2019 Team Tennessee Volunteers Source - A - Thon

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Team Tennessee!!

Welcome to Team Tennessee!!

Team Tennessee Volunteers!!

State welcome sign

... ... ... participated with Team Tennessee Volunteers during the 2019 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 2581 previously unsourced profiles.

Introduction

October 4 - October 7 — the start of Family History Month — is our fourth annual "Source-a-Thon"!

This three-day event is for a good cause (sourced genealogy!), there will be thousands of dollars worth of door prizes donated from around the genealogy community, and it will be lots of fun.

The marathon starts Friday, October 4 at 8 AM (ET) and ends Monday, October 7, 8 AM (ET) but you don't need to participate the whole time (!). If you can join for any of it, please post an ANSWER below saying either the team you'd like to be on (see the team list) or your genealogical interests or geographic location and we'll assign a team before the start of the event. This is our fourth annual 72-hour sourcing marathon. The previous three Source-a-Thons have been great fun and very productive. In 2016 we added sources to over 22,000 profiles. In 2017 we had almost 500 participants and added sources to over 53,000 profiles. In 2018 we sourced over 72,000 profiles! Join us this year to beat that record! The goal of the event is to clear out the Unsourced Profiles category on WikiTree. Although including sources is in our community's Honor Code, inexperienced genealogists don't always record them. Sometimes the source is "Aunt Mabel." This doesn't mean the information isn't worth preserving or sharing. It's a starting point — information waiting to be confirmed. Like a marathon, this is a competition, but most participants won't be serious competitors. Most of us will be doing it for the challenge of sourcing as many profiles as they can, for the mission, and for the fun of it

2019 Team Tennessee Volunteers

Captains

1. Linda Barnett,67 Sourcerer - Captain|See your work
2. Martha Garrett, Sourcerer - Co - Captain|See your work

Members

1. Eileen Bradley,92 Data Doctor, Sourcerer, Pre-1700|See your work
2. Beverly Swann,128 Sourcerer|See your work
3. Geneadiva Mere,149 Sourcerer|See your work
4. E. Compton,134 Sourcerer|See your work
5. Pamela Vick,196 Sourcerer|See your work
6. Judy Bramlage,200 Sourcerer|See your work
7. Emily Ledford,218 Sourcerer|See your work
8. K. Anonymous,209 Sourcerer|See your work
9. Terry McClintock,228 Sourcerer|See your work
10. Patricia Ferdig,165 Sourcerer|See your work
11. Stacy Krout,294 Sourcerer|See your work
12. Stephen Pierce,298 Sourcerer|See your work
13. Alexandra Florimonte,322 Sourcerer|See your work
14. Vicky Parrott,332 Sourcerer|See your work
15. K. Cathey,347 Sourcerer|See your work
16. Lance Martin, 43 Sourcerer|See your work
17. Parzival Merkel, 373 Sourcerer|See your work
18. Cindy Stevens, 385 Sourcerer|See your work
19. Jocelyn Young, 374 Sourcerer|See your work
20. Craig Albrectson, 406 Sourcerer|See your work
21. Holly Battle, 409 Sourcerer|See your work
22. Helen Edwards, 420 Sourcerer|See your work

Schedule

The party starts Friday morning, October 4, at 8 AM (ET) and runs until Monday, October 7, at 8 AM (ET). (Eastern Daylight Time is GMT -4.) Genealogists from all over the world will be participating at the same time. Click here to register now. The registration cut-off is Wednesday, October 2, at 11:59 pm, ET.

Registration

See this page for information about prizes - it has the schedule too.

For information about joining or creating a team, check out this page. (Hint - for the Source-a-Thon, you need to say you want to join Team Tennessee when you https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/900156/have-you-registered-for-the-2019-source-a-thon-yet post an answer in this thread to join. Once registered, you will then be given the Source-a-Thon badge and assigned a “race number.” We'll use that number to draw the random winners for the many door prizes.

Important Links

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Source-a-Thon_Tutorial
• Visit the Source-a-Thon Instruction Video for a step-by-step walkthrough of these instructions.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Source-a-Thon
• https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/900156/have-you-registered-for-the-2019-source-a-thon-yet
• Who can join ? If you're a WikiTree member, signed the honor code, and genealogistwho knows what sources are and why they're so important please join us!
• How to add sources to Profiles
• Main Source-a-Thon Page
• Source-a-Thon Tutorial--How to Participate
• Unsourced Profiles
• "What Profiles Count as Unsourced for the Source-a-Thon?
• Source-a-Thon Challenge Tracker made easy
• Link to Spreadsheet and Instructions how to use

These 2 labelled photos should give you all the basics: page 1 and page 2.

How to Participate

1. Choose a profile. It does NOT need to be a Tennessee profile.
2. Add a good source. For more information on sources, see our Sources page.
3. Once a valid source is placed on the profile, remove the {{Unsourced}} template or [[Category:Unsourced Profiles]] categorization, if there are any.
4. Click the "Challenge Tracker" button at the very top of the page and choose the "Source-a-Thon" option.
5. Move on to the next profile! Here's a handy video to help you out if you need a visual

Tip: To prevent upset colleagues, for profiles part of or managed (and sometimes PPP't) by multiple Projects or projects other then Tennessee Project, it's best to just add the source you found in a post to the profile and leave it to a project member to add it to the Bio.

Adding Sources and Counting Sourced Profiles

Participating means removing profiles from the Unsourced Profiles category. They cannot be new profiles that you create. Select an Open (white) profile from anywhere in the category or one of its subcategories and search for sources to back up the facts of the person's life. Valid sources include census records, BMD records/index references, military documents, land documents, wills, etc. A source cannot be another user-generated family tree, such as Geni or an Ancestry Member Tree. If you find a valid source: Edit the profile to add the source, according to our Sources guide.

Save the profile and click the Challenge Tracker button. On the Challenge Tracker, select the Source-a-Thon checkbox. Visit the Source-a-Thon Instruction Video for a step-by-step walkthrough of these instructions. If you don't find a source after searching, please add a Research Notes section to the profile. Say where you have looked and sign your comment with four tildes (Barnett-3517 03:01, 3 September 2019 (UTC)) so it is dated. For example: "Looked for John in the US Census records for 1900-1940 and couldn't find him on FamilySearch or Ancestry." This way the next researcher knows where to start. For more details: Do you know how to participate in the Source-a-Thon? Challenge Tracker makes it easy. What profiles count as "unsourced" for the Source-a-Thon?

Communication

During the event, we will use the Team Tennessee Chat thread for all team communications. You can also use the https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/691162/do-you-have-source-a-thon-questions if you have questions.

The Tables Are Ready!

Click one of the following links to reach a table of Unsourced profiles prepared from the database for Tennessee. You can also use the Unsourced categories to find profiles that need sources, but the tables reached through the links below have a lot more information than the Category pages show.

Whether you source a profile you found through the table or a category page, when you save the profile, there will be a button for "Challenge Tracker" at the top of the page. Click that, complete the form (add your WikiTree ID if needed, check the appropriate challenge, and describe your action), then click the "Add" button & the profile will automatically be counted toward your total in the challenge you selected.^[1]

Tennessee

Unsourced profiles for Tennessee.

Table prepared at 15.01.2025 12:00:47 (Slovenian time). Condition to prepare list (Location is Tennessee,TN). Profiles: 768214

5 Stars

Suggestion report for 5 Stars. There were 14770 suggestions on 2019-09-08.

14770 Suggestions on 20190908	Total	0000-0000	0001-1499	1500-1699	1700-1799	1800-1899	1900-1999	2000-9999	Open	Hidden	New
Date
104 Too old	22		14	5	3				22	1
111 Died too young to be parent	16		16						16
131 No Dates - No Dates on relatives - Open - Unknown Status video	37	37							37
132 No Dates - No Dates on relatives - Open - Status Died	1	1							1
133 No Dates - Dates on relatives - Open - Unknown Status video	100	100							100		2
134 No Dates - Dates on relatives - Open - Status Died	63	63							63
205 Father is too young or not born video	440		309	108	22	1			439	12	2
206 Father is too old	57		38	16	3				57
210 Father was dead before birth	654	18	405	203	28				654	16
305 Mother too young or not born video	618		462	133	15	7	1		616	13	3
306 Mother is too old	13		12	1					13
310 Mother was dead before birth	426	11	293	119	2	1			426	7
404 Marriage before birth	26		20	4	2				26
405 Married too old	2			2					2		2
406 Marriage after death	50	2	22	23	3				50		2
416 Marriage End after death	5	1	4						5	3
Relation
105 Duplicate sibling	2				2				2		1
106 Duplicates between global tree and unconnected	1			1					1	1	1
113 Duplicate in relatives	12	1	10	1					12
209 Father is also a sibling	7		3	4					7	1
211 Duplicate sibling by father	1				1				1
213 Missing fathers DNA confirmation	197	18		13	43	24	99		81	25	4
308 Mother is also a spouse	5		5						5
309 Mother is also a sibling	1	1							1
313 Missing mothers DNA confirmation	119	17		5	1	11	85		20	7	2
408 Multiple marriages on same day	7			4	3				7	1
409 Marriage to duplicate person	47	1	3	30	13				47	8	3
418 Partner is also a sibling	4		2	1	1				4
Name
511 Unique names (spelling)	1133	73	822	110	52	48	28		1112	671	2
713 Suffix in Prefix	1			1					1	10
723 Prefix in First Name	18	2	13	2	1				18	14
725 Wrong character in First Name	0									3
731 Separators in Preferred Name	1					1				1
733 Prefix in Preferred Name	4					1	3		1	12
734 Wrong word in Preferred Name	0									1
735 Wrong character in Preferred Name	0									2
743 Prefix in Middle Name	2				1	1			2	7
745 Wrong character in Middle Name	0									1
749 Middle Name used in Netherlands	4		1	3					4
751 Separators in Nicknames	46	1	43	1	1				46	8
753 Prefix in Nicknames	91	6	76	2	5	1	1		91	94
754 Wrong word in Nicknames	8		5	1		2			8	7
755 Wrong character in Nicknames	0									2
761 Separators in Suffix	8	2		1			5		1	21
763 Prefix in Suffix	6		4				2		4	5
764 Wrong word in Suffix	1						1
771 Separators in Last Name at Birth	1				1				1	1
774 Wrong word in Last Name at Birth	2	1		1					2
775 Wrong character in Last Name at Birth	0									2
781 Separators in Current Last Name	1			1					1	3
785 Wrong character in Current Last Name	1	1							1	3
791 Separators in Last Name Other	20		15	1		1	3		17	6
793 Prefix in Last Name Other	0									1
794 Wrong word in Last Name Other	2	1	1						1	4
795 Wrong character in Last Name Other	0									1
Gender
203 Father is Female video	1						1
403 Single sex marriage video	1				1				1	3	1
501 Wrong gender (male) video	0									6
502 Missing gender (male) video	4	3					1
503 Probably wrong gender (male) video	0									5
505 Wrong gender (female) video	0									1
506 Missing gender (female) video	1	1
507 Probably wrong gender (female) video	0									2
509 Missing gender video	8	6					2			4
Location
601 Wrong word in birth location	0									1
603 USA too early in birth location	6				6				6
608 Misspelled country in birth location	1						1		1	1
612 Location too early in birth location	44			32	12				44	1
634 Death location too short video	0									1
638 Misspelled country in death location	1			1					1		1
639 Wrong character in death location	0									1
642 Location too early in death location	15			13	2				15
663 USA too early in marriage location	1				1				1
672 Location too early in marriage location	2			1	1				2
Privacy
120 Still living with death date	6						6
212 Profile should be open (Child birth date)	0									1
312 Profile should be open (Child birth date)	0									1
921 PPP Without Project Account and without ProjectBox	1357	30	843	302	134	35	13		1355	5
923 PPP Without Project Account and with ProjectBox	564		181	191	69	89	34		562	2
931 ProjectBox Without Project Account	1633	18	616	655	192	77	75		1578	12	1
932 Multiple Project boxes	5						5
936 Duplicated ProjectBoxes	10	1		3			6		3
Biography
801 Big profile video	6			1			5		1	1	1
802 Empty profile video	17	4				1	12
803 Almost empty profile video	23	8	9				5	1	14	1	2
811 Uncleaned profile after merge video	344	5	40	188	50	12	49		292	5	5
821 Headings starts with blank video	5						5
822 Heading doesn't end with = video	21		1	3	2	1	14		7	1	3
823 Heading doesn't start with = video	11			2	1		8		4		1
824 Heading different number of = video	2						2
825 Use separator line ---- video	1						1
831 Multiple duplicated lines video	144	5	45	46	25	9	14		128	28	1
835 Local file reference video	22	1		7	6	3	5		15
851 GEDCOM uncleaned Interpret date video	8	2		2	2	2			6
852 GEDCOM uncleaned Parse Lastname video	3	1		1	1				3
Template
842 Template doesn't end with double } video	1						1
843 Missing template (spelling)	60			2	1	1	56		4	8
844 Out of use template	307	31	276						307	2
845 Direct usage of base templates	25	1					24			2
846 Died before template time frame	2			1		1			2	4
847 Born after template time frame	6				1		5		1
848 Error in template parameters	50	1		13	22		14		36	3
891 Missing template (system)	76	6		1			68	1	1	1
Category
885 Using Top Level category	85	1		23	6	10	45		39	1	2
886 Died before category time frame	20			9	10	1			20	2
References
861 Inline citation doesn't start with <ref> video	6			4			2		4		2
862 Inline citation doesn't end with </ref> video	23			11		1	11		12
863 Missing <references /> tag video	27			4	1	1	21		5	7	2
864 Almost empty <ref/> tags video	358		77	191	69	17	4		352	17
865 Unchanged <ref>Insert reference here</ref> video	1						1
866 Duplicated <references /> video	4						4
867 Too many Inline citations video	3			3					3
868 Inline citations after <references /> tag video	279		26	177	61	9	6		274	7	3
869 Duplicated named Inline citations video	250	3	59	156	21	7	4		246	10	3
870 Missing named Inline citations video	187	3	69	94	15	4	2		186	1
871 Use of angled double quotes in name of citation video	3			1	2				3
WikiData
541 Wikidata - Clue for Father	29		28				1		29
542 WikiData - Possible Father on WikiData	141	5	116	16	1	2	1		141	6	8
543 Wikidata - Clue for Mother	25	1	22	1	1				25	1
544 WikiData - Possible Mother on WikiData	140	3	116	17	1	2	1		140	2	8
546 Wikidata - Possible spouse	60	4	50	5	1				60	1
552 Wikidata - Different gender	0									1
553 Wikidata - Empty birth date	28	28							28	1	1
554 Wikidata - Imprecise birth date	42		24	8	4	5	1		41	6
555 Wikidata - Different birth date	750		566	111	34	34	5		748	97	21
556 Wikidata - Empty death date	23	3	20						23	1	2
557 Wikidata - Imprecise death date	50	1	39	5	4	1			50	3
558 Wikidata - Different death date	450	7	328	73	24	15	3		450	68	16
559 Wikidata - Missing birth location	44	2	24	8	5	3	2		44	1
561 Wikidata - Missing death location	51	1	36	5	3	5	1		51		1
563 Wikidata - Possible duplicate by father	36	3	30	2		1			36	12	3
564 Wikidata - Possible father	18	3	14		1				18	2
565 Wikidata - Possible duplicate by mother	25	2	19	4					25	6	1
566 Wikidata - Possible mother	22		21	1					22	3	1
567 WikiData Double entry - Duplicate video	3		1	1	1				3
568 Wikidata - Unconnected branches to global tree	117		3	14	14	55	31		116	3	1
569 Wikidata - Unconnected orphans to global tree	18		4	2		8	4		18
FindAGrave
571 FindAGrave - Link without Grave ID video	26	2		5	2	2	15		13	11
572 FindAGrave - Linked grave not matching profile video	65	1		31	24	5	4		65	33	1
573 FindAGrave - Empty birth date video	3	3							3	1	3
574 FindAGrave - Imprecise birth date video	24			8	11	4	1		24	10	1
575 FindAGrave - Different birth date video	327		5	204	90	23	5		327	120	5
576 FindAGrave - Empty death date video	6	2		2	2				6	4	2
577 FindAGrave - Imprecise death date video	32		2	16	10	3	1		32	12
578 FindAGrave - Different death date video	206		4	145	47	8	2		205	76	3
579 FindAGrave - Missing birth location	11			5	4		2		10	5
581 FindAGrave - Missing death location	17		3	6	3	4	1		17	4
585 FindAGrave - Multiple profiles link to same grave ID video	30			16	13	1			30	14	2
586 FindAGrave - Link to merged Grave ID	1			1					1

Table prepared at 10.09.2019 10:25:14 (Slovenian time). Condition to prepare list (Stars is 5Stars excluding Manager is ProjectManaged).

For details on how the Data Doctors Challenge works, see the Challenge page.

Challenge Tracking Links

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1. Right-click the URL for your number above to go to it. Right-click on the image and select "Save image as...".
2. Make a mental note on where the image is being saved, e.g. to a Downloads or My Pictures folder on your computer.
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6. Add text like "My weekend: Participating in the Source-a-Thon, the genealogy sourcing marathon at WikiTree. http://www.wikitree.com "
7. Keep Calm and Source On at WikiTree this weekend!

Tennessee Resources

• Tennessee Official Website
• Tennessee Death Index
• Wikipedia: TN History
• TN History from The History Channel
• TN.gov Historical PDF Files
• Tennessee History
• TN Department of State
• TN Census Records
• Tennessee Historical Documents on Family Search.
• Tennessee County records on Family Search.
• TN Research Assistance - no volunteers yet
• The Famous Song, Rocky Top
• Wikimedia Commons - TN Maps
• Wikimedia Commons-TN Geography
• Wikimedia, general TN Category
• Tennessee Neighborhoods
• McGhee, L.K. (n.d.). Partial census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee as taken from the North Carolina land grants. FamilySearch. eBook (Partial census).
• Tennessee Document Index for a list of documents, by county.
• Order Tennessee birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, and other vital records.
• 1837 Tennessee Volunteers: Muster Rolls for Various Counties, (1993). Institute of Historic Research. Signal Mountain, TN. FamilySearch. eBook (Volunteers). (includes data for the following counties: Anderson; Bedford; Franklin; Jackson; Overton; Rutherford; Sumner; Warren)
• Tennessee Cemeteries
• https://www.accessgenealogy.com/tennessee-genealogy
• TNGenWeb Project
• Claiborne County Pioneer Project
• Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950
• Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002
• Cyndi's List - Tennessee sources
• Tennessee Marriage Project
• Tennessee Online Genealogy Records
• TN Vital Records
• Cover TN; selections of documents, by county (includes land records, county clerk records, deeds, probate records)
• Indians of TN, genealogy records
• TN Census records online
• TN Blue Book - A History of Tennessee
• Tennessee Death Index, includes obituaries, death indexes, probate records, cemetery records
• https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Tennessee,_United_States_Genealogy
• Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa/tn
• Leslie Brinkley Lawson's Forensic Toolbox for Tennessee http://www.lawsonresearch.net/forensic-toolbox/category/Tennessee
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Kitty's_Library