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Quick Reference

For links and information about Virginia sources, see Team Virginia (specifically, the Sources section). This Quick Reference page is intended to be a place to "park" citations for copy/paste use during the Source-a-Thon.

~ Liz Shifflett, Virginia Project leader, Team Virginia co-captain

When working with a particular reference, I open a window in my computer with the citation, letting me copy/paste as needed. I figured that the source-a-thon would be a great opportunity to encourage folks to use that method but to post their citation in WikiTree instead of just on their computer, creating an easy reference during the Source-a-Thon and a great resource for after.

The Team Virginia page has a section on "What if I can't find a source?" I included for copy/paste the "go-by" that I use for posting results from "Research" (the dropdown link under the WikiTree ID in the mini-menu at upper right on a profile page). It's under Research Notes (below)

I also have high hopes for LOTS of source citations, so I started with a couple I plan to use under a heading of my WikiTree ID (which will let me find what I'm using easily).

Hope you find this page useful!

Source Citations Used during the 2016 Source-a-Thon

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Genealogical Research System, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution: DAR-grs
Citation template:
<ref name=DAR>{{DAR-grs|Axx|person|October 1, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name=DAR />

Hakenson
<ref name=Hakenson>''This Forgotten Land, Volume II: Biographical Sketches of Confederate Veterans Buried in Alexandria, Virginia,'' written and compiled by Donald C. Hakenson. (2010, Alexandria, Virginia)</ref>
<ref name=Hakenson />

Wulfeck: FamilySearch
<ref>from [[#Wulfeck|Wulfeck]]'s ''Marriages of Some Virginia Residents...,'' citing "DAR 79 963; 83 845" and "Huguenot 6:142" (see [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3652306 Vol 1, p 213], online courtesy of FamilySearch) </ref>
* <span id='Wulfeck'></span>Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, ''Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800'' (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1986) : see [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/144610?availability=Family_History_Library FamilySearch]</ref>

Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry (Google Book)
Please see the Source page: Space:Magna_Carta_Ancestry (updated 23 Jan. 2019)

Lewis database, "Our Royal, Titled,..." (check the citation; best to verify in Richardson, but do not use Lewis if no citation or citation to a questionable source)
:See also:
* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1014.htm#i30453 Maud Charnells], "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed September 30, 2015), citing...

Find a Grave: Search Form (for advice/cautions on using Find a Grave as a source, see Team Virginia's Find a Grave entry, under the Sources section)
<ref name=FG>{{FindAGrave|16164815}} for Amon Updike (1848-1933), buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia. Memorial maintained by Bryan S. Godfrey; originally created by Earl Woodford on Oct 13, 2006 (accessed September 2, 2016)</ref>

Parish registers (source profiles):

Research Notes

== Research Notes ==
: via "Research" links (see dropdown menu under the WikiTree ID in mini-menu at upper right)
* FamilySearch yielded x returns from historical records, but were not relevant to her; 2 returns from submitted trees but neither had sources ([[Your WikiTree ID]], October x, 2016).
* Find a Grave search returned no results ([[Your WikiTree ID]], October x, 2016).
* Ancestry search returned nothing of interest that was not behind a pay wall. See [URL this link] for results of search run October x, 2016 ([[Your WikiTree ID]]).
* Top two returns for [URL MyHeritage] search were for WikiTree profiles. I did not pursue others. ([[Your WikiTree ID]], October x, 2016)
* First page of [URL Find My Past] results had nothing in right century. I did not go beyond first page. ([[Your WikiTree ID]], October x, 2016)
* Google search had lots of interesting returns, including these from just the first two pages:
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if Find a Grave has a return, but the memorial has no sources/pictures:

** {{FindAGrave|65281572}} for Jean Leroy (1454-1515), buried in Saint Malo Cimetiere Rocabey, Saint-Malo, Departement d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France. Memorial created by Suzanne (Roy) Soulliere on February 6, 2011 (accessed September 21, 2016)





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In case you missed it, we're forming 2017 Team Virginia ... see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Team_Virginia_-_2017_Source-a-Thon

If you haven't already joined the Source-a-Thon, register by posting an answer at https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/458118/

If you want to be on Team Virginia again, say so in your answer.

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Hi y'all! There's a G2G thread about keeping the "Thon" teams going.
see https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/432441/did-you-lead-team-for-one-the-thons-keep-the-team-spirit-going

If anyone wants to take up that challenge, I'll be happy to turn over leadership to you! If you were on Team Virginia for the Spring Clean-a-Thon, you just got a similar message.

I think the intent is to combine the Clean-a-Thon & Source-a-Thon teams, so maybe we could rotate leadership and focus - even months could focus on Sources & odd months could focus on db errors.

If we had enough interest from the two teams, I could set up a third page where we could coordinate a combined Clean-a-Source-a-Thon Team Virginia that had a different leadership every month (if we had enough interest).

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
P.P.S. You _would_ need a new space page or two, since it's not a Source-a-Thon. Maybe just one, to coordinate what error codes y'all would be working on. And remember - just because a WikiTree profile doesn't agree with wikidata or findagrave or familysearch's locations is not of itself a reason to change the WikiTree profile! See the Database Errors Project page for more information, and check out some of the G2G discussions under the db_errors tag.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Hi! A "Spring Clean-a-Thon" to focus on database errors has just been announced. See this page for details (or check the WikiTree Calendar.

P.S. I won't be available that weekend, but that doesn't mean there can't be a Team Virginia!

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
p.s. I ran out of room to make the Virginia Unsourced Profiles clickable in that post, so here's the link:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Virginia_Unsourced_Profiles

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Hi again Team Virginia! I just posted the G2G Sourcing Sprint question for the Saturday, March 11 sprint.

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/360799/saturday-sourcing-sprint-11-march-2017

When it's midnight where you are, start sourcing :D ... iffn you want to, that is. Whether you do or don't, I have a favor. I'll be offline most of Saturday. Could you visit the Sprint and post some encouraging comments for anyone sourcing? Especially if you see Mel Lambert - our Team VA member who works on West Virginia unsourced profiles. She did so good last week, she won the Sprint!

And if you do & work on Virginia Unsourced Profiles, let me know or post something in your answer there so I know to add Team VA when I add you to the tracking table (at Saturday_Sourcing_Sprints).

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Hi Team Virginia! I wanted to point out that the idea of Saturday Sourcing days has been raised in G2G.

I can't do every Saturday, but if Team Virginia wanted to commit to a "Second Saturday Sourcing Sextathalon"... I'd be on board for that (sexta for 6). We could have four 6-hour "ET" (Eastern time) sessions & you pick which session based on what works best for you. Logistics can be worked out, but I think a "signup sheet" on this page would work & then I'll figure out how the captains of each 6-hour session can coordinate with the Saturday Sourcing folks.

Let me know if you think that's something y'all would like to do & I'll set up a sign up sheet for Dec. 10, invite members of the Virginia Google Group to join us, & check on coordinating it.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
great - see Campbell County, for example

small - see Dinwiddie County, for example

For other Virginia Counties with space pages, see the table (here) & click on any of the county names that are clickable - those are the links to space pages. The Colony/VA/WV links are to the category pages.

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett