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Connect-a-Thon, April 2024

The first Thon of 2024, the Connect-a-Thon, is here!

The fun starts: Friday, April 12th at 14:00 (CEST, Germany), 8 AM (EDT)

And it ends: Monday, April 15th at the same time

Here's a time zone calculator if you need help figuring out the right time in your part of the world.

What is the Connect-a Thon?

The Connect-a-thon is a site-wide competition in which members add new SOURCED profiles to our shared tree, with the ultimate goal of connecting unconnected profiles to the main tree. What's considered an unconnected profile? Read this page HERE. The focus of this thon is all about adding new, sourced profiles to existing profiles and expanding our shared tree. Every profile we add increases the chances of finding a connection for the unconnected.

HOW TO JOIN

You'll need to register by posting a comment to the Germany Genies answer of the April 2024 Connect-a-Thon Join post on G2G.

Scoring

ALL new profiles added to the tree will count as a point IF they are attached to another profile. See this page for more info. All added profiles MUST have at least one primary source. Remember that links to online trees: Ancestry, Family Search, and Geni, etc. are NOT considered reliable sources. Instead of using an online tree as a source, use any reliable sources included in that online tree ... after you've verified them, of course. Also, make sure you add dates of birth and locations, even if they are estimates.

Scoring for this Thon is EASY! Tracking for the challenge is done automatically. You do not need to use the "challenge tracker" or manually keep track of how many profiles you add.

And There are Stickers and Badges and Prizes!

STICKERS

Copy and paste this coding {{Connect-a-Thon|team=Germany Genies|year=April 2024}} on to your profile and you'll get a sticker that looks like this:

... ... ... participated with Germany Genies during the April 2024 Connect-a-Thon.

See also Template:Connect-a-Thon

BADGES

After you register for the Thon, you will be awarded a April 2024 Connect-a-Thon badge.

In addition to the participation badge, the individual and team winners will get the 2024 Connect-a-Thon winner badge. These winners will include: the top 10 winners overall and everyone on the winning teams who participated (both overall and by average).

PRIZES

1. The top five winners who add the most profiles will get t-shirts.

2. The Team will draw one participant at random during every video chat (see the section above). You don't need to be in the chat to win but you do need to register in advance and be participating.

LISTS TO WORK FROM

Click any link to take you to the corresponding list:

• Germany DBE Unconnected List: there are over 92,000 unconnected German profiles on WikiTree! The DBE Unconnected page shows unconnected branches with at least one profile of a person who was born in or died in Germany. Lists are also provided by modern German state and
• Category:Germany, Needs Profiles Created: This category exists as a way of noting profiles that have sources for family members who do not yet have profiles on WikiTree. For example, a member might have only created a profile for a daughter mentioned in a census. However, the rest of the family still needs to be added to WikiTree.
• 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 own Unconnected Profiles: If you click here 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.
• Table listing the largest unconnected branches on WikiTree, many of which are German.
• Unconnected German Notables, managed by the Germany Project. The 70+ unconnected project-managed profiles are noted with a "Y" in column C. The spreadsheet has ben sorted so that the unconnected profiles appear at the top of the sheet. The unconnected profiles are in chronological order by date of birth, oldest first.
• German Inventors and Discoverers
• Other places to find unconnected profiles.

Chat Links

Need help or have questions? Someone should be available to answer your questions if you post them in the Germany Genies channel in the WikiTree Discord Server. Instructions on how to Join Discord are HERE or simply click this link. Make sure you ask to be added to the channel #germany-genies. If you need help joining the Genies channel, post your request in the "Welcome" or "General Chat" channel of the WikiTree server.

Merchandise

You can order t-shirts, mugs, glasses and stickers with the Germany Genies logo from the WikiTree store

Help Pages

• Help:Connect-a-Thon: Connect-a-Thon Main Help Page: everything you ever wanted to know about Connect-a-Thon-ing
• Connect-a-Thon Tutorial
• Video: Connect-a-Thon rules explained by Gelbi and Lola

Team Members for April 2024 Connect-A-Thon

Captains:

• Florian Straub

Team Members (in order of registration):

1. Jelena Eckstädt
2. Anke (Meyer) Frehse
3. Oliver Stegen
4. Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz
5. Christine (Rein) Hühn
6. Victoria Fachner
7. Carrie Portlance
8. Karl-Georg Kettering
9. Terri (Clawson) Swift
10. Craig Kanalley
11. Beate (Schmitt) Glowacki
12. Connie Goos
13. Jack Schaffer Ph.D.
14. Linda (Lenze) Mearse
15. Stephen Ullrich
16. Ashley Picard
17. Sven Elbert
18. Bonnie (Hiller) Fullerton