Ken Yocum
Honor Code SignatorySigned 30 Jul 2016 | 1,200 contributions | 33 thank-yous | 932 connections
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I’m conducting the 6-month check in for the US Black Heritage Project. Because we are growing so fast, it’s not always possible for me to see what everyone’s working on.
I’d love to hear what you’ve been working on and if you are still happy being a part of the Topics Team. Members can change teams at any time. If you need something to work on, we now have a master task list here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:US_Black_Heritage_Project_Tasklist
We now have a project badge! Hooray! As soon as I hear back from you that you’d like to continue with the project, I will add the badge to your profile.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Emma
I would, though, like to contribute to the Wikitree project in the areas of Notables and Military and War. These are areas where we have identified many individuals. Perhaps a start would be to look at the notables spreadsheet to see where I can help. Can I get a link to it?
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Is there a particular time period, location, or topic you're interested in? Maybe you have some historically-significant ancestors?
Why don't you stop by the One Name Studies project, to see if there's already a name study for (surname) going on? The current leaders for that are Doug Lockwood and Alison Andrus. They would be happy to get you started.
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