Sue was born in Tasmania. She has written a lot about her family history in a blog called O'er the seas we go[1] about both her convict and free settler ancestors as well as using DNA to prove some problems in her family tree.
Sue Wyatt was born in Tasmania, Australia
A couple of things that have had a great influence on Sue are:
The Girl Guide Movement where Sue learnt about leadership roles, coping in the outdoors and working as part of a team
Her parents who taught the value of persistence and family values as well as a love of the outdoors, travelling and history
Sue was a teacher for about 37 years before retiring in 2011. She worked in both primary and secondary school where she mainly taught history and information technology as well as the basic subjects.
Since retirement, Sue now spends her time with doing her own family history and volunteers one day a week at the local library where she works face to face with people wanting to find out about their ancestors.
Taking part with WikiTree
Sue loves taking part in the different thons run by Wikitree and is a member of the Toddling Tortoises team each time one is run.
Sue Wyatt participated with the Toddlin' Tortoises during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 32 previously unsourced profiles.
Since May 2021 when Sue joined the WikiTree family, she has spent most of her time adding her own relatives and ancestors to the global tree. She has added detailed profiles to many of her direct ancestors but hopes, in the future, other members of the family will write detailed biographies of their relatives.
Sue also spent time learning more about WikiTree and joined the Australia project. This has taught Sue about things like categories and how to add stickers. It is important to connect with others so you can ask questions. Sue found being a member of Discord has been especially helpful.
Last year 2023, Sue worked on a project of her own related to the North Mt Lyell mining disaster in 1912. Sue's great grandfather and his two brothers survived the disaster but Sue is researching, writing biographies and connecting to the global WikiTree all the miners who died as well as those who survived or were rescued. [2]
Sue was also interviewed in November 2023 for Member of the Week and you can find out more about Sue from reading this G2G post.
This year 2024, Sue is taking part in two challenges.
mini project connecting those who died on the Montevideo Maru in WWII. [3]
16 for 16 challenge which celebrates WikiTree's 16th year. This will be more difficult as it covers the whole year. Some activities are easy, while others will take a lot of effort. 16 For 16 completed, 32 For 16 completed. [4]
Sue Wyatt achieved the 32 For 16 award for completing 32 missions in our 2024 16 For 16 Challenge.
2024 is also the year Sue begins joining in the WikiTree Week of events including conference, games, chat groups, research parties etc.
First-hand information. Entered by Sue Wyatt at registration.
DNA Source
Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Sue Wyatt and Bob Wyatt, her father (direct ancestor). Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: father, based on sharing 3455 cM across 32 segments.
Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Sue Wyatt and Phyl (England) Wyatt, her mother (direct ancestor). Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: mother, based on sharing 3464 cM across 25 segments.
Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Sue Wyatt and David Yeoell, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are George Allen and Mary Spry Shute, the great great grandparents of both Sue Wyatt and David Yeoell. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: third cousin, based on sharing 35 cM across 3 segments. Sue is the daughter of Robert Wyatt who is the great grandson of the common ancestors George Allen & Mary Spry Shute.
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full middle name (M.)
e-mail address
exact birthdate
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images (2)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships.
It is likely that these
autosomal DNA
test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sue:
100.00% 100.00%
Sue Wyatt:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A702006[compare][compare x], Ancestry member tasteach
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Living DNA, GEDmatch A702006[compare][compare x]
It's time for our annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for your involvement in the Project in the last year and for all your help improving Australian profiles on WikiTree. Australia Project members play such a vital role in Australian genealogy on WikiTree.
Please could you reply to this profile comment (don't add a new comment!), or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and to let us know what you plan to work on for the next year, and if you would like to change any of the teams you are on. Our teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.
We know that people move on to new things, so if you no longer want to be in the Australia Project, please let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.
Many Australia Project members are active on Discord. It's a great way to communicate with other members of your project team/s, or to ask any general questions. If you're not on Discord yet, here's some information - Help:Discord. If you are already on the WikiTree Discord server, let us know, and we can send you an invite link to the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our chat channels are located. We also communicate through the Australia Project google group, and on the G2G.
We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Kylie, Margaret and Veronica
Hi, Sue, thank you for choosing to sign up with the Toddlin’ Tortoises for the 2024 Source-a-Thon. If you have not already checked our space page for your bib number, you may wish to do that before the thon begins just in case you win a prize. (Remember, there is only a short window of opportunity to claim those prizes before the next drawing occurs.)
Remember, too, that when adding your sources to not simply refer to a family tree on Ancestry, or FamilySearch, but to verify the sources attached to such pages and use the citation provided (FS) or generate your own (Ancestry – WikiTree Sourcer is a great tool for that, as it also creates a sharing link).
Don’t forget – one profile equals one point, not multiple edits for multiple sources on the same profile. Also – unlike the Connect-a-Thon – ‘’’this’’’ thon requires you to click the tracker button to record your edits.
Most important of all – remember to eat and hydrate properly, and ‘’’HAVE FUN’’’.
Thank you for participating in past Thons as a member of the Toddlin' Tortoises. If you decide to participate again in January's upcoming Connect a Thon, the registration this time will be somewhat different. (You can read about it here.) We would love to have you join us again, but whatever team you decide to join will be lucky to have you!
We're contacting you for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. We really appreciate your involvement in the Project in the last year. Thank you so much for all your help to improve Australian profiles on WikiTree.
Please could you reply to this message, or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and if you'd like to make any changes to the teams that you belong to. The teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.
If you've moved on to other things for the moment, that's absolutely fine. We'd appreciate if you'd let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.
We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Margaret and Veronica
Certainly will be staying with the Aussie project especially the Tassie side. Could I be added to the convict sub group if I am not there at the moment?
Thanks Sue for responding to the check-in message, and for your ongoing contributions to WikiTree and the Australia Project, they are much appreciated, especially your great work as Tassie team leader! I've added you to the convicts team as well.
Thanks so much for being part of the Toddlin' Tortoises Team for the April 2023 Source-a-Thon. Every source or citation verifying the information on a profile, helps make for a healthier Tree!
Thank you so much for signing up with the Toddlin' Tortoises in the January 2023 Connect-a-Thon. We may be slower than many, but we are all still winners!
It's time for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for contributing to the project and Australian profiles on WikiTree during the last year. We really appreciate you!
If you would like to stay in the project, please reply to this message or send me a private message to let us know that you would like to stay on. Alternatively, if your WikiTree and research interests have moved away from Australia, please let us know and we can remove you from the membership list for the moment. You will, of course, be very welcome to rejoin the project down the track whenever you want to.
We are also keen to know if you want to make any changes to the team or teams that you want to focus on. Take a look on Australia Project Teams to see what teams there are to choose from. If you want to discuss this, or have any questions or suggestions about the Australia Project we'd love to hear your ideas.
Thanks so much for being part of the Toddlin' Tortoises Team for the October 2022 Source-a-Thon. Every source or citation verifying the information on a profile, helps make for a healthier Tree!
Sue, thanks so much for being part of the Toddlin' Tortoises Team for the July 2022 Connect-a-Thon. Every well-constructed profile added helps to grow a healthier Tree!
Sue, Thanks so much for being part of the Toddlin' Tortoises Team for the 2nd 2022 Connect-a-Thon back in April. Every well-constructed profile added helps to grow a healthier Tree!
Hello Sue, welcome to the Australia Project. We are delighted that you have joined us:-)
To keep up with discussions about Australia, don't forget Australia to the tags that you follow. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
We look forward to working with you,
Gillian, co-Leader, Australia Project.
Hi Sue - to do a connect-a-thon you register for a team in advance (cut off is usually the Weds/Thursday before) and then add heaps of missing profiles to Wikitree over the course of a weekend. They can be your own extended family or you can add to any random people who are missing parents, spouses, etc. The point is to grow the tree and hopefully find more connections between families. If you haven't signed up already you can't officially play this time but you're quite welcome to join in with adding profiles for your Tassie people just for fun. Some of use are working from the 'Australia, needs profiles created' category: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Australia%2C_Needs_Profiles_Created
The "thons" happen quarterly - there's going to be two other connect-a-thons this year, and one source-a-thon (adding sources to profiles that currently have no valid sources) - for that one we usually work from the 'unsourced' list for our preferred state. The Australian team is the Wizards of Aus.
Thanks again for signing the Honor Code some time ago. I wanted to check in with you to see how things are going. How do you like WikiTree so far? Have the tips in the New Member How To Pages been helpful or have they left you with questions?
Please let me know if you have any questions about WikiTree. To contact me, log in to WikiTree and go to your profile. Use the Reply link below my comment to be sure that I will be notified. If really needed, you can also click my name to send a private message, or post a public comment on my profile page, but pressing reply is by far the easiest. It's really is great to have you on board.
Michel ~ WikiTree Messenger
P.S. To find reliable sources for your profiles, go to the Family Tree & Tools tab; select Genealogy Research and scroll down near the bottom of that list and select Research with RootsSearch. There are over 20 websites to access from there.
Thank you for upgrading. I am pleased to welcome you as a member of the WikiTree family. Your contributions will go a long way to joining the world’s trees together.
I would suggest starting with the New Member How-To pages, they will save you a lot of time and frustration.
Please add as much information as you can, with sources, as it all helps to turn a “name” back into a person. I hope you enjoy the site as much as I do.
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This week's connection theme is Game Show Hosts.
Sue is
25 degrees from Chuck Woolery, 22 degrees from Dick Clark, 24 degrees from Richard Dawson, 33 degrees from Cornelia Zulver, 34 degrees from Magnus Härenstam, 40 degrees from Steve Harvey, 26 degrees from Vicki Lawrence, 22 degrees from Allen Ludden, 27 degrees from Michael Strahan, 24 degrees from Alex Trebek, 20 degrees from Ian Turpie and 36 degrees from Léon Zitrone
on our single family tree.
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It's time for our annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for your involvement in the Project in the last year and for all your help improving Australian profiles on WikiTree. Australia Project members play such a vital role in Australian genealogy on WikiTree.
Please could you reply to this profile comment (don't add a new comment!), or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and to let us know what you plan to work on for the next year, and if you would like to change any of the teams you are on. Our teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.
We know that people move on to new things, so if you no longer want to be in the Australia Project, please let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.
Many Australia Project members are active on Discord. It's a great way to communicate with other members of your project team/s, or to ask any general questions. If you're not on Discord yet, here's some information - Help:Discord. If you are already on the WikiTree Discord server, let us know, and we can send you an invite link to the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our chat channels are located. We also communicate through the Australia Project google group, and on the G2G.
We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Kylie, Margaret and Veronica
Remember, too, that when adding your sources to not simply refer to a family tree on Ancestry, or FamilySearch, but to verify the sources attached to such pages and use the citation provided (FS) or generate your own (Ancestry – WikiTree Sourcer is a great tool for that, as it also creates a sharing link).
Don’t forget – one profile equals one point, not multiple edits for multiple sources on the same profile. Also – unlike the Connect-a-Thon – ‘’’this’’’ thon requires you to click the tracker button to record your edits.
Most important of all – remember to eat and hydrate properly, and ‘’’HAVE FUN’’’.
See you at the thon!
Hertyl, Spertyl, Melanie, and Susan.
Regards, Margaret
We're contacting you for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. We really appreciate your involvement in the Project in the last year. Thank you so much for all your help to improve Australian profiles on WikiTree.
Please could you reply to this message, or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and if you'd like to make any changes to the teams that you belong to. The teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.
If you've moved on to other things for the moment, that's absolutely fine. We'd appreciate if you'd let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.
We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Margaret and Veronica
Regards, Margaret
It's time for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for contributing to the project and Australian profiles on WikiTree during the last year. We really appreciate you!
If you would like to stay in the project, please reply to this message or send me a private message to let us know that you would like to stay on. Alternatively, if your WikiTree and research interests have moved away from Australia, please let us know and we can remove you from the membership list for the moment. You will, of course, be very welcome to rejoin the project down the track whenever you want to.
We are also keen to know if you want to make any changes to the team or teams that you want to focus on. Take a look on Australia Project Teams to see what teams there are to choose from. If you want to discuss this, or have any questions or suggestions about the Australia Project we'd love to hear your ideas.
Thanks for taking the time to get back to us!
Kind Regards
Margaret Haining Membership Coordinator
I will stay with the project and continue with my own tree as well as links to other Tasmanians mentioned on the WikiTree.
Regards, Margaret
"What a Wonderful WikiTreer you are".
edited by Melanie Paul
To keep up with discussions about Australia, don't forget Australia to the tags that you follow. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
We look forward to working with you, Gillian, co-Leader, Australia Project.
The "thons" happen quarterly - there's going to be two other connect-a-thons this year, and one source-a-thon (adding sources to profiles that currently have no valid sources) - for that one we usually work from the 'unsourced' list for our preferred state. The Australian team is the Wizards of Aus.
Thanks again for signing the Honor Code some time ago. I wanted to check in with you to see how things are going. How do you like WikiTree so far? Have the tips in the New Member How To Pages been helpful or have they left you with questions?
Please let me know if you have any questions about WikiTree. To contact me, log in to WikiTree and go to your profile. Use the Reply link below my comment to be sure that I will be notified. If really needed, you can also click my name to send a private message, or post a public comment on my profile page, but pressing reply is by far the easiest. It's really is great to have you on board.
Michel ~ WikiTree Messenger
P.S. To find reliable sources for your profiles, go to the Family Tree & Tools tab; select Genealogy Research and scroll down near the bottom of that list and select Research with RootsSearch. There are over 20 websites to access from there.
Thank you for signing the Honor Code.
Tommy ~ WikiTree Greeter
Thank you for upgrading. I am pleased to welcome you as a member of the WikiTree family. Your contributions will go a long way to joining the world’s trees together.
I would suggest starting with the New Member How-To pages, they will save you a lot of time and frustration.
Please add as much information as you can, with sources, as it all helps to turn a “name” back into a person. I hope you enjoy the site as much as I do.
Thank you for adding your DNA to WikiTree. Getting the Best from DNA will tell you more about how DNA kits are used on WikiTree.
Have fun collaborating on your ancestors!
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