Maggie N.
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Maggie N.

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Maggie L. N.
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Biography

Maggie is following her Nana's footsteps as family historian.
Buda and Pest
Maggie N. is a member of the Hungary Project.
Maggie N. has Slavic Roots.
Maggie N. has Slovak Roots.
Maggie N. has Hungarian Roots.
Maggie N. has roots in the region now known as Hessen, Germany.
Maggie N. has roots in the region now known as Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Maggie N. a des origines françaises.
Maggie N. has Irish ancestors.
Welsh flag
Maggie N. has Welsh ancestors.
Maggie N. has Polish Roots.
Maggie N. has Ukrainian Roots.
Maggie N. is a member of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.
Maggie N. participated with Legacy Heirs during the Clean-a-Thon.
Maggie N. participated with The Legacy Heirs during the Connect-a-Thon.
Maggie N. participated with Legacy Heirs during the Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.
WikiTree Day
WikiTree Day Attendee: 2023
Maggie N. had the second longest verified Weevil-free path in the Gabor/Young in the Connection Combat.

I think most peoples' interests in family genealogy usually begins at family gatherings, like a funeral or reunion. I know that was the case for me while a teenager because in three consecutive years, I lost a beloved grandparent. Each time the trek to the graveyards during the funerals brought me to headstones surrounding the newly deceased grandparent and each time, most everyone did not know how they were related. I put the family jigsaw puzzle together by identifying everyone through the records office, church records and obituaries.

My genealogical forays were furthered when I studied under Dorothy Dehn, a DAR genealogist. Later, I was lucky to finish a certificate program at Brigham Young in the early 80's and began to help other people with their genealogical queries on the side. I was a regular weekly researcher at our local Family History center where I used microfiche, rolled microfilm and used the very first computer genealogical software, PAF.

My roots are not very "American"; my earliest immigrant settlers were from France and sailed down the Erie Canal to Buffalo from the port of New York in 1827. I spent years reading French microfilms for my own Alsatian ancestry. My mother is largely Eastern European so I branched out in microfilms from Hungary, Slovakia and Russia Poland. My children's roots have taken me through American records, Quaker records, specifically colonial New Jersey and old Philadelphia. Recently, I tackled my impossible Irish ancestors in county Kerry with slow but steady research in their government records.

I have a rare Hungarian One Name Study registered with the One Name Guild. The Study is hosted by the Guild at their website Stermenszky One Name Study. My Trant One Name study is also registered with the Guild.

My main focus for 2024 is research, mostly on microfilm as the records are not digitalized, for My BRICK WALLS

Projects

Although I have been a leader of more than 10 projects in the history of my time here with WikiTree since 2012, my current main project is the Hungary Project. I am also the current leader of the Ohio project.

Our leader with the The Holocaust Project is the talented Elaine. It was created by the amazingly gifted Gaile.

If you are looking for ancestors in Galicia or the Ukraine, please visit these projects created by the incredible Skye Sonczalla. She leads the Galicia Project. Skye is also the Project Coordinator for the Polish Roots Poland Project; We also have a Project Coordinator and dynamite Pomeranian researcher Tina Kobus assisting the Poland Project.

WikiTree has an Irish Roots sub-project for county Kerry. My Kerry roots center in North Kerry. I have my own One Name Study for the Delahunty Name Study and the Trant Name Study. By the way, there is a great resource page about the Casey Collection which is imperative for county Kerry research.

Although I have no family connections, you will find me cleaning up certain Ohio or colonial Virginia profiles for the U.S. History project as well as any Quaker settlers in colonial New Jersey for the Quakers in New Jersey project.

My interview with Cheri on how years of Cluster Research broke my Jones brick wall: How I located my Jones Family

WikiTree Apps

How to find your Bricktree Ancestors.

An analysis of my Brick Wall Ancestors quoted "Out of 2046 possible ancestors in 10 generations, 379 (18.52%) have WikiTree profiles.12/379 (3.17%) are duplicates due to pedigree collapse." (Updated 10 August 2023)

Here's an app that's easy on the eyes! Ancestors Line Explorer

When is an ancestor MY ancestor?

Answer? When they are genealogically defined!

See this great summary by Bob Genealogically Defined

This is a great app by Jamie

Ancestors Research Statistics


My Ancestors Research Statistics

Genealogy is not a race; statistics in genealogy is not necessary but creating a chart of your progress does make one work harder. After 40+ years of research, I know what records I need to continue onward in this crazy journey back on ancestors. It ALL depends on records. For example, with my Irish line, they will never go back very far because the records for a few of them simply do not exist. For many of my Polish ancestors, I know I will be able to confirm their lines once I get through reading the Russian language in those records.

My Ancestors Research Statistics
BY GENERATION
Generation Number Direct Relation to Maggie Total # of Possible Ancestors Total # of Identified Ancestors Total % of Identified Ancestors
1Parent22100%
2Grandparent44100%
3Great Grandparent88100%
42nd Great Grandparent1616100%
53rd Great Grandparent322681.25%
64th Great Grandparent644875%
75th Great Grandparent1265946.09%
86th Great Grandparent2525320.70%
97th Great Grandparent504428.203%
108th Great Grandparent10083.0029%

My Surnames

Click on Surname to view EKA - Earliest Known Ancestor
Paternal Grandfather , Paternal Grandmother vs Maternal Grandfather , Maternal Grandmother ancestors
Abraham, Adam , Adelman , Adelmann , Albert
Baczewska, Baczewski , Barberet , Barberet , Baumann , Beau , Becker , Becker , Beuschel , Biała , Bobay , Bonneteste , Born , Braunfels , Breckheimer , Browne
Chaux, Chevillat , Chretian , Christ , Chudi , Churque , Conway , Conway , Corre , Crosbie
Danko, DeChaux , Delahunty , Devillars , Diescher
Estiennot
Fabriczy, Farkas , Fehr , Fitzgerald , Fougeron , Fougeron , Freirich
Girard, Girarde , Girarde , Glitz , Godlewska , Gothard , Grob , Gyerus
Hag, Haluska , Hartmann , Haub , Heidet , Heislitz , Henneman , Hoeffert , Hoeffert , Holzemer , Horiel , Husenbeth
Imhof, Istvanik
Jones
Kaiser, Kamienska , Kennelly , Kirchner , Klag , Kosakowski , Kovacs , Kovál , Krieger , Kurpińska
LaMielle (Lamielle) , LaMielle , Ladikovsky , Lambalat , Lang , Langard , Leicher , Lorenz , Lorintz
M (Mahony) , M , Mahony , Maldrut , Marchal , McCroghan , Menn , Mergeler , Milliot , Milliot , Modzelewska , Monnier , Montavon , Mész , Müller
N (Nagy) , Nemes
O'Connell, Oeuvrey , Orielle , O’Connell
Pahl, Pal , Pauli , Pelletier , Pero , Petö , Pfeiffer , Phillips , Plachetka , Podbielskiej , Polgaŕ , Power , Putkowski , Płazewska
Rakai, Roche , Roe , Ross , Rozgany , Ruckteschel , Ruez , Rufsbach , Rückert
Sauvageot, Sauvageot , Schenquelin , Scheuermann , Schmidt , Schnatz , Schumann , Sebő , Simon , Skolnik , Spengler , Spring , Stein , Steinke , Stermenszky , Straub , Stumpf , Stumpf , Sullivan , Sullivan , Sváb , Szymanska , Sóss
Tobin, Trant , Tyborowska , Tyszka
Vautier, Vollmer , Vollmer
Ware, Weppner , Weppner , Westenberger , Wilhelm
Zielezniecka, Zimmer , Zsebik , Zsoka

Want to do this SURNAMES presentation on your profile page? Once again, Greg Clark did another cool app Surname App

Connections

Relationship

Connecting profiles together can get a bit wild. For instance, this one will take years and concrete sources to prove but this is a fun revelation!


DNA Statements

Thanks to WikiTree Heroes like Mags and her blog and the MitoYDNA site, plus Family Tree DNA, I was able to synthesize the Mitochondrial line of my Poland-based great-grandmother's roots to the Ukraine.

So who are those DNA matches on my profile? Joe & Cynthia are two cousins from different lines on my Mother's side who convinced me to get tested. I was hesitant but what an adventure it has been.

  • Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Maggie N. and Anonymous M., her sister. Their most-recent common ancestors are D M and P N, the parents of both Maggie N. and Anonymous M.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Sister, based on sharing 2,446 cM cM across 49 segments.


  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by a DNA test match between Maggie N GEDmatch T322601 and Cynthia GEDmatch YT6343520 who are 3rd cousins. Their MRCAs are their great-great-grandparents Karol Stermenszky and Susanna Haluska.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by a DNA test match between Maggie N GEDmatch T322601and Joe Grusczynski GEDmatch A006381 who are 3rd cousins. Their MRCAs are their great-great-grandparents, August Zimmer and Cycelia (Putkowski) Zimmer.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Maggie N. and TM, her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Joseph Nagy and Mary Stermenszky, the great grandparents of Maggie N. and grandparents of TM. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin 2x removed, based on sharing 220 cM across 11 segments.

On my Dad's side:

  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by a DNA test match between Maggie N and Kathleen Mahony who are 2nd cousins. Their MRCAs are their great-grandparents, Daniel Mahony and Anna Jones.



Digital Afterlife Instructions : this is my permission that upon my demise, for my family firstly, then secondly, the Wikitree staff, to manage the profiles 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. N.-17 19:40, 17 January 2015 (EST)


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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Maggie or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maggie:

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Registration has begun for the April thon. Remember to look for the Legacy Heirs’ section and post in there. Here is the link: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1717455/have-you-registered-for-our-april-2024-connect-a-thon-yet

The team chat is located here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1712660/legacy-heirs-april-2024-connect-a-thon-team-chat

posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
How exciting, Lisa! Couldn't do it without you.
posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie, I am new here and have just started creating my tree- as far as I have figured out there is not one for my direct ancestors though I am finding their surnames. I found you through the name Uveges. My great grandfather Joseph (and I believe, a brother) emigrated to the US and settled near Portage PA. My grandmother Agnes was the oldest of 14 children he had with his wife Veronika. She was born in 1908.

I am hoping to find out more about the Uveges family in Hungary. I haven't posted much about grandparents and great grandparents even though I know a fair amount about them, most of it is not verifiable.

Hi Maggie,

Thank you for handling the mess around Johannes John Bushong and Buschong. There were a lot of duplicates. I personally have mine and the entire Bushong tree charted on Bushong United, and though it may sound bad, when it comes to for-profit websites, I just try and focus on keeping parentage correct. I also work on Geni.com, but find their process so cumbersome, it's hardly worth it. The LDS tree is easier and I've got their tree straightened out for at least the first couple of generations from the two immigrant brothers, Hans and Nicholas. Thanks again, Rick

posted by Rick Bushong
Hi Maggie,

I can't remember which side will survive the merge. It's important that Bushong survive and Buschong be merged.

By the way, I checked Findagrave.com and they have zero Buschongs listed.

posted by Rick Bushong
I think it should be Bushong. It's clear that it should be the LNAB, don't you think?
posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie,

I saw your proposed merger of Bushong-110 (L) and Buschong-3. I agree they should be merged however, there are mistakes in Buschong-3 and it should be merged into Bushong-110 which is correct. First, the surname was Bushong, not Buschong. This means every child/profile is misnamed and needs to be merged with their correctly named profile. Second Buschong-3's parents are incorrect and his parents were not John Buschong Buschong-5 they were Hans Philip Bushong Jr, Bushong-253. And again, Buschong-5 has the wrong surname and needs to be merged with Bushong-20.

It appears that every single Bushong profile that is named Buschong is wrong and a duplicate of a correct Bushong profile. So all these Buschong profiles need to be merged into Bushong profiles and the Bushong profiles need to survive.

Maggie, from your profile, you are much more experienced than I am with Wikipedia. I would be able to help with the merges, but it appears there are a lot of duplicate and misnamed Buschong profiles.

For sources, I have a Bushong website and a large Bushong tree that charts virtually every Bushong here: http://belizebreeze.com/bushongunited/

Sincerely, Rick Bushong

posted by Rick Bushong
Okay, Rick. Let me study them a bit tonight. I look at documentation and also sometimes the family groups with spelling variations. If you are the profile manager of any of them, you can edit the surname too. Also older groups may have a more European spelling but as immigrants, the name gets changed by the time of their death.

Btw, what a nice website!

posted by Maggie N.
edited by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie,

Thank you for the quick reply.

All those Buschongs that I saw are duplicates of the Bushong profiles. Changing the name only will leave a ton of duplicates that will confuse everyone.

I'm glad you looked at my website. I know the Bushong family and have charted virtually all of them, including every Bushong on FindaGrave (in 2012), the 1930 and 1940 census. Charting showed virtually every American Bushong descends from two brothers. There's no confusion in their name, though there have been occasional misspellings at the hands of unfamiliar clerics. census takers. and even Bushongs, it began as Boschung in 1595 in Boltigen, Switzerland, and in Germany, it varied a bit, but when the brothers, Nicholas in 1732 and Hans in 1731, immigrated, they clearly spelled their name Boschung, in their own hand. In America, it was always predominantly Bushong, and only one time, from the 1719 immigrant was it Buschong. There are documented branches that misspelled it Bushon, and one branch Bushawn. Also one tombstone with Bushum, but that's it.

Thanks again, Rick Bushong

posted by Rick Bushong
Sorry I just got back on this weekend. I will try to adjust profiles carefully by all your suggestions. Thank you.
posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie: Thank you for the kind words about the Labossiere one name study. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Labossiere_Name_Study

My real pleasure comes in the fact that for the past 5 - 6 years, I have been getting 2 - 3 three distant cousin messages and inquiries every month from people who have found their ancestors in my work and have been able to connect their own work into it. Many of these people are not yet part of the Wikitree Community, so it shows the wide reach that we have. This is what I had hoped to achieve when I started my work here. Best wishes, Jim LaBossiere

posted by Jim LaBossiere
edited by Jim LaBossiere
Name studies are definitely rewarding. Sometimes people are shy about joining genealogy websites. That's why t people like us take the plunge! My best, Maggie
posted by Maggie N.
Maggie, send me your email address and I will send you my article on Richard Pewtinger The Immigrant, born 1636 in Lewes England.

There is no proof for a 1648 birth, nor for birth in Nottingham or Leiden.

Annette Anthony is NOT part of this family ! Regards, Robert Pittenger, Sharon CT, [email address removed]

posted by Robert Pittenger
Robert, can you give me the Wikitree ID of that Annette Anthony concern? Thanks
posted by Maggie N.
Maggie, I need your email address

Robert

posted by Robert Pittenger
Hi Robert, I can't give you my email address but you can upload a PDF to the relevant profile. I can remove Annette Anthony. I will review.
posted by Maggie N.
Hello Maggie,

The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing a check-in with 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.

The Project operates in a team structure. There are currently three participant PIP Teams -- 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. Biography Team Level 1 works on profiles from their watchlist and other profiles that interest them. Biography Team Level 2 works on orphaned profiles from a provided list. Biography Team Level 3 works on notable profiles from the Project’s Maintenance Categories. Are you happy with the Team you are on? If you are interested in working with a different Team, please let us know.

If you have not already done so, we invite you to join the email GoogleGroup and text chat Discord channel for our project. (You will need your Wiki ID for both). 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 meet its goals. We would like to hear about the successes you’ve had and would also appreciate any feedback you have to help improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or via private message to one of us.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project

posted by Debi (McGee) Hoag
Hi Debi, nice to hear from you. Keep me in Profile Improvements. Cheers!
posted by Maggie N.
Thank you so much for being a Legacy Heir! I am truly blessed for you all.
posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Many of these family members are documented in my Ancestry tree (Lorraine Frantz Family tree). Here is a link: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/51857223/family?cfpid=252304489831 ~~~~ From Lorraine Frantz "Wishing you successful documentation in WikiTree" ~~
posted by Lorraine Frantz
I am a cousin of this Frantz side through Marie Marchal! Nice to have met a fellow Wikitree (-:
posted by Maggie N.
Registration has begun for the January thon. Remember to look for the Legacy Heirs’ section and post in there. Here is the link: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1674015/have-you-registered-for-the-january-2024-connect-a-thon-yet
posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Registration begins soon for the January thon. I will be reminding you when it is time to register, but I have some news that will be helpful when that time comes. I have been told that we will be trying a new registration system. When you go in to register, it will not be just making a comment as in the past. The new system will have sections for each team. You will just find the Legacy Heirs one and post to that one.
posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Hey,

Here is a list of all 4 thons next year:

Connect-a-Thon Jan 19-22

Connect-a Thon Apr 12-15

Connect-a Thon Jul 19-22

Source-a-Thon Oct 4-7


That means the first Thon of the year will be a Connect-a-Thon on the weekend of the 19 - 22 Jan 2024. I would love to have you with your fellow Legacy Heirs at that time, if it works out for you. I will remind you about registration when that time comes.

P.S. I now know a quick and easy little tip on how to add profiles. If you use the Sourcer/Searcher app, and want to know the hint, let me know and I will send you the steps.

posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Hi there sweet lady!

I am wanting to send out a message with the dates of the thons and what each is. I know you are/were part of the group that had some people wanting to be Legacy Heirs. If you can, I need the names and ID's of those who want to. Could you find them out for me and get me a list?

Thank you, Lisa

posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Hi Lisa! One of them is Skye Skye Sonczalla.
posted by Maggie N.
The other is Tina Tina Kobus
posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie

It's time for a One Name Studies Project check-in!

Could you please advise me which One Name Studies you're still actively coordinating, i.e. maintaining the main study page and associated research pages, and replying to queries/comments from members.

You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. I look forward to hearing from you!

If I don’t receive your response within the next three weeks, I’ll assume that your interests have changed or you are no longer able to coordinate any One Name Studies, and you'll be removed from the project.

Regards

Jacqueline Baxter, ONS Project Co-Leader

posted by Jacqueline Baxter
edited by Jacqueline Baxter
Hello Jacqueline, thanks for the check-in (-:

My Name Studies are: The Delahunty Name Study > https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Delahunty_Name_Study

The Trant Name Study > https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Trant_Name_Study

And the Stermenszky Name Study > https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Stermenszky_Name_Study

posted by Maggie N.
Miss Maggie,

Please check out your Zimmer branch

posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
The merge on John Miller 1500-1565 has been accomplished https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miller-1303

I hope you are pre-certified so you can make sure this is a 'clean' profile after the merge I am not pre-certified so it is up to you or any others who are pre-certified

However, thank you very much for attending to the merge. Should be helpful in sorting out descendants

posted by Susan Smith
edited by Susan Smith
Hi Maggie - David (Meridith-1182) suggested I check with you on a question I had about a townland in the RD of Glanbehy, County Kerry. My ggmother was born in the Townland of "Clohera" according to her birth record, Ellen Breen, entry 114. I asked David if Clohera is the same as Cloghera Beg, and he said "On the Shane Wilson registration districts (1865) there is no mention of Cloghera More, only Cloghera Beg even though both exist in the 1851 list of townlands. Difficult one that as it may just be that locally both parts were referred to by the one name Clohera. Since they are right next to each other as most beg / More pairs are you could go for either."

So does it make sense to just use Cloghera Beg? Thanks for any guidance! Karen

posted by Karen Haney
edited by Karen Haney
Thank you for being a Legacy Heir1! You were missed.
posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Hi Maggie, the category https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Poland_Project_Members has 2 links to the category that need to be removed before the category can be deleted. See "What links here" on the category page.

Thanks, Margaret, Categorization project

Hi Maggie, this category, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Polish_Roots_Project sent for deletion, has several links to it on pages and categories that need removing/changing before the category can be deleted. Editbot does not delete links. See "What links here" on the category page. Also, you shouldn't add the "Confirmed" parameter to the Delete Category template, that can only be added by one of the Categorization review team.

Many thanks, regards, Margaret, Categorization Project

Thank you, Margaret! I am glad you reminded me of the "What's Link Here". I just cleaned it out (-:
posted by Maggie N.
Thanks Maggie, much appreciated :)
Hi - it's the first annual check-in for the Holocaust Project.... if you wish to remain a member of the Holocaust 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. But don't worry ... you're welcome to rejoin at any time. Please also note, that in order to receive help with researching your ancestors or people of interest, membership is not mandatory. Just ask your questions in the G2G forum and tag them with "holocaust" in order for knowledgeable people to see them.

-Elaine, Holocaust Project Leader

Dear Elaine,.thank you so much for all you do for the Holocaust project. I would like to remain a member. I am hoping to work on more profiles in the coming year.
posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie,

I saw your category "Dragșina, Rumänien" and requested deletion for it, because it's a mixture of the Romanian name for the village and the German name for the country. Also please make sure, that all middle parameters you use in an aka template are identical. Only the third parameter, the language differs. Maybe you want to try out creating the categories from Wikipedia using BEE, it takes a lot of work away.

Kind regards

Flo
posted by Florian Straub
Thank you, Florian! I didn't even know about BEE! Thank you for this tip (- :
posted by Maggie N.
You're welcome. I described it at Space:Banat_Location_Categories#WikiTree_BEE. There is also the bookmarklet for people that can't or won't install BEE.
posted by Florian Straub
Hi Maggie,

I intend to start looking at the migration of German speakers to the Russian Empire. I will soon be contacting Skye and Tina to work on a consistent approach with the historic Governates that are now a part of present day Poland, Moldova and Ukraine.

I am also interested on your opinions about Florian's work in https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Banat_Location_Categories

There's a lot of room for confusion in all this work,

Steve.

posted by [Living Thomas]
Hi Maggie,

would love to hear your feedback at [1]. Also from anybody else interested in the former Hungarian area, of course.

Kind regards from Black Forest

Flo
posted by Florian Straub
Hi Maggie,

It is once again time for our annual Ireland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:

  1. If you would like to continue as an Ireland Project member. If your answer is yes, please tell us if you are happy with your current team, or if you would prefer to join a different one. If you are currently participating in more than one team we would appreciate you ranking them in their order of importance to you, from highest priority to lowest. This information will be helpful as we consider possible future changes to our team structure.
  2. In the past, the project has had a very minimal membership requirement (one contribution per year) for badged members to meet. Do you believe this is adequate, or should this requirement be increased? What do you believe would be a reasonable commitment to expect from all project members?
  3. How active have you been in the Ireland Project over the past year? Please choose one of the following options: a) I normally spend 1-5 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. b) I normally spend 6-10 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. c) I spend over 10 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. d) I am not able to contribute every month but have spent approximately ________ hours during the past year improving Irish profiles.
  4. Please provide feedback on any things you’d like to see the project do more of in the future.

You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within the next three weeks we’ll assume your interests have changed or you no longer are able to participate in the Ireland Project at this time, and your badge will be removed. If your circumstances change later you will be welcome to reapply for membership.

Many thanks for all that so many of you have contributed to the project in the past year, and very special thanks to those who answered the project’s call and gave generously of their time to be part of Team Seanchaithe during the most recent connect-a-thon. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

le dea-mhéin, Jen Hutton, Ireland Project co-leader

posted by Jen (Stevens) Hutton
As always I was blessed this last weekend, because you are a Legacy Heir. Thank you so much!
posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
You are amazing, Lisa. We are so lucky to have you <3
posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie! Could you contact the US Southern Colonies Project about managing Gay-92? Since the US Southern Colonies Project was relaunched, it's been taking back most of the profiles that the Virginia Project picked up while it was dormant. Since Gay-92 is for someone who died before the USA began, he's not within the scope of the Virginia Project anymore.

Thanks!

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Thanks Maggie for the Wonderful Wikitreer award and kind words.

Henryk's mother could not speak English when she arrived to Australia. She did not smile a lot. This photo is the closest to smiling I saw. It is Helena with her first great-grandchild, Christmas Day 1989. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Kowalewska-7-1

posted by [Living Thomas]
edited by [Living Thomas]
Wonderful photograph. After such hardship in earlier years, she probably was able to relax a bit in old age.
posted by Maggie N.
Hi

How are you related to Dawid Cedek and other Cedeks.? Thanks

posted by Steven Zedeck
Hi Steven, I am not related to the Cedeks. I was just doing a little profile improvement to Dawid's profile and doing some research in Andrzejewo (-:
posted by Maggie N.
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
Hi Florian, please keep me as a member of the Germany project.
posted by Maggie N.
Happy to hear from you. Noted.
posted by Florian Straub
It's time for the One Place Studies Project Check-In!

We've put together a survey for you to fill out to check in with you, it will only take a moment as there are only a few questions. Filling out the survey lets us know you are still interested in coordinating your study and provides an opportunity for you to share any suggestions you may have for the project.

If you have decided to step away from your study, please reply to this comment to that effect.

posted by Azure Robinson
Definitely staying with the One Place Studies, Azure!
posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie, do you have a gedmatch #?
posted by Larry Smith
Yes, Larry, It's GEDmatch # T322601
posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie,

Kylie Haese has retired from the Project Coordinator role for Prussia in the Germany Project. I have been promoted to PC role for Prussia. I do not know if Kylie is still engaged in the Poland Project. If she is - no problem. If she is not not engaged - then I am happy to take some role looking after Prussia in the Poland Project.

posted by [Living Thomas]
Hi Steve! I'm not sure of Kylie's engagement in the Poland Project. I do know she is a very busy person and has not had time for it in the last several months. I can tell you we would love to have you as a coordinator in the Poland Project for Prussia/Poland. We can always use all the help we can get. You're aware Tina and I have been working on categorization of profiles and bridging information to present-day Poland. If you have an interest in creating village categories (only in Prussia), Tina and I have a way to run reports to find out any new categories created and then create the Poland village counterpart. Otherwise, the only other job to do is making sure profiles are moved to correct categories and checking the G2G feed to see if anyone has questions (which I believe you already do, thank you!) Is there anything else you had in mind specifically that you can do? Thanks Steve! Skye
posted by Skye Sonczalla
Hi Steve ~ Thank you for being PC. Kylie has been paring down her WikiTree roles, little by little, so it was no surprise. I appreciate you helping out. My best,
posted by Maggie N.
Connect-a-Thon!! It is registration time again. January’s thon will be a connect-a-thon to bring us all together for the new year. It will start on 13 Jan 2023 and 72 hours later, on 16 Jan 2023, it will be a great memory. I hope to see that you are doing well and want to join the rest of the Legacy Heirs who will be there. Registration link is here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1505819/have-you-registered-for-the-january-2023-connect-a-thon-yet
posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Thank you for sharing Grandpa’s brother, Daniel’s obit. You rock!
posted by Cynthia Sterman
Hun,

Registration for the Source-A-Thon has started. The thon will start 30 Sep 2022 and, as always, run for 72 hours, ending on October 3rd. I hope to have you with me for the Legacy Heirs team. I will understand though if it will not work out. Register so I can put you on the team roster. Here is the Registration Link: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1463120/register-now-for-the-2022-source-a-thon

posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
As always, you are an amazing Captain! How lucky Legacy Heirs is to have you (-:
posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie,

I just submitted an answer to join the Ohio project. I was looking over the 'suggestion list.' What are the meanings of the different highlight colors? I didn't see a key or legend.

posted by Morgan Nalley
Morgan, I am sorry that I didn't see your question earlier. August flew by with very little WikiTree time for me! I am learning something new here about the different highlight colors. I am assuming you mean the COLOURED BOXES under the HEADING "Suggestions" on the farthest left of the columns? PINK means definite ERRORS. These may require intense research or sources to correct. If you need help with those errors in your suggestion, post in G2G or contact a project or a mentor. The IVORY color means WARNINGS. You may need to look at your records again and it may be a simple fix. I don't know what the "PURPLISH BLUE" stands for. I will find out!
posted by Maggie N.
Hey hun,

Thank you so much for being a Legacy Heir and being in the Connect-A -Thon. I hope to see you for the Source-A-Thon in October.

posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Hi there Hun,

Registration for the July Thon has started. It is going to be a connect-a-thon for the year of connections. The thon will start 15 Jul 2022 and, as always, run for 72 hours. I hope to have you with me for the Legacy Heirs team. I will understand though if it will not work out. Register so I can put you on the team roster. Here is the Registration Link:https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1431009/have-you-registered-for-the-july-2022-connect-a-thon-yet

posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Frances Triplett Sloan is in my family tree but I know very little about her.

Thank you for merging these two, this really helps me a lot. I wasn't even sure which side of my family she was on. This helps me figure out that she's on my paternal side. Jan Stokes Eliáš

posted by Janice Stokes
I appreciate you being a Legacy Heir. Thank you for signing up for the April Connect-a-thon. I hope to “see” you for the Connect-a-thon in July and the Source-a-thon in October!
posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Hello Maggie,

We wrote to you about the check-in for Profile Improvement Project (PIP) a couple of weeks ago. Would you like to continue in Biography Team Level 1 where we have placed you? That's the Team that works on improving profiles from both your own watchlist and projects you are involved with to Level 1 of the PIP Profile Standards.

If you do not wish to participate in the Project, please let us know. If we don’t hear from you within 7 days we will remove you from the Project, but we will welcome you back at any time. We would like to hear from you with any ideas or suggestions.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Robin Shaules Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

posted by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
Hi Robin, sorry I missed the prior message. Yes, definitely. Keep me on PIP Biography Team Level 1. Thanks for all you do keeping track of everyone.

My best, Maggie

posted by Maggie N.
Hi Maggie! I was reviewing

You added Virginia Project as a manager for Bowling-1621, but not the project box. Looking at the profile, it seems it would be better if it were managed by a different project - Maryland project, or perhaps US Southern Colonies, Maryland Team? I think that Maryland does not have its own project box/project account, so pre-USA would be US Southern Colonies Project & post-colonial would be United States Project.

Please reply to the comment I posted on his profile: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bowling-1621#comment_6378915

Thanks!

P.S. I ran across the profile going through the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:DBE_Project_Status for Virginia Project.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Thanks, Liz. I agree with you on US Southern Colonies.
posted by Maggie N.
Dear Maggie,

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. (When 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. You will find more information on the GoogleGroup.

We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project and WikiTree. The Project’s mission is to:

Make profiles beautiful! We clean up messy biography sections and sources, and try to set standards for attractive, useful, and well-written biographies, starting with those we manage.

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

posted by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
Dear Maggie, thank you for merging Mathias Schuck.

Greetings from South Baden, Germany Eva

Hi Maggie,

It’s time for our annual Ireland Project check-in! Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:

  • If you are happy with the team you’re on or if you’d like to make a change. It is now required that all members with an Ireland project badge work on at least one of the project’s team(s), so if you’ve not yet signed up please do so in your reply to this check-in.
  • What you think the project is doing well, and what (if any) changes you would like to see us make? Are there any teams you would like to become more active in?
  • Would you be interested in helping to work on an Ireland Project newsletter?
  • Please give us some feedback on the use of google group and discord. Do you use one or both of these? If you don’t use either of them, what is the best way for us to ensure you receive project communications? If you would like to join us on either one, Just let us know in your response and we will get you signed up.

Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within two weeks, we will assume you are no longer interested in participating in the Ireland Project, and your badge will be removed. If you wish to reapply for membership later, we will be happy to have you back. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely, Jen Hutton, on behalf of the Ireland Project

posted by Jen (Stevens) Hutton
Jen, thanks for checking in. All's good as far as I'm concerned.
posted by Maggie N.
Hi there Hun,

Registration for the April Thon has started. It is going to be a connect-a-thon for the year of connections. The thon will start 22 Apr 2022 and, as always, run for 72 hours. I hope to have you with me for the Legacy Heirs team. I will understand though if it will not work out. Register so I can put you on the team roster. Here is the Registration Link: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1392037/have-you-registered-for-the-april-2022-connect-a-thon-yet?start=0#a_list_title

And here is our team Chat page: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1392211/legacy-heirs-april-connect-a-thon-g2g-chat

posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
Hi Maggie, I just wanted to thank you for all the work you've done to improve the US Civil War Between the States Project. I'm doing a check-in with all project members and wanted to verify that you're still interested in being a member of the project. Also, any suggestions for the Project would be welcome. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

P Kreutzer, US Civil War Between the States Project Leader.

posted by Pam Kreutzer
Hi P, I am afraid I haven't been able to help much with the Civil War project since it's inception. I do appreciate how organized it is.
posted by Maggie N.
As usual, I have the best team for the thons!!! Thank you for being a Legacy Heir for the January 2022 Connect-A-Thon. I am hoping you will join me for the next thon too!
posted by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy