Heritage Exchange Categories

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Heritage Exchange Categories

There are 10 categories currently used for the Heritage Exchange Program. See this separate category stream for post-1865 US Black Heritage: US Black Heritage Project Maintenance Categories (please do not add HE categories to people born after 1865).

1. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange]]

Used initially on all newly created slave and slave owner profiles and related space pages. USBH project members check new profiles and pages for completeness, then remove the category.

2. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Needs Linked]]

Used on any slave profile not yet linked to any children.

3. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Linked]]

Used on any slave profile linked to their children. They do not have to be connected to the Global Tree to be in this category.

Exception: when a person died as a child or never had children, they may have this category if they are attached to their parents.

4. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Needs LNAB]]

Used when the last name is unknown or a placeholder last name has been used. Do not add this category if using the {{Slave LNAB}} template because the template adds the category automatically.(note: that template goes above the Biography heading)

5.[[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Needs Slave Owner Profile]]

Used on any slave profiles or space pages when a slave owner profile has not yet been linked. The slave owner may or may not yet be identified.

6. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Needs Slave Profiles]]

Used on slave owner profiles or space pages when slave profiles need to be created. Hopefully, there will be a list of slaves only on either the slave owner profile or the space page - make sure to check that duplicate profiles aren't created on both.

7. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Needs Slaves Identified]]

Used on slave owner profiles or space pages when a list of unnamed slaves has been created, but they still need to be identified by name.

8. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Status Unknown]]

Used on profiles when an African-American person was born before the civil war, but it is unknown if the person was ever enslaved or lived as a free person. This category alerts people that we might need to look for a slave owner or paperwork for a free person of color.

9. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Needs Space Page]]

Used on slave owner profiles when it is known there are more than 10 slaves to be listed and the page has not yet been created. This page will be used as a slavery workspace.

10. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Needs Plantation Category]]

Used only on Plantation Space Pages when the category has not yet been created for that plantation.

11. [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange, Needs Plantation Page]]

Used on profiles for slave owners when a plantation has been identified, but a page for that plantation has not yet been created.

USBH Project Links

• US Black Heritage Project Home Page
• USBH Heritage Exchange Portal
• USBH Resources Sandbox - Add your links HERE!

Email Your Info

• If you or a friend would like to send us documentation or other information about an enslaved ancestor, just email: wikitrees-usbh-exchange at googlegroups.com - replace the at with @