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Welcome to the team page of the England Sourcerers
Sourcerers
Team Leader - Chris Sharkey
Sourcerers find sources for profiles. The ideal is to provide a source for each fact on a profile, but even one source helps to orientate genealogists to the profile and confirms the person's existence.
The England Project Sourcerers are: Maddy Hardman | Steph Meredith | John Elkin | Wendy Sullivan | Joan Whitaker | Janet Wild | David Urquhart | Paul Masini| Marjorie Humphrey | Lizzie Batman | David Selman | Linda Rosendahl | Chris Sharkey | Jim Duggan | Bruce Williams | John Spicer | Kim Abbott | Paul Ely-Burlinson | Melanie Paul | Jutta (Armstrong) Beer Rowena Darragh| Peggy Watkins | Charlie Southgate | Marcia Benjamin | Jeffrey Wall | Doreen (Borrott) Matters | Wendy Jones | Susan Jackson | Kerry (Paris) Wallis | Jean Skar | Elaine (Wilson) Mattsen | Maxine (Burch) Keske | Nick Eades | Malcolm Sargent | Wendy Robertson | Cordelia Jackman|
Do's and Don't's
- Do - try to add primary sources whenever possible. Primary sources are original materials that have not been altered or distorted in any way. Examples are Birth and Death Registration Records, Parish Records, and Original copies of wills.
- Do - think carefully about where the information came from, before deciding how to use it.
- Do - add 'Research Notes', for information that is uncertain, but may be of help to others. Explain in the notes any doubts you have regarding the information.
- Do - add as many sources as possible to each profile.
- Do - try to put sources inline whenever possible.
- Do - include links to online sources.
- Do - consider contacting the profile manager to discuss any major changes that you wish to make.
- Do - add the "Unsourced category" to any profiles you find that you cannot source. Add County sub needs category for missing sources. Also, add a place if possible and document where you have looked for information.
- Don't - Rely on secondary sources. Secondary sources are sources that were originally presented elsewhere. They include information found in newspapers, or oral history provided by family members. (Document them in the Biography)
- Don't - Use family trees found on websites such as ancestry as a source. They can be recorded in the biography, or as research notes. Such family trees provide clues about a person and their family but cannot be relied on to be accurate. Always check them.
Find Unsourced Profiles
Unsourced profiles can be found at England, Unsourced Profiles and in every county maintenence categories.
You can also use this table of links to England County Unsourced pages
How are we doing?
You can see how we have done this week by checking out this page of statistics sorted regionally and by County England, Regional, and County Statistics Page
How Can You Help
"Source as You Go"
Add sources whenever you can, especially on your own profiles. If you able to help others find sources, that's even better.
Source your County
If you are part of a county team, you could source profiles from that county as part of your work for that team.
Challenges
If you enjoy challenges, then join the monthly Sourcerers Challenge or the Saturday Sourcing Sprints. Work on the English Profiles. And don't forget the annual Source-a-thon. We need everybody's help then.
Become a Connecting Buddy
If you can never find the right links to make a connection, but are happy to make the profiles and add good sources, then being a Connecting Buddy could be for you. Visit the Connecting Buddy page for more information.
"Smash a Brick Wall"
Find sources to help another member break down one of their "Brick Walls.
- Let us know which of your English "Brick Walls" you could use some help with and we will add them to the list. And let us know if they are solved so that we can give credit to the "Wall Smasher".
| Brick Wall | Profile manager | Place | comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wood 1745-1817 | Gilly Wood | Possibly London | ||
| John Spencer 1815-1889 | Joan Whitaker | Leicestershire | Solved by Michelle Wilkes | |
| Grace Bolish 1788-1864 | Christine Searle | Cornwall | Absolutely no trace of a birth of that name - all Bolishes have proved to be Bolitho. | |
| John Prickett 1648-1681 | Patricia Hickin | Gloucester, London, and New Jersey | He had three sons, one of whom died early. His sons migrated to NJ & we think John did too, but no proof. | |
| Allane Rich 1638 | Susie MacLeod | Probably Devon | ||
| Samuel Palmer 1764-1846 | Joe Farler | Somerset (also spent time in London) | Looking for name of his spouse or anything about his marriage, or his daughter's birth and baptism. | |
| Mary Cartwright 1752-1795 | Raewyn Vincent | married In Staffordshire | Looking for confirmation of birth (there are at least three possibilities in the area), parents or anything else |
