Project: Remember the Alamo

Categories: Texas Projects


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Welcome to Remember the Alamo Project

DEFENDERS OF THE ALAMO were not just Texians, Tejanos. Many states of the USA and countries had volunteers born there, but read of the Texas' settlers and troubles with Mexico. They came to offer their help, and were among those listed in the Alamo garrison.

This project is for those who have WikiTree profiles of people who were part of the Defense of the Alamo or were in the Texas Revolution.

Participants

The leader of this sub-project is Mary Richardson, Texas native. Alamo profiles.

Paula - Adding profiles and finding ones already on WikiTree, writing bios
Eric Daly - Connecting profiles to the tree and adding sources
Terry Wright -
Teresa Langford -Another Texan!- working on Alamo Defenders with Mary
Allan Thomas -August 7 -ancestors here in Texas! Writing profiles for Alamo Defenders Space Page:Bomb Shell
Diane Hoffman born in Corpus Christi!!- has ancestor of Alamo, working on Alamo Defenders with Mary also
Tanya Breese has ancestor of Alamo
Judy Goodman Wardlow Judy is from central Texas
Adiene Crawford Lufkin, TX, ancestors from Mexico-Texas.
Summer Binkley Orman San Antonio, Texas, originally from Tennessee. Has some personal photos of the Alamo.

How to Join

The Remember the Alamo project is a sub-project of ??

For a full list of participants, see the badge report

If you're interested in participating in this project, please do the following:
1.Add the template . to the text area of any biography profile page or your own page. This will add you to the list of participants on the Remember_the Alamo_Project.
2.Add remember_the_alamo to your list of followed tags. That way you'll see all our discussions in your G2G Feed.
3. There is no badge.
4. Check out the list below for ways you can help.

Goals

Any improvements you can make to the profiles of the Remember the Alamo are welcome, but here are some specific goals we're working towards:

  • You can search on WikiTree for existing profiles to add the template to. For help or questions, contact Mary Richardson
  • For each person:
    • Search for sources to ensure each connected person has sources.
    • All duplicates merged into the final lowest profile ID number.
    • Template included on the page
    • All relevant categories are added
    • Parents are correct and documented
    • Biography is cleaned up, free of any GEDCOM junk, Ancestry trees, etc., and ideally has an actual written biography.
    • Final ID locked, marking the profile as project protected (must be done by one of the Project Leaders)

Template

Add this to the top of the biography for your Alamo profiles.
{{US Southern Colonist}}

Remember the Alamo Resource space Page

The Alamo

WikiTree Resources

See help pages link at the top right of pages.


Sources

See also:

  • Barr, Alwyn (1990), Texans in Revolt" The Battle of San Antonio, 1835, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-77042-1
  • Edmundson, J.R. (2000), The Alamo Story-From History to Current Conflicts, Plan, TX: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-678-0
  • Groneman, Bill (1996), Eyewitness to the Alamo, Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-502-4
  • Hardin, Stephen L. (1999), Texan Illiad, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-73086-1
  • Meyers, John (1948), The Alamo, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0-8032-5779-1
  • Tinkle, Lon (1985), 13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, ISBN 0-89096-238-3
  • Todish, Timothy J.; Todish, Terry; Spring, Ted (1998), Alamo Sourcebook, 1836: A Comprehensive Guide to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution, Austin, TX: Eakin Press, ISBN 978-1-57168-152-2
  • Bill Groneman; Alamo Defenders - A Genealogy: The People and Their Words, Austin, Tex. : Eakin Press, 1990.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution. Alamo Chapter (San Antonio, Tex.); The Alamo heroes and their Revolutionary ancestors : Bicentennial project, Private Publisher: San Antonio, Tex., 1976


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