22 degrees from Errol Flynn, 21 degrees from Oliver Heggie, 19 degrees from Jess Hill, 33 degrees from Ruby Hunter, 20 degrees from Adelaide Ironside, 22 degrees from Banjo Paterson, 20 degrees from Herbert Rumsey, 23 degrees from Moi Quong Tart, 17 degrees from Dora Wicks and 21 degrees from Adriana Hazelton on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Emma, cousin, our fearless leader; as usual, you lead the way. Thank you for your gracious guidance and perpetual leadership to rally the troops for the SAT '22 where you sourced at a blistering pace. I wish I could have focused on producing more but I am pulled in many directions and also don't use discord so I miss out on most of the communication. But you ROCK and it is appreciated. Thanks again and Go Roses!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_Brooklyn_Saints More info: https://californiapioneer.com/historic-events/ship-brooklyn/
What say you?
To add to the story, our DNA matches with others who have Bullingtons in their trees. In addition, I have a thru line that connects me to a descendent of Robert Bullington. It is possible that our Emma Lyles is a half sister to Emma Bullington with Robert Bullington being the father of both of them. I would be glad to share the information we found with anyone. My email is [email address removed]
About Emma Lyles 1852 Deceased I am J Coleman. Emma is my great grand ma. I am searching for her parents. Do you have any sources to help me with this. Thank you.
(Your message to J Coleman) Hello, J. I was working on the Coleman family for someone in our WikiTree US Black Heritage Project, but hadn’t gotten around to adding Emma and her kids, this might be a death record for Emma— Aug 1943 in Marshall County. If someone in your family wants to send off for the death certificate, there is a possibility it might name her parents. https: //www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view676118:62090. A lot of Ancestry family trees have her attached to the Bullington family, but this is a white family from Indiana. Sigh.
Thanks for the inquiry. I have a list of slave holders within my surname of Hinshaw/Henshaw. Here is the link: https://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/Henshaw-MA-WV-1743.htm. Also, the profiles of John_Marrant, and Olaudah_Equiano, should be added to the project. In researching slavery and free blacks, I found that as a percentage of the African American population in the United States, free blacks fluctuated between 1790 (7.9 %) and 1860 (11 %), reaching a high point in the census of 1830 of 13.7% of America’s 2.39 million African Americans. According to the census of 1830, “the South” contained 857,097 enslaved people by the 1830s. Currently I'm researching Paul Cuffe (born free) and on my to do list are Newport Gardner and Phyllis Wheatley, both sold into slavery.
Thanks for asking about my activity on Black Heritage. I was not aware that I am on 'topics' and am not sure what it means. I am relatively new to WikiTree and have not figured out what its many areas are about yet. I had hoped to be trained in Black Heritage and be assigned someone to help walk me through. I did stumble upon Dizzy Gillespie, a wonderful musician and a Baha'i, and had hoped to add something about his faith to his biography, but have not yet done that. I am not sure what level of references are acceptable. In any case, I see you are dealing with a large influx of people and am willing to wait until someone can give me some guidance. "Be happy, Be happy, be full of joy" Beverly Enslow (Felty-296)
Before I forget, I would like to call your attention to the fact that the profile of notable Justice Clarence Thomas is not yet part of the Black Heritage project.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thomas-41129
I am sure that you know how to include this very notable and patriotic African American in the project.
Thank you for all that you have done for Wikitree and for the Black Heritage project. You are an inspiration to us all.
Jordan Bankston Noble, an emancipated former slave who served in four wars
Thank you for all you do on WikiTree. Here's what we're doing with the Profile Improvement Project. You're welcome to join us if you've got extra 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 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 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’ve started the March challenge here: March Connecting Challenge.
Cheers, Liz
Cheers, Liz
Cheers, Liz
P.S. Look what you started LOL!
whew!
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edited by Shelley Murphy
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
edited by Darrel White Jr
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL4bCdqFVsAXY4SNiIHKWKfthIMd6xYsiHHJNxrU9fDmPfYg/viewform
Thanks again!
Thanks for your feedback. Finding Samuel Lee's parents and grandparents has been a challenge, and your advice will certainly help!
-Michelle
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
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
edited by Darrel White Jr
Valorie
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
Because I have been spread so thin over the past year, I had sent a message a couple of months ago to one of the project leaders asking to be removed from the project. I don't think she got the message. I won't be able to participate this year at least. Thanks! Emma
edited by Rob Neff
I also think Zale and Zell are the same person (look at the original for the 1880 census, name is most likely Zele, not Ezele), although it is unusual for the reported gender to change. For me the clincher is the marriage record for Zell, listing her parents. Unfortunately I only have access to an index of the original marriage record, I always prefer to look at the original. I'll see if I can find anything more on Z. Johnson.
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
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
I noticed you chose our Integrators Challenge for this month (February 2021), as you are on our tracker, 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: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.
Ema
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
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
If you like any of them, you would need to be sure they are public domain. Regards, Cari Van Tine Yocom
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!
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.
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.
Suggestion: I like specific things to work on rather than general. It's nice when projects ask for help on the specific items from time to time.
Emma
It sounds like you tend to be involved in a lot of different areas, which is good! In terms of specific things, we do have regular challenges within the project which often call for specifics - we've worked on Halloween-themed profiles, rowers who have participated for Oxford and Cambridge, historical cricketers and so-on. Perhaps they could be of use?
Regards, Amy
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