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Appalachian News
Welcome to the Appalachian News, published here monthly by WikiTree's Appalachia Project.
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Appalachian News
Second Quarter Issue
Members
Welcome New Members! Joined in May 2024:
Elizabeth Schafer
Cynthia Shank Joined in April 2024: Tim Stamps Olivia Cunningham Willow Parish Jeff Ikeler Holly (Lay) Yancey Karita Blackwell Heather Jones Sarah Palmer Ann (Atkinson) Sawusch Deb (Burch) McCarter Donovan Brown John Carollo Jr. Sarah Edwards Anna (Walton) Grace Hilary Mason Dustin Keys Becca (Brown) Cutsail Laura (Huggins) Ward
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| Karen Lee |
Member Spotlight: Karen became a Wiki Genealogist in in March 2023.
- When and how did you get interested in genealogy?
- It was a very roundabout process for me, but basically it came down to working with the practices of Ancestral Medicine which is a spiritual practice connecting with the ancestors and healing family lineages.
- How did you get into "Ancestral Medicine"?
- I had a traumatic childhood, and found refuge in the woods, where I developed a natural connection to the plants, trees and animals that lived there, that was in essence a spiritual experience, learning life lessons from owls, ancient oak trees, and all sorts of animals.
- Read the entire interview here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1732045/meet-our-members-karen-lee
- Did you know that Karen is the Team Leader for the Kentucky Team on the US Black Heritage Project?
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| Mark Lemen |
Member Spotlight: Mark became a Wiki Genealogist in in January 2022.
- When and how did you get interested in genealogy?
- I suppose I've been interested in genealogy my entire life. My dad was interested in genealogy as well, and he did his research back in the 80's the old-fashion way - going to the library, contacting record offices, and talking to living relatives. He would then share what he knew with me and my brother when we were growing up. This inspired me to ask my grandmother lots of questions about her parents and grandparents. When she told me their names and that they came from a far away place called Germany, I was fascinated. When my dad passed away in 1994, I was determined to carry on with his work.
- What are some of your interests outside of genealogy?
- I love traveling and exploring the world. Some of my favorite places include Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, Chile, road trips to U.S. National Parks, and many more. I've done some hiking in a lot of these places too. My absolute favorite was the 112 mile hiking trail through the French, Italian, and Swiss Alps on the Tour du Mont Blanc. I also love spending time with my family and my two new puppies.
- Read the entire interview here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1741004/meet-our-members-mark-lemen
- Did you know that Mark's 10th great-grandmother and three of her daughters were accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts?
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100 Days of Appalachia Have you been participating in our 100 Days of Appalachia? If not, it is not too late to join the fun!
The 100 Days of Appalachia is a goal to focus on Genealogy and the Appalachia Project on WikiTree. There are Mini Challenges, Quick Tasks, Show and Tell, Brick Wall Weekends, Notables Improvement and more. Every Day will be something to work on that is related to Appalachia or to help out other Appalachians.
Find out what each day's quest is by looking at the calendar. The Calendar will be updated every Sunday night for the week.
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The July Connect-a-Thon is coming up! The goal of our 72-hour marathon: bring the world closer together by adding missing relatives to existing profiles. General Information and Register on any team
The event starts Friday, July 19, at 8 AM EDT (12pm UTC) and runs until Monday, July 22, at 8 AM EDT (12pm UTC).
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WikiTree Tip - Connect-A-Thon Rules. Are you new to the Connect-A-Thon (CaT)? Does a connecting a living person count? Do I only connect two existing (no)? Watch this very short video to learn the rules of WikiTree's CaT.
Remember: All WikiTree Profiles require reliable sources. For more information on what is considered a reliable source for our Project, click here. Also, we highly recommend all three of these extensions be installed for Project work and to make your life easier around WikiTree.
Prefer to watch a short video to understand Sourcer? Add Profile to WikiTree via Sourcer and Exclude Extra Sources from Sourcer (only include sources for the profiled person and not all of their children).
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| Cratis Williams |
Cultural Item: Cratis Williams
Did you see that our very own Appalachian, Cratis Dearl Williams, was highlighted as a Featured Connection of the Week on WikiTree?
Cratis Dearl Williams, folklorist, ballad collector and singer, linguist, professor, and college administrator who became a specialist in the Appalachian culture of the region.
He is known as "Mr. Appalachia"' and considered the father of Appalachian Studies.
Williams was a staunch believer in Appalachians. He regularly discussed with students, at Appalachia State University, to not be ashamed of where you came from or who your ancestors are. Throughout his career Williams spoke, wrote and sang about the heritage of Appalachia.
When the US Federal Government was creating the Appalachian Regional Commission, Williams was the person they asked for to help them understand Appalachia and Appalachians. He fought to make sure the area was defined and the name was pronounced correctly. Williams stated that for the Commissioner of ARC to maintain credibility among mountaineers whom the commission was created to help, he must first "...learn how to pronounce Appalachia and Appalachian." (Correct pronunciation is: App uh LATCH uh)
Read more about Cratis Dearl Williams, Mr. Appalachia, and watch the video listed at the bottom of his profile.
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The Connect-a-Thon Sign Ups have arrived! This month, the Appalachia Project is asking all members to join the third Connect-A-Thon of the year! In the previous Connect-A-Thon held in April, we added almost 89,000 profiles to our big tree! Can we pass that number this time around?
The event starts on Friday, July 19 at 8 am EDT (Noon UTC) and runs until Monday, July 22 at 8 am EDT (Noon UTC) -- BUT you must sign up before the start! Registration will close on Wednesday, July 17 at midnight EDT. If you would like to join a Thon Team for the Connect-a-Thon, click here for details. It is a lot of fun!!
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Due to popular demand, there are two Bingos every first Friday of the Month. The Noon (EDT/EST) Bingo is called "Bingo Spaces". We show off those fantastic space pages that are hidden amongst the branches with a different WikiTree'er as a guest. The 6pm (EDT/EST) Bingo is our Historic Notables Bingo and every month is a different fun theme!
This means you'll have 4 chances to win a beautiful Bingo Mug! For July, the Space Page discussion will be about Marian Serówka's Wartime, and the evening topic is "Come one! Come all!"
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16 for 16 Mission Help: 16 for 16|WikiTree's 16 for 16 Mission List To accept this mission of missions, first go to this G2G post and reply with answer. Something as simple as "I'm going to participate!" works fine. See this space page for additional details: 16-for-16 Tracker
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Our second annual WikiGames event is coming up later this summer. Our goal is to make our tree fuller and stronger and while also having fun and making some new WikiTree friends. Did you miss the signup for the WikiGames? Never fear! There will be short additional sign up period after the CaT. For more information, check out the 
link. NOTE: The WikiGames is over two weekends (including Labor Day Weekend).
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The RAWK Event is on Summer Vacation The last RAWK, we had three Appalachians who were RAWKed. Our very own Project members, Eric Stamper, Jeremy Stone , and Mags Gaulden have been selected to be RAWKed. Our Project focused on increasing their CC7 throughout the entire month of April. Eric started with a CC7 of 1,254 and ended with 2,100. Jeremy started with a CC7 of 1,134 and ended with 2,078. And, Mags started with a CC7 of 2,450 and ended with 2,813.
- Footnotes
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- Extra! Extra! Get your Appalachian News Right Here! Apr 1, 2024.
- Extra! Extra! Virtual Appalachia Team Places 2nd in 2022 Source-a-Thon! Oct 5, 2022.
- Premiere Issue! Get your Appalachian News! Aug 1, 2022.
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While most profiles for people who travelled the road will be in "from/to" subcategories, such as Category: Great Wagon Road, from Virginia & Category: Great Wagon Road, to North Carolina (and these categories need populating, btw), the profiles of the people named on the "Great Wagon Road Points and Parts" page, including most of those those listed in the #People section of the page, will be in Category: Great Wagon Road, the main category for the sub-project.
I said "most of those listed" because profiles for two of the people need a bit more research to tell for certain if they're intended for the person I think they are:
If anyone can help source these profiles to clarify who they are, that would be great!
Thanks again, Liz
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett