Join the first ever Locators Challenge! March 2024 [closed]

Question

Welcome to the 1890s Locators Challenge!

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Goal: To add a birth location to every WikiTree profile

Why? Birth locations help prevent duplicates. When looking at two profiles side by side, you can quickly look at the birth location to see if they are match.

When? This challenge will run monthly starting March 1, 2024

Who? Every WikiTreer who has signed the Honor Code can join this challenge.

We are beginning with people born in the 1890s as generally records for this decade are easy to find. However, any BIRTH location you add for any profiles with a missing birth location counts toward this challenge. 

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How to get started

• Click the Answer button below and tell us which location you will be working on. 
• If you see another person is already working on that location, tell us which page of the search results (after running your search) you will be starting on so we don't trip over each other. 
• Modify one of the searches below to get profiles from a specific country or region (state, province, county etc.). Change the name of the location in the search box, then click the blue "get profiles" button. If you need help, ask in your answer below.
• Use the sources on the profile to find the birth location. Do not attempt to add a birth location without checking sources first. 
• If the profile is completely unsourced find some! If you add sources to any unsourced profiles, you can also count it for the Sourcer Challenge. Please sign up separately for their challenge.
• If you can't find a sourced birth location, please see the information on our help page about how to estimate a birth location. Do Not simply guess!
• Use the challenge tracker every time you add a birth location to a new profile. See our help page for more information on the tracker. 
• Each profile with a newly added birth location counts as one point.

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These searches include the country or region in the marriage and/or death location:

• Country: country=Canada open birthlocation=missinglocation 1890s not 1880s
• Region: region=Maryland open birthlocation=missinglocation 1890s not 1880s

Some searches using a WikiTree sticker: 

• USBH Project specific profiles 1890s Missing Birth Location African American Sticker.
• Appalachia Project specific profiles 1890s  Missing Birth Location Appalachia Sticker. 
• Jewish Roots Project specific profiles 1890s  Missing Birth Location Jewish Roots Sticker. 

(You can replace the sticker query above with any sticker used on WikiTree)

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Please be patient as we work out the kinks in this new challenge. Let's improve the Tree!

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I'm in and will work on Florida.

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I'm not surprised Thanks, Debi.

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Oh, I am so glad to see this challenge happening! There are now 3,195 profiles listed in the Unlocated Profiles category, so hopefully, we'll now start to see that number going down instead of up.

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I didn't know that category existed, Greg. We'll see if we can incorporate it into the challenge.

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Emma ... you were bored and needed something more to lead?! :-)  This looks terrific. Maybe we need a Locators project and badge to parallel Connectors, Sourcerers, etc.

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Greg ... If you click on the TABLE button, you will see those profiles that need editing to remove the tag because someone has entered a location but failed to remove the category tag.

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We ran this for Scotland in January.  People are still working on them, since we didn't limit it to any decade.

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Haha @Chris. I was actually tired of the duplicate finder have 50% of profiles with no birth locations to compare to. When a pet peeve gets too much for me, I start a challenge 

Answer 1

Hi Emma—I'll work on USBH profiles in New England. Thanks!

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Thanks, Kristen!

Answer 2

I started on some yesterday. It's a little thing, but it is taking more time to complete than I'd think.

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Thanks, S!

Answer 3

I'm working on Michigan starting on the last page and moving forward.  The beginning of the list is already being worked on.

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Thanks, Karen!

Answer 4

Count me in Oregon to start with

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Thanks, Alice

Answer 5

I'm really pleased to see this challenge, it's certainly an area that needs more work.

I will add some birth locations in the counties I work on (Leicestershire and Notts). I also come across a lot of minor english notables and aristocracy on WikiTree with no locations at all as they've just been created from thepeerage.com or similar. A WikiTree+ search that looks for no birth location in combination with 'IsInWikidata' seems to be a good way of finding lots of these and I'll fix as many as I can by finding a primary source.

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That's great! Thanks so much, Helen.

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That is a great plan!

Answer 6

I'm in for the USBH Project list, Page 15.

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Thanks, Carole!

Answer 7

Too late to be included? I'll do a few if still possible. Hertfordshire, Essex, Middlesex and London UK

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Never too late! The challenge runs for a month, then will restart for next month. Thanks for the help!

Answer 8

I'll work on some for Norway.

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6 done, 120 to go based on the WikiTree+ report I generated.

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Thanks, Jeffrey!

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I'd be happy to help on Norway. I could start from the bottom of the list?

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Hei Anne-Grethe! Here is the list I'm working from. I didn't do any yesterday so have just done the first 11 so far. If you start at the bottom of page two we can meet in the middle. Takk for hjelpen!
https://plus.wikitree.com/default.htm?report=srch1&Query=country%3DNorway+open+birthlocation%3Dmissinglocation++1890s+not+1880s&MaxProfiles=50000&Format=&PageSize=100

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Thanks! Will do! :)

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Thanks so much, Anne!

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Hi Anne-Grethe! Thanks for your help! The Norway 1890s list is now completed.

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Good job, Jeffrey! Just happy to help!

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Amazing work! You're welcome to work on another decade if you need more profiles to improve :-)

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Haven't decided if I should move back to the 1880s in Norway, or move to another location for the 1890s. I've been helping out in England so might jump in there.

Answer 9

I will work on OH.

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Thanks, Amy!

Answer 10

I'll work on page 18 (of 81 pages) using the USBH search query. (Thanks for the query, Emma!)

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Awesome. Thanks, Elaine!

Answer 11

I'm going to give Canadian profiles a spin!

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Thanks, Erin!

Answer 12

What a great idea! I'll work on Pennsylvania (starting at 500).

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Thanks, Star!

Answer 13

I’ve done about 8 Ohio profiles already by adding birth dates and birth cities.  Plus a lot were out orphaned so I’m their manager. Most were ged profiles. I added more sources and put a bio to a few.  Lots more on to come slowly but surely. Good luck  everyone. Good hunting.

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Every profile improved is good for our Tree. Thanks, Anne!

Answer 14

I'll get going on it. And start in Maryland and Miichigan

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Thanks, Laura!

Answer 15

I will give Queensland, Australia a go. And away I gooooooo...

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Thanks, Leigh :-)

Answer 16

I'll start working on these in Ireland, starting with County Wicklow.

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Thanks, Feargal!

Answer 17

This sounds interesting!  I'll work on New England, primarily Massachusetts.

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Thanks, Kathy!

Answer 18

I'm in.

I'll probably take a scatter gun approach

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That sounds fun Thanks, Philip!

Answer 19

I’m in. Will work on Florida.

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Thanks, Melanie!

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Already found an 18th cousin once removed! I'm now her profile manager as she was orphaned. Adding cemeteries also, as that is one of my favorite categories. 

Answer 20

I'll try to help with USBH profiles.

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Thanks, Suzanne!