Frances (McHugh) Weidman participated with Mighty Oaks Roots during the 2021 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 548 previously unsourced profiles.
Frances (McHugh) Weidman participated with The Windsor Warriors during the 2019 Connect-a-Thon, and added 862 connections.
Frances (McHugh) Weidman participated with Windsor Warriors during the 2018 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 2600 previously unsourced profiles.
Great cook. Lousy housekeeper. Crazy cat lady. Kind to all living things except large spiders.
That being said, my interest in genealogy all started over 30 years ago when I looked at my "baby book" that my mother had kept. There was a small family tree that only went back to my grandparents, and I found it to be very sad. There had to be more. And there was!
After floundering for many years, I joined Wikitree. It was mainly out of boredom, but most of all frustration with the unsourced "trees" on the online genealogy site I had subscribed to. It was the best thing I ever did, and many brick walls have been torn down.
I have learned a LOT since then. Most notably? Sourcing Sourcing SOURCING! Like so many others, I learned the hard way that online trees and/or FindaGrave memorials (those with no information whatsoever) should never be used as primary sources, especially on pre-1800 profiles! Proper sources for Birth, Marriage, and Death are the only things that will separate fact from fiction.
My Favorite sites for England Genealogy
Working in Cornwall, England? The best starting point is the Cornwall OPC. It contains a treasure trove of records! It is also free to use.
GRO Services is the BEST site to search for England birth records (post 1837), and I can't stress this enough. It requires registration, but is free to use. It is helpful because it gives the mother's maiden name, and is often the secret to avoid creating "Unknown" profiles :)
FreeBMD is a great place to look for marriages, and can be used hand-in-hand with the GRO (again, post 1837)
FreeCEN is a great place for looking up census records with decent transcriptions. There is not 100 % coverage yet, but they are working on it.
FreeREG is another great site used to search for parish records, but like FreeCEN, they do not have full coverage yet.
Although this page is geared towards pre-1700 profiles, it is a great resource for all, and outlines what should NOT be used as a source: Reliable sources
I have mostly German and Irish ancestry (so far), and I love meeting new cousins!
My Surnames
Click on Surname to view EKA - Earliest Known Ancestor
First-hand information. Entered by Frances McHugh at registration.
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Thank you for joining us again Captaining the Mighty Oak Branches in the recent Connect-a-Thon. The 65 members who joined our teams were awesome. Our two teams added 12,905 profiles over the weekend. The Branches Team came second and the Roots Team came forth in the overall scores. Both teams were also in the top ten in the normalised scores. I hope you enjoyed it and are looking forward to joining us again in April when we do it all over again.
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.
On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.
We are conducting a check-in with the England Data Doctor Team, you have been a member for some time and we thank you for all the work you do, it is appreciated. Please let us know if you wish to remain with the team, so we can update our lists. Are you still happy to looking after Lincolnshire?
Hi Fran, thanks for co-captaining the Mighty Oaks Roots with me it is appreciated.
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you for participating. The grand total for the event was 57,577 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 12,615 of those.
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!
The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
The Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for joining us and for co captaining with me, it was appreciated. Our combined score was 13,335 51 more than the last CAT so well done.
The total overall figure was 84,388 new profiles added and numerous connections made. The total figure was down 1,451 on the January Thon
Well, the Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and have fully recovered. Thank you for joining us. It is appreciated. Combined score of 13,284 - is 113 more than the last CAT so well done. The total overall figure was 85,839 profiles connected.
Thank you for being a member of the Wales Project. You may recall membership requires at least one contribution to project goals during each 6 month period. A contribution includes creation of and modification to Wales related profiles.
Have you been able to contribute?
It is recognized some members are active. Thank you for your work. (There is no viable method to determine which members have been active in the Wales Project.)
Do you desire to stay on your current project team(s)? Which teams 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.
Yes, I have been plucking away at the Universal mining disaster, as well as trying to get profiles from the Cardiff Blitz connected. For now, I am happy to stay in Glamorgan.
I am fairly new to the project and am still learning my way around, but so far I like what I see.
Right now I mainly do connecting, but hoping to do more in the coming year.
Thanks Fran for responding and for your contributions towards the Wales Project goals.
I will contact you separately about the wonderful Cardiff Blitz page. As a lifelong student of WWII it was only recently I became aware of the bombing of Cardiff.
Well, it was a fun weekend, hope you are recovering from your hard work. Thank you for joining us and Co Captaining the Team, it is appreciated. The combined score for our teams was a fab 9,296 up 419 on last year, well done. The total overall figure was 56,972 profiles sourced.
I'm contacting you regarding your "Blum" family interest.
I have had a look at your tree, and your Blum family does not appear to have any connections with mine, but thought I'd message you anyway.
Long time search for the Dutch/German ancestors of my Great x 2 Grandfather Peter Blum, who migrated from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Melbourne, Australia in 1857. All we know are Peter Blum's parents' names, Hugh and Dortje.
Regards,
Colin William Blum
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 teams? Which teams 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.
The United Kingdom Project has not been active since 2018 and we are now completely closing it down. We are removing all UK project badges. If you still have an interest in the UK and have not already joined another project, then you will need to join the England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales Project by answering one or more of their G2G posts. If your interest is in the British Isles and British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, then please contact me directly.
I hope you're ok. I miss you!!! Thank you so much for all your contributions to WikiTree in the last six months, and especially to the Wales Project. It’s been wonderful to have you as part of the team as we work together to increase the quality and quantity of Welsh Profiles.
You don’t seem to have selected which team(s) you would like to be on. Please have a look at the project page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales and let me know your choices so I can introduce you to your Team Leader(s). Do you have any questions? What can we do to support you? Do you want to continue in the Wales Project moving forwards?
Please can you also private message me your e-mail so I can add you to the Google group (for my new e-mail account).
I look forward to hearing back from you with all the above. Thanks once again, Olivia, Project Coordinator for Wales :-)
I have now worked my way down to a profile, Dinge-9 from a hamlet named Braceborough, Can you work your magic again please?
There are also a couple of Dinges from South Witham. There is a name category: South Witham, Lincolnshire, Wimberley Name Study]] but no South Witham category for anyone else.
Nick
Good morning! My name is Karen Smith Monroe and I am a first gen American. My paternal Grandparents are both from St. Albans and my maternal Grandparents are from Hastings. Chris Weston helped me with my maternal Great Grandmother and suggested that I join this group.
I am very new and clearly have a lot to learn. I will be accessing Ancestry.com through the library so hopefully I can see more actual documents.
Anyway, what is involved if I join this team?
Thanks!
I was going to send you a link for the sign-up but see you already found it :) I think you will love the England project, we are a fun group and you will learn more than you can possibly imagine. Warm welcome to WikiTree!
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?
2. I am currently working on connecting, gedcoms, mining disasters, unknowns, and whatever else I may happen across. But mainly connecting.
3. I seem to be in between roles atm but very happy with what I am doing. Although I think I need to be on the Cornwall team instead of Wales. I love working on Cornwall profiles. I do not like Wales.
4. I use both the GG and Discord regularly.
5. I am full of suggestions for participation! :
*We need more challenges. Or maybe little mini-Thons (Barron-a-Thon, Unknown-a-Thon, etc etc)? The Halloween challenge really brought people together and it would be great to keep that momentum going. Maybe not always on that level, since Ian had to put sooooo much work into that one!
*Discord. We have a lot of members in Discord who don't use the GG, and they miss out on a lot. Can we have a channel on Discord (similar to the G2G channel) that would highlight some of the GG posts? Only the important things, such as challenges, new appointments, etc. There are also a lot of channels on Discord that are rarely used. Maybe consolidate the regional channels into a single Counties channel, since everyone strays outside of their counties from time to time? Thinking out loud here.
*Profile Improvements. I would love to see an "Unknowns" team since it's part of our stats. Or a team to add missing locations, or a team to mark things "unsourced". They could all tie in with the Gedcom team somehow? Thinking out louder.
6. You didn't ask but I think the England Project is definitely headed in the right direction. We have wonderful leadership and the possibilities of what can be achieved are endless.
Yes, there has been a problem with a lot of stickers lately! I just asked one of the leaders and she said that some of them have an extra line that links to a flag. That line should be removed. Also, the word "Worldwide" needs to be removed.
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.
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Source-A-Thon (SAT). Congratulations on your work during the SAT. Its an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks, we sourced 8,887. Altogether the teams sourced a total of 57,577 profiles on wikitree. We hope you had fun while building the tree.
We are looking forward to working with you for another Thon soon.
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!
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-A-Thon (CAT). Congratulations on your work during the CAT what an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks we added 12,615. Altogether the teams add a grand total of 60,128 new profiles to wikitree. We hope you had fun while building the tree.
Your England Leaders are completing the six monthly check in with all team members. I wanted to thank you for your work on English Profiles and particularly your work as Membership PC and all you do for England Project 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.
Totally happy with what I am doing, especially mining disasters at the moment. Once things get back to normal, I will probably join another county or two ;)
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 700!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
The Global Cemeteries Project is currently undergoing our member check-in and wanted to verify that you are still active and interested in being a member of the project. Are you currently assigned to or working with one of our Cemetery Teams? If not, is there a particular Team or area you are interested in participating with? I would be delighted to help you get setup in one or more of our collaborative teams!
We use Google Groups for internal project collaboration, so if you are not yet setup for access feel free to submit a join request and we will get that approved as quick as possible. We also ask that members check their follwed tags to make sure you are following the correct project tag (CEMETERIES) so you don't miss any disucssions in G2G.
Last, but not least, we would like to thank you for all of your contributions to WikiTree and let you konw that any ideas or suggestions for improvement you may have for the Global Cemeteries Project would greatly appreciated!
Hi Fran, Sort of a newbie here. I would like to add an English Notable: Blanche Elizabeth Mary (Noel) Murphy Lady (1845 - 1881) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Noel-2367. Not quite sure how to post the announcement.
Thanks! Also, I would like to join the Norfolk Team. I am on the Rutland team now and working on a few of their un-sourced profiles.
I have a question about profiles- I have posted quite a few sources for Lady Blanche Murphy and still see the yellow block saying the profile is un-sourced. Why is it that wiki does not see the sources listed?
Thanks for giving me the LNAB of Susan Semper nee Sorfleet. I was a bit slow to respond, but very grateful anyway!
Incidentally, thanks also for your link-up from Francis Semper to his father Robert Semper. This is the first link-up anybody has made to my stuff on WikiTree.
Wondered as the Windsor Warriors are not participating if you would like to join the Sandringham Strollers for the Scan-A-Thon on the January 10, at 8 AM (ET) and runs until Monday, January 13, 2020
Thankyou Frances. You spotted a double-up in my entries. That could possibly have caused me and others a bit of confusion. It's good to know people are together in trying to be as accurate as possible in their search for family history.
Congratulations for your brilliant work over the past weekend! Your work was spectacular, and your contributions are a great help in improving the health of our global tree. I hope you enjoy a well-earned rest, and continue your brilliant efforts.
Frances, making more than one thousand contributions in September added so much to the breadth and depth of our Shared Tree. The Appreciation Team thanks YOU!
Fran, the Appreciation Team thanks for you for efforts toward making our Shared Tree the best it can be with your 1000+ contributions during August 2019. You are an important part of what we are all about! You are an amazingly skilled and superior WikiTreer.
Thank you for your time and energy in creating over 1000 (actually, over 2300!) contributions to WikiTree for the month of July 2019. Your efforts are appreciated!
Thanks again for signing up to RAWK five fellow WikiTreers in the month of March.
Here is your RAWKERs sticker code. To display this on your profile, just add curly brackets at each end:
Community Event |image=WikiTree_Event_Images-1.png |text=was a RAWKER |event=We Will RAWK You Event
If you're on Discord, please do join us on the We Will RAWK You channel using this link:
https://discord.gg/fQ2Z3mFw
If you're not yet on Discord, this Help page should get you going:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord
Looking forward to researching with you!
Kathy
Thank you for joining us again Captaining the Mighty Oak Branches in the recent Connect-a-Thon. The 65 members who joined our teams were awesome. Our two teams added 12,905 profiles over the weekend. The Branches Team came second and the Roots Team came forth in the overall scores. Both teams were also in the top ten in the normalised scores. I hope you enjoyed it and are looking forward to joining us again in April when we do it all over again.
Luv Joan
edited by Joan (Williams) Whitaker
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.
On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.
Best wishes,
Ian, England Project Leader
We are conducting a check-in with the England Data Doctor Team, you have been a member for some time and we thank you for all the work you do, it is appreciated. Please let us know if you wish to remain with the team, so we can update our lists. Are you still happy to looking after Lincolnshire?
Look forward to hearing from you
Janet and Derrick
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you for participating. The grand total for the event was 57,577 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 12,615 of those.
See: https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceAThon/2022/TeamAndUser.htm to open up your contribution list so you can review your work and possibly some tidying up.
Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you again.
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!
The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
Many thanks!
Ian, England Project Leader
The Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for joining us and for co captaining with me, it was appreciated. Our combined score was 13,335 51 more than the last CAT so well done.
The total overall figure was 84,388 new profiles added and numerous connections made. The total figure was down 1,451 on the January Thon
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event)
Thanks again for last weekend, we look forward to working with you again in 3 months.
Janet Joan & Maddy your Co-Captains
Well, the Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and have fully recovered. Thank you for joining us. It is appreciated. Combined score of 13,284 - is 113 more than the last CAT so well done. The total overall figure was 85,839 profiles connected.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for next event)
Thanks again for last weekend, we look forward to working with you again
Janet
Wales Project Semi-Annual Check-In
Thank you for being a member of the Wales Project. You may recall membership requires at least one contribution to project goals during each 6 month period. A contribution includes creation of and modification to Wales related profiles.
Have you been able to contribute?
It is recognized some members are active. Thank you for your work. (There is no viable method to determine which members have been active in the Wales Project.)
Do you desire to stay on your current project team(s)? Which teams 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.
Thanks,
Stuart Awbrey, Membership Coordinator
Yes, I have been plucking away at the Universal mining disaster, as well as trying to get profiles from the Cardiff Blitz connected. For now, I am happy to stay in Glamorgan.
I am fairly new to the project and am still learning my way around, but so far I like what I see.
Right now I mainly do connecting, but hoping to do more in the coming year.
Cheers, Fran :)
I will contact you separately about the wonderful Cardiff Blitz page. As a lifelong student of WWII it was only recently I became aware of the bombing of Cardiff.
Hi Fran,
Well, it was a fun weekend, hope you are recovering from your hard work. Thank you for joining us and Co Captaining the Team, it is appreciated. The combined score for our teams was a fab 9,296 up 419 on last year, well done. The total overall figure was 56,972 profiles sourced.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceaThon/TeamAndUser.htm
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock
Janet
edited by Janet (Langridge) Wild
I'm contacting you regarding your "Blum" family interest. I have had a look at your tree, and your Blum family does not appear to have any connections with mine, but thought I'd message you anyway. Long time search for the Dutch/German ancestors of my Great x 2 Grandfather Peter Blum, who migrated from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Melbourne, Australia in 1857. All we know are Peter Blum's parents' names, Hugh and Dortje. Regards, Colin William Blum
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 teams? Which teams 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!
Amelia, England Project Leader
The United Kingdom Project has not been active since 2018 and we are now completely closing it down. We are removing all UK project badges. If you still have an interest in the UK and have not already joined another project, then you will need to join the England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales Project by answering one or more of their G2G posts. If your interest is in the British Isles and British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, then please contact me directly.
Regards Joan
I hope you're ok. I miss you!!! Thank you so much for all your contributions to WikiTree in the last six months, and especially to the Wales Project. It’s been wonderful to have you as part of the team as we work together to increase the quality and quantity of Welsh Profiles.
You don’t seem to have selected which team(s) you would like to be on. Please have a look at the project page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Wales and let me know your choices so I can introduce you to your Team Leader(s). Do you have any questions? What can we do to support you? Do you want to continue in the Wales Project moving forwards?
Please can you also private message me your e-mail so I can add you to the Google group (for my new e-mail account).
I look forward to hearing back from you with all the above. Thanks once again, Olivia, Project Coordinator for Wales :-)
Hi Frances
We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks for the Spring Clean-A-Thon
If you are interested in joining us then sign up here Clean-A-Thon Registration please mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks
Look forward to working with you again
Janet & Joan
WRT Lincolnshire categories, my maternal ancestor Collins-23518 was christened at Caythorpe,_Lincolnshire, May we have a category created?
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Lincolnshire
Fran :)
I have now worked my way down to a profile, Dinge-9 from a hamlet named Braceborough, Can you work your magic again please? There are also a couple of Dinges from South Witham. There is a name category: South Witham, Lincolnshire, Wimberley Name Study]] but no South Witham category for anyone else. Nick
edited by Nick Miller
I am very new and clearly have a lot to learn. I will be accessing Ancestry.com through the library so hopefully I can see more actual documents. Anyway, what is involved if I join this team? Thanks!
I was going to send you a link for the sign-up but see you already found it :) I think you will love the England project, we are a fun group and you will learn more than you can possibly imagine. Warm welcome to WikiTree!
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
Yes, you can keep me on. I have recently taken an interest in error 205. Very challenging! Thanks :)
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.
Lizzie, Amy, Joan
England Project Leaders
I will answer in order:
1. I am very well, and thank you asking.
2. I am currently working on connecting, gedcoms, mining disasters, unknowns, and whatever else I may happen across. But mainly connecting.
3. I seem to be in between roles atm but very happy with what I am doing. Although I think I need to be on the Cornwall team instead of Wales. I love working on Cornwall profiles. I do not like Wales.
4. I use both the GG and Discord regularly.
5. I am full of suggestions for participation! :
*We need more challenges. Or maybe little mini-Thons (Barron-a-Thon, Unknown-a-Thon, etc etc)? The Halloween challenge really brought people together and it would be great to keep that momentum going. Maybe not always on that level, since Ian had to put sooooo much work into that one!
*Discord. We have a lot of members in Discord who don't use the GG, and they miss out on a lot. Can we have a channel on Discord (similar to the G2G channel) that would highlight some of the GG posts? Only the important things, such as challenges, new appointments, etc. There are also a lot of channels on Discord that are rarely used. Maybe consolidate the regional channels into a single Counties channel, since everyone strays outside of their counties from time to time? Thinking out loud here.
*Profile Improvements. I would love to see an "Unknowns" team since it's part of our stats. Or a team to add missing locations, or a team to mark things "unsourced". They could all tie in with the Gedcom team somehow? Thinking out louder.
6. You didn't ask but I think the England Project is definitely headed in the right direction. We have wonderful leadership and the possibilities of what can be achieved are endless.
Putting my pom-poms down for now,
Fran, head cheerleader and token Yank
It was good for a while, now it generates "896 Unknown parameter in template" and I don't know what the error is and how to fix it.
Jo Gill-3793
Yes, there has been a problem with a lot of stickers lately! I just asked one of the leaders and she said that some of them have an extra line that links to a flag. That line should be removed. Also, the word "Worldwide" needs to be removed.
I also just stumbled across this page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Template:Mining_Disasters
Hope this helps but if you have any problems, please let me know :)
Fran
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
Hi Fran,
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Source-A-Thon (SAT). Congratulations on your work during the SAT. Its an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks, we sourced 8,887. Altogether the teams sourced a total of 57,577 profiles on wikitree. We hope you had fun while building the tree.
We are looking forward to working with you for another Thon soon.
Janet & Joan
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
Hi Fran
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-A-Thon (CAT). Congratulations on your work during the CAT what an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks we added 12,615. Altogether the teams add a grand total of 60,128 new profiles to wikitree. We hope you had fun while building the tree.
See you next year or before for the Source-A-Thon
Janet & Joan
Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
Your England Leaders are completing the six monthly check in with all team members. I wanted to thank you for your work on English Profiles and particularly your work as Membership PC and all you do for England Project 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.
Joan
Totally happy with what I am doing, especially mining disasters at the moment. Once things get back to normal, I will probably join another county or two ;)
Thanks, Fran :)
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 700!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
Pip Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
The Global Cemeteries Project is currently undergoing our member check-in and wanted to verify that you are still active and interested in being a member of the project. Are you currently assigned to or working with one of our Cemetery Teams? If not, is there a particular Team or area you are interested in participating with? I would be delighted to help you get setup in one or more of our collaborative teams!
We use Google Groups for internal project collaboration, so if you are not yet setup for access feel free to submit a join request and we will get that approved as quick as possible. We also ask that members check their follwed tags to make sure you are following the correct project tag (CEMETERIES) so you don't miss any disucssions in G2G.
Last, but not least, we would like to thank you for all of your contributions to WikiTree and let you konw that any ideas or suggestions for improvement you may have for the Global Cemeteries Project would greatly appreciated!
I look forward to hearing form you soon!
Steve ~Global Cemeteries Project Leader
I am active on the Illinois cemeteries team; just waiting for warmer weather to go out and take pics.
I'm already in the GG and following the tag so I think I'm covered ;)
Thanks!
Fran :)
Thanks! Also, I would like to join the Norfolk Team. I am on the Rutland team now and working on a few of their un-sourced profiles.
I have a question about profiles- I have posted quite a few sources for Lady Blanche Murphy and still see the yellow block saying the profile is un-sourced. Why is it that wiki does not see the sources listed?
Incidentally, thanks also for your link-up from Francis Semper to his father Robert Semper. This is the first link-up anybody has made to my stuff on WikiTree.
Alan
Dave
Hi Frances,
Wondered as the Windsor Warriors are not participating if you would like to join the Sandringham Strollers for the Scan-A-Thon on the January 10, at 8 AM (ET) and runs until Monday, January 13, 2020
If you would like to join us please register Here
Look forward to working with you during this fun event.
Janet & Gillian
Kind regards. Dave I
Helen McCauslin, daughter of June Harriet Turnock McCauslin
Congratulations for your brilliant work over the past weekend! Your work was spectacular, and your contributions are a great help in improving the health of our global tree. I hope you enjoy a well-earned rest, and continue your brilliant efforts.
- Amy :D
Pippin Sheppard
WikiTrees Appreciation Team
Pippin Sheppard
WikiTrees Appreciation Team
You added a "Do not edit" message to the profile for Henry Deadfield a few months ago - is this still needed? I'd like to add some sources.
John Elkin Berkshire Team
Thank you for your time and energy in creating over 1000 (actually, over 2300!) contributions to WikiTree for the month of July 2019. Your efforts are appreciated!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team