US Black Heritage: Connecting Challenge

Profile managers: US Black Heritage Project WikiTree [send private message] and Emma MacBeath [send private message]

Current Total (October 8, 2023): 242,774

The US Black Heritage Project's Connecting Challenge has been created with the goal of adding as many profiles for the Black community as possible to WikiTree.

Why this challenge?

• To increase the representation of Black American profiles on WikiTree.
• The more profiles we add, the easier it will be to connect families to the Global Tree.

Our goal for 2023 is a total of 250,000 profiles with the African-American sticker. Watch for the monthly g2g post for a regular update of our numbers.

This challenge is very similar to the WikiTree Connect-A-Thon with a few exceptions. See our rules below.

Who can participate? Any WikiTree member who has upgraded from guest membership and has signed the honor code.

Start/End: This challenge begins on the 1st of each month and ends on midnight on the last day of the month. A new g2g post will be available on the 1st of the next month.

Click here for November's sign up post.

Rules

• These profiles are specifically for the U.S. Black community. However, we do not want to exclude non-black members of the same family. Those will also be counted.
• Each profile created must be attached to an existing profile. You may create a brand new profile and then create and attach profiles to that first profile. But you will receive no points for the first profile.
• Each profile created must have at least one good source. Please see this help page for more information on sourcing.
• Please add the {{African-American Sticker}} to each newly created African-American profile, under the biography heading.
• You may remove yourself as manager from these profiles if you do not wish to keep it on your watchlist.
• If the profile is that of a notable, please post on your g2g answer so the US Black Heritage Project can add it to our list.
• Working to create slave profiles? These count too if you link them to their slave owner in the profile. The slave owner's profile serves as the first profile and does not count for points.

Points

• Each profile attached to an existing profile gives you one point.
• Please use the Challenge Tracker to track how many profiles you create.

When you create a new profile, a dark green button will appear at the top of the profile that says "challenge tracker." Click that, then make sure your Wiki-ID is in the ID box and that you choose USBH Connecting challenge. Then save.

The challenge tracker button at the top of a profile

How to Participate

• Post an answer on each month's g2g challenge post that you will be participating for that month.
• Create profiles following the rules above.
• Use the Challenge Tracker to track each profile as soon as you have created it. (see above for instructions)

Profiles to Start With

Do you need some profiles to start with and add family to?

• Try some of our notables managed by the US Black Heritage Project. The list is here on this category page.
• We also have a "needs profiles created" category here.
• If you are familiar with the process of how to document slaves, check the "Needs slave profiles" category for pages and profiles with names of slaves listed who don't have profiles created yet.

Tracking

We will track the total number of profiles created per WikiTree member for each month (as well as a running total for the year) and how many profiles created overall on this spreadsheet. Numbers for the month may not correspond to the tracker due to some profiles for other challenges accidentally being counted for ours and participants manually adding their numbers to the g2g post.

October 2023 Challenge Tracker scores

• September 2023 total
  • September's top 5: Nanette Pezzutti, Mary Haak, Emma MacBeath, Katie Bryant, Vicki Miranda
• August 2023 total
  • August's top 5: Nanette Pezzutti, Emma MacBeath, Kate Schmidt, Carolyn Martin, Michelle Detwiler
• July 2023 total
  • July's top 5: Emma MacBeath, Nanette Pezzutti, Kate Schmidt, Carolyn Martin, Eva Head
• June 2023 total
  • June's top 5: Patty LaPlante, Nanette Pezzutti, Kate Schmidt, Katie Bryant, Mary Baker
• May 2023 total
  • May's top 5: Patty LaPlante, Nanette Pezzutti, Kate Schmidt, Miyako Jones, Gina Jarvi
• April 2023 total
  • April's top 5: Emma MacBeath, Nanette Pezzutti, Kate Schmidt, AM Hayes, Carolyn Martin
• March 2023 total
  • March's top 5: Nanette Pezzutti, AM Hayes, Miyako Jones, Carolyn Martin, Teresa Davis
• February 2023 total
  • February's top 5: Kate Schmidt, Emma MacBeath, Nanette Pezzutti, Karen Lowe, Miyako Jones
• January 2023 total
  • January's top 5: Emma MacBeath, Nanette Pezzutti, Michelle Detwiler, Kate Schmidt, AM Hayes

2022 Top 5 Contributors (see all 2022 stats below)

1. Nanette Pezzutti
2. Emma MacBeath
3. Carolyn Martin
4. Katie Bryant
5. Kate Schmidt

All Time 1000 Sticker Achievers

• Carolyn Martin
• Patty LaPlante
• Emma MacBeath

All Time 2000 Sticker Achievers

• Patty LaPlante

FAQs

• Can I create profiles for my own family members?
  • Absolutely! As long as you follow the rules listed above, they will count for points.
• Do I have to stay as profile manager (PM) for the profiles I create?
  • No. Feel free to orphan them. However, please make sure you've added the {{African-American Sticker}} so our project can keep track of them. If they are notable, please let us know on your g2g answer and the project will pick up management for them.
• Can I create a brand new profile and add family for them or do I have to work on existing profiles?
  • You can add a brand new profile and add family to that profile. However, the first profile does not count as a point because it won't be connected to anyone at the start. All family you connect to that first profile do count as a point each.
• How many profiles do I need to create?
  • As many as you have time for. There is no minimum required to participate. And you can create them any day of the month you choose.
• Why does only family we connect count?
  • Adding profiles to WikiTree without attached family is not as powerful as adding profiles already connected to some of their family. It makes it easier for descendants to find them and easier to avoid duplicates.
• I'm working on adding a Black family, but some of the family members aren't Black. Do they count if I add them?
  • Absolutely yes! We do not want to exclude any family members for this challenge. Just remember that they will not get the African-American sticker added to their profiles. (note: race is usually listed on many USA documents such as census, birth, death, and marriage, so you can know who qualifies for the sticker, but it's best to check more than one record because they were not always accurate)

Challenge Stickers

Anyone who has participated in any of the monthly challenges, may place this sticker on your profile. Copy/paste this exact code:

{{Challenge Sticker

|image=US_Black_Heritage_Connecting_Challenge.png

|challenge=Connecting

|date=2023

|project=US Black Heritage

|type=Participated in the

}}

... ... ... participated in the 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

Participant Sticker

... ... ... won the September 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

Winner Sticker

... ... ... created 25 new profiles during the September 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

25 profiles

... ... ... created 50 new profiles during the September 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

50 profiles

... ... ... created 100 new profiles during the September 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

100 profiles

... ... ... created 300 new profiles during the September 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

300 profiles

... ... ... created 500 new profiles during the September 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

500 profiles

... ... ... created 1000 new profiles during the September 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

1000 profiles

... ... ... created 2000 new profiles during the September 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

2000 Profiles

End Of Year Stickers

Top 5 contributors for the entire year

... ... ... won the 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

2022 Winner

... ... ... was the 2nd top contributor for the 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

2nd Top Contributor

... ... ... was the 3rd top contributor for the 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

3rd Top Contributor

... ... ... was the 4th top contributor for the 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

4th Top Contributor

... ... ... was the 5th top contributor for the 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

5th Top Contributor

Stats Archive

2022 Challenge Stats

Our goal for 2022 was a total of 150,000 profiles with the African-American sticker. GOAL MET!

• January total
  • January's top 5 Emma MacBeath, Patty LaPlante, Nanette Pezzutti, Kate Schmidt, Denise Jarrett
• February total
  • February's top 5 Nanette Pezzutti, Pam Fraley, Michelle Detwiler, Kate Schmidt, Emily Yaden
• March total
  • March's top 5 Nanette Pezzutti, Michelle Detwiler, Katie Bryant, Denise Jarrett, Kate Schmidt
• April total
  • April's top 5 Emma MacBeath, Nanette Pezzutti, Michelle Detwiler, Carolyn, Martin, Denise Jarrett
• May total
  • May's top 5 Katie Bryant, Denise Jarrett, Carolyn Martin, Nanette Pezzutti, Kate Schmidt
• June total
  • June's top 5 Nanette Pezzutti, Kate Schmidt, Emma MacBeath, Denise Jarrett, Katie Bryant
• July total
  • July's top 5 Emma MacBeath, Nanette Pezzutti, Karen Lowe, Michelle Detwiler, Katie Bryant
• August total
  • August's top 5 Nanette Pezzutti, Emma MacBeath, Kate Schmidt, Katie Bryant, Miyako Jones
• September total
  • September's top 5 Nanette Pezzutti, Carolyn Martin, Nancy J. Morrissey, Michelle Detwiler, Denise Jarrett
• October total
  • October's top 5 Nanette Pezzutti, Carolyn Martin, Katie Bryant, Miyako Jones, Emma MacBeath
• November 2022 total
  • November's top 5: Carolyn Martin, Nanette Pezzutti, Dawn Daniels, Katie Bryant, Emma MacBeath
• December 2022 total
  • December's top 5: Nanette Pezzutti, Emma MacBeath, AM Hayes, Dawn Daniels, Kate Schmidt

2021 Challenge Stats

Our initial goal for 2021 was to create 10,000 new profiles, but seeing all the help we're already receiving, we're going to up that goal to 50,000! Goal met!

2021 Top 5 Contributors

1. Patty LaPlante
2. Carolyn Martin
3. Emma MacBeath
4. Denise Jarrett
5. Kate Schmidt

• February total: 2729. February's top 5: Carolyn Martin, Emma MacBeath, Sandy Patak, Isabelle Rassinot, Denise Jarrett
• March Total: 3850. March's top 5: Carolyn Martin, Patty LaPlante, Emma MacBeath, Denise Jarrett, Isabelle Rassinot
• April total: 4886. April's top 5: Patty LaPlante, Emma MacBeath, Kate Schmidt, Denise Jarrett, Aurora Chancey,
• May total: 3726. May's top 5 Kate Schmidt, Denise Jarrett, Patty LaPlante, Carolyn Martin, Isabelle Rassinot
• June total: 2299. June's top 5 Morgan Mulligan, Denise Jarrett, Kate Schmidt, Carolyn Martin, Emma MacBeath
• July total: 4052. July's top 5 Emma MacBeath, Patty LaPlante, Carolyn Martin, Denise Jarrett, Kate Schmidt
• August total: 2262. August's top 5 Patty LaPlante, Kate Schmidt, Denise Jarrett, Carolyn Martin, Cheryl Cruise
• September total: 2246. September's top 5 Patty LaPlante, Denise Jarrett, Kate Schmidt, Anita Alexander, Katie Bryant
• October total: 3346. October's top 5 Patty LaPlante, Carolyn Martin, Denise Jarrett, Kate Schmidt, Katie Bryant
• November total: 3780. November's top 5 Carolyn Martin, Michelle Hartman, Nanette Pezzutti, Denise Jarrett, Patty LaPlante
• December total December's top 5 Patty LaPlante, Emma MacBeath, Carolyn Martin, Kate Schmidt, Michelle Detwiler

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