Nordic Trail - Part 2

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Contents 1 Welcome to the Nordic Trail - Part 2! 1.1 Welcome back to the Nordic Trail 1.2 What you will be doing 1.3 What will be covered 1.4 How to Proceed

Welcome to the Nordic Trail - Part 2!

Welcome back to the Nordic Trail

For the Nordic Trail - Part 2 (NT2), you will work on two Nordic profiles for the period 1700-1799. As before, you will be assigned a Trail Guide to help you on your journey. This may be the same Trail Guide you worked with in the Nordic Trail - Part 1 or may be a different Trail Guide.

What you will be doing

You will be sourcing and improving a number of unsourced profiles of people who lived in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden between 1700-1799. This will include writing a biography for each profile.

The section is for the more experienced members who already have a solid understanding of the basics and may only need a refresher.

• Advanced Sourcing
• Advanced Biography and Editing Tips
• Advanced Biography Writing
• Introduction to Categories
• Categorization Glossary

Once your Trail Guide has chosen a profile that meets the requirements, they will send the WikiTree ID and a link to the profile. Your Guide will check to make sure it is suitable and set it up for you to work on.

What will be covered

• More on parish registers
• Using other reliable sources, including migration records, court documents, probates, visitations, and citing them correctly
• The old style Julian calendar, feast days and moveable feast days:
  • Denmark Feast Days
  • Norway Feast Days
  • Sweden Feast Days
  • Scandinavian Feast Days
• Introduction to reading old Scandinavian handwriting
• Using templates, categories and stickers
• Using named inline citations for repeated use of the same source
• Citing sources from subscription websites, such as Ancestry and ArkivDigital (for paid Swedish primary parish sources)
• The genealogical proof standard

How to Proceed

1. Your Trail Guide will choose a profile, set it up and email you with the link to the profile.
2. Click through to the profile. Check to make sure that:
   1. It does not have a profile manager.
   2. ALL dates must be within the relevant range (1700-1799).
   3. ALL locations for birth, marriage and death must be in the country you chose.
   4. There are family links (at least one parent and/or spouse; children are a bonus).
   5. There is no more than one source.
3. Remember, you won't step on any toes, because it's an orphaned profile without a profile manager.