Project: 1776
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Welcome to the 1776 Project
- Project Leaders: SJ Baty & Betty (Skelton) Norman.
- Coordinators: Mary Richardson (Membership), Ken Spratlin (Managed Profiles).
- Answer our G2G welcome post to join the 1776 project and get a badge.
- Add 1776 to your followed tags.
- We use WikiTree's 1776 Project Account Google Group for communication.
- Check out our maintenance categories for our project needs, then jump in and start helping!
- 1776 Project Member List.
- Here is what our members are working on.
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Membership Requirements
To be a member of the American Revolutionary War (1776) Project, you must:
- be a Wiki Genealogist, having signed the Honor Code
- have been on WikiTree at least 30 days and made at least 100 contributions
- follow the Honor Code and all relevant Help and Style pages, and be willing to collaborate with other members
- successfully complete the pre-1700 self-certification
To join:
- submit your request to the G2G 1776 Project Join Post (click Answer this post, not a comment)
Upon joining the project, you must:
- add 1776 to the tags you follow
- join at least one Project Team
- request to join the WikiTree's 1776 Project Account Google Group, our primary communication channel (please include your WikiTree ID in the request)
- make at least one contribution towards the project's goals every six months
- respond to the annual check-in and to your team leader / coordinator
Project Mission
The American Revolutionary War (1776) Project honors those who were involved in the American Revolutionary War from 16 December 1773 (Boston Tea Party) to 21 June 1789 (ratification of The Constitution of the United States).
The Project honors those who were involved in any capacity (project scope):
- Founding Fathers of the United States of America and other notables
- Military leaders, soldiers, spies, and others
- Civil servants
- All groups including American Colonists (Patriots, Loyalists), African Americans, Native Americans, French, British, Hessians, and others
Project Goals
- Honor those who were involved in the American Revolutionary War by creating and improving person profiles through research, reliable sourcing, and well-written, accurate biographies (free of GEDCOM import artifacts).
- Ensure reasonable proof of involvement, especially military service, is reliably sourced and documented.
- Highlight their involvement in the American Revolutionary War with the 1776 Sticker.
- Collaborate with profile managers and team members using G2G (1776 tag) and the Project's discussion group (Google Groups).
- Manage and protect controversial profiles, profiles of notable persons, and profiles that represent extensive work that should be preserved.
Highlight Your Membership
Project Members may highlight their membership in the Project by adding the 1776 Project Member category and/or Sticker to their own profile:
- [[Category: 1776 Project Members]] ←category
- {{Military and War Project Member|1776}} ←Sticker
Managed Profiles and the Project Box
If you want the Managed Profiles Team to review a person profile for possible project management, or for possible removal from project management, please fill out the Managed Profile Requests form.
Here is a timeline of person profiles under project management.
Project-managed profiles are indicated by the 1776 Project Box:
- {{1776 Project}} ←Project Box
Note: The 1776 Project Box should only be added to or removed from a person profile by the Project's Managed Profiles Team. This is a multi-step process that also involves reviewing the person profile against project criteria and maintaining a database of project-managed profiles.
The 1776 Project Box accepts up to three (3) needs parameters to add the person profile to 1776 Project Maintenance Categories.
- {{1776 Project|needs=Biography}} ←Project Box example
- {{1776 Project|needs=Additional Sources|needs1=Biography|needs2=Category}} ←Project Box example
Alternatively, these maintenance categories may be added directly. For example:
- [[Category: 1776 Project Needs Biography]] ←maintenance category example
Note: The 1776 Project Box previously accepted a category parameter. It no longer accepts this parameter and will generate an Unknown Parameter error if used. For example:
- {{1776 Project|category=American Founding Father}} ←Project Box error example [generates Unknown Parameter error]
Project Sticker
This section provides an overview of this topic. For more detail, see also:
The 1776 Sticker can be added to the person profile of any person involved in the American Revolutionary War.
Note: These Stickers should always be below the == Biography == heading and above the == Sources == heading.
Note: There should be no more than five Profile Stickers on one profile. Three is better. There should be no more than one 1776 Sticker.
The 1776 Sticker takes three (3) parameters:
- image [OPTIONAL] - the name of a WikiTree image file to replace the default 1776 Liberty Bell image
- unit [REQUIRED] - a text string containing either:
- the category name of the primary unit served with, or
- one of the following specified values: Founding Father, Patriotic Service, Civil Service, Loyalist, United Empire
- rank [OPTIONAL] - the rank of the soldier (do not abbreviate the rank, e.g. use Sergeant instead of Sgt.)
If the unit parameter is the name of an existing category or one of the specified values listed above, the person profile will be added to that category.
See examples of the use of these parameters and the resulting Sticker below:
Template code: | Category added: | Displays as: |
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{{1776 Sticker|image=Thornton-1863-4.jpg|unit=Founding Father}} | Category: American Founding Fathers | |
{{1776 Sticker|unit=Patriotic Service, Massachusetts, American Revolution}} | Category: Patriotic Service, Massachusetts, American Revolution | |
{{1776 Sticker|unit=Civil Service}} | Category: Civil Service, American Revolution | |
{{1776 Sticker|unit=Pittsylvania County Militia, Virginia Militia, American Revolution|rank=Sergeant}} | Category: Pittsylvania County Militia, Virginia Militia, American Revolution | |
{{1776 Sticker|image=Flags-3.jpg|unit=Major William Cunningham's Troop of Mounted Militia, Ninety-Six Brigade, American Revolution}} | Category: Major William Cunningham's Troop of Mounted Militia, Ninety-Six Brigade, American Revolution | |
{{1776 Sticker|image=Flags-3.jpg|unit=Loyalist}} | Category: Loyalists, American Revolution | |
{{1776 Sticker|image=Flags-3.jpg|unit=United Empire}} | Category: United_Empire_Loyalists |
Table Notes:
- The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th examples all use the default image. The 1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th examples all change the image.
- The 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 7th examples all use one of the specified values for the unit parameter.
- The 4th example is for a soldier and uses both the unit parameter and the rank parameter.
- Pay close attention to the 2nd example. It uses an existing category (Patriotic Service, Massachusetts, American Revolution) for the unit parameter; this text string is NOT the same as using the specified value Patriotic Service.
Specifying the Unit
For military units, category guidelines include:
- Do not use abbreviations.
- Do not use units smaller than a Regiment (American) / Brigade (British), the building blocks of a Division.
- If the Regiment / Brigade is not known, use the next higher unit known.
The easiest way to find the correct unit name is search for it by clicking on the Categories button in the editor.
Alternatively, find the correct unit name manually. Start at the American Revolution category (top of the unit category hierarchy) and drill down until you find the unit. Then copy the unit name from the category name.
For example, if the unit is the 12th Regiment, Connecticut Militia:
- Drill down from Category: American Revolution > Category: Militia, American Revolution > Category: Connecticut Militia, American Revolution > Category: 12th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, American Revolution
- Copy the full name of the unit appearing after Category:, in this case 12th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, American Revolution]'
- Paste this as the unit parameter
If you are unsure of the unit name and you have time, you can ask for help in G2G by posting a question and adding the tag 1776.
If you do not have time to wait for a reply, enter the unit name as best as you can. If the unit name does not exist, the person profile will be added to a maintenance category, and project volunteers will assist in creating the new unit category or correcting the unit name.
Adding Additional Units
The 1776 Sticker only takes a single unit parameter. If the person served in multiple units, additional unit categories are added manually as Categories above the == Biography == heading, preferably by selecting them from the Categories button in the editor to ensure they already exist.
DAR and SAR Stickers & Citation Template
This section provides an overview of this topic. For more detail, see also:
Lineage societies are excellent sources for existing research:
- Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
- National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR)
They maintain searchable databases:
You can highlight DAR- and NSSAR-recognized Patriots with Stickers. For example:
- {{Society Ancestor|society=society short-code|ancestor=ancestor number}} ←Sticker format
- {{Society Ancestor|society=DAR|ancestor=A047217}} ←Sticker example
- {{NSSAR Patriot Ancestor|sar-number=record number|rank=rank text}} ←Sticker format
- {{NSSAR Patriot Ancestor|sar-number=300490|rank=Private}} ←Sticker example
Note: These Stickers should always be below the == Biography == heading and above the == Sources == heading.
There is also a citation template for DAR-recognized ancestors. For example:
- {{DAR-grs|ancestor number|ancestor name|access date}} ←citation format
- {{DAR-grs|A105194|Elijah Smith|10 February 2024}} ←citation example
This citation template can be used in either an in-line citation (ref tag) or in the Sources list. For example:
- <ref>{{DAR-grs|A105194|Elijah Smith|10 February 2024}}</ref> ←citation in ref tag example
- == Sources ==
- <references />
- * {{DAR-grs|A105194|Elijah Smith|10 February 2024}} ←citation in Sources list example
Volunteer Task List
If you are looking for ways to help, here are a few ideas:
- List what you are working on here.
- Post and answer requests for genealogy help on G2G as needed. This is a great help to the project!
- Add your favorite 1776 Resource here.
- If you are a researcher willing to help others, add you name to 1776 Researchers Willing to Help below.
- Let us know about your 1776 profiles you are particularly proud of. We are looking for more example profiles!
Thank you for all your help!
Resources
Service Documentation
Below are examples of acceptable and unacceptable documentation of service.
Note: In 1780, there were approximately 2.8 million persons in the Thirteen Colonies. We must consider the possibility there were multiple persons with the same name in a given place. Some service records only state a name with no other identifying information. Additional reliable sources may be needed to associate a record with a specific person.
Acceptable Documentation[1]
- published military records
- compiled military service records
- papers of the Continental Congress
- records of military and other service from state and county accounts
- contemporary letters from the persons serving, or from someone receiving the information directly from the person who performed the service
- some state and local histories when service is documented
- some websites, such as Wikipedia
- DAR Ancestor Search
Unacceptable Documentation[1]
- Family genealogies stating that a person performed American Revolutionary War service are not acceptable as proof.
- A grave marked as that of a American Revolutionary War soldier is not acceptable as proof of service.
- Do not cite the old DAR Patriot Indexes or Magazines as Patriots may have been removed.
- The NSSAR is NOT proof of service.
WikiTree Help Pages
Remember, a lot of questions can be answered by referring to the help pages.
- Styles and Standards
- Editing Tips (formatting with "wiki markup")
- Project Protecting and Merging
- GEDCOM Help
- Language Resources
1776 Project Resources
Profile Examples
- Fayette (Feidt) Wysong
- Heinrich Bartholomew
- John Peace
- John Welborn
- Martha (McFarland) McGee Bell, a female patriot and spy
- Col. Nathaniel Erwin Sr
- William Lewis
Relevant Category Links
The Project's high-level category for those involved
Military
- Militia, American Revolution category
- Continental Army, American Revolution category
- Continental Marines, American Revolution category
- Continental Navy, American Revolution category
- British Army Generals, American Revolution category
- British Units in the American Revolutionary War category
- Hessians, American Revolution category
Civilians
Events
Places
Lineage Societies
- NSSAR Patriot Ancestors category
- Society of the Cincinnati category
- Sons of Liberty, American Revolution category
Related Projects and Pages
- American Founding Fathers (Guide)
- Military and War Project
- Roll of Honor Project
- French and Indian War Project
- War of the Regulation
Sources
Last reviewed 12 Feb 2024.
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