Global Reunion Chat with AJ

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I got to talk with AJ today on the phone, which was fantastic. First of all, he is so humbled that we have chosen to jump on board with helping to get as many cousins as possible to his family reunion next summer. He thinks, as do I, you all are fantastic :)

Like I have said many times before, but he reiterated today, the ultimate goal with this is showing the world that we do all, in fact, connect. That means, this project has a massive goal. There is no stopping on collateral lines. We just keep tracing, tracing, tracing (everytime I say that I hear Dory from Finding Nemo singing) until the reunion. If you get to a point where you can't trace anymore or you want to work on something else, just let us know by moving the profile where you stopped and a quick description of what needs to happen to the Needs Help section of the project page.

AJ hopes to jump in and start helping here in the future. He is thrilled we have taken on this project so personally and so appreciates the work that has happened so far, as well as that which will happen in the next year and half. I am sending him an email with links to the project page and the G2G tag links and such today and he will be linking to wikitree's main page as well as the project page on his website so traffic can direct here and hopefully some of these new cousins we are connecting for him can join the tree, as well as help us trace lines for the reunion.

You have all done a great job of communicating here-keep it up, let us know when you need help, or if you find something fun, or whatever may pertain. This is such an awesome opportunity!

And, if you haven't joined in on the Global Family Reunion Project, please shoot me a message or even comment here! The more we trace, the bigger this project will get, and we can use as much help as is available. If you have signed on already and haven't picked a place to work, let me know. I just added a lot of "young" cousins (born after 1920) that we can add families to, but I will need to add you to the trusted list until we know whether some are no longer living.

Keep it up!

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This is great! You're doing a terrific job leading the project, Abby.

I agree, this is such an awesome opportunity for all of us who care about the global family tree mission. AJ is a natural communicator. A great promoter. We're very lucky that he's chosen to devote his energies to promoting the same goal we've been working on here at WikiTree.

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This was so exciting to read!  I'm so glad that he's as excited by WikiTree as we are about his Global Family Reunion. A match made in heaven.  Everyone on this project is done SUCH a great job and Abby, you are awesome.  Thank you!

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I signed up for the party but am not so sure about the project?  So where is this project page and where to we add I need help?

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Veronica, if you would like to join the project, I can add a badge to your profile. Then you want to head to the project page, where a list of lines that need attention is, as well as what others are working on. There will be a lot added to the To Do list soon, and it is all important, so just pick something you are comfortable and start looking for records to add family. We just like to make sure everything is well documented, and if something cannot be documented, but we suspect it to be so, just notate in the bio until it can be sourced.

Thank you for your interest!

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Thank you Abby! And to echo what you said -- you guys are all fantastic. Thanks so much for jumping on board with this project. It makes me proud to be your cousin. (Because, as you know, we're all cousins if you go back far enough).

As Abby said, I'm going to jump in and start adding information. But if you have any questions in the meantime, please feel free to post them to me here. Or if you prefer, you can email them to me directly at aj-at-ajjacobs.com or ajjacobs1-at-gmail.com

Just let me know how I can help!

And I'm very excited to meet all of you at the reunion in 2015. Everyone is invited, even if we can't find a link to you by then. Though since we have a year, I bet we'll find a link to everyone, if not by blood then by marriage.

Thanks again,
AJ

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Thanks for dropping in, AJ!

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Thanks AJ! Your enthusiasm is contagious :)

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I hadn't realised this existed http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Global_Family_Reunion.  Looking at what's there at the moment I'm not sure I have too much expertise.  Add me to the project, hopefully something will come up for Australian or English research which is where most of my expertise lies.

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I know I mentioned it in your email, but so others with an interest know, you don't have to be an expert in Eastern Europe research to help out! With all these collateral lines, there is so much to do. Mostly in America, but lines will eventually be tracing all over, so if someone wants to join the project, we can find something you feel comfortable with and put you to work 

Just let me know! All are welcome to help!