Advice before editing this pre-1700 Hazen profile?

Question

I have information to contribute to the profile of Thomas Hazen. This is what I can add: Daughter Sarah Hazen and her husband Benjamin Bell

These are the sources I am using: The Hazen family in America, a genealogy by Tracy Elliot Hazen

Should I contact one of the pre-1700 projects or know about any style guidelines before proceeding? Thank you!

I have already added Sarah, but I can edit if I have not used the correct style guidelines.  The new profile is Hazen-1518.

Answer 1

If I could add a suggestion, which can be copied and pasted as a source

Haze, Tracy Elliot. ''The Hazen Family in America.'' Thomason, Conn.:Robert Hazen, M.D., 1947. Pg xx.

https://archive.org/details/hazenfamilyiname02haze/page/n7

The link goes directly to the cover page but I generally link directly to the page that has the information I am using. I've found that doing this allows others to follow behind me and perhaps learn something about the person.

Answer 2

Thank you, Ellen!  I'll do that.

Comments

Oops, I mean thank you, Patti!

Answer 3

Hi Jaki, In addition to Patti's suggestion to use the fuller citation, making it easier for people to find, why don't you add a little more to the biography. simple sentences are ok. suggestions: She married so and so. Her children were: 

Pre 1700:

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Anne B.

Wikitree Leader/Co-Leader: Connecticut Project, Puritan Great Migration Project, Mayflower Project, Profile Improvement Project, New Haven Colony One Place Study.

Comments

Thank you, Ann.  I'm not great with formal citations, but I do try to include sources.  There are lots of duplicate profiles on the Hazen tree, too, which makes it a bit overwhelming.  I'm thinking of joining the PGM project, but I don't have much time to devote to it.  I might just dip into it sporadically, when time permits.