Welcome to WikiTree Molly! Your ancestors have WikiTree profiles... the following links are from the [space page]:
53. Donelson, Jn'o C. P1-C1-L4
99. Harrod, Ja's P2-C1-L20
See the space page for links to the pages the have the signatures & and explanation of the "code".
Donelson's profile looks very developed* (even though it's a bit light on footnotes), but you might want to work on building sourced profiles that connect you to him.
Harrod's profile is also developed, but even lighter on footnotes - it also appears to consist of cut/paste bios from other sources (which isn't allowed - see [this help page]). Kari (the manager of the profile) is an active and supportive WikiTree member - you might want to send a trusted list request from Harrod's profile and ask if it would be ok for you to work on redoing the profile. (Or you might want to create a personal workspace for yourself and work on it there,** asking Kari and/or G2G for help as you go.)
* There's a section that says "Needs Sources", which has a verifiable statement, with a source. You might want to post a comment asking what is needed. (The source seems to support the statement, if questioning whether or not Donelson & Robertson ever shook hands, as the statue portrays). His Wikipedia article also supports the statement, sorta:
There, together with James Robertson, Donelson co-founded the frontier settlement of Fort Nashborough. This later developed as the city of Nashville, Tennessee. ~ Wikipedia: John Donelson
Perhaps instead of a Needs Sources heading, the heading could be "Founding of Nashville" and cover salient points. Also, someone with a Wikipedia article qualifies for the Notables Sticker - see the template page for the sticker for coding. Since the profile is a "project-protected profile" (PPP), managed by the US Southern Colonies Project, post a comment on his profile to ask about what is needed for "Needs Sources" or if it might be changed to "Founding of Nashville", adding info from the Wikipedia article, and also if it would be ok to add the Notables Sticker.
** To create a space page, in the mini-menu at upper right of a profile page, click Add & then New Thing. I would suggest that you name it something along the lines of Herod-269 Workspace ... then you can reuse it for other profiles that you'd like to work on away from the "live" profile (this is done quite a bit for pre-1500 profiles; when the revised biography is ready to go live, you just have to check for any changes made to the profile since you copied it to your workspace). Anyway. The This bit from an older version of the Magna Carta Project Checklist might be helpful:
For the ideal, see The List posted by the Biography Builders project.
"Genealogically Defined" is a good goal (but not always possible with pre-1500 folks).
For the basics, see Help:Biographies.
There's also the following, from the main page for the Appalachia Project:
To accomplish this goal is simple: Add (or enhance existing) Profiles, Write, Source and Connect.
- Add Appalachian-related profiles, checking for existing profiles to avoid duplication. If any duplicate profiles exist, request merges.
- Clean up GEDCOM residue and fix broken links. For example: The DeCoursey gedcom and the Howe(1) gedcom have a tremendous amount of work needed.
- Write comprehensive, well-sourced biographies.
- Add any relevant categories to Appalachian profiles.
- Connect Profiles to the WikiTree tree.
To Make a Profile Complete for the Appalachia Project, you need Reliable Sources, Complete Biography, Stickers and Categories