2021 Connectors Challenge - March

Question

Hiya Connectors!

Good news! The Connectors Challenge now begins on the FIRST of the month in line with other challenges at WikiTree! This is a monthly challenge and open to everyone. The goal is to connect parents, create profiles or propose merges, etc. to connect unconnected branches to the main tree. Scoring is of branches connected to the tree, not individual profiles. So whether a branch consists of two people or ninety-two people, it still counts as ONE connection. Unlike the Connect-a-Thon, only actual connections made are counted, not the number of profiles created to get to a connection.

The Connector’s Challenge Rules:

 1. Pick an existing profile (created before this month’s challenge began) that is not currently connected to the Global Family Tree. (Hint: If you are a member of the Connectors Project, you’ll see a yellow puzzle piece icon next to that person’s name at the top of their profile if they aren’t connected.)

2. Add a profile for any first degree relative for that profile (a parent, spouse, child, or sibling). Continue adding first degree relatives until you run into a profile that is already connected to the Global Family Tree that you can attach to. Remember to use good sources to support the creation or connection of every profile you make! Please be aware that it takes 24 hours for the tree to update and show the connection.

3. ANSWER this post. This lets us know that you’re participating in this month’s challenge. It’s easiest for us to track your trail if you post it here, but you can also use the Challenge Tracker. Just be sure you comment “Connected to Smith-000” when you make the connection to the already existing, already connected profile. Replace Smith-000 with the actual profile ID of the starting profile you were trying to connect. And there can be only ONE connection per branch!

4. Remember the tally is not of profiles created (like the Connect-a-Thon) but of actual connections made to the Global Family Tree. You might connect a whole branch of profiles and make 100 new profiles in the process of making a connection, but the connection only counts as 1.

5. If you enjoy challenges, keep in mind that adding good sources to any existing profiles you run into while connecting or fixing errors on those existing profiles might count towards the Sourcerers or Data Doctors Challenges.

6. Let us know if you’d like a Connector’s Badge for participating. That will also make you a part of our project and we’d love to have you! Stats are kept and updated on the Connectors Challenge page. The link to the tracker will follow.

Comments

Think I'll give this challenge a try. About time I try one of these things out.

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I'll keep my contributions here since I can't figure out the challenge tracker:

Connected Tomlinson-197 to his son's wife's husband's great grandfather, [[Coons-565|Richard Coons (1823 - 1908)]].

Connect Gibson-14093 to his daughter's, husband's, grandfather [[Rooks-31|James R. Rooks]]

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I am not sure I am listed as a member, and would like to be. Can you check? Thanks!

Answer 1

I am participating in the March Connectors Challend and I have already entered a connection, but it is not showing up on the Tracker. Can that be fixed please ?

The February leader has many duplicate entries but there should only be one for any profile. And that leader's entries over the last few days are still showing unconnected, so there is something that is not understood about the Connectors Challenge, and needs help.

Answer 2

I'm participating once more, the challenge helps me focus my research. Last week there were 30 new branches of unconnected profiles added for The Netherlands alone! We started February 2021 with 10407/417392 and the new figures for March 2021: 10474/429359

Answer 3

Hello, Donny Howard here again, Howard-18984. Please add me to the March challenge. Last night I finally added enough ancestors to conncected notable, Ferlin Husky (country music Hall of Fame member) to the World Tree. When I went to the tracker to see if I got credit, There was only one name, so far. I just read where you should use the comment section to let you know about the connection. Maybe that will help

Answer 4

Will try to make some connections.

Answer 5

I have connected several but they aren't showing up on the tracker.

Answer 6

Yes please, more connecting in March.

Answer 7

Connected Bowles-2816 to Abrams-1388 = Daughter and Mother. Working on adding sources. 

Connected Terrell-2293 to Terrell-2253 = Father and daughter.

Answer 8

I have just seen this challenge, can do some if want

Answer 9

more connecting for me please!

Answer 10

Count me in; I'll post mine here :)

1. Connected Hefford-1 to her father (via her brother Hefford-40)

2. Merged connected Grainger-1246 into unconnected Grainger-1194

3. Merged unconnected Hammer-2255 into connected Hammer-1610

4. Merged unconnected Quanstrom-10 into connected Quanstrom-5

5. Connected Eke-36 to his father (via his nephew Eke-33)

6. Connected Hockney-33 to his spouse (via her father Bratton-540)

7. Connected Ennor-37 to his father Ennor-59

8. Connected Tyack-10 to her father (via her grandfather Tyack-77)

9. Connected Worthington-1651 to his daughter (via her husband Fordham-94)

10. Connected Manning-2092 to his son Manning-3144

11. Connected Hart-16317 to her father (via her grandfather Hart-403)

12. Merged unconnected Andrewartha-538 into connected Andrewartha-94

13. Merged unconnected Bowyer-539 into connected Bowyer-390

14. Connected Fudge-830 to her father Fudge-465

15. Connected Barsby-75 to his mother (via her brother Start-80)

16. Merged unconnected Corin-530 into connected Corin-323

17. Merged unconnected Shipperley-17 into connected Shipperley-14

18. Connected Ingamells-80 to her father (via sister Ingamells-57)

19. Merged unconnected Dingle-698 into connected Dingle-109

20. Merged unconnected Mitchell-25355 into connected Mitchell-25336

21. Merged unconnected Rapson-222 into connected Rapson-4

22. Merged unconnected Banfield-801 into connected Banfield-502

23. Merged unconnected Ffarowe-1 into connected Pharo-130

24. Connected Dingle-763 to her spouse Cleave-162

25. Merged unconnected Blow-322 into connected Blow-264

26. Merged unconnected Baigent-265 into connected Baigent-207

27. Merged unconnected Mainstone-29 into connected Mainstone-27

28. Connected Johns-5307 to her father Johns-3212

29. Connected Hosking-361 to his father Hosking-265

30. Connected Hoblyn-1 to father (via gg grandfather Hoblyn-9)

31. Connected Lister-457 to his spouse Grimwood-224

32. Connected Symonds-557 to her son Symonds-579

33. Connected Jay-397 to father (via sister Jay-400)

34. Connected Docton-58 to her father Docton-46

35. Connected Thomas-47739 to her father Thomas-47677

36. Connected Tonking-12 to his father Tonkin-472

37. Connected Harvey-15016 to his father Harvey-12981

38. Connected Hattam-35 to his father (via grandfather Hattam-81)

Answer 11

I'm in again this month. I have to say, I enjoy the challenge even if I only connect one person a month.

1. Connected Barrow-2801 to Brown-100548 (and him to his father Brown-44183) (then I went back and worked and finally found a direct ancestor along her mother's line.)

2. Connected Cross-9907 by adding his parents, and connecting them to their common great-grandparents Cross-9856 and Glazebrook-152 -- so a lot of head-scratching with that second-cousin marriage.

3. Connected Stuver-48 to her great-grandfather Stuver-41

4. Connected Sullivan-16375 to his great-grandmother Kile-528 (originally Kyle-631) and her to her parents.

Answer 12

So I think I *finally* managed to get a point in the Connectors Challenge. Please check: 

August Hermann Francke was created in 2014 and is not yet connected.

Johanna Sophia Anastasia (Francke) Freylinghausen is his daughter. I created her today.

She had a daughter Auguste Sophie (Freylinghausen) Niemeyer. I also created her today.

Auguste Sophie had a son August Hermann Niemeyer. I created him today, too.

The wife of August is Agnes Wilhelmine (von Köpke) Niemeyer, created today.

Wilhelmine's father is Friedrich (Köpke) von Köpke. He was the last one of that line that was connected today, as his father 

Friedrich Köpke was created on 22 Feb and is connected to the Big Tree. 

Answer 13

Count me in if I come across any family that I find not connected. Thanks!

Answer 14

Not sure how this works but I’ve been working on adding as many parents, siblings etc of cosmonauts who have had no connections. I’ve gone through a few and am adding more to others as I go down the list.

Regards,

Ann

Answer 15

Happy Easter! Will there be a Challenge in April? I'm steady with at least one connection a day.

Answer 16

I want to at least do one for March.