I would love to meet new cousins and relatives - from New Zealand, Australia, USA, UK and possibly Canada. The more people who do DNA tests, the more likely this will happen. My DNA test is on My Heritage and Family Tree DNA if you want to do a comparison. Thank you.
Robynne (Thompson) Lozier participated with Kiwi Crew during the 2019 Scan-a-Thon, scanning and uploading 56 items to profiles.
Robynne was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the WikiTree Blog!
Robynne (Thompson) Lozier lived in Putaruru, Waikato, New Zealand.
Robynne (Thompson) Lozier lived in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Robynne (Thompson) Lozier lived in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Robynne (Thompson) Lozier participated with Kiwi Crew during the 2018 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 300 previously unsourced profiles.
Robynne (Thompson) Lozier was a Weekend Chat Guest Host 1-3 June 2018.
Robynne (Thompson) Lozier was a Weekend Chat Guest Host 13-15 July 2018.
Robynne (Thompson) Lozier was a Weekend Chat Guest Host 27 - 29 July 2018.
Born and raised in New Zealand. Spent 3 years in a pacific Island country as a teenager while parents were missionaries. Back home in New Zealand, completed high school and dropped out of University.
Drifted for a number of years from job to job, never quite managing to make anything into a career. Went online in 1998 and eventually met a man in a chat room with whom she had a lot of things in common.
Got married in New Zealand in the year 2000. Just one week later, left NZ and moved to Canada. Went through 6 years of immigration limbo while the case was being processed, but eventually was successfully approved as a Permanent Resident. Has now been married for 23 years, and has one 21 year old son.
Robynne has been doing genealogy a lot more seriously since she arrived in Canada because she finally has access to the internet 24/7. She has also spent time working on her new husbands family as well. Catholic records are much better kept than Protestant records.
Above Table is currently a Work In Progress. When this line disappears then my table will be done.
(*) should be 12 people here but 2 couples are the same thanks to pedigree collapse
Advance Directive
In the event of my passing, whether sudden or not, I would like all my profiles to be moved to and managed by my sister [Trisha Thompson]. Thank you.
Notables I have connected
NOTABLES I Have Helped to connect to the Global Tree.
My favourite American Author Notable [Helene Hanff ] is now connected to the Global Tree.
My favourite Kiwi Actor Notable [Sam Neill] is now connected to the Global Tree
My own cousin Jessica Watson who is still considered to be the youngest ever to sail around the world non-stop and unassisted.
My favourite NZ-born Australian-based Actor [Russell Crowe] is now connected to the Global Tree. Also by extension, his cousin [Martin Crowe], former Cricket Player for New Zealand.
My favourite sports people to watch at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics were the American Twins [Phil Mahre] and [Steve Mahre]. They are now connected to the Global tree
I was able to help get one of my favourite American actors [Richard Dean Anderson] connected to the Global tree.
I was able to connect Eurythmic Singer [Annie Lennox] to the Global Family Tree, thanks to the WDYTYA episode that Annie made in 2017.
I have also connected English Actor [Charles Dance] to the Global Tree.
Added NZ born Australia Actress [Rebecca Gibney] to the Global Tree.
Was finally able to add [Sir Peter Blake] - a Notable Kiwi Sailor and Yachtsman - to the Global tree.
Finally added the best Canadian Hockey Player [Sidney Crosby] to the global tree.
I have helped to get the Actor [Warwick Davis] - Best known as Wicket the Ewok and Willow - connected to the Global Tree.
Have connected up New Zealand Author Mona Anderson to the Global Tree.
Back in 1994, 5 members of one family were murdered in their home in Dunedin, New Zealand. The one survivng family member was out that morning delivering newspapers. Upon his return to the house, he found his family all dead and called the ambulance and police. He was later arrested for their murders and sentenced to life in prison. Several years later this young mans lawyers appealed to the privy council and won a second trial for the accused. He was acquitted in the second trial due to the miscarriage of justice from the police. The family members had their profiles added to Wikitree back in February 2016. But they were not connected to the global tree. Today (21 Oct 2017) I have connected the Cullen-Bain family to the global tree. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bain-1193 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cullen-1100
I have also connected one of my all time favourite American Olympic Gymnasts to the Global Tree - [Mary Lou Retton]
I was finally able to connect both the TV actress Michael Learned and the 1970s Australian Singer Helen Reddy to the Global tree. Michael's son married Helen's daughter. Helen passed away on 29 September 2020 in Los Angeles.
Have added the profile for the Notable Food Writer, Blogger and Chef, Ree Drummond from Oklahoma, and also her husband Ladd Drummond
Jan 2018 - Have just connected the TV actress Emily Deschanel (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Deschanel-1) to the Global tree. I did not need to create her profile. That and the rest of her family - her sister Zooey and parents - were all created back in 2015 but never connected!! Now they are finally connected!!
January 2018 - There was a small Music Challenge in January 2018 for the weekend chats. We had to pick a member of a 1980s HEAVY METAL band, do their ancestry and then post their profile plus a video of one their songs from their group for the next weekend chat. I wanted to do QUEEN, because I have been working on Freddie Mercury's family tree for several years. But QUEEN is not considered a HEAVY METAL band? You want to know why? Because they use a piano. Freddie often played a piano at many of Queens stage performances and in their videos. I was not happy about that, so I chose the Heavy Metal band KISS instead. Yes the fellows with the greasepaint masks. I ended up doing the Drummer [Peter Criss]. It took a while to get started but once I got into the spouses (Peter was married 3 times) the records just started flowing!!
February 2018 - I recently picked up a biography about the British Actress, Maggie Smith. Her profile was already on wikitree but she had NO Ancestors. So I have made made it my job to read the biography and find her some ancestors which I have done. She was already connected to the Global tree via her ex-husband.
Feb 2018 - Over January and February I had been working on getting Ron Howard - actor from Happy Days, and now Director of such brilliant movies as Apollo 13, and the Robert Langdon series from the books by Dan Brown - connected to the Global tree, but I got stuck on one missing relative. Today a newbie (who has been on wikitree for just under one month) found that missing relative and made the connection!! So Ron Howard is now FINALLY connected to the global tree!! He is also descended from King Edward 1 of England!!
March 2018 - After 6 months I was finally able to connect the childrens author, Arthur Ransome, to the Global tree. He wrote the Childrens Series known as Swallows and Amazons.
March 2018 - I was finally able to connect the Carpenter family island (50+ profiles) to the Global tree. I had been working in this for 6 months or more and now finally it is done. I do confess that I got a little help with sources from Carol Keeling (Winton-239) but I had already done most of the work. Karen and Richard Carpenter are now both connected to the Global Family Tree. Karen - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carpenter-7448 Richard - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carpenter-7912
April 2018 - Started working on the family of Librarian of Congress, Daniel J. Boorstin. Still not connected yet as of Nov 2020. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boorstin-1
July 2018 - I have added in the family for well known and very popular Kiwi TV Game show host, Selwyn Toogood. He created the game show called Its in the Bag in the 1940s and was the host of this TV game show for some 40 years - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Toogood-332
Oct 2018 - I was finally able to create and post the profile for the first New Zealand born Medical Doctor to obtain a Medical Fellowship in England. He does not have a Wikipedia page, but there is a very detailed biography of this doctor online. His name was William Ledingham Christie - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Christie-3226. He may or may not be related to me, since I too have the Ledingham name in my ancestry. I am still investigating this possible connection.
December 2018 - I discovered the BBC reality TV series on Youtube this month. It's called Fake or Fortune. It covers the journey of 2 people who are looking for lost works of art!! One of the episodes delved into the Art stolen by the Nazis during World War 2, and it mentioned the famous painting Woman in Gold by Gustave Klimt. The woman in this portrait was Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewess whose family were forced to leave Austria after the Anschluss of 1938. Adele's portrait was stolen by the Nazis and hung in the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna. Adele's niece, who fled to California in 1940, spent many years trying to get back several Klimt paintings that her family had owned, including the Woman in Gold. Maria Altman was finally successful in 2006. She died in 2011. And when I discovered that she was not on Wikitree, I created her profile. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bloch-408
31 Dec 2018 and 1 January 2019 - Sister Wendy Beckett passed away on 26 December 2018, so I decided to do her family tree. She was well known as a teacher of Art History on several BBC documentaries in the 1990s. Wendy's Profile was connected to the Global tree in September 2020. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beckett-1446
1 August 2019 - Finally got around to creating a profile for Helene Hanff's best friend, the actress Maxine Stuart. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shlivek-1 It took me just 2 days but Maxine is now connected to the global tree!!
26 Aug 2019 - Currently working on the profiles for Yvette Williams and her spouse Buddy Corlett. Yvette is a notable New Zealander who was the first FEMALE Kiwi ever to win an Olympic GOLD medal - when she won the Long Jump event at Helsinki in Finland in 1952. Now connected to global tree - Nov 2019 - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-78619
26 Sept 2019 - Now working on the family for John Taylor Gatto who was very much involved in the American Public Education System as a teacher in NYC for 30 years. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gatto-72
21 December 2019 - Have connected Thomas Hoving - Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC - and author of the books - Dancing with the Mummies and King of the Confessors - to the Global tree. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hoving-131
27 Dec 2019 - Added Alexander Christie Cameron - an unsung hero from New Zealand who has his own entry in the Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966) even if he did not have a Wikipedia page. Connection should be updated in the next 24 hours. PS - Alexander was the nephew of Dr William Ledingham Christie, another notable whom I connected to the global tree in October 2018 - see above. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cameron-9706
6 January 2020 - Currently working on connecting the Notable American - Louise Hay - who was all about using the power of affirmations to help one recover from bad lives. Louise is now connected!! https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lunney-137
6 February 2020 - I have been reading a book - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - and its had some genealogical information in it. I discovered that Henrietta and her family already had profiles on Wikitree, but they were still unconnected. These profiles were created back in 2015!! Keeping in mind that Henrietta was black, and this is Black History month, I found a white ancestor who was already on Wikitree, and I just needed to connect them up. So I did. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pleasant-156
28 Feb 2020 - I started working on the ancestry of one of my most favourite singers - Laura Branigan. She had a number of platinum records on the early and mid 1980s. Songs such as Gloria, Self Control (my favourite) and Solitaire.
12 April 2020 - I discovered the Alvarez family of California so I am currently collecting sources and details about them. There are 4 generations of Notables and 1 Nobel Prize winner in this family!! https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alvarez-1581
22 May 2020 - I came across George Mitchell of New Zealand, a career soldier and later an MP, (Member of Parliament), who turned out to have a Wikipedia page and yet while he had a profile he was not connected up to the global tree. So i found his parents and siblings and now he is connected!! https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mitchell-15466
November 2020 - I have at long last created profiles for 2 people whom I am very surprised are not already on Wikitree. I fell in love with Rare Books and Collecting soon after arriving in Canada and spent most of the early 2000s years reading up as much as I could. Sadly I could never afford to purchase these rare books but i loved reading about others who collected and sold these books. 2 of the most interesting sellers I came across were Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern in NYC. So I have at long last created their profiles. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rostenberg-4 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stern-1627
16 Sept 2022 - Evelyn Marie Nicol nee Carmon - An African American woman who helped discover and isolate the Herpes zoster virus that causes Chickenpox and Shingles. She died in 2020 from complications of Covid-19 after a stroke. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carmon-102
15 Feb 2023 - For Black History Month I added the family of Educator Simon Green Atkins. I also added the profile of British author Lisa St Aubin de Teran. These two are connected because Simons granddaughter married Lisa's father. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carew-881
29 March 2023 - I created a profile for the worlds first ever Transgender Member of Parliament Georgina Beyer (NZL), who died in March 2023 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bertrand-2694
June 2023 - There is a Connection challenge to find connections for as many guests from the Finding Your Roots Genealogy show (FYR) as possible and get them connected on Wikitree. I chose Actress Gaby Hoffmann. Getting back to a connected ancestor was relatively easy, but to make that last connection I only have one very flimsy 1840 Census page, and no Vital Records. They were living in Tennessee at the time. By 1860, the family had moved to Illinois.
October 2023 - I have just discovered the Olympic Games Project - which is to add profiles of every single Olympian - especially the Medallists - and get them connected. A Massive Project indeed. This is one project with no dead line, and there are many Olympians already having profiles and just waiting to be linked to this project. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Notables:_Olympics_Project
Olympic Games Project - Murray Halberg, While I did not create this profile, I have connected him to the tree - He competed in 3 Olympics but won his only gold medal in 1960 - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Halberg-60
March 2024 - Mark Lenard, best known for playing the Vulcan Sarek and father of Spock, (on TOS and in the ST Movies) was of Russian Jewish Ancestry. He has been "disconnected" from the global tree since 2017. His widow is currently still living in 2024 and her profile is private. But I have found her family and she even has connections to Australia, New Zealand and Canada which I found very interesting. Good News - Mark Lenard is now connected to the tree via his widow who is currently black listed. Mark Lenard - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rosenson-5
I have started up a One Name Study for the surname - [PELLEW] - which hails from Cornwall, in England.
I have started up a new One Name Study on the surnames - BURROW and BURROUGH - from Cornwall and Devon in England. [BURROW and BURROUGH One Name Study]
And I have started up another new One Name Study. This one is for the name SMERDON, which is also a Devon name. [SMERDON Name Study]
Just started up my 4th One Name Study for the surname - LITTLEY. This is the new page for the [LITTLEY ONS]
Aug 2017 - East Devon Names I am currently working on - Smerdon, Bolt, Littley, Parsons and Spiller
January 2018 - One of my most favourite countries in the world now has its own project which I prompty joined. That country is MALTA. Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea and it has the most fascinating history, culture, architecture, archaeology and language I have ever seen. The Space page is here -- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Malta
March 2018 - Joined the Scottish project and became Coordinator for Orkney and Fife Counties. I have ancestors from both these Counties. Have also made a Space Page for Orkney but not a page for Fife - Not yet!! Need to do some research. Orkney Page
March 2018 - I was just awarded a nice shining new Global Outreach project badge because I volunteered to help cleanup the WDYTYA category. WDYTYA = Who Do You Think You Are - a very popular celebrity genealogy TV Series for which there are currently 3 versions running - UK, USA and Australia.
DNA Testing
I have done a DNA test from FT DNA based in Texas, and mailed the package back to the Lab. Now we have to wait for the results. Date - 17 April 2018. Test Results Complete - 3 May 2018. That was FAST!!!! 97% European - which breaks down to - 72% British, 22% East European and 3% Scandinavian.
Ethnicity Results
I'm still in shock over these results. As you can see on my tree, I do have 3 grandparents who are all of British ancestry. So that leaves my unknown maternal grandfather to be of East European ancestry?? I have done a bit of research and I learned that a number of families from Hungary did immigrate to NZ and they settled in Invercargill in the years between the wars (from 1918 to 1939). This immigration was probably due to the Austro-Hungarian Empire break up after World War 1. Date - 10 May 2018
My MyHeritage Ethnicity Results
And these are my results from My Heritage. My Eastern European has been replaced with Scandinavian or Viking. That supports all my Scottish and Orkney ancestry. No Matches yet, but those will come. Date - 19 May 2018 75% Irish, Scottish, Welsh, 21% Scandinavian, 2% Baltic, 1% Middle Eastern
Most of my top matches on both FT DNA and My Heritage seem to be focusing on a specific irish family that I am not familiar with. It is possible that my mother's father was Irish. I cannot pinpoint which member of this Irish family might be my grandfather, until my mother gets her DNA test results. Due in July or August 2018. For now we can only wait. Date - 30 May 2018
My mothers DNA results have finally arrived. This is my mothers Ethnicity estimate from My Heritage. 86% Irish/Scottish/Welsh, 7% English, 3% East European, 2% Central Asia and 2% Ashkenazi Jewish. The central Asia estimate tends to match my Middle Eastern estimate. The East European estimate is covered by my Baltic estimate. The Jewish estimate is a complete surprise. I don't seem to have inherited that part. Date - 20 July 2018.
My mother was finally able to meet up with her second cousins. They definitely do look alike with similar mannerisms and personalities, and some interesting genetic traits in common. The most interesting one being the Hair that goes grey early in life. That seems to be a Ryan trait. So we finally have proof of Mum's Biological family. I have at long last been able to attach my mother's profile to her fathers profile. The second cousin has joined wikitree and will enter her DNA details to support the link between me, mum and her. Date - 14 October 2018.
My mother also met one of her new first cousins from her fathers side. We are still waiting on some DNA tests to eliminate 2 of the brothers from the cousins parents generation, in order to confirm who my mothers father actually was. Date - 25 January 2019
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a MyHeritageDNA test match between Yvonne Thompson and myself. Their most-recent common ancestor is Jean Stephens the mother of Yvonne Stephens and the grandmother of Robynne Lozier. Predicted relationship from MyHeritage: Mother based on sharing 49.8% (3,528.6 cM) across 23 shared segments
Paternal and Maternal relationship is confirmed by a MyHeritageDNA test match between Robynne Lozier and her sister Trisha Thompson. Their MRCAs are their parents, John Norman Thompson and Yvonne Thompson. Predicted relationship from My Heritage DNA: Siblings, based on sharing 36.9% (2616.5 cM) across 44 shared segments.
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Could you please take a look at Stephens_or_White-1 for whom you are PM as it has an error flag against it - wikitree does not like alternatives in either the last name at birth or the current last name.
I think the dates may be a little misleading and perhaps the curate was overly attentive to detail in also recording her mother's maiden name.
Her parents marriage on 2 April 1750 is actually 9 months before her baptism on 5 January 1750 - the calendar didn't change to January being the start of the year until 1752.
I would suggest that her last name at birth should be Stephens.
It's also very likely that she was an infant death having a sister baptised with the same name in May 1754 (who then died in August 1754). I have not however found a burial record for her.
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I noticed you just posted in the Sep 2022 forum and since it is now October 4th, I wondered if there is some reason why there is not the usual October monthly posting ? Thanks
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Hi Robynne, Wow! Enjoyed reading your biography. Found the Notables very interesting and a good read. Thank you kindly for listing them. Nicely done. ?
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Yes, the photo I posted is the same child as the one being pushed in the wagon by her brother. She is my mother, and she's the one named Lois. I'm her daughter, Alison
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Could you please take a look at Stephens_or_White-1 for whom you are PM as it has an error flag against it - wikitree does not like alternatives in either the last name at birth or the current last name.
I think the dates may be a little misleading and perhaps the curate was overly attentive to detail in also recording her mother's maiden name.
Her parents marriage on 2 April 1750 is actually 9 months before her baptism on 5 January 1750 - the calendar didn't change to January being the start of the year until 1752.
I would suggest that her last name at birth should be Stephens.
It's also very likely that she was an infant death having a sister baptised with the same name in May 1754 (who then died in August 1754). I have not however found a burial record for her.
Derrick
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Ros Haywood Project Coordinator (Topics), England Project
It is once again time for our annual Ireland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:
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le dea-mhéin, Jen Hutton, Ireland Project co-leader
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Georgina Beyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_Beyer I don't think I can find her on WT. She might be a bit of a challenge!
Fiona
Ans Westra, the Dutch/NZ photographer has died. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ans_Westra
Fiona
Just a note to say how much it is appreciated that you signed up to participate in the Biobuilder Challenge for November 2022., thank you for your contribution. I hope you managed to find some information on your great great grandfather John Thomson and his ancestors.
If you want to track your work see the link on https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Biography_Builders Bob is in the process of updating the spreadsheet. If you have any suggestions for a challenge then please let Bob or Anne know.
Questions? You can always use the G2G link in the Help Menu to find answers or click reply to this message and I will try to answer your questions.
All the best, Janet ~ A member of the Appreciation Team and a fellow bio builder
Just wanted to thank you for all the work you do on the monthly Notables posting.
I noticed you just posted in the Sep 2022 forum and since it is now October 4th, I wondered if there is some reason why there is not the usual October monthly posting ? Thanks
Mary, Project Coordinator, Military and War Project
It is time for a July 2022 check in for the Great War Project. I am sending this message on the behalf of the leader of the Military and War Project. Have you been active in the Great War project in the last six months?
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Mary~ Project Coordinator, Military and War Project
It’s time for our annual Ireland Project check-in! Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:
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Sincerely,
Jen Hutton, on behalf of the Ireland Project
I may not make a huge contribution, but it will be well-sourced and accurate. I hope our team gets some more members especially from NZ Project members. I’m waiting with much anticipation for the project to get up and running.
Fiona
The United Kingdom Project has not been active since 2018 and we are now completely closing it down. We are removing all UK project badges. If you still have an interest in the UK and have not already joined another project, then you will need to join the England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales Project by answering one or more of their G2G posts. If your interest is in the British Isles and British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, then please contact me directly.
Regards Joan
Thank you for your participation in October 2020’s Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.
Keep up the great work!
Pippin Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
The Ambassadors project has been reorganizing and is looking for those who have a membership at a genealogical society, to help in spreading the word about WikiTree.
We're working on ways to improve how WikiTree connects and interacts with genealogical and local history societies. This is the kind of thing we want to do:
Are you interested in participating in some way? Do you have some ideas to share?
Azure Rae ~ co-Leader of Ambassadors Project
Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree. You have every right to be pleased with your efforts!
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
I've not heard back from your regarding the England Project check-in. I've sent two messages to you previously. I hope you are ok.
One of the requirements for England Project membership is that you respond to the check-ins. Requirements can be found on the England Project page. I've gone ahead and removed you from the project. We are sorry to see you go but you would be most welcome to rejoin via the G2G sign up post at any time.
Best wishes,
Susie, England Project Leader :-)
I sent you a message a while ago on behalf of the England Project Leaders and have yet to heard back from you. I hope you are well.
One of the requirements of membership in the England Project is that you respond to the six-monthly check-ins.
If I dont hear from you in the next week or so Ill assume you no longer wish to be in the project and go ahead and remove you. You would, of course, be most welcome to rejoin at any time via the G2G sign-up post.
Best wishes,
Susie :-)
On behalf of the England Leaders, I wanted to say a huge thank you for all your contributions towards the project in the past six months as a Team Member for Devon and Cornwall. We've achieved a great deal during this time and we couldn't have done it without you.
Are you happy to stay in your current teams and the project as a whole? Are there any other teams you'd like to join? What are we doing well, and what would you like to see us doing differently moving forwards?
Please respond to this message via e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks,
Susie, England Project Leader :-)
Just wanted to inform you that my Aunt (by marriage) found wikitree and has created duplicate profiles for the Dodges. I'm putting in merge requests for the duplicates. I'm so sorry for any headaches this may cause.
-Chandra
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Please click here to submit a short Member Interest Form to help us organize and coordinate collaboration.
Thank you!
Fiona ~ Volunteer Coordinator
As part of a revitalization effort for the New Zealand Project, we are checking-in with members to see if they are planning to remain active and make project-specific contributions in the upcoming months.
If you have other obligations at the moment and would like to be removed from the project at this time, you will always be welcome to rejoin if you find yourself with more time and interest later.
All of us at WikiTree would like to thank you for your contributions and hope that you are enjoying exploring your roots.
Please respond by commenting on my profile or sending a private message. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Fiona ~ Volunteer Coordinator
On behalf of the Australia Project leadership team, we're carrying out a Project Members Check-in to see if you are still interested in being involved as an active member of the project. In particular, we are ready to launch our new teams for the project. Please could you let me know what team/s you would like to contribute to.
A list of teams is on the Australia Project page. Please respond by private message.
We really appreciate your enthusiasm in working on Australian profiles on WikiTree, and thank you for all the work you have been doing. We look forward to hearing back from you and that you will decide to be part of the project as we move forward with the new teams for the project.
Kind Regards
Margaret Haining Membership Coordinator