January 2024 BioBuilders - People who are cousins, any number, any removed.

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This month’s Bio Builders  theme is People who are cousins, any number, any removed. Have fun.

You are not limited to profiles on your Watchlist.

Thank you for your support.

Here's our checklist:

Data Section:

• birth date/place
• names of parents
• marriage date/place and spouse name
• names of children, if any
• death date/place

Biography Section:

• Written (full) sentences stating the facts above, adding inline sources to each fact.
• Is the profile '''Genealogically Defined?'''
• As a general rule biographies should be in your own words. Paraphrase and rewrite, don't copy/paste.
• Baptism, burial, military, and other life events with inline sources.
• Something to "humanize" the person, such as career or avocation with sources.
• List of children with at least one pertinent fact.
• Some list siblings. (I think this takes up real estate.)
• Explanatory remarks, if needed (e.g. disputed persons information, Research Notes, whatever needs extra explaining).
• Photos or pictures, background. Not a must, but nice (you need to own the copyright unless they are in the public domain).
• Categories.
• Connection to the Global Tree.
• All duplicates merged or initiated.
• Links to persons and events, perhaps from Wikipedia.
• Historical context as related to the person's life.
• Sources, Sources, Sources.

You can see some ideas on where to find some of this information on the Biography Builders space page.

Use "comments" below to ask questions.

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Comments

Just to clarify...are we improving profiles for people who are our own cousins of any degree?

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Bob, the link MyWikitree/Cousins only shows living people.

I rather not do research on living people and besides many of the profiles are not open except if they are on my watchlist.

How can I find cousins that are deceased?

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I agree, My Cousins is only showing living people, who I will not work on.

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I’ve removed the hint. I didn’t check Cousins far enough to realize it only showed living people. Sorry.

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Nelda, yes, they have to be your non living cousins. Bob

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Here's how to find deceased cousins:

Go to your own family tree ancestors chart.
Open a profile of a great-grandparent or further back.
Find one of his/her siblings who had children...  i.e. children of a great-grandaunt/uncle... these will be your "cousins".

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I have the WT extension installed and whenever I come across a cousin, even random people I'd never expect to be related to, it'll tell me the relationship at the top of the page.

 

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I'm finding plenty of cousins on my "enhanced" anniversary list to keep me busy. Just go to the anniversary list and click on "Switch Format" if you don't have the "enhanced" format for the anniversary list showing things like how many degrees you are from the person and your relationship to them. You can even sort the list by relationship which is especially helpful for this challenge.

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How do you "Switch Format"?

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Fionnuala, you will see the button if you have installed the WikiTree Browser Extension. You may also have to enable the option in the extension menu. If you do not use (or can't use) the extension, this option will not be available to you on basic WikiTree.

Answer 1

I will be participating this month.

My cousin profiles improved:

1. Annie Louise (Thompson) Fendley - 1C 3X

2. Martha Eva (Grimes) Lusk - 2C 2X

3. Phillip Walter Snellgrove - 3C 2X

4. Andrew Monroe Hallford - 3C 2X

5. George W. Gilcrease - 1C 4X

6. Elvin Littleton Coleman - 1C 4X

7. Robert B. Hildreth - 1C 3X

8. William Marion Hayes - 1C 3X

9. Nola Myrtle (Chancey) Murdock - 1C 2X

10. Jannie Josephine (Raynor) Doyle - 1C 3X

11. Bambridge Jesse Beal - 1C 2X

12. Marjorie Hilda (Gilchrist) Zwolinski - 2C 1X

13. Eura Lenora (Field) Adams - 2C 2X

Answer 2

I will do a few. Here's my list:

1. Laurence John Ryan (1899 - 1993) 1C 2X
2. Alice (Ryan) Caulfield (1898 - 1972) 1C 2X
3. Catherine Ryan (1904 - 1929) 1C 2X
4. Alice Cosgrave (1865 - 1930) 1C 3X
5. Teresa Frances Dowling (1907 - 1909) 1C 2X

Answer 3

Will do a few

1. Sylvia Ann Gengler 1C 2xR

2. Ann Regina Gengler - first cousins twice removed

Answer 4

I'm sure I can find plenty of cousin profiles to improve.

1. Unnamed Infant Anderson (1908-1908) - 1c 2x removed
2. Unknown Anderson (abt.1882-bef.1900) - 1c 2x removed
3. Clara Alice Barnhisel (1885-1885) - 1c 3x removed
4. Clara Susan Anderson (1886-1970) - 1c 2x removed
5. Raymond Harrison Beaver (abt.1918-1928) - 2c 1x removed
6. John Leroy Anderson (1884-1952) - 1c 2x removed
7. Clarence Stokely Anderson (1889-1920) - 1c 2x removed
8. Myrtle Pearl Anderson (1895-1955) - 1c 2x removed
9. Cumorah Anderson (1897-1971) - 1c 2x removed
10. Lola Anderson (1899-abt.1978) - 1c 2x removed

Answer 5

Happy New Year! I will do my best to get some cousin profiles done this month.

Answer 6

1. Peggy Fears - 24C 1xR
2. Inocencia Villanueva - 1C 1xR
3. Reies Tijerina - 7C 3xR

Answer 7

I'll add some this month

1. Sarah Sinclair nee Claringbold 2nd cousin 5x removed
2. Winifred Isabel Sinclair 5th cousin twice removed

Answer 8

As we are all cousins in some way, this is pretty easy.

Here are some of my closer cousins:

1. Ira Jay Myhill 1C 3R
2. Babe Ross 1C 3R
3. Neil Ross 1C 3R
4. William Herrmann Gilbert Ross 1C 3R
5. Lura Myhill 1C 3R

Answer 9

I'm back:

Henry Mallory Clift: 4th, 3x removed; not genealogically defined, yet. Work in progress

Answer 10

Thanks, Bob, I am in for January.

My to-do list 1st cousins once removed

1. Harry Gilbert Stapleton (1921 - 1989)
2. Muriel (Harris) Freeston

Answer 11

It seems like I am always doing this, glad it is now something "listed" to do.

I try to do this every time the Person of the Week is shown.  I not only love reading about them, but also finding out if and just how we are related.  If we are related, then I get to work on adding the connection to my part of the tree.  That in turn makes (or helps) me to focus on another branch of my family!  I learn so much more with each of these.

Answer 12

Here are a few of my cousin profiles I have improved in January 2024.

1.  Jesse Stephenson
2. Senia Pearl Randolph Stephenson
3. Jesse Leon Stephenson
4. Verla Stephenson Anderson
5. Alzie Stephenson Noblett
6. Roxie Stephenson
7. May Stephenson
8. Ola Gay Stephenson Miller
9. Joyce Stephenson
10. Martha Ellen Randolph Sides Plus her husband and 8 children.
11. Anna Dennison Canada
12. James Merritt

Answer 13

1.John Reeves  1C 1xR
2.Levi Newton   1C 2xR
3.Eli Shapcott    1C 3xR

Answer 14

I didn't do anything on Wikitree for many months, but I'm back now and improved the following cousin profiles:

1. Johannes Dortland
2. Willem van Maaren
3. Janna van Maaren

Answer 15

I added cousins on my mother and father's side, to include cousins that are on my ancestry list. Should we list who they are?