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Project: French and Indian War

Categories: French and Indian War Project | French and Indian War | Military and War Project

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Welcome to the French and Indian War Project


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North America after 1748

The French and Indian War was a colonial extension of the Seven Years War that ravaged Europe from 1754 to 1763. This involved people on three continents. Reason: Colonial territory possession. Both sides involving the indigenous people of North America.


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Our Mission

Our mission is to honor all those who served in this war, lest we forget....,

How To Join

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You may also want to

  1. Add military_and_war to your followed tags
  2. Check out the main project page for all guidelines related to the project.
  3. This project does not have a unique badge, in order to add a sticker to your profile and view a listing of who is a member of this project, add your name to the French and Indian War Members by placing the following in your profile, below the ==Biography== line:
    1. if you already have {{Military and War Project Member}} add "|French and Indian War" to it.
    2. if not, add {{Military and War Project Member|French and Indian War}}

This is the Main Category: French and Indian War

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  • War of 1812
    • Focuses on providing resources and information to assist in locating ancestors that served in the War of 1812

Participants

Requested Subprojects

Please add anything you would like to see as a subproject. We can discuss ideas on our google group and then post them on g2g.

  1. Queen Anne's War - Orange County Militia, Ulster Regement [1]

Related Projects

The following projects and groups are likely to have some overlap with this one, so members of this project may be interested in them as well:

Project Box

Sample usage:

{{French and Indian War Project}}

Result:

French and Indian War
... ... ... participated in the French and Indian War.
Join: French and Indian War Project
Discuss: French_and_Indian_War

Sticker

{{French and Indian War
| image = image file
| startdate = mmm dd, yyyy
| enddate= mmm dd, yyyy
| branch = <service branch> or <country>
| units= unit1; unit2, etc
| unit= first unit served in
| rank=rank}}

Sergeant ... ... ... served with the British Army during the French and Indian War.
Service Started: January 27, 1760
Unit(s): 2nd Connecticut Regiment
Service Ended: April 2, 1765

Sample usage:

{{French and Indian War|startdate=January 27, 1760|enddate=April 2, 1765|branch=British Army|units=2nd Connecticut Regiment|unit=2nd Connecticut Regiment, British Army|rank=Sergeant}}

Pages on Wikitree

Goals

  1. Find or create profiles
  2. All duplicates merged into lowest number
  3. Project Managed or PPP added if it qualifies, add the project box {{French and Indian War Project}} and assign the project profile as the PM
  4. pertaining categories added, use the sticker {{French and Indian War}}
  5. biography cleaned up and written, using the WikiTree Style Guide (can work with Profile Improvement Project for help)

Task List

These are tasks that volunteers can do to help us! Check out the G2G post referring to the task, and ask questions or comment on what you're working on there.

Speciific tasks you can do for the French and Indian War Project are:

  1. Add resources to our existing space page.
  2. Make a space page to honor a specific unit or battle and attach it to the project.
  3. Add profiles to the project with the template.
  4. Encourage others to join the project.
  5. Post on g2g about what you are working on.
  6. Bring any interesting information you find to the google group.
  7. Suggest related topics for the project to work on.
  8. Help others that are working on project tasks.

Resources