Flying Dutchmen Connect-a-Thon

Profile managers: Coen Jacob Dijkgraaf [send private message] and Netherlands Project WikiTree [send private message]

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Welcome to the Flying Dutchmen Connect-a-Thon teampage!

Want to join us? Just add register heree Have you registered for the April 2024 Connect-a-Thon yet? Simply add a comment the the Flying Dutchmen answer saying "Yes, I'd like to participate" To participate you need to be a WikiTree member who has signed the Honor Code. The cut-off date for registering is midnight on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

Goal and scoring

Our goal for the Connect-a-Thon is to decrease the number of profiles that are not connected to our big tree by spending. We do this by creating as many new profiles as possible for 72 hours and connecting them to another profile. This way we are increasing the opportunity to find a connecting to an already existing profile.
Because this is still a Thon (and we all love to compete), you will get a point for each new profile you create.
All rules summarized:

• For each profile you create during the Connect-a-Thon you will get a point
  • Make sure this new profile is connected to at least 1 other profile
    • Add a father or mother, both is 1 point
    • Add a brother or sister, each is 1 point (you will only get this point if you first added the fater or mother and only after that the brother or sister)
    • Add a husband or wife, this is 1 point (or multiple if this person married more often)
    • Add a son or daughter, each child is 1 point
  • Each new profile must have at least one source in it for the point to be counted
• When don't you get a point?
  • If you create a profile and which you don't connect to another profile

Where to start?

There are a few different ways to choose profiles to add to or connect:

• Use WikiTree+ to create your own list. See WikiTree+ Tips voor het Netherlands Project for an extensive userguide.
• Work from your own Watchlist:
  One of the easiest ways to participate is to work on building out your own family lines. Sometimes we focus so much on our direct lines that we forget about the collateral ones. You can work on building outward, not just upward or downward.
• Work on your Unconnected Profiles:
  If you click on the "Find" menu in the top right of the WikiTree screen and select "Unconnected People", you will see a list of the people on your watchlist who are not yet connected to the main tree. You can sort that list several ways, and also limit it to a particular surname. If you click on the highlighted word "total" in the first paragraph on that page, you will see a list of all unconnected profiles on WikiTree, which works the same way
• 'Needs Profiles Created Category
  This category exists as a way of noting profiles that have sources for family members who do not yet have profiles on WikiTree.
• The Connectors Chat Page
  The Connectors Chat page has tables listing the largest unconnected branches on WikiTree, unconnected branches which are particularly challenging to connect for various reasons, and unconnected notables.
• The DBE Unconnected page
  The DBE Unconnected page lists reports for different countries in the world, showing unconnected branches with at least one profile which says that the person in the profile was born or died in that country. Here's the link for Unconnected Netherlands.
• The missing parents app
• See also: Places to find unconnected profiles.

Useful Connect-a-Thon links

• Love to see your or the teams score? Here's the tracker
• Connect-a-Thon help page
• Connect-a-Thon Prizes
• Conect-a-Thon Video Chats
• Badges for winners
• Archive Flying Dutchmen - Connect-a-Thon teampage

April 2024 Team

1. Coen Jacob Dijkgraaf Team captain
2. Joke van Veenendaal
3. Jayme Arrington
4. B. W. J. Molier
5. Klaas Jansen
6. Gary Bouwkamp
7. Charles Hensgens
8. Henk Links
9. Elsa van der Velde
10. Ivonne Heijst
11. Charlie Panek
12. Eef van Hout
13. Peter van Munster