Vic Watt

As Air Force brat, moved around a lot and I assumed my grandmother was telling me I was a Mayflower descendant to make us feel like we belonged when we were always the outsiders. I see through my Harris gg that links to your's and Hess line that this turns out to be true.  :)

Hello Vic,

Thanks for getting back to us about the Profile Improvement Project. We will assign you to the Biography Team, Level 1 and you can continue as you have been working.

We had some issues with our GoogleGroup, but those have now been resolved. If you are interested in joining us there, please use this link:

· https://groups.google.com/u/0/g/wtprofileimprovement?hl=en

Please take a moment and open the google page, click on "my membership settings" in the lower-left corner and check your DISPLAY name....this will assure that the left hand column states your name rather than your email address (which is already in the middle column)? This is a private group, so we hope you're willing to make this change so that it's easier for everyone to know who's making a comment or contributing and get to know you better.

We're happy to have you in the Project as you can participate. Best, Robin

Dear Vic,

The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing its first annual check-in with our project members. We are in the process of transitioning to a team structure. There will be three participant PIP Teams to start -- The Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team. There is also the Voyage Team who guide new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team. Please let us know which team(s) you would like to participate in.

For those of you who joined the Project before the Voyage started in late 2018, we would like to invite you to consider a "fast track" Voyage, especially if you plan to join the Biography Team. If you’re interested, choose a profile that you have completed to the best of your ability and compare it to the Voyage Biography Standards. If you’re at Level 2 or better, include a link to the profile in your response to this check-in for a “fast track” review.

We would also like to invite you to join the email GoogleGroup and text chat Discord channel for our project. (When you request to join our GoogleGroup, please be sure to include your Wiki ID). You will find more information on the GoogleGroup.

We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project and WikiTree. The Project’s mission is to:

Make profiles beautiful! We clean up messy biography sections and sources, and try to set standards for attractive, useful, and well-written biographies, starting with those we manage.

We know you’re working on profiles *smile* We would like to hear about successes you’ve had toward the Project’s goals. We would also appreciate any feedback you might have to help us improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or privately via private message to either of us.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Robin Shaules Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

Hi VIc your name came up when researching Arthur Fairfax Sheldon happy to chat. Regards Maureen Australia 🇦🇺

How do you take the list of U.S. Presidents and find out if you have a relationship to any or all of them?

Mary Pritchard

Hi there, you are listed as having some specific knowledge about John Drew Sr. Is this indeed the case?

Hi Vic,

I wanted to thank you for all your diligent work on my Grandma Grace's profile! I appreciate this so much! :)

Hi Vic,

Thank you, no I didn't see that, so my apologies

Take care

Karen

Hi,

The Global Cemeteries Project is currently undergoing our member check-in and wanted to verify that you are still active and interested in being a member of the project. Are you currently assigned to or working with one of our Cemetery Teams? If not, is there a particular Team or area you are interested in participating with? I would be delighted to help you get setup in one or more of our collaborative teams!

We use Google Groups for internal project collaboration, so if you are not yet setup for access feel free to submit a join request and we will get that approved as quick as possible. We also ask that members check their followed tags to make sure you are following the correct project tag (CEMETERIES) so you don't miss any discussions in G2G.

Last, but not least, we would like to thank you for all of your contributions to WikiTree and let you know that any ideas or suggestions for improvement you may have for the Global Cemeteries Project would greatly appreciated!

I look forward to hearing form you soon!

Steve ~Global Cemeteries Project Leader

Hello

My name is Amy and I am a co-Leader of the Scotland Project. As you may have heard, we have merged the Scottish Clans project into the Scotland Project. I am contacting you today to find out if you are interested in continuing with us under this new format. If you would like to go forward on the Scottish Clans Team, please reply and let me know which clans you have been working on or would like to work on. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely

Amy Gilpin, Scotland Project Co-Leader

Thank you, Vic, for your work on the Sherman Winchester Varnum profile. Sherman was my great-grandfather via my maternal grandmother Evalena Viola Moore who was Sherman's and Lydia's daughter. My mother, Vera Moore Simmons, was very fond of her grandfather and grandmother. I'm indebted to you. 1/7/20 Adding additional thanks, Vic, for your continuing clarification of Sherman W Varnum's profile information.

Thank you so much for helping me out! It is greatly appreciated!

Congratulations Vic !

Thank you for the heads up about the Pickens duplicate file!!!

I also discovered that you and I are cousins!!!

Vic and Jill are 8th cousins once removed

Vic Watt and Jill (Turkington) Lee are both descendants of James Barrett.

1. Vic is the child of Catherine (Viles) Watt [confident] 2. Catherine is the daughter of Marcia Louise (Sheldon) Viles [confident] 3. Marcia is the daughter of Henry Lyman Sheldon [confident] 4. Henry is the son of Betsey W. Sawyer [confident] 5. Betsey W. is the daughter of Abigail Bryant (Willard) Sawyer [unknown confidence] 6. Abigail is the daughter of Sarah (Scollay) Willard [unknown confidence] 7. Sarah is the daughter of Grover Scollay [unknown confidence] 8. Grover is the son of John Scollay [unknown confidence] 9. John is the son of Hannah Barrett [unknown confidence] 10. Hannah is the daughter of James Barrett [unknown confidence] This makes James the eighth great grandfather of Vic.

1. Jill is the daughter of Jack Turkington [confident] 2. Jack is the son of George Edward Turkington Jr. [confident] 3. George is the son of Isabel Minerva (Barrett) Turkington [confident] 4. Isabel is the daughter of Anthony Barrett [confident] 5. Anthony is the son of Jacob Barrett [confident] 6. Jacob is the son of Jonathan Barrett [confident] 7. Jonathan is the son of John Barrett [confident] 8. John is the son of James Barrett Jr. [confident] 9. James is the son of James Barrett [unknown confidence] This makes James the seventh great grandfather of Jill.

Hi Vic,

On behalf of the Connectors Project Leaders, we are doing a six-month check-in with members. Please let us know if you are still active. If you are active, please let us know in which ways you are currently contributing to the project.

All of us at WikiTree would like to thank you for your contributions and hope that you are enjoying exploring your roots.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Michelle ~ Volunteer Coordinator

Hello, Vic,

Thank you so much for responding to our check-in for the Miltary and War Project.

We are sorry to hear that you are not currently active, but we understand that life happens and interests shift as we grow our shared tree and that some members may have moved on to projects more pertinent to the branches they are currently building. Please know that you will always be welcome to rejoin should your interests shift back in this direction.

Thank you so much for your participation; we genuinely appreciate it.

Deb ~ Volunteer Coordinator

Hello, Vic,

On behalf of the Military and War Project Leaders, we are doing a six-month check-in with members.

First, we want to thank you for your past participation in the project. We appreciate your desire to honor your ancestors for their service to their countries, or even for your service, wherever in the world. We hope that your membership has enhanced your WikiTree experience.

Please let me know, by commenting on my profile or sending a private message, if you are still active in the project, and if so, in a general sense how you may have contributed to the main project or any sub-projects within the last couple months.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Deb ~ Volunteer Coordinator

Hi again Vic. Thank you for the proposal to merge Cottam-159 and Cottam-203. The subject was my mother's cousin and I remember him well. I have tried to get this fixed with no success.I really appreciate your help.

Madeleine Davidson

Thank you so much for this. I have tried unsuccessfully to get the manager of Cottam-205 to merge with Cottam-132. I manage Cottam-132 who was my great-grandfather. Other members of the family also have not been merged. I have tried to communicate with this person but he does not respond. So grateful for your assistance.

Hi Vic

Thank you so much for responding to our check-in for the Categorization Project

We are sorry to hear that you are not currently active, but we understand that interests shift as we grow our shared tree and that some members may have moved on to projects more pertinent to the branches they are currently building. Please know that you will always be welcome to rejoin should your interests shift back in this direction.

Thank you so much for your participation; we genuinely appreciate it.

Karen ~ Volunteer Coordinator