Welcome to US Black Heritage Project's weekend sprint!
Friday March 22 - Sunday March 24
Goal: To work together to source the profiles that have been in the "Needs More Sources" category the longest.
Instructions:
- Post an answer below and tell us you will be participating.
- Go to this spreadsheet and read the instructions, then place your initials in the box for the month/year you will be working on the checklist tab. This will help keep us from tripping over each other. Note that some months have more profiles to source than others. You can see the number for each month in the category timeline.
- Look for all sources available for that person and add them all to the profile. (Tip: The Sourcer Extension is a quick and easy way to add linked sources!)
- If they have US Black heritage, make sure they have the {{African-American Sticker}}.
- Add research notes for any sources you couldn't find, but expected to.
- Check their immediate family for sources and the AA sticker (parents, children, spouses).
- Once the profile has been sourced, remove the Needs Sources category.
- We will not be tracking individual scores, but you can keep track of your own contributions and comment on your post at the end of the weekend just for fun.
If you would like to work on just a certain location or your own managed or created profiles, go to this help page that has search links available for all three.
The basic genealogical sources we'd like to see on each profile if they're available are:
- Vital records (birth, marriage, and death)
- Census records
- Burial/cemetery records
You're of course welcome to add more sources if you find them.
Thank you for helping us improve our profiles!
Before: Number of profiles needing more sources:
2021: 243, 2022: 3359, 2023: 12,318
After:
