Rob Pavey
Honor Code SignatorySigned 6 Jun 2020 | 17,557 contributions | 510 thank-yous | 2,995 connections
Signed 6 Jun 2020 | 17,557 contributions | 510 thank-yous | 2,995 connections
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anyone who shares the same genealogical or historical interests.
Here is my family tree.
I have been researching my family tree for over 10 years, mostly on Ancestry.com. I joined WikiTree in June 2020.
with
anyone who shares the same genealogical or historical interests.
Here is my family tree.
I have been researching my family tree for over 10 years, mostly on Ancestry.com. I joined WikiTree in June 2020.
I have been a professional software engineer since 1981. I retired from full-time work in 2019.
I am the developer of the WikiTree AGC browser extension and the Wikitree Sourcer extension.
I am interested in sharing research and collaborating, especially on the Pavey family. I have a blog about the Paveys here: https://paveysofyarcombe.wordpress.com One of my Pavey ancestors that I have done the most research on is Pavey-343.
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Rob Pavey
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
and Brother of
[private brother (1950s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Rob Pavey is an England Orphan Trailblazer
Rob Pavey has completed the England Project's Orphan Trail III Pre-1500 Prep.
Rob Pavey has completed the England Project's Pre-1700 Orphan Trail II.
Rob Pavey has completed the England Project's Post 1700 Orphan Trail I.
Rob Pavey participated with Mighty Oaks during the 2020 Connect-a-Thon.
Rob Pavey participated with Mighty Oaks during the 2021 Clean-a-Thon, correcting 1,067 suggestions.
Rob Pavey participated with The Mighty Oaks during the 2021 Connect-a-Thon.
Rob Pavey participated with The Mighty Oaks during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 504 connections.
Rob was born in San Luis Obispo, California, USA to English parents. The family moved back to England when Rob was less than a year old and Rob grew up in Hertfordshire and Sussex.
Rob studied Mathematics and Computer Science at University.
Rob started work as a software engineer in 1981.
In 1996 Rob moved from England to the San Francisco Bay area.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Rob Pavey at registration.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Rob Pavey and JP, his 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Harry Pavey and Amelia Littlemore, the great grandparents of both Rob Pavey and JP. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 337 cM across 9 segments.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Rob's formal name
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (2)
- private siblings' names
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Rob Pavey: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup E-M35 + Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup E-PF2546
- Rob Pavey: Mitochondrial DNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup I2a
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100.00%
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Rob Pavey:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jennifer Griffiths
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MyHeritage DNA
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Rob:
- 200,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Rob Pavey, and thank you from all of us! Sep 25, 2024.
- Rob Pavey is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 4, 2024.
- Rob Pavey is a Wonderful WikiTreer Feb 26, 2024.
- Rob Pavey is a Wonderful WikiTreer Aug 22, 2023.
- We have a new pilot: 100,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Rob Pavey, and thank you from all of us! Mar 23, 2023.
- Rob Pavey is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 18, 2023.
This week's connection theme is the Puritan Great Migration. Rob is 21 degrees from John Winthrop, 19 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 19 degrees from John Cotton, 20 degrees from John Eliot, 20 degrees from John Endecott, 18 degrees from Mary Estey, 21 degrees from Thomas Hooker, 19 degrees from Anne Hutchinson, 21 degrees from William Pynchon, 21 degrees from Alice Tilley, 18 degrees from Robert Treat and 19 degrees from Roger Williams on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
We all did a fantastic job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 54,527 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks added 7,456. We appreciate your input and support for the event and look forward to working with you again next year.
Thanks again for this weekend, from your colleagues and the Mighty Oaks Team Captains Janet, Joan and Maddy
I sent you a message a while ago as part of the England Project's annual check-in with project members. I haven't heard back from you. I hope you are well.
If you could send me a quick message to confirm whether you are still interested in the project and wish to remain an active member, that would be great. We ask all project members to reply to our annual check-in as a requirement of membership.
Thank you again for your contributions towards the England Project's goals!
Kathy, on behalf of the England Project leadership
Sorry for the delay replying. Yes, I am still interested in being a member of the England Project. Rob
Thank you for your reply.
Thank you for contributing towards the goals of the England Project! Over the past year, a staggering amount has been done to improve English profiles on WikiTree and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
The England Project leadership like to check in with all our project members at least once a year.
Are you happy to stay in your current project team/s? Or is there another team you would like to join or become more active in?
Please reply to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you. Please also let us know if you have other feedback about the direction of the project.
Many thanks!
Kathy, on behalf of the England Project leadership
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 88,908 profiles.
The Mighty Oaks added 8,292 profiles to the tree. We appreciate your input and support for the event and look forward to working with you all again next time.
Thanks again for this weekend, from your colleagues and the Mighty Oaks Team Captains
Janet, Joan and Maddy
<ref> Obituary of wife Brenda C Fangmeyer: "U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current"
Publication Date: 4/ Nov/ 2009; Publication Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; URL: http://obits.lancasteronline.com/index.php?p=2416526
Ancestry Record 7545 #150937819 (accessed 27 April 2024)
Gender: Male; Name: Paul E. Fangmeyer; Spouse: Brenda C. Fangmeyer. </ref>
This is the source generated by the app from the Ancestry Record. I have more examples if you need them, but they all follow the same pattern. The correct link should be https://lancasteronline.com/obituaries/brenda-c-ceily-fangmeyer/article_1e0561f9-52be-5f7f-aeb2-d7473426d80e.html
edited by Rhonda (Wiblemo) Schneringer
Source Citation Lancaster Newspapers; Publication Date: 4/ Nov/ 2009; Publication Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; URL: http://obits.lancasteronline.com/index.php?p=2416526
So if that is no longer a working link that is a bug on the Ancestry record
edited by Rob Pavey
Wanted to let you know that AGC seems to be converting FSFTID tags into broken links. Here's an example I just did the version in WBE v16.3. https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Bachtell-19&diff=195778739&oldid=8058134
Though perhaps something utilizing Template:FamilySearch would be more future proof.
Best regards,
Jeff
edited by Jeff Ikeler
WikiTree Team profile:Mighty Oaks
G2G Chat click here
Looking forward to working with you any questions just ask
Joan, Janet, and Maddy Co-Captains for the Mighty Oaks
Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!
Best wishes,
Maddy, England Project Leader
Thanks so much for the sourcing browser extension. It's an awesome tool.
Slave Schedule: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #90122605 (accessed 13 August 2023)
William E Allen, slave owner of 10 enslaved people, in 1850 in District 19, Chambers, Alabama, USA. </ref>
Wow, you did it. Thank you Rob for making the requested change so quickly. I hadn't used it on this type of record in the last few days, and there it was just as I asked for. I truely appreciate your help with this.
Error while performing extractData
TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'includes') at extractDbAndRecordId (chrome-extension://jaokbnmpdigpgfjckhgpdacpcokipoha/site/ancestry/core/ancestry_extract_data.mjs:116:11) at extractRecordData (chrome-extension://jaokbnmpdigpgfjckhgpdacpcokipoha/site/ancestry/core/ancestry_extract_data.mjs:432:19) at Module.extractData (chrome-extension://jaokbnmpdigpgfjckhgpdacpcokipoha/site/ancestry/core/ancestry_extract_data.mjs:1445:5) at extractDataAndRespond (chrome-extension://jaokbnmpdigpgfjckhgpdacpcokipoha/base/browser/content/content_common.js:198:49) at contentMessageListener (chrome-extension://jaokbnmpdigpgfjckhgpdacpcokipoha/base/browser/content/content_common.js:299:19) at chrome-extension://jaokbnmpdigpgfjckhgpdacpcokipoha/base/browser/content/content_common.js:326:12
Input data: "https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18648432:2238" Browser info not available (only available on Firefox).
The extension version is 1.8.2
User Agent Info Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/114.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
I tried it myself on the record and didn't get the error but with that call stack I can add some defensive code. Can I ask - did it work for you if you tried it again on the same record?
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?
Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.
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.
On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!
Kind regards,
Steve, England Project Leader
We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks for the ConnectA-Thon. The event starts Friday, April 21, at 8 AM EDT (12pm UTC) and runs until Monday, April 24, at 8 AM EDT (12pm UTC).
If you are interested in joining us then please answer the G2G post here Connect-A-Thon Registration remember to mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks. Registration close at Midnight this Wednesday 19th April that is tomorrow.
Look forward to working with you again
Joan, Janet, Maddy & Fran Co-Captains for the Mighty Oaks
The content script did not respond. Cannot initialize the WikiTree Sourcer menu Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist.
Thoughts?
When the extension is working it does not work on the sources page - it works on the details page. e.g. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/235P-QRT
This extension can read and change your data on sites. You can control which sites the extension can access. Automatically allow access on the following sites
edited by David Wilson
It could be that my extension code is crashing on your machine/browser. To check that could you do this...
In Chrome menus do View -> Developer -> JavaScript console In the same tab/window go to the FamilySearch page you want to do "Save Person Data" on. Click on the [1] icon to bring up the Sourcer menu See if any error messages show up in the Javascript console
to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 () manifest.json:1 Manifest: Line: 1, column: 1, Syntax error. manifest.json:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 () DevTools failed to load source map: Could not load content for chrome-extension://fheoggkfdfchfphceeifdbepaooicaho/sourceMap/chrome/scripts/iframe_form_check.js.map: System error: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT
I did not even get to opening (1) and wonder if there is a conflict of the "X" still in cache that FS expects to be there? I don't believe we have space for screen shots here? I have already remove WT X from my extensions...
Once I opened (1) went to Save citation which just loaded to my clipboard and I pasted onto profile.
edited by David Wilson
To fix this issue, replace the usage of navigator.userAgent, navigator.appVersion, and navigator.platform with feature detection, progressive enhancement, or migrate to navigator.userAgentData. Note that for performance reasons, only the first access to one of the properties is shown. 1 source dynatrace-20221104-prod.min-44bb934….js:1
Kinda "greek" to me?
edited by David Wilson
Some of those errors messages (even ones about manifest.json) or normal on FamilySearch even when no WikiTree extensions are installed.
You are correct that Sourcer does not currently add any lines to the bio for facts or sources from a FS profile page. My current thinking is that one gets a better result by using Sourcer to generate a narrative and citation for each source. At some point I might see if I can do as good a job (or close) automatically at the time "Save Person Data" is done. Personally I like to review the sources as I add them and touch up the narrative lines and I feel I would probably end up not doing that so much if it was fully automated. I guess we all work differently. I really don't like typing in stuff that is already online somewhere but I'm happy to do some reviewing and mouse clicking :)
edited by Rob Pavey
WLM
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the 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 will be joining us in April when we do it all over again.
Joan, Maddy, Janet & Fran.
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,
Amelia, England Project Leader
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 7693 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
edited by Frances (McHugh) Weidman
Best regards.....Phil (Grace-883).
When someone with an Ancestry subscription creates a citation using Sourcer and there is an image on Ancestry then Sourcer will include the "Ancestry Sharing Link" in the citation. This allows people without an Ancestry subscription to view the image.
All the best, stay well, stay safe.
Congrats on the Super Star Badge!
I highly appreciate the work you do!! Lauren
We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-A-Thon. The event will start on Friday, July 15th, at 8 AM (EDT) and will run until Monday, July 18th, at 8 AM (EDT) [time zone calculator] You do not need to participate full time.
If you are interested in joining us then please answer the G2G post here before Midnight this Wednesday https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1431009/have-you-registered-for-the-july-2022-connect-a-thon-yet? Connect-A-Thon Registration] remember to mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks. There are just a few days left to sign up for the event.
Look forward to working with you again
Joan, Carol, Maddy & Fran Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
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
I just want to thank you so much for the WikiTree Sourcer. I was terrible at referencing my sources correctly and suddenly your tool has made my life as a wikitreer so much easier. Now I am eagerly awaiting for it to work with French genealogy sites ;) Best, Amélie
Thanks for the positive feedback. Are there some particular free French sites that it would be useful to support? I'm planning to start adding sites more rapidly soon.
Rob
However, the original documents are free to access on their original site (from the local administration), but it means there are a hundred different sites running different software. See for example here Lagarde-111 : I have four references from four differents sources, two with permalinks and two without...
We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-A-Thon. The event will start on Friday, April 22nd, at 8 AM (EDT) and run until Monday, April 25th, at 8 AM (EDT). You do not need to participate full time.
If you are interested in joining us then please answer the G2G post here Connect-A-Thon Registration remember to mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks. There are just a few days left to sign up for the event.
Look forward to working with you again
Janet & Joan Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
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 13,284 this 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
Thanks again for last weekend, we look forward to working with you again
Janet & Fran
Thanks for your wonderful apps it really takes the hard work out of creating and sourcing profiles
Thank you so much for replacing the "Unclassified" sourcing name on the profile of William Young. I realized there must be a way to change the "name" of source but had not yet followed up on how to do this without compromising the source. Now I know better and will go through all my added sources to make this change. I appreciate your help - it motivates me to correct these source names.
Here is the link to the WikiTree Sourcer FSP: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Sourcer And to the G2G post: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1310541/wikitree-sourcer-browser-extension-finding-citing-sources I am working an a Safari version. Cheers, Rob
Well, it was a fun weekend, we hope you enjoyed yourself. Thank you for joining us. 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 (gives you a target for next year’s event)
Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you again
Joan & Maddy
I wrote to you recently as part of the England Project's six-monthly check-in with our project members. I do not seem not heard back from you. I know you are active within the project, but can you confirm that you are still happy with your current teams.
If you could please drop me a quick note to confirm whether you are still interested in the project and wish to remain an active member, that would be very helpful.
Many thanks!
Joan, England Project Leader
I would 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!
Joan, England Project Leader
Hi Rob
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Clean-A-Thon and congratulations on your work during the CAT what an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks we fixed 32,841 suggestions.
Altogether the teams fixed a grand total of 233,558 profile suggestions. We hope you had fun while cleaning the tree.
For the template to add to your profile go to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Template:Clean-a-Thon you will need to amend it to this year. See the Mighty Oaks page
See you later in the year for the Connect-A-Thon
Janet & Joan
Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
Halfway through cleaning I realised I hadn't looked at my own suggestions report. Have you cleared out your own suggestions? I can see some of your profiles on the father/ mother status not set suggestion so I think that's some easy stat wins there!
Best, David
I haven't researched the Rodneys further back though.
I would check Somerset Wills for several spellings of Rodney/Rodeney etc: https://archive.org/details/somersetpub16someuoft/page/82/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Rodeney
edited by Rob Pavey
Congratulations on your Pre-1500 badge! Please make sure to add pre-1500 to your followed tags. Also, you may want to take a look at our Medieval Project. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Medieval Your efforts would be welcomed.
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
What I'm currently/recently working on:
I use the Discord server regularly. It seems to work quite well, although the channels could perhaps be organized better. When I was working on my Chrome Extension (WikiTree AGC) I wasn't sure how to let people on the England project know about it.
I am subscribed to the Google group but don't really use it.
I really appreciate the focus of the England Project and the OT.
Cheers, Rob
Hi Rob
We would love to have you join us in the Mighty Oaks for the fifth Source-A-Thon
If you are interested in joining us then sign up here https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1097927/have-you-registered-for-the-2020-source-a-thon-yet?
Here is our chat page is open - Oaks Chat We will also be on Discord for live chatting.
This link is for the help page for the event Help page
Look forward to working with you again
Janet & Joan
edited by Janet (Langridge) Wild MSc RN
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 Rob
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
Thanks for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz and joining the England project!
Pre-1700 ancestors can be shared by many descendants, so collaboration is essential. You can learn more about joining the community in How To #3 and in the Project FAQ.
Use the Pre-1700 Projects list to find all the projects if your interested in joining another project.
Have questions? Ask in the comments section of my profile.
Remember to cite reliable sources in pre-1700 profiles you manage, or edit. (See:https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1700_Profiles#Cite_reliable_sources).
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PS Links sometimes do not work in email; if that happens, use the link in the public comments on your profile.
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It's great to have you on board. Enjoy your time here, and good luck growing your branches. If you need help be sure to use the "reply link" for this comment so that I will be notified. You can also click my name to send a private message, or post a comment on my profile page.
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P.S. To find reliable sources for your profiles, go to the Family Tree & Tools tab; select Genealogy Research and scroll down near the bottom of that list and select Research with RootsSearch. There are over 20 websites to access from there.
I have joined the England team and I am enjoying following their Orphan Trail to get up to speed. I will probably get back to my tree and importing my GEDCOM tree after that.
Cheers, Rob
Thank you for adding your DNA Test to your profile on WikiTree. Getting Started with DNA will tell you more about how DNA kits are used on WikiTree.
DNA at WikiTree provides a visual way for you to find others who have tested and have the potential of having common ancestors. It normally takes 24 hours from adding a test, or adding a new ancestor, or ancestor’s descendant, for WikiTree to display your name and test results on your ancestors and their descendants’ profiles for potential cousins to compare results with.
Have fun!
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One of our mentors created a tutorial for the GEDCOMpare process that I found very helpful. I hope that you will too.
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Rob
Please do let me know if you have any questions about how WikiTree works, even if they seem minor. My rule of thumb when I started was to search for an answer for five minutes, then reach out to my Greeters, and then resume searching. I might have found the answer before they got back with me but they sometimes offered a different way of doing the same thing which was easier. We are always here to help.
See you in the branches,
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PS We have a research tool that makes finding reliable sources easier. I use it all the time and it helps me remember different places to check. To give it a try, go to the Family Tree & Tools tab; select Genealogy Research, scroll down near the bottom of that list, and select Research with RootsSearch (use your WikiTree email & password). There are over 20 websites to access from there. You can read more about the tool in the RootsSearch FAQ.
I see that you have had your DNA tested, congratulations! Getting Started with DNA will tell you more about how DNA kits are used on WikiTree.
DNA at WikiTree provides a visual way for you to find others who have tested and have the potential of having common ancestors. To get the best results, you need to continue adding sourced profiles for your ancestors until you can connect to existing profiles in WikiTree. If you have exhausted what you know on one line, try a different one. 24 hours after you connect to an existing profile, your test will have populated on the profiles of your ancestors and their descendants, where others with potential matches may also appear.
Let me know if you have any questions, and have fun!
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