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Scotland Project Challenges 2024

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Welcome to the Scotland Project Challenges Page

Link to the 2025 Scotland Challenges

Dec 2024 Challenge: Source and clean up Gedcoms

In November, many people updated locations and found many profiles that had not been touched since they were loaded with Gedcoms with no sources and some with no dates and limited locations. This month, we are going to work on some of the gedcoms that have been found. We can only work on profiles whose initial PM has closed their account on wikitree.

  • If we can get sources added to the 'Unsourced' profiles, that would be great.
  • If you want to review the rest of the profiles, that would also be good because the untagged profiles may not have good sources on them, and could have gedcom format still.
  • 'clean up' of Gedcom format, headers, etc has been done on some of the unsourced 'tagged' profiles

Link in the table will start BioCheck for the gedcom.

  • Make sure the Profiles to report in top right has 'Detailed report'
  • Mark the Reliable Sources Required on the right, which will ignore family trees in post-1700 profiles
  • Select Check Profiles. When it is done, it will give a list of the profiles, how many are 'marked as unsourced', as well as with 'style issues' (disregard anything that has nn lines between Sources and references)
  • click the Sourced? header twice to get the Marked and 'unsure' profiles sorted together at the top of the list of profiles.
  • select a profile, add sources to the ones that are Marked as Unsourced and remember to remove the Unsourced sticker.
  • You can select the Check Profiles to rerun Biocheck which will be updated with the new sources, so you can see your progress.
  • When there are no more Marked profiles, you can either check on some of the Sourced that you haven't touched to see how those sources are, check on the Required / Style Issues columns or just work on another gedcom in our list.

**Note There are 2 with unsourced ** count that will change because they need to be reviewed some more for the Maybe profiles

Gedcom Total profiles Unsourced - Start (2 Dec) 9 Dec 16 Dec 23 Dec 30 Dec 6 Jan Total Working On
Archibald_Lineage 206 79 79 80 29 19 - 60  ??
grant2 60 33 33 33 33 15 - 18
greenwald-millerGEDCOM 64 48 48 48 48 14 - 34  ??
HAYER 14 8 6 3 3 - - 5 Tina
huttonmay2013 75 52 51 50 50 1 - 51  ??
Kerr-Ogilvie-Stewart-Singer_Fa 660 84 84 82 82 78 - 6  ??
Main_Family_File 19 4 - - - - - 4 Done
Murray 202 81 3 2 2 - - 79 Done - 2 left
Notopoulos_Family_Tree 131 50 21 13 12 - - 38 Liz
OurLinks 43 21 19 19 12 5 - 16  ??
Trevor_Weeding_tree_17_12_2012 81 32 32 19 19 - - 13 Liz
Williams_AndersForWikiTree 42 26 26 23 23 21 - 5  ??
Total 1,597 518 402 372 313 189 - 329
Change 11630 59 124 - '-

Nov 2024 Challenge: Update Locations with spelling errors

We have many profiles that have the Scotland locations spelled incorrectly because they have dashes incorrectly placed. This is very easy to do.

Since the Query uses Wikitree +, you have to hit the Blue 'Get Profiles' button when the query loads to see the results.

Good Luck and Thanks again for helping clean up the Scotland profiles.

Incorrect County Should be Starting (1 Nov) 4 Nov 11 Nov 18 Nov 25 Nov 2 Dec 9 Dec ongoing Total Working On
Peebles-shire Peeblesshire 990 949 914 921 661 538 469 467 523 Liz and Jenn
Peebleshire Peeblesshire 90 - - - - - - - 90 PJean done
Dumfries-shire Dumfriesshire 982 940 918 717 360 178 19 0 982 Linda done
Fifeshire Fife 2,001 1,963 1,923 1,922 1919 1,917 1,852 1,846 155  ??
Argyllshire Argyll 2,137 2,121 1,761 1,295 745 570 555 4 2,129 Marion done post 1700 profiles
Argylshire Argyll 9 - - - - - - - 9 Linda - done
Argyleshire Argyll 373 347 253 222 211 211 - - 373 Suzy and Linda done
Caithnessshire Caithness 26 - - - - - - - 26 Margaret and Linda - done
Caithness-shire Caithness 8 6 - - - - - - 8 done
Caithnesshire Caithness 8 - - - - - - - 8 Linda - done
Moray-shire Morayshire 162 161 - - - - - - 162 Claire, Linda - done
Renfrew Renfrewshire 2,260 2,213 2,198 2,190 2,046 1,997 1,960 1,888 372  ??
Lanark Lanarkshire 6,509 6,182 6,090 5,903 5,560 5,169 5,042 4,601 1,908 Tina
Stirling Stirlingshire 2,567 2,548 2,496 2,426 2,417 2,389 2,288 2,029 538 Catriona
Total 18,122 17,430 16,560 15,596 13,919 12,969 12,185 10,839 7,283
Change 692 870 964 1,677 950 784 1,346 -

Oct 2024 Challenge: Sourcing profiles of a recently closed member's profiles

Some members of the project have been working on adding a reliable source to profiles created by a closed member's profiles. Those that we have identified that 'Need Sources' have been put into a special category. Category:Carruth-363_Need_Sources

For the Source a Thon and month of October, it would be great if we could add sources to some of these profiles. They don't need a lot of sources, just one or two Birth, Marriage, or Death sources is fine, so that they have at least one Reliable source on each profile.

Any sources added will be appreciated

  • select any profile / family from the category
  • Search and add at least one source
  • If a source was added, change the Category to Has Sources instead of Need Sources
  • Save the profile


Category Starting (3 Oct) 10 Oct Thon 17 Oct 24 Oct 3 Nov Total
Need Sources 304 195 - - 187 -
Change 109↓ - - 8↓ 117↓

Sep 2024 Challenge: Mining Disasters

*** Update - Profiles have been created for all of the Mining Disasters below. There are plenty of other Mining Disasters to be worked on, if desired.


Scotland has had many Mining Disasters. We would like to create profiles for the miners that lost their lives, as well as to hopefully get them connected to the tree. I have selected 3 of the Disasters that each have about 10 people listed and one larger one. Most of miners probably do not have profiles.

Each disaster has a Space Page with information about the Disaster - Date, location, victims. This information, as well as a link to an Article from the Scottish Mining Website is shown under each Mining Disaster below. The Scottish Mining article will have more information about the Disaster and the people that perished.

  1. Select a Mining Disaster to work on
  2. For each person listed for the Disaster, we would like to do the following:
    • Select a miner to work on and add your name to the right of a Miner's name
    • Search Wikitree to see if there is an existing profile. Note the age of each person is listed for the date of the disaster.
    • If profile does not exist, search for some sources so the profile can be created
    • Add the Wikitree ID to the right of the line for the person, once they are created, if they are not already linked.
    • Add bio and sources to each profile. Add a note Src next to Wikitree ID when bio is created. If they were previously sourced, please review to see if more Sources can be added and Biography improved
    • Make sure to add the appropriate Mining Category to each profile. Add a note Cat
    • Add Coal Mining Sticker {{Occupation |image=Livingston-4318-1.jpg |text= was a coalminer in Midlothian }} Make sure to change the location
    • Add the Mining Disasters Sticker to the profile, ex {{Mining Disasters|text= was killed in the [[Space:Auchenharvie_Colliery_Disaster|Auchenharvie]] Colliery Inrush of water |date=2-Aug-1895 }} Note that the Space page is included, as well as the cause and date, so you need to edit it. The Scottish Mining Website normally has the 'job' they had in the mine.
    • Edit the Coal Miner Memorial Image, add the Wikitree ID of the profile created in the bottom left side of the page and Save the Changes.
    • If you can get the profile connected to the Tree, please add a note Conn

For an example of one Mining Disaster that has sources created for everyone, please check out Auchenharvie Colliery Disaster 1895 in Ayrshire which has links to all of the created profiles. Thank you Jacqueline for giving us great samples.

Fife Mining Disaster
Date Colliery / Mine Location Casualties Cause
31-Oct-1931 Bowhill Colliery Cardenden, Fife 10 Explosion
  • Location: Cardenden (aka Bowhill), Fife
  • Type: Coal Mine Explosion
  • Victims: 10
  • Cause: Fire damp explosion of unknown origin
  • Article: Bowhill Colliery Disaster

To Do on each profile

  1. Add the Category [[Category: Bowhill Colliery Disaster, Cardenden, Fife, 1931]] . Add a note Cat
  2. Add Coal Mining Sticker {{Occupation |image=Livingston-4318-1.jpg |text= was a coalminer in Fife }}
  3. Add the Mining Disasters Sticker to the profile, ex {{Mining Disasters|text= was killed in the [[Space: Bowhill_Colliery_Disaster_1931 | Bowhill]] Colliery Coal Mine Explosion |date=31 Oct 1931 }} The Scottish Mining Website normally has the 'job' they had in the mine.
  4. Edit the Coal Miner Memorial Image, add the Wikitree ID of the profile created in the bottom left side of the page and Save the Changes.
Miners
Name Claimed - Wikitree ID - Sourced - Category - Connected
Cairns-2515, age 45, b abt 1886 Cairns-2515 Cat. bmd+ Elizabeth
Alexander Dempster, age 51, b abt 1880 Dempster-1652 Cat. BMD Elizabeth
William Bruce Dodds, age 24, b abt 1907 Dodds-3346 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
John Rattray Donaldson, age 48, b abt 1883; Eliz. Mitchell; parents Thomas Donaldson, Isabella Rattray Donaldson-7276 Cat. BMD Elizabeth
Charles Baxter Fernie, age 19, b abt 1912 Fernie-148 , 5 sources, Cat , no
William Ireland, age 35, b abt 1896 Ireland-5788 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
James Drummond Paterson, age 19, b abt 1912 Paterson-7285 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
Andrew Smith, age 27, b abt 1904 Smith-350050 Cat. BMD Elizabeth
James Smith, age 35, b abt 1896, Ballingry, Fife Smith-350027 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
Thomas Smith, age 33, b abt 1898; wife Janet Fernie; parents: Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Chappels Smith-350033 Cat. BMD Elizabeth
Lanarkshire Mining Disaster
Date Colliery / Mine Location Casualties Cause
16-Nov-1932 Cardowan Colliery Stepps, Lanarkshire 11 Explosion
  • Location: Stepps, Lanarkshire
  • Type: Coal Mine Explosion
  • Victims: 11
  • Cause: ignition of gas by shot firing
  • Article: Cardowan Colliery Disaster

To Do on each profile

  1. Add the Category [[Category: Cardowan Colliery Disaster, Stepps, Lanarkshire, 1932]] . Add a note Cat
  2. Add Coal Mining Sticker {{Occupation |image=Livingston-4318-1.jpg |text= was a coalminer in Lanarkshire }}
  3. Add the Mining Disasters Sticker to the profile, ex {{Mining Disasters|text= was killed in the [[Space: Cardowan_Colliery_1932 | Cardowan]] Colliery Coal Mine Explosion |date=16 Nov 1932 }} The Scottish Mining Website normally has the 'job' they had in the mine.
  4. Edit the Coal Miner Memorial Image, add the Wikitree ID of the profile created in the bottom left side of the page and Save the Changes.
Miners
Name Claimed - Wikitree ID - Sourced - Category - Connected
William Bradley, age 30, b abt 1902 Bradley-21370 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
Michael Flynn, age 28, b abt 1904 Flynn-7126 Cat. Elizabeth
Peter Jacobelli (aka Freti), age 21, b abt 1911 Jacobelli-2 Cat. BMD Elizabeth
William McAlister, age 33, b abt 1899 McAlister-2476 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
John McNab, age 30, b abt 1902 McNab-1158 Cat. BMD Elizabeth
James McVey, age 22, b abt 1910 McVey-1332 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
Richard Maroney, age 18, b abt 1914 Maroney-532 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
George Mullin, age 28, b abt 1904 Mullin-2229 Cat. Elizabeth
James Reynolds, age 43, b abt 1889 Reynolds-31994 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
John Watt, age 26, b abt 1906 Watt-7433 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
John Whiteford, age 41, b abt 1891 Whiteford-445 Cat. BMD+ Elizabeth
Stirlingshire Mining Disaster
Date Colliery / Mine Location Casualties Cause
13-Jul-1922 East Plean Colliery Plean, Stirlingshire 12 Explosion

To Do on each profile

  1. Add the Category [[Category: East Plean Colliery Disaster, Plean, Stirlingshire, 1922]] . Add a note Cat
  2. Add Coal Mining Sticker {{Occupation |image=Livingston-4318-1.jpg |text= was a coalminer in Stirlingshire }}
  3. Add the Mining Disasters Sticker to the profile, ex {{Mining Disasters|text= was killed in the [[Space:East_Plean_Colliery_1922 | East Plean]] Colliery Coal Mine Explosion |date=13 Jul 1992}} The Scottish Mining Website normally has the 'job' they had in the mine.
  4. Edit the Coal Miner Memorial Image, add the Wikitree ID of the profile created in the bottom left side of the page and Save the Changes.
Miners
Name Claimed - Wikitree ID - Sourced - Category - Connected
John Barlow, age 29, b abt 1893 Barlow-7466 Cat. B & D+ Elizabeth
Thomas Bryden, age 50, b abt 1872 Bryden-528 Cat. BMD Elizabeth
Daniel Forsyth, age 17, b abt 1904 Forsyth-4094 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
Alexander Henderson, age 19, b abt 1903 Henderson-32863 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
John Hunter, age 31, b abt 1891 Hunter-28520 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
William Robertson Lennie, age 50, b abt 1872 Lennie-247 Cat BMD Elizabeth
James Murdoch Jarvie, age 18, b abt 1904 Jarvie-374 Cat. B & D Elizabeth
Bernard McCann, age 30, b abt 1892 McCann-4818 Cat. BMD Elizabeth
James McGowan, age 35, b abt 1887 McGowan-4487 Cat. D Elizabeth
David Munnoch, age 21, b abt 1901 Munnoch-11 Cat B&D Elizabeth
William Munnoch, age 35, b abt 1887 Munnoch-12 Cat. BMD Elizabeth
James Wilson, age 31, b abt 1891 Wilson-67036 Conn. Cat. BMD Elizabeth
Midlothian Mining Disaster
Date Colliery / Mine Location Casualties Cause
5-Sep-1889 Mauricewood Colliery Glencorse, Midlothian 63 Underground Fire
  • Location: Glencorse, Midlothian
  • Type: Coal Mine Fire
  • Victims: 63
  • Cause: "Smoke from a fire the return which penetrated the workings but how the fire was caused there was no evidence to show."
  • Article: Mauricewood Colliery Disaster

To Do on each profile

  1. Add the Category [[Category: Mauricewood Colliery Disaster, Glencorse, Midlothian, 1889]] . Add a note Cat
  2. Add Coal Mining Sticker {{Occupation |image=Livingston-4318-1.jpg |text= was a coalminer in Midlothian }}
  3. Add the Mining Disasters Sticker to the profile, ex {{Mining Disasters|text= was killed in the [[Space:Mauricewood_Colliery_Disaster_1889 | Mauricewood]] Colliery underground fire |date=5 Sep 1889 }} The Scottish Mining Website normally has the 'job' they had in the mine.
  4. Edit the Coal Miner Memorial Image, add the Wikitree ID of the profile created in the bottom left side of the page and Save the Changes.
Miners
Name Claimed - Wikitree ID - Sourced - Category - Connected
Thomas Adams, 7 Manderston Place, age 24, b abt 1865 Src - Cat -  ??
David Anderson, 1 Manderston Place, age 32, b abt 1857 Src - Cat -  ??
Thomas Bennett, 4 Lindsay Place, age 17, b abt 1872 Src - Cat -  ??
William Brockie, 13 Walker Place, age 26, b abt 1863 Src - Cat -  ??
William Brown, 1 Lindsay Place ??, Denise CAT Scr Brown-183509
William Brown, Glebe ??, age 25, b abt 1864 Denise CAT Scr Brown-183503
William Daily, / Daly 3 Fieldsend, age 33, b abt 1856 Src - Cat -  ??
John Davidson, Edinburgh Road, age 37, b abt 1852 Denise CAT Scr Davidson-21778
Robert Dempster, father, 6 Lindsay Place, age 37, b abt 1852 Linda - Dempster-1648 Src Cat Conn
Robert Dempster, son, 6 Lindsay Place, age 14, b abt 1875 Linda - Dempster-1649 Src Cat Conn
William Dempster, 19 Walker Place, age 31, b abt 1858 Linda - Dempster-1651 Src Cat Conn
Robert Dickson, 13 Fieldsend, age 33, b abt 1856 Denise CAT Scr Dickson-8905
Thomas Foster 13 Leslie Place, age 17, b abt 1872 Denise CAT Scr Foster-38023
John Fraser 27 Napier Street, age 16, b abt 1873 Denise CAT Scr Fraser-15280
John Glass, Pryde's Place, age 28, b abt 1861 Denise CAT Scr Glass-6785
William Grieve, 5 Leslie Place, age 33, b abt 1856 Denise CAT Scr Grieve-1612
Charles Hamilton, son, Greenlaw Cottages, age 14, b abt 1875 Denise Hunt CAT Src Hamilton-38168
Mitchell Hamilton, father, Greenlaw Cottages, age 41, b abt 1848 Denise Hunt CAT Src Hamilton-38161
Mitchell Hamilton, son, Greenlaw Cottages, age 16, b abt 1873 Denise Hunt CAT Scr Hamilton 38167
Robert Hamilton, 4 Leslie Place - uncle of Richard Hamilton, brother-in-law of Robert Tolmie / Tomlie, age 26, b abt 1863 Denise Hunt CAT SRC Hamilton-38176
Richard Hamilton, 4 Leslie Place - nephew of Robert Hamilton, age 14, b abt 1875 Denise Hunt CAT Scr Hamilton-38189
Robert Hunter, Roads Farm, age 44, b abt 1845 Denise CAT Scr Hunter-28519
William Hunter, 8 Walker Place- father-in-law of David Penman, age 51, b abt 1838 Denise CAT, Scr Hunter-28525
Thomas Hunter, Pike, age 38, b abt 1851 Denise CAT Scr Hunter-28532
James Irvine, Penicuik, born 1857 Elizabeth - Irvine-8319, Wife Mary Jane Cavin Src Cat
David Kinnimont, father, Roslin, age 45, b abt 1844 Denise CAT Scr Kinnimont-4
Robert Kinnimont, son, Roslin, age 17, b abt 1872 Denise CAT Scr Kinnimont-5
William Lamb, 5 Walker Place - son of Robert Lamb, Leven, Fife, age 22, b abt 1867 Denise CAT Scr Lamb-13159
George Livingstone / Livingston, 22 Fieldsend, age 45, b abt 1844 Src - Cat -  ??
Alexander McKInlay, 12 Leslie Place, age 28, b abt 1861 Src - Cat - Conn
Daniel McKenzie, 10 Lindsay Place, age 16, b abt 1873 Denise CAT Scr McKenzie-13415
Hugh McPherson, father, 12 Lindsay Place, age 60, b abt 1829 Denise CAT Scr McPherson-8584
Peter McPherson, son, 12 Lindsay Place, age 17, b abt 1872 Denise CAT Scr McPherson-8587
Thomas Meikle, 5 Lindsay Place, age 41, b abt 1848 Denise CAT Scr Meikle-831
William Meikle, father, 6 Leslie Place, age 44,

b abt 1845, brother to Thomas Meikle

Denise CAT Scr Meikle-832
William Meikle, son, 6 Leslie Place, age 15, b abt 1874 Denise CAT Scr Meikle-833
Walter Meikle, 6 Leslie Place, age 12, b abt 1877 Denise CAT Scr Meikle-837, son of William
Robert Millar, 3 Fieldsend - stepson of William Daly, age 17, b abt 1872 Denise CAT Scr Miller-124902
William Miller, 3 Fieldsend - stepson of William Daly, age 14, b abt 1875 Denise CAT Scr Miller-124903
Martin Morgan, Pryde's Place, age 20, b abt 1869 Denise CAT Scr Morgan-44109
George Muir, Greenlaw Cottages, age 45, b abt 1844 Denise Muir-3621. Well researched.
David Penman, 8 Walker Place - son-in-law of William Hunter, age 27, b abt 1862 Src - Cat -  ??
George Pennycuik / Penicuik, father, 12 Walker Place , age 40, b abt 1849 Denise CAT Scr Pennycuik-18
George Pennycuik / Penicuik, son, 12 Walker Place , age 14, b abt 1875 Denise CAT Scr Pennycuik-20
David Porterfield (brother of Robert Porterfield), age 15, b abt 1874 Denise CAT Scr Porterfield-2561
Robert Porterfield (brother of David Porterfield), age 21, b abt 1868 Denise CAT Scr Porterfield-2562
James Porteous, 5 Walker Place, age 29, b abt 1860 Elizabeth
John Purves, 10 Lindsay Place, age 26, b abt 1863 Denise CAT Scr Purves-615
John Sinnott / Sennet 7 Fieldsend, age 15, b abt 1874 Denise CAT Scr Sinnott-489
James Somerville, 18 Napier Street, age 18, b abt 1871 Denise CAT Scr Somerville-2394
Alexander Stewart, John Street, age 21, b abt 1868 Denise CAT Scr Stewart-62503
James Stark, nephew, Pike, age 19, b abt 1870 Denise CAT Scr Stark-7115
Martin Stark, uncle, Pike, age 24, b abt 1865 Denise CAT Scr Stark-7116
Thomas Strang, 2 Walker Place, age 31, b abt 1858 Denise CAT Scr Strang-2089
Robert Tolmie / Tomlie, brother-in-law of Robert Hamilton, age 14, b abt 1875 Denise Hunt CAT Src Tolmie-237
William Urquhart, Eskbridge, age 18, b abt 1871 Denise CAT Scr Urquhart-3191
John Walker, 4 Fieldsend ??, age 38, b abt 1851 Denise CAT Scr Walker-74482
John Walker, James Place ??, age 62, b abt 1827 Denise CAT Scr Walker-74484
Andrew Wallace, brothers, 2 Lindsay Place, age 14, b abt 1875 Denise CAT Scr Wallace-28189
David Wallace, brothers, 2 Lindsay Place, age 22, b abt 1867 Denise CAT Scr Wallace-28190
James Wright, brothers, 9 Lindsay Place, age 16, b abt 1873 Denise CAT Scr Wright-71785
William Wright, brothers, 9 Lindsay Place, age 19, b abt 1870 Denise CAT Scr Wright-71786
Matthew Wright, 8 Leslie Place, age 34, b abt 1855 Denise CAT Scr Wright-71784

Jul / Aug 2024 Challenge: Sourcing 1800s Profiles with Scotland Locations

We have many 1800s profiles that are marked as Unsourced, with Scotland locations.

Pick a location to work on. Let's see if we can help our Scotland Sourcers group to lower these numbers this month.

If you add sources that can be used to create new profiles, make sure to add the [[Category: Scotland, Needs Profiles Created]] . You can substitute the County for Scotland in that Category. Those can then be used for the next Connect-a-Thon. If you find one with lots of people in a profile, let us know in Discord, so Suzy can add to the Thon Team page. I am anticipating that we will be getting some larger New 'Unsourced tagged profiles' in the early weeks because of some other work going on to mark Unsourced profiles that are not currently tagged, so I added a column to keep track of those


County Starting (30 Jun) 7 Jul 14 Jul 28 Jul 11 Aug 28 Aug Total New since start Working On
Aberdeenshire340 300 256 233 147 19 321↓ 23 Liz / Claire
Angus356 340 334 331 328 323 33↓ 3 Margaret
Argyll298 295 295 296 296 295 3↓ 4  ??
Ayrshire856 853 853 859 848 841 15↓ 10 Tina
Banffshire108 101 98 98 100 95 13↓ 3  ??
Berwickshire60 62 63 63 63 60 - 3  ??
Bute182 182 182 182 182 179 3↓ -  ??
Caithness115 115 115 115 116 113 2↓ 1  ??
Clackmannanshire45 45 35 38 38 33 12↓ - Sheena
Dumfriesshire241 241 241 241 243 246 5↑' -  ??
Dunbartonshire114 115 116 117 115 111 3↓ 1  ??
East Lothian25 27 26 27 28 25 - 1 Catriona
Fife313 311 312 310 310 307 6↓ 5 Denise
Inverness-shire230 231 231 231 229 229 1↓ 3  ??
Kincardineshire57 53 54 51 50 45 12↓ -  ??
Kinross-shire2 - - - - - 2↓ - Linda - Done
Kirkcudbrightshire70 70 69 68 70 70 - 1  ??
Lanarkshire2,386 2,386 2,391 2,383 2,387 2,390 4↑ 20  ??
Midlothian380 380 379 389 381 380 - -  ??
Moray91 90 90 90 89 88 3↓ -  ??
Nairn2 1 1 1 1 1 1↓ - Linda - Done
Orkney112 113 111 111 111 113 1↑ -  ??
Peeblesshire7 3 3 4 4 3 3↓ 1 Linda - Done
Perthshire427 425 425 426 435 437 10↑ 4  ??
Renfrewshire385 382 381 380 380 384 1↓ 3  ??
Ross and Cromarty47 47 47 47 47 43 4↓ -  ??
Roxburghshire93 94 93 93 92 90 3↓ -  ??
Selkirkshire- - - - 1 - - -  ??
Shetland207 206 206 206 206 206 1↓ -  ??
Stirlingshire260 260 259 257 254 257 3↓ 2  ??
Sutherland28 29 28 28 28 28 - -  ??
West Lothian148 149 150 148 147 152 4↑ -  ??
Wigtownshire80 81 81 81 81 80 - - Linda
Total8,065 7,987 7,925 7,904 7,807 7,643 - -
Change 78↓ 62↓ 21↓ 97↓ 164↓ 422↓ -
Total Scotland10,958 10,929 10,865 10,852 11,017 11,161 - -  ??

Jun 2024 correct 965 Suggestions with Scotlands People Record Results links

We have many profiles that have Scotlands People citations with links including 'record-results' and 'viewer' links which are not valid, as you know. We have many that are generating Suggestions, but we also have plenty that are not generating Suggestions, but we won't worry about those at this time.

  • Sourcer will 'attempt' to use the existing record-results links if they had all of the 'old' query information in the link. If iit can determine the original query, the search results page will
  • If you do not have Sourcer, or Sourcer is not able to use the Link, then regular search will need to be done. Sometimes the query information is included in the record-results link so you can enter the same criteria that was being used.
  1. Please revise the Citation to make sure it is a correctly formatted citation.
  2. If the profile is in gedcom format, you can decide whether to clean it up, or just add the new Scotlands People citation to the profile, removing 'at least' the existing link that is causing the suggestion.
  3. Please make sure to review the location fields at the same time to make sure tha the Country is included with a comma before the Country and before United Kingdom, if appropriate.


County Starting (27 May) 3 Jun 10 Jun 17 Jun 24 Jun 3 Jul Total Working On
Aberdeenshire 401 105 3 - - - 401 Done
Angus 452 410 70 9 Locked 9 Locked - 443 Done
Argyll 27 26 0 - - - 27 Done
Ayrshire 185 165 150 49 2 Locked - 183 Done
Banffshire 89 52 31 9 - - 89 Done
Berwickshire 13 13 - - - - 13 Done
Bute 6 - - - - - 6 Done
Caithness 66 66 64 42 5 Locked - 61 Done
Clackmannanshire 7 - - - - - 7 Done
Dumfriesshire 46 37 32 5 - - 46 Done
Dunbartonshire 33 30 11 10 3 Locked - 30 Done
Edinburghshire 6 - - - - - 6 Done
Fife 170 152 120 101 28 7 Locked 142  ??
Forfarshire 63 57 - - - - 63 Done
Inverness-shire 37 33 23 6 - - 37 Done
Kincardineshire 122 15 12 12 Locked 12 Locked - 110 Done
Kinross-shire 8 - - - - - 8 Done
Kirkcudbrightshire 14 - - - - - 14 Done
Lanarkshire 75 75 3 Locked 3 Locked 3 Locked - 72 Done
Lothian 4 - - - - - 4 Done
Midlothian 70 64 9 10 9 Locked - 61 Done
Moray 26 13 - - - - 26 Done
Nairn 3 - - - - - 3 Done
Orkney 14 9 - - - - 14 Done
Peeblesshire 7 4 - - - - 7 Done
Perthshire 43 43 25 - - - 43 Done
Renfrewshire 138 134 123 11 1 - 137 Done
Ross and Cromarty 124 114 98 52 - - 124 Done
Roxburghshire 30 28 13 11 - - 30 Done
Selkirkshire 24 23 - - - - 24 Done
Shetland 5 - - - - - 5 Done
Stirlingshire 19 - - - - - 19 Done
Sutherland 88 86 65 31 7 Locked - 81 Done
Wigtownshire 23 - - - - - 23 Done
Total 2,434 1,754 849 361 79 - 2,073
Change 670↓ 905↓ 488↓ 282↓ - -
no county selection - - - 658 264 - - everyone!! 112 are locked!!

May 2024 Challenge: Update Locations that have 3 letter Scotland abbreviations

We have many profiles that have the 3 letter abbreviation SCT in them that we need to update with fully spelled out County and Country name. This is very easy to do, just make sure to check and add the commas in all locations between the City / Town, County / Region, and before Scotland. Expand all 3 letter abbreviations that you see in any of the locations. Hopefully, we will get many of the 3 letter County abbreviations also updated at the same time.

This query should retrieve mainly Scotland locations, but if you come across a profile that is not Scotland locations, just ignore it and work on the next one. Since everyone will be using the same query, just jump around if you find some that have already been updated. Since this uses the database dump, the locations won't be updated in the query until Mon / Tues of each week.

Since the Query uses Wikitree +, you have to hit the Blue 'Get Profiles' button when the query loads to see the results. If you want to work on one location, you could revise the query and add the location to the 'front' of the query, such as 'Fife', before the word 'Open' in the Query.

Good Luck and Thanks again for helping clean up the Scotland profiles.

Query Starting (1 May) 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 May Total
SCT Abbreviations 1516 549 105 - 108
Change 967↓ 444↓ - 3↑ 1408↓

Counties

Query ' County - - Starting (12 May) 19 May 26 May June Working On
ABD Aberdeenshire - - 85 - - - Liz - Done
ANS Angus - - 121 - - - Liz
ARL Argyll - - 13 - - 3 Liz -Done but 3 Pre 1500
AYR Ayrshire - - 2,234 - 1678 1474 Linda and Liz
BAN Banffshire - - 145 - - - Liz- Done, most Canada
BEW Berwickshire - - 4 - - - Done
BUT Bute - - 71 - - - not Scotland
CAI Caithness - - 71 - - - Done
CLK Clackmannanshire - - 11 - - - Done
DFS Dumfriesshire - - 28 - - - Liz -Done
DNB Dunbartonshire - - 18 - - - Liz- Done
ELN East Lothian - - 18 - 1 1 pre 1500 left
FIF Fife - - 2 - - - Done
GMP Grampian - - 0 - - - Done
INV Inverness-shire - - 78 - - - Done
KCD Kincardineshire - - 21 - - - Done
KRS Kinross-shire - - 191 - - - Done
KKD Kircudbrighthire - - 5 - - - Done
LKS Lanarkshire - - 76 - 1 1 Liz, Done, but pre 1500
LOT Lothian - - 1,021 - - - Most not SCT
MLN Midlothian - - 51 - - - Liz, Done
MOR Moray - - 115 - - - Done
NAI Nairn - - 30 - - - All Died in Nai, Vietnam
OKI Orkney - - 26 - 2 2 Done, but pre 1500
PEE Peebleshire - - 363 - - - Done
PER Perthshire - - 236 - - - Done
RFW Renfrewshire - - 13 - - - Done
ROC Ross and Cromary - - 102 - - - Done
ROX Roxburghshire - - 5 - - - Done
SEL Selkirkshire - - 326 - - - Done
SHI Shetland - - 439 - - - Done
STI Stirlingshire - - 144 - - - Liz-Done
SUT Sutherland - - 7 - - - Done
WLN West Lothian - - 38 - - - Done
WIG Wigtownshire - - 5 - - - Done
Total - - 6,113 - 1,685 1,481
Change - - - - 4,428↓ 204↓

Mar / Apr 2024 Challenge: Sourcing 1800s Profiles with Scotland Locations

We have many 1800s profiles that are marked as Unsourced, with Scotland locations.

Pick a location to work on. Let's see if we can help our Scotland Sourcers group to lower these numbers this month.

If you add sources that can be used to create new profiles, make sure to add the [[Category: Scotland, Needs Profiles Created]] . You can substitute the County for Scotland in that Category. Those can then be used for the next Connect-a-Thon in April.


County Starting (1 Mar) 5 Mar 12 Mar 26 Mar Apr Total Working On
Aberdeenshire772 772 726 715 447 325↓ Liz
Angus402 403 397 398 368 34↓ Catriona
Argyll317 317 317 316 305 12↓
Ayrshire789 785 783 781 773 16↓
Banffshire132 132 131 131 115 17↓
Berwickshire71 70 69 68 56 15↓
Bute189 189 188 188 185 4↓
Caithness139 139 139 137 121 18↓
Clackmannanshire57 59 59 58 56 1↓'
Dumfriesshire245 246 246 246 222 23↓'
Dunbartonshire99 99 99 100 98 1↓'
East Lothian24 28 28 27 25 1↑' Terri
Fife483 486 480 482 389 95↓ Elizabeth and Denise
Inverness-shire248 248 244 244 227 21↓
Kincardineshire66 66 66 66 54 12↓
Kinross-shire10 10 4 1 1 9↓ Linda
Kirkcudbrightshire63 63 63 64 61 2↓'
Lanarkshire2411 2409 2410 2408 2397 14↓
Midlothian452 453 454 447 442 10↓'
Moray103 103 102 101 92 11↓
Nairn11 11 4 1 1 10↓ Linda
Orkney109 111 111 111 110 1↑'
Peeblesshire30 30 30 24 4 26↓ Liz
Perthshire435 438 439 439 424 11↓'
Renfrewshire373 379 383 382 382 9↑'
Ross and Cromarty66 66 66 67 47 19↓'
Roxburghshire104 104 103 95 93 11↓
Selkirkshire40 40 40 2 - 40↓ Liz
Shetland150 148 148 148 144 6↓ Catriona
Stirlingshire274 275 279 279 26` 13↓'
Sutherland39 39 39 39 31 8↓ Linda
West Lothian140 140 140 142 151 11↑'
Wigtownshire77 76 77 77 - -
Total8,920 8,934 8,864 8,784 8,159 761↓'
Change 14↑' 70↓ 80↓ 625↓ -

Feb 2024 Challenge: Gedcom with Scotland locations

GEDI Challenge works with Gedcoms uploaded by members who have closed their accounts. A gedcom was added last month that has at least 70 profiles with Scotland locations. Some of the Scotland profiles have parents and grandparents profiles that have no dates or locations, so they are probably Scotland also. Some of the profiles are for people that went to the United States, but not all of them.

Could we try to help with this gedcom this month? This is the link to the GEDI Spreadsheet for George Paton 5 generations gedcom. If you have not worked on gedcoms for GEDI Challenge, there are just a few explanations

  1. Each tab is for a different Gedcom. The link for the Patton one is above
  2. The profiles are in the order that they were created by the gedcom, so frequently families are sequentially together in the sheet
  3. Profiles are in the 1800s and 1900s, so there should be sources
  4. Since these are Gedcom profiles, please add the Acknowledgements header above the Gedcom name and make sure that it is at the bottom of the profile. Please don't remove the Gedcom name because it can be used to find the relatives.
  5. Run AGC (Automatic Gedcom Cleanup, which is part of Wikitree Browser Extension) or manually remove the gedcom format.
  6. Try to find Dates, Locations, and Sources for each profile. If nothing can be found, add the Unsourced Template to the profile and add Unsourced to the Review Comments column
  7. The Review comments column has Scotland for those records that currently have Scotland in them, but other related profiles may have no location
  8. Link to the profile is in the Link column for easy access.
  9. Sourced? column will indicate if BioCheck 'thinks' it is Sourced or not, based on what is in the Sources / inline citations (It does not use anything in the Research Notes section of profiles), Marked if the Unsourced Template or Category is on the profile, ? means Maybe there is a source, but hard to tell.(majority of the profiles have this indication)
  10. Style column will have an X if there is a styling issue, which could be that the References line is not immediately following the Sources line, as well as no dates
  11. If you want to start working on a profile, add your Wikitree ID in the Reviewer Id column, so others know you are working on that one.
  12. When you have added dates, locations, sources, etc to a profile, change the Review Status column to Improved, if you found sources and were able to clean it up, Comment if no sources were found, adding a comment as such in the Comments column, and Living if you think they are living, based on sources. We have a Category that can used for those profiles with no PM, but it has to be added before the profile gets the status buttons to indicate they are Living.
  13. Review Comments column can have the Scotland removed when you are done with the profile and add a little bit about what you did, ie, Dated, Sourced, renamed, etc

If you want to run BioCheck, that link will load and start BioCheck. It is only retrieving records with Scotland in them, so it will be changing as more profiles have Scotland added to them.

Date Total # Profiles # to be corrected Style Issues Unsourced Maybe
1 Feb 101 64 62 2 44
5 Feb - - - - -
12 Feb 101 35 35 0 18
19 Feb 101 30 30 0 15
26 Feb 101 17 7 17 -
Total Improved!!! Completed- - -

Jan 2024 Challenge: No Birth or Death Locations

We have found many 1800s profiles that have no Birth or Death locations, but they have Marriage locations with Scotland. Without these locations, it is hard to find the profiles and duplicates could easily be created.

Many of these profiles have a source, but not always. Many have no birth or death dates, as well as locations, so if we could get Birth and / or Death Date, location, and at least some source added to the profile, it will help everyone.

Check for duplicates, if possible, in case profiles were added since these profiles were missing critical information.

When you load the Query from 2nd column, Wikitree + will be started, select the Get Profiles Button to get the results.

County / City Starting (4 Jan) 9 Jan 16 Jan 23 Jan 30 Jan Feb Mar Apr Total Working On
Aberdeen409400 366 349 324 254 245 245 164 ↓
Aberdeenshire769 762717670 667 597 593 589 180↓
Angus386 386388387 389389 389 372 14↓ Catriona
Argyll212 204205214 217 216 216 218 6↑
Ayrshire810 805808809 809 811 816 819 9↑
Banffshire120 120 118 118 118118 119 116 4↓
Berwickshire107 107107107 107 107 111 113 6↑
Bute32 22- - - 1 1 31↓done
Caithness147 147143144 146 146 147 156 9↑
Clackmannanshire38 262021 18 9 8 12 26↓Sheena
Dunbartonshire88 878788 88 88 89 90 2↑
Dundee234 234234233 233 233 234 237 3↑
East Lothian160 157 159 159 159 159 160 161 1↑
Edinburgh762 759761760 761 762 765 787 25↑
Fife504473460446 424 371 345 347 157↓Elizabeth Russon
Forfar44 444444 44 44 41 14 30↓ Catriona
Glasgow1,172 1,1681,1711,171 1,172 1,177 1,178 1,184 12↑
Inverness-shire109 837878 78 77 77 81 28↓
Kincardineshire73 767676 76 76 72 77 4↓
Kinross-shire7 -- - -1 - - 7↓ Done
Lanarkshire2,134 2,1272,1312,136 2,1412,143 2,148 2,161 27↑
Midlothian731 728728728 728728 735 743 12↑
Moray33 333333 35 35 36 36 3↑'
Nairn20 - - - -- - - 20↓Done
Orkney97 969696 98 99 102 102 5↑
Peeblesshire25 252222 22 6 2 2 23↓Sheena
Perthshire239 235238238243245 245 233 6↑
Renfrewshire393 394395394 394 394 399 407 14↑
Ross173 171170168 166 162 163 165 8↓
Roxburghshire111 111111111 111 112 112 112 1↑
Selkirkshire47 474747 47 46 46 46 1↓
Shetland38 373327 21 12 - - 38↓ Catriona
Stirlingshire251 253252254 253 254 257 249 2↓
Sutherland98 959493 93 94 94 100 2↑
West Lothian145 145 144 144 144 144 144 146 1↑
Wigtownshire82 80 8181 81 81 82 82 -
Total10,800 10,61710,51910,446 10,40610,191 10,171 10,201 599↓
Change 183↓98↓73↓ 40↓ 215↓ 20↓ 30↑

Dec 2023 Challenge: Holiday Fun

We've selected some family profiles that could use some loving around the holidays. Most of them need Sourcing, as well as Connecting to the Tree and all the families have a 'holiday name'.

We've selected families from all over Scotland that have many profiles that could use some love - parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Profiles are 18th and 19th century timeframe to hopefully make it easier to find sources.

Hopefully everyone can find a family or area that they would like to help with.

To get started, just enter your name in the column after family members, and mark it as completed when it’s done. Try to keep track of profiles added for each family in the last column.

Thanks for the help. Hope everyone has a little holiday fun!!.

Remember that multiple people can work on a family. These are just one person in a family that needs sourcing and connecting.

Update

  • All Profiles are connected, CC7 went up 564 this week and a total of 1,012 for 19 profiles
  • 1st week - 6 profiles connected to the Tree, CC7 increased from 1053 to 2459, lots of sources!! Keep up the great work
    • Those that are now connected went from 6 to 220 (Milne), 16-480 (Horn-1096), 8 to 257 (Johnstone), 6-24 (Jolly), 28 to 302 (Shepherd), 3 to 92 (Fraser)
  • 2nd week - 4 more profiles connected to the Tree, CC7 increased from 2459 to 2907, lots of sources!! Keep up the great work
    • Those that are now connected went from 28 to 89 (William Winter), 14 to 126 (George Horn) , 25 (David Winter), 25 to 195 (Robert Yule),
  • 3rd week - 7 profiles connected to the Tree (ALL profiles connected), CC7 increased from 1053 to 2459, lots of sources!!
    • Those that are now connected went from 28 to 127 (Simon Bell), 48 to 109 (Ebenezer Laidlaw) , 1 to 49 (James Shepherd), 4 to 33 (William Carol), 46 to 57 (William Yule), 28 to 77 (Gunn), 10 to 335 (James Bell)


Link to Profile Date and Place of Birth Additional Family members Connected? Working On Number Profiles Added
Ivy Elizabeth Milne Aberdeen in 1909 Parents, siblings Yes - Thanks Liz Connected 0 to connect
William Winter Angus in 1781 Father, siblings Yes - Thanks Suzy Spouse & 10 Children added so far James Webster has 103 profiles to be created

Claire: well done Suzy, what a work, I think we met in the middle with James Winter and Helen Middleton and connected them all, should hopefully show connected tomorrow! Winter family love xx

Simon Bell Ayrshire in 1850 Parents, Spouse, child Yes - Thanks Sue Townsend Elizabeth Russon Several profiles set up
Janet (Sleigh) Dyet Berwickshire in 1788 2 Spouses, 4 children Yes, needs sources Catriona Watson Janet Sleigh sourced as far as poss. Janet Sleigh's first Douglas husband needs research. Her second Dyet husband needs sourcing. Janet Sleigh's Dyet children are sourced as far as poss. Janet Sleigh's first daughter Janet Douglas, her husband Alexander Durno and their children sourced as far as poss. Some of Janet Sleigh's grandchildren part sourced, though only from SP indexes and FreeCen. There are further profiles to be created.
Ebenezer Laidlaw Dumfriesshire in 1801 Parents, siblings, spouse, children Yes - Thanks Bruce Laidlaw several, several. I'll try and count later...
George Horn Dunbartonshire in 1716 Parents, siblings Yes - Thanks Linda - added source for siblings
David Winter Edinburgh in 1781 Parents, siblings Yes - Thanks Claire C Linda - sources added for all siblings, also sources for children of brother Peter and sister Susan that could be added and expanded

Claire - 13 profiles added, (13th Dec) hopefully now connected, am working on sourcing/building the bios of the created profiles.. looks like (now it's sourced and checked, probably more profiles could be added) it's connected loads more than just David, Merry Christmas!..

Gwen - working on it - will count later

Betsy Horn Fife in 1816 Spouse, children Yes - Thanks Elizabeth Russon 31 profiles added - 3 connections
James Louson Shepherd Forfarshire in 1815 Spouse Yes - Thanks Margaret Allison
Josef Rudolf Geercke Glasgow in 1902 Parents, siblings Yes Anita Meek Sourced & Research Notes
John Jolly Kincardineshire in 1860 Father, spouse, child Yes - Thanks David Moss connected 4 profiles added
William Carol Lanarkshire in 1869 Parents, siblings Yes - Thanks Sheena Sourced. Died in Australia; Irish parents or grandparents; maternal grandfather added; categorised
William Yule Midlothian in 1820 Spouse Yes - Thanks Elizabeth Russon 25 profiles added - no connections
Rosalind Joan (Fraser) Noel Morayshire in 1950 Parents, child Yes - Thanks Liz -Connected 4 profiles
Alexander Dove Johnstone Peeblesshire in 1885 Spouse, children Yes - Thanks Liz - Connected 4 profiles
Peter Shepherd Perthshire in 1824 Spouse, child Yes - Thanks Dawn Graham 9 profiles added, all sourced, also sourced profiles of extended family
Bell Gunn Ross-shire in 1809 Spouse, child Yes - Thanks Terri Dozier Updated sources on daughter and daughter's children. Updated with sources Bell Gunn's son-in-law. She is now connected as well as her husband, daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren.
Robert Kerr Yule Roxburghshire in 1833 Spouse, children Yes - Thanks Dawn Graham 12 profiles added ,all sourced, also sourced profiles of extended family
James Bell Selkirkshire in 1755 Spouse, children Yes - Thanks Elizabeth Russon multiple profiles added ,all sourced, also sourced profiles of extended family; no connections




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