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Welcome to Team Twisted Thistles
- This team participates in all marathon challenges. We are primarily concerned with the improvement of Scottish profiles, and those of Scottish lineage worldwide. But, all improvements help our shared tree, so feel free to work from your watchlist. This can be a good opportunity to learn from each other and make collaborative friendships. We communicate during our -thons via G2G postings, which are linked to this page at the top right, as well as a channel on Discord. If you would like to join Discord, contact a Team Captain.
Team Members
April 2023 Connect-a-Thon
- Captains:
- Sheena (Templeton) Tait
- Suzy Cairns
- April Team:
- Betsy Ko
- Dawn (Graham) Britz
- Elizabeth (Penman) Russon
- Ellen Altenburg
- Heather Beveridge
- Liz (McIntosh) Macdonald
- Rob Graham
Resources & Helpful Hints
- Scotland Sources Page
- Scotland Project's Resource Page
- Category for Scotland Genealogy Resources
- Scotland Genealogy Resources
- Scotland Categories and Resources
- Scotland Sourcing Help (Formats for common sources)
- Scotland: Needs Profiles Created Category
- DBE suggestions for Scotland by Counties
- DD Suggestions Help
- Commonly used Country and Regional Abbreviatons for Scotland and other areas (Please don't use abbreviations, spell them out in full.)
Marathons
Connect-a-Thon
Source-a-Thon
- Source-a-Thon Help Page
- Source-a-Thon Tutorial
- Scotland's Unsourced Profiles (Also broken down by County)
- Scotland's Medieval Unsourced Profiles (pre-1500 members only, only those with the orange banner will count towards the s-a-t goal)
Useful links for Connect-a-Thons
- Thon Tally Page
- Connect-a-Thon Help Page
- Connect-a-Thon Tutorial
- Chat page on G2G, July 2022
- Unconnected List for Scotland
- Scotland: Needs Profiles Created Category
- Fran's Connecting How-to
Clean-a-Thon
- Suggestion lists to work on are found on the following pages:
Scan-a-Thon
- Commonly used Country and Regional Abbreviations for Scotland - useful for some of the Suggestions below, since Abbreviations should not be used in Location fields.
Commonly used County and Regional abbreviations for Scotland
Country Abbreviation Country Comments SCT Scotland Do not use "Scotland, United Kingdom" before 1801. From 1801 onwards, either "Scotland, United Kingdom" or "Scotland" is acceptable. See the Wikipedia article for background County Abbreviation County Comments ABD Aberdeenshire, Scotland ANS Angus, Scotland formerly Forfarshire - Scotland Project policy is to use Angus for the county name ARL Argyll, Scotland Often seen as Argyllshire - Scotland Project uses "Argyll" never "Argyle" AYR Ayrshire, Scotland BAN Banffshire, Scotland BEW Berwickshire, Scotland BUT Bute, Scotland Often seen as Buteshire - Scotland Project uses "Bute" CAI Caithness, Scotland CLK Clackmannanshire, Scotland DFS Dumfriesshire, Scotland DNB Dunbartonshire, Scotland Not to be confused with Dumbarton which is a town in Dunbartonshire ELN East Lothian, Scotland formerly known as Haddingtonshire - Scotland Project policy is to use East Lothian FIF Fife, Scotland never "Fifeshire" INV Inverness-shire, Scotland KCD Kincardineshire, Scotland KRS Kinross-shire, Scotland KKD Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland LKS Lanarkshire, Scotland LAN is the abbreviation for the English county of Lancashire MLN Midlothian, Scotland formerly known as Edinburghshire - Scotland Project policy is to use Midlothian MOR Moray, Scotland also seen as Morayshire - formerly known as Elginshire - Scotland Project policy is to use Moray NAI Nairn, Scotland also seen as Nairnshire - Scotland Project policy is to use Nairn OKI Orkney, Scotland not "Orkney Isles" or "Isles of Orkney" PEE Peeblesshire, Scotland PER Perthshire, Scotland RFW Renfrewshire, Scotland ROC Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ROX Roxburghshire, Scotland SEL Selkirkshire, Scotland SHI Shetland, Scotland not "Shetland Isles" or "Isles of Shetland" STI Stirlingshire, Scotland SUT Sutherland, Scotland also seen as "Sutherlandshire" - Scotland Project policy is to use Sutherland WLN West Lothian, Scotland formerly known as "Linlithgowshire" - Scotland Project policy is to use West Lothian WIG Wigtownshire, Scotland Regional Abbreviation Local Government Region Comments BOR Borders Region, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996 CEN Central Region, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996 DGY Dumfries and Galloway Region, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996 FIF Fife Region, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996; however, the abbreviation is the same as the County abbreviation and the county and region covered the same geographical area GMP Grampian Region, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996 HLD Highland Region, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996 LTN Lothian Region, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996 OKI Orkney Isles, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996; however, the abbreviation is the same as the County abbreviation and the county and region covered the same geographical area SHI Shetland Isles, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996; however, the abbreviation is the same as the County abbreviation and the county and region covered the same geographical area STD Strathclyde Region, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996 TAY Tayside Region, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996 WIS Western Islands, Scotland only appropriate between 1975–1996
- Twisted Thistles April 2023 Connect a Thon Mar 20, 2023.
- Twisted Thistles January 2023 Connect-a-thon Chat Jan 12, 2023.
- Twisted Thistles 2022 Source-a-thon Chat Sep 3, 2022.
- The Twisted Thistles are a Wonderful Thon Team! Jul 19, 2022.
- Twisted Thistles July 2022 Connect-a-thon Chat Jul 9, 2022.
- Twisted Thistles April 2022 Connect-a-Thon Chat Mar 24, 2022.
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Warm regards on behalf of all of the Dutch Genealogists,
Joan and Margreet
We all had a good time and hope to see you in the next Thon :)
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
Thanks to all our efforts there are now 63,445 less unsourced profiles in our shared tree.
We hope to see ye in future 'thons!
.Team Virginia thanks you for sourcing profiles during the Thon!!! It was a blast! We look forward to seeing you at the next one.
Thank you for participating in the July 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and contributing to filling out our global tree!
See you at the next marathon!
Azure, Sondra, & the Western Red Cedars
Jutta and Hilary Welsh Dragons team
Mindy Silva & Sandy Patak Team Virginia
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It was a FUN weekend and we are looking forward to working with you again on the upcoming Source-a-Thon :)
Fran, Carol, Joan, and Maddy
We hope to see you at our Annual Liberation Day Challenge from May, 4 till May, 10!!
edited by Astrid (Schellenberger) Spaargaren
...thanks you and your team members for participating in the April 2022 Connect-a-thon.
In this year of Connection... When we work together, great things can happen!
Can't wait for the next one! See you in the branches.
Azure Rae and the Western Red Cedars gang
We all had a great time and are looking forward to the next Thon :)
Mindy Silva & Sandy Patak Team Virginia
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Just sailing by to thank you for al the fun and the great achievements. We all can be proud on ourselves!
See you next X-a-Thon we hope.
Colleen, Astrid and Eef.
Mindy Silva & Sandy Patak Team Virginia
It was a fun weekend! Looking forward to working with you in the next Thon :)
Well, it was a fun weekend, we hope you enjoyed yourself. Thank you for joining the fun. The total overall figure was 56,972 profiles sourced.
Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you on the next Thon
Mighty Oaks
Mindy Silva & Sandy Patak
Western Red Cedars
What an amazing Connect A Thon it's been! Thanks for all the profiles you have added and the work you have done on the tree, from the Mighty Oaks roots, branches and leaves.
Legacy Heirs
Good Luck this weekend from the Mid-Atlantic Team!
The Mighty Oaks wish you the best in your endeavor to connect our global tree. Thank you, for helping improve its health. We're looking forward to another fun weekend Thon! We'll see you there.
All the Mighty Oaks thank you for your fantastic work in the Clean-a-Thon. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Team Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders x
The Mighty Oaks thank you for the sources you added to WikiTree during the Source-a-Thon. We appreciate all that you did! It was another great showing of community collaboration. We hope you had fun and are looking forward to the next thon.
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Best of luck and most importantly, have fun!!!
Team Springbokke
edited by Julia (McCartney) Hogston
Hope to see you all at the next marathon!
~ Western Red Cedars
For the Connect a thon there are list for each Scottish county via the Data Doctor I added the main one for the whole of Scotland. If you wish for the list to actually show on your page use this - Automated:DD Unconnected List SCT with x2 { front and back it will then auto populated on the page.
ANy questions just drop me a line
Regards Janet
Mighty Oaks and England DD Team Leader
Bobbie
No need to worry about being a competitor, that is what the team is for, I am merely one of their fearless leaders...... :)
Not everyone knows about all these lists so in my capacity as a Data Doctor Project Coordinator I am trying to raise awareness about them
Good luck
Space:Western_Red_Cedars Thanks you for all your hard work.
It was a fun weekend, see you at the next marathon!
Have fun!! The South African team
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