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I am Larry Otis, born Noxubee County, MS. Father is Emmett Cavett Otis, Noxubee County, MS, GF is Torrence H Otis, Noxubee County, MS, GGF is William T. Otis, Chester County, SC.
Can not connect my Otis beyond SC.
Am retired former Mayor of Tupelo, MS, Research Fellow, Mississippi State University.
I am willing to volunteer to help and assist in any way with others seeking Otis information in Mississippi.
Do not have expertise in Genealogy, just desire to learn my family history.
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Congratulations, you've been a WikiTree member for a month! We're glad you're here. A few tips to help you dive in even deeper:
Check out Beyond the Basics of WikiTree for a guide on some of our more advanced features such as Projects, Categories, and Merging.
We're very active on our social sites and we have an excellent blog where you'll find our monthly newsletter as well as tips, interviews with our members and guest posts from others in the genealogy community.
As always, I'm here to help if you have any questions!
Guy ~ WikiTree Mentor
Now that you have had a little time to try WikiTree, there are a few more features you may find useful.
Ideas on what to include in a profile can be found in Styles and Standards, including some tips on writing biographies.
If you need to describe an event, an heirloom or a location relevant to your research, you may like to learn about Free Space Profiles.
Lastly, sometimes you'll run into unresponsive profile managers. We have a process for resolving those unfortunate situations.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask via my profile page.
Guy ~ WikiTree Mentor
How are you? I'm Shirley, a WikiTree Mentor. Hope you're enjoying our site.
How To Use WikiTree is a good starting point, and the Help Index is an important place to find out how to do most tasks.
If you have pre-1700's ancestors to add please read our Pre-1700 profiles info. Do you have Royal Ancestors? Rather than create duplicate profiles for them, please contact the EuroAristo Project to discuss connecting your family line to their profiles.
And I'm here to help too, just ask!
Shirley ~ WikiTree Mentor
You are now a member of the WikiTree Community. Please note we are trying to build one Collaborative World Tree which means one profile per person so check alternate spellings before entering profiles.
It is important to ensure no duplicates are entered as you add Profiles to WikiTree - if you have pre-1700's ancestors to add please read our Pre-1700 profiles info.
For help, use the menu on the top right or go to G2G forum to ask a question.
There is a great introductory WikiTree video that a member created.
We have Mentors to help you!
Cheers! Deborah, Volunteer Greeter
Deborah
Can not connect my Otis beyond SC.
Am retired former Mayor of Tupelo, MS, Research Fellow, Mississippi State University.
I am willing to volunteer to help and assist in any way with others seeking Otis information in Mississippi.
Do not have expertise in Genealogy, just desire to learn my family history.
Welcome as a guest to WikiTree!
We're collaborating together to build a World Wide Family Tree.
Feel free to ask a Question at our G2G Forum.
Our help pages in the menu at the top right have very useful information.
Want to join us? Check the Volunteer Box and leave a message here on your profile saying that you would like to add your family and ancestors. - Gilly