Thomas Wickenden II
Honor Code SignatorySigned 18 May 2019 | 2,509 contributions | 19 thank-yous | 489 connections
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Your England Leaders are completing the six monthly check in with all team members. I wanted to thank you for your work on English Profiles. We hope you are going to start working on the Orphan Trail soon.
These are unprecedented and difficult times, and we understand as Project Leaders that your situation may have changed somewhat in the last few months. What we are all able to/ wish to contribute on Wikitree has changed. Please let me know if you are happy with your current role and team choice or if you wish to do something additional or different. Thank you again on behalf of all the project leaders for everything you do.
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Should I focus on my own line and work on individuals, going back as far as I can and learn to use sources for this information? Or should I add more names from other GEDCOMs, or is there another approach, such as focusing on towns such as Cowden, or time periods such as 1650- 1700? Should I stop work and focus on the orphan I was given to learn technique instead? What is your advice? Thanks. Tom
Thank you for getting back to me. The work you are doing sounds really interesting and its difficult to know where you would be best starting. I think that if a job is worth doing, its worth doing well. In my opinion, you should first do the orphan trail, learn all you can about what sources are available and how to document them correctly so that others can see and understand where the information came from. Giving others a proper understanding will encourage to them to help you with your research. Once you get the sourcing right, I think you should start work on your own family, make their profiles as good as you can, and take your family line as far back as you can. After you have accomplished that, you can then start to look at where to go next. If you decide to do the orphan trail, which is a requirement if you want to remain in the England Project, I am happy to be your trailblazer, but the trail must be your priority if I do that. You will need to get down to it and work hard, but I am willing to help you. Let me know what you decide to do, and whatever you decide, good luck. Regards Joan
George
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