Pip Sheppard

Hello from the Appalachia Project! Join us for our online Appalachia Project Party on Saturday, December 9th, 2023 at 2pm (EST)/7pm (UTC).

If you are signed up for our Project's Google Group, look for an email with the easy instructions on how to join. If you are on our Project's Discord Chat Channel, all details were posted under Announcements. (Please make sure to check your Spam folder as many have mentioned the Monthly Newsletter and other communication is landing in their spam.) Need to sign up for the Appalachia Project Google Group or Discord channel: Google Group and Discord Chat Channel Hope to “see” you there! Tabor

Pip,

Thank you for joining the Southern Super Sweepers for the 2023 Source-a-Thon! Dorothy will be starting a chat page on G2G when we get a little closer to the Thon. Our team page is here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Southern_Super_Sweepers. It has, among other info, the thon's video chat schedule, and a link to the Southern Super Sweepers discord channel.

See you then!

Nan

Co-Captain, Southern Super Sweepers

Hi Pip,

I sent you a message a couple of days ago, have you had a chance to have a look at it?

(Feel free to erase this message after reading it... I didn't find the auto-destroy (MI) tool for after reading, to include here)

Regards, Rui

Many thanks Pip for the Welcome to WikiTree; very much appreciated.

One of the reasons I wanted to join is because the surname I've been researching for approximately 40years, I'd previously undertaken as a One-Name Study, and indeed had been a member for several years of the UK "Guild of One-Name Studies", and whilst I have much of my research on my own website, in a book I had written, on my regularly updated program, and in 100s (literally) of files in my study, I feel that now is the time for me to share the fruit of my labours!

I'm sure that others have probably taken the same path as myself, inasmuch as when I first began researching my own Family History, there weren't such things as "Personal Computers", let alone anything else "electronic", and I still find it amazing that I had to go to Australia and New Zealand in 1992 in order to research the branches of the family who went there (voluntarily!) in the very early 1800s onwards - whereas nowadays I can "go" into the very vaults of where I went all those years ago, without having to fly, drive or stay anywhere!

Looking forward to being part of WikiTree, and to hopefully providing many new names, connections etc that will help achieve this site's ambitious aim!

Thanks again

(Whoops, almost forgot to say; my own ONS is Powditch)

Hi Pip,

It is once again time for our annual Scotland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:

•If you would like to continue as a project member •If you are happy with your current teams or would you like to join a different team •How much time per month (on average) you spend working on Scottish profiles •Anything you’d like the Scotland Project to do more of in the future

You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within the next three weeks we’ll assume your interests have changed or you are no longer able to participate in the Scotland Project at this time, and your badge will be removed. If your circumstances change later you will be welcome to reapply for membership.

On behalf of the Scotland Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve Scottish profiles!

Sheena - Scotland Project Membership Coordinator

Pip, thank you!

Last name is misspelled. Should be Jett not Hett. I apologize for any error on my part.

OK Pip I marked you as "will be more active" Thanks for checking in. Mary

Hi Pip,

This is the time for the 2023 annual check in with members of the US Southern Colonies Project. Have you been active during the last six months in this Project? Note that it is a Wikitree requirement to respond to the US Southern Colonies Check-ins. Please reply to this message by clicking the reply button below this message, to post your answer. I look forward to hearing from you..

Many thanks,

Mary~ Project Coordinator, Membership, US Southern Colonies

Hello. I got a general message from you. I am trying to fill in immediate family and work on connections first. If you have any knowledge about Haliburton links, please let me know.

Dear Pip,

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,

Elizabeth, England Project Leader

Dear Germany Project member,

it's annual check-in time 2023. If you still wish to remain a member of the Germany Project, please reply to this post, by stating this intention. If we don’t hear from you in the next 30 days, your membership badge will be removed. In this case please don't be offended ... you're welcome to rejoin at any time. Please also note, that in order to receive help, with researching your German ancestors, membership is not mandatory. Just ask your questions in the G2G forum and tag them with Germany in order for knowledgeable people to see them.

If you wish to remain a member, we would like to learn more about your perception of the Germany Project in order to achieve a future development according to our members needs and wishes. For this, we created a survey, which we kindly ask you to fill-in.

In case you want to communicate, discuss and receive help about WikiTree in German, you might want to check out the WikiTree category at Compgen’s Discourse as well as the German Discord server Ahnenforschung.

Of course there’s still the official WikiTree Discord server, where we usually talk English. Feel free to learn more about Discord and the server at Help:Discord.

Kind regards from Black Forest

Flo (Project Coordinator Research/Resources)

Hello from the Appalachia Project!

Join us for our online Appalachia Project Meetup on Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 at 7pm (EST). If you are signed up for our Project's Google Group, an email was sent this morning with all the details. If you are on our Project's Discord Chat Channel, all details were posted under Announcements.

Please make sure to check your Spam folder as many have mentioned the Monthly Newsletter and other communication is landing in their spam.

Appalachia Project Google Group and Discord Chat Channel

Sandy

ok Sir Pip I have some other life things to do. yes they exist, I was trying to correct my name to what it really is, I was being sly but It will not let me fix it ?

Please help. I like things neat. I was able to put the link in the fb. page i put the pic on and the link no prob. the problem was the old f,b I was trying to revive to keep it just for this but why have twenty of them. Im getting that look I have to go

OK Pip, I'm new and green, but I was hoping there was some way to populate a tree in a free app back 10 to 12 generations without having to copy and paste it all all over again. Is that possible any where of which you know??? I have uploaded a small test tree GEDCOM into Wiki, but I get just a spread sheet and don't see anyway to populate a tree. Thanks in advance for anyone's thoughts?? :) I looking for a fee program to put locally on my laptop, I find what I am trying to ask for is a way to LOAD A GEDCOM INTO A PEDIGREE STYLE TREE WITHOUT having to copy and past each name all over again. Sorry I'm so new I don't know the correct terminology to use in my requests. Thanks for your patience. :)

Thank you, Pip, for being so welcoming. i am bound to make many mistakes, so thank you for the kind offer to help.

Cheers, janet

thank you for accepting me! i hope that i can find out some information that is missing from my family tree...

sherry kirby

Thanks for the note about adding pre-1700 profiles. I got just to the edge of it during the Connect-A-Thon and didn't want to go further without having some insight into the expectations. Currently I'm working closer to home since there are hundreds of profiles that I can easily add with full documentation. When I get back to the precipice again I'll review and reach out. The certification self test was really instructive on how to complete a profile properly and what is considered appropriate proof standards. Thank you!

Thanks for the welcome Pip! I've delayed signing on to WikiTree because it's seemed to have so many moving parts, so I appreciate your reaching out.

Hi Pip!

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,

Ian, England Project Leader

Thanks for reaching out!! I hope this site allows me to stitch together my family tree! I have a particular relationship I am looking to validate but open to other learning and how to navigate the site!

Hey Pip, Am I confused or did I see your name as a manager on some Hipp profiles. I have John N and Anna Mathis Hipp (grandparents) 1820-1890's SC--I believe Newberry before they moved to Gilmer Ga. Looking to connect to a Stephen Hipp Sr 1749- Mecklenburg Co NC As always, many thanks

Hi Pip

Many thanks for your suggestions - Will try working my way through them.

Lynette

Hi Pip! Thanks so much for joining the South Central Appalachia Team of the Appalachia Project. I look forward to working with you.

I just posted a comment to the Team page - if you're looking for details about work being done/needing to be done, please take a look (and I apologize in advance for its length).

If you have any questions or suggestions, post them to the team page or send me a private message. See the Membership page for info about a Member sticker (let me know if you have questions about stickers too).

Welcome to the project & the team!

Cheers, Liz Team Leader, South Central Appalachia Team

Hi Pip,

I’m conducting the 6-month check in for the US Black Heritage Project. Because we are growing so fast, it’s not always possible for me to see what everyone’s working on.

I’d love to hear what you’ve been working on and if you are still happy being a part of the Profile Improvement team. Members can change teams at any time.

Emma

Hi Pip! I created a my space page for a cemetery called Stewart Cemetery, located near New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa. It contains a large amount of my ancestors. I created it when I could not find it as a cemetery on wikitree. I wanted to give someone who is in the Cemeterists the link. Here it is.

https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Stewart_Cemetery%2C_New_Sharon%2C_Iowa&public=1

Chris

Good evening Pip,

Before I asked the question I was going to submit to you. And I know you get this time after time,the day after day. But I'm sure it never gets old. I'm going to start by thanking you and your staff for all of your hard work, y'all have put fourth in the past. I cannot imagine what it takes to make what y'all have engineered such a complex but user friendly site. You must know that more people than not when giving a chance would love nothing more to hear where they came from and how they got there. But at times it can be so serious it wears you out.. young people need a break. And when they're ready to research again they go back to the same platform and their money has run out. But any information obtained by that platform still remains. This is a dagger and most people's motivation. And it leaves such a hollow feeling almost like someone stole something from you. This is your true climb to fame that your site is free. And if I can't get back to researching in a week or two, I no longer need to worry or feel pressed for time on something that should be exciting for everyone. And so I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and and hope and pray for your success and the future. ... I do have a simple question My Hope you can answer. When the user puts in their name at the beginning. It is only first and last. I was wondering is there a way to edit it worse to see the full person's name. My full name is George Nugent Monro V. Not to big at first until one finds out how many their are in the world. Plus I'm proud of being the fifth due to actually symbolizing on the fifth generation American.. and before I started researching the family tree. No one in my family including my grandparents knew that. And Nugent being my middle name for so many years not knowing where it came from or who it came from. And finding out that My father grandfather and great grandfather never asked that question. They were called the name for 80 years and I don't want them ever trying to find out it's original origin. Those particular examples I believe will be enough for most people to at least check out a book from the library. I don't know, maybe it's just me.. well that was my question and once again I want to thank you for providing such a quality and outstanding service and I will definitely get back into where I left off. Ps sorry I'm so long.

Hello Pip,

It is time for the semi-annual check in for June, 2022 with members of the US Southern Colonies Project. Have you been active during the last six months? Note that it is a requirement to respond to the US Southern Colonies Check-ins. Please respond to this message by clicking the reply button below this message, to post your answer. I look forward to hearing from you..

Thanks,

Mary~ Project Coordinator, Membership, US Southern Colonies

Hi Pip,

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

Thank you for the quick, warm welcome! <3

Thank you Pip for your kind greeting:-)

I'm working on a tree for a friend and he doesn't have any more information other than back to his grandparents. His recent DNA shows that he is 25% Naive American. I can go back to his 2nd, great grandfather who married a 100% Cherokee woman, but that is all I can find. That doesn't come close to what the DNA shows. He thinks his grandmother was Native American and that is where I am stuck in a corner. Any advice? Thanks.

Hi Pip, I appreciate you working on US Civil War Soldiers for the Challenge. Again thank you.

Hey, Pip, we're 7th cousins once removed! Jane Harris Underwood is our common ancestress. I love finding new cousins, especially since ancestry dna led me to find my birth families.

Congrats on being WikiTreer of the week! Kris Kreiner

Hello PIp,

Congratulations on being the WikiTreer of the Week. It appears that we share some North Carolina ancestors. "Pip and Sue are 8th cousins twice removed"

Hi Pip,

It’s time for our annual Ireland Project check-in! Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:

• If you are happy with the team you’re on or if you’d like to make a change. It is now required that all members with an Ireland project badge work on at least one of the project’s team(s), so if you’ve not yet signed up please do so in your reply to this check-in.

• What you think the project is doing well, and what (if any) changes you would like to see us make? Are there any teams you would like to become more active in?

• Would you be interested in helping to work on an Ireland Project newsletter?

• Please give us some feedback on the use of google group and discord. Do you use one or both of these? If you don’t use either of them, what is the best way for us to ensure you receive project communications? If you would like to join us on either one, just let us know in your response and we will get you signed up.

Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within two weeks, we will assume you are no longer interested in participating in the Ireland Project, and your badge will be removed. If you wish to reapply for membership later, we will be happy to have you back. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Jen Hutton, on behalf of the Ireland Project

Hi, here's a link to a US Civil War Project Challenge you might be interested in: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1392544/us-civil-war-between-the-states-project-april-2022-challenge

Dear Pip Sheppard,

Thank You very much for your highly appreciated contribution to our Family Tree.. GBU..

Hi Pip

Changed https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Olsen-11570 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haagensdatter-113 as we discussed. Please look them both over and make any corrections needed (or flag things I need to look at).

If these folks are your direct ancestors, I'll try to push that line back a bit further in time.

Thanks & Best Wishes - Jim

Hi Pip, I want to thank you for your message when I joined. I never expected to received welcome message here on WikiTree but it was Very Nice and made me feel happy to not only Find this site by accident but to be able to join as well. I'm a bit overwhelmed with how powerful this site is and haven't had much time to explore, I'm a bit anxious to get my tree uploaded but am sure I'll it all figured out. The relief is I see that there is a Huge group of people who love being family historians. Thank you again for your kindness and offer of help, I appreciate it very much. Heather

Hi Pip, I think its your turn for February's monthly Integrator challenge...... let me know if I am wrong;

Hi Pip, I just wanted to thank you for all the work you've done to improve the US Civil War Between the States Project. I'm doing a check-in with all project members and wanted to verify that you're still interested in being a member of the project. Also, any suggestions for the Project would be welcome. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

P Kreutzer, US Civil War Between the States Project Leader.

Hi Pip

I sent you a check-in message a week -10 days ago about the US Southern Colonies Project to ask you about your continued involvement but have not yet heard back from you. You are on the Province of North Carolina Team. Do you still want to be in the project?

If I don’t hear from you by the same time next week I’ll assume that you’ve moved on to other things. After that time, the badge will be removed. Please remember you’re most welcome to re-join the project at any time.

Hoping to hear from you,

Best wishes,

Mary, Project Coordinator, US Southern Colonies Project

Thank you for welcome - I will be back when I have loaded my DNA onto the site - hoping I can find some closer family links to my dads paternal side.

Sue

ty pip lovely welcome much appreciated

Hi Pip, You wrote on my page:

"On behalf of the G2G Integrators Project Leaders, we are doing a first of the year check-in with members. Please let us know if you are still active.

If you are active, please let us know in which ways you most enjoy contributing to the project. All of us would like to thank you for your contributions and hope that you are enjoying exploring your roots."

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My reply: Yes, I plan to continue my work on the project. I most enjoy doing the "Needs_Profiles_Created", but because of the Christmans/New Years holidays I have not been doing that much on WikiTree except some sourcing and profile clean-up work. Hope to add some this month however.

Hope your doing well this new year and everything is going peaceful with you, Sandra Davidson, current member, Integrator project.

Hi Pip!! Wishing you a very happy New Year. Also a note to ask you to update the title of this weekend's chat to say December 31st 2021 - January 2nd, 2022 !! I guess no one caught that yet, leave it to me lol!!!! Many thanks for all the weekends you hosted through Dec 2021. Look forward to a new year and more new chat posts!!

Thank you for the warm welcome, Pip!

Thanks for your warning.

I actually have been able to obtain useful sources, collecting them since 1985. : 10 volumes of the Wiederhold Stammfolgen, published by Alfred Wiederhold around 1980. Only 10 mimeographed copies were produced, 22 CDs containing 185 v0lumes of the Deutsche Geschlechter Buecher, These are available from the Publisher , the Starke Verlag in Limburg, Germany, but copyrighted, 2 CDs with the Netherlands East Indies Regerings Almanak, 1810-1938, and two volumes of the Warburger Stammtafeln, So I have very solid sources for my Wiederhold tree. It's a bit tedious to enter the citation in for every ancestor, I wish there were a reference capability, which I can do on my own website, at Wiederhold.org. If there were a Wiederhold project, I'd join it. .

Hi Pip and thanks for contacting me. I finding the site a bit daunting at the moment so please bare with me! Still trying to work it all out as it’s a bit confusing at times. I’m sure I will get the hang of it!

Hi Pip, Thanks for contacting me. We all have different levels of skill and things we can do on WikiTree. Greeting people and helping them navigate what I consider a very complex site would be nowhere near my comfort zone. I just felt sympathy for Efua and I'm glad she will be receiving help. Pat Miller