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Recent questions tagged biographies
Recent questions tagged biographies
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BIOGRAPHIES genealogy
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1
answer
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Interesting History of Vermont generally, and Windsor County in particular
asked
Jan 14, 2019
in
The Tree House
by
Living Rocca
G2G6 Mach 6
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60.2k
points)
biographies
sources
vermont
us_history
british_north_america
new_france
+9
votes
1
answer
121
views
Interesting book with historical and biographical information for early Toronto (York)
asked
Jan 12, 2019
in
The Tree House
by
Living Rocca
G2G6 Mach 6
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60.2k
points)
biographies
canadian_history
toronto
york_canada
canada
sources
+17
votes
19
answers
1.6k
views
Challenge of the Week: Clean-up as many merged profiles as possible
asked
Dec 17, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Eowyn Walker
G2G Astronaut
(
2.5m
points)
data_doctors
challenges
data_doctors_challenge
merges
biographies
+7
votes
2
answers
210
views
Mother's name not added automatically to biography when creating child's profile
asked
Dec 12, 2018
in
WikiTree Tech
by
C Ryder
G2G6 Mach 8
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89.5k
points)
formatting
links
biographies
tracked_bug
+4
votes
3
answers
211
views
Recommended Bio?
asked
Dec 10, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Peter Geary
G2G6 Mach 5
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53.5k
points)
profile_improvement
biographies
projects
+21
votes
4
answers
790
views
Please dont copy paste biographies
asked
Nov 28, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Anonymous Grand'Maison
G2G6 Mach 2
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21.6k
points)
copy_paste
filles_du_roi
biographies
profile_improvement
copyright
+8
votes
1
answer
140
views
Spongebob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg has died.
asked
Nov 28, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Living Botkin
G2G6 Mach 3
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39.8k
points)
notables
research_assistance
biographies
hillenburg
+5
votes
6
answers
487
views
How much flexibility exists in Sources sub-header assignment and placement of <references /> endnoted citations?
asked
Nov 24, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Living Lambert
G2G6 Mach 1
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12.5k
points)
biographies
sources
profile_improvement
formatting
quebecois
french_roots
+11
votes
3
answers
170
views
Find of the day - Canadiana
asked
Nov 20, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Living Rocca
G2G6 Mach 6
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60.2k
points)
canada
canadian_history
biographies
photos
images
notables
+4
votes
2
answers
103
views
Canadians in the Spanish Civil War - web resource
asked
Nov 14, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Living Rocca
G2G6 Mach 6
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60.2k
points)
spanish_civil_war
canada
military_and_war
spain
biographies
sources
+3
votes
1
answer
260
views
How to cite a source more than once in the Biography?
asked
Nov 8, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Diane Darcy
G2G6 Mach 2
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29.5k
points)
citations
style
sources
biographies
biobuilders
+11
votes
3
answers
280
views
Macleans (Canadian news magazine) printed the names of Canadians killed in the Great War with many biographies
asked
Nov 7, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Living Rocca
G2G6 Mach 6
(
60.2k
points)
military_and_war
canada
great_war
biographies
canadian_history
sources
+3
votes
0
answers
85
views
Biographical and Historical source for British industry
asked
Nov 6, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Living Rocca
G2G6 Mach 6
(
60.2k
points)
industry
manufacturing
british
history
biographies
engineering
+8
votes
3
answers
271
views
Can you make a portion of a biography private?
asked
Oct 23, 2018
in
WikiTree Help
by
Roberta Johnson
G2G Crew
(
860
points)
biographies
biobuilders
wiki_markup
+12
votes
18
answers
1.1k
views
Challenge of the Week: Clean-up as many merged profiles as possible
asked
Oct 19, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Eowyn Walker
G2G Astronaut
(
2.5m
points)
data_doctors
challenges
data_doctors_challenge
merges
biographies
+2
votes
0
answers
224
views
Sources are embedded in text lifted from another site - Biographer's delight.
asked
Oct 11, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Porter Fann
G2G6 Mach 9
(
97.5k
points)
carney
biographies
southern_colonies
+13
votes
3
answers
488
views
Quakers Project Challenge (October 2018)
asked
Oct 3, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Debi Hoag
G2G6 Pilot
(
404k
points)
challenges
quakers
categorization
projects
biographies
+5
votes
1
answer
112
views
Possible Resource for Biographies
asked
Sep 19, 2018
in
WikiTree Help
by
Lisa Linn
G2G6 Mach 9
(
92.3k
points)
sources
resources
biographies
military_and_war
tool
+11
votes
3
answers
266
views
Sharing my solution to sorting a mess - temporay deliberate conflation
asked
Sep 18, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Gaile Connolly
G2G Astronaut
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1.2m
points)
biographies
editing
profile_improvement
research
profiles
+7
votes
1
answer
185
views
What to do? Same reference to same marriage certificate in many profiles
asked
Sep 16, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
S Stevenson
G2G6 Pilot
(
253k
points)
mentors
biographies
biobuilders
orphaned_profiles
editbot
+3
votes
2
answers
150
views
Bios and Sourcing
asked
Sep 12, 2018
in
WikiTree Help
by
Lisa Linn
G2G6 Mach 9
(
92.3k
points)
sources
biographies
citations
+10
votes
5
answers
344
views
How much work should be done before adding new profiles
asked
Sep 2, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Ron Johnson
G2G6 Mach 3
(
38.5k
points)
profiles
sources
biographies
integrators
+8
votes
2
answers
199
views
What is the best way to help prevent conflation after sorting out the profiles
asked
Aug 14, 2018
in
WikiTree Help
by
Stephanie Stults
G2G6 Mach 4
(
43.0k
points)
biographies
stickers
editing
profile_improvement
profiles
+3
votes
1
answer
235
views
Only keystrokes are changes, not mouse clicks.
asked
Aug 14, 2018
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Dirk Laurie
G2G6 Mach 3
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39.6k
points)
editing
biographies
+6
votes
1
answer
186
views
I would like to add a task to Norway Project
asked
Aug 4, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Judy Bramlage
G2G6 Pilot
(
215k
points)
norway
biographies
projects
norse_nobility
+4
votes
4
answers
629
views
Challenge of the Week: Clean-up as many merged profiles as possible
asked
Aug 3, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Eowyn Walker
G2G Astronaut
(
2.5m
points)
data_doctors
challenges
data_doctors_challenge
biographies
merges
+9
votes
2
answers
254
views
Quakers Project Challenge (August 2018)
asked
Aug 1, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Debi Hoag
G2G6 Pilot
(
404k
points)
challenges
quakers
projects
biographies
sources
+10
votes
1
answer
189
views
POW, Medal of Honor, over 30 battles, shot in the hip, number of saber cuts, nose lost. Died falling from a street car
asked
Jul 30, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Richard Devlin
G2G6 Pilot
(
508k
points)
military_and_war
biobuilders
biographies
us_civil_war
+4
votes
2
answers
192
views
Need help with a profile bio
asked
Jul 27, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Melissa Jamison
G2G6 Mach 5
(
50.1k
points)
biobuilders
biographies
+8
votes
2
answers
374
views
Am I too lazy??
asked
Jul 27, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Juha Soini
G2G6 Pilot
(
120k
points)
campbell
finland
sweden
canada
italy
biographies
+7
votes
1
answer
233
views
Quakers Project Challenge (July 2018)
asked
Jul 4, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Debi Hoag
G2G6 Pilot
(
404k
points)
challenges
projects
quakers
biographies
stickers
+12
votes
5
answers
658
views
Is "Biography" the right term for the most common heading on WT?
asked
Jun 18, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Andrew Lancaster
G2G6 Pilot
(
143k
points)
style
biography
biographies
policy
+12
votes
4
answers
2.5k
views
Is it incorrect to write biographies in the present tense?
asked
Jun 6, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Judith Robinson
G2G6 Mach 2
(
21.4k
points)
style
biographies
present_tense
+14
votes
13
answers
1.4k
views
Quakers Project Challenge (June 2018)
asked
Jun 5, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Debi Hoag
G2G6 Pilot
(
404k
points)
projects
quakers
sourcerers
challenges
biographies
+11
votes
19
answers
1.3k
views
Challenge of the Week: Clean-up as many merged profiles as possible
asked
May 27, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Eowyn Walker
G2G Astronaut
(
2.5m
points)
data_doctors
challenges
data_doctors_challenge
biographies
+7
votes
1
answer
448
views
Including info about living people when writing a biography on a profile
asked
May 27, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Judy Deranian
G2G6
(
8.9k
points)
privacy
biographies
biobuilders
+16
votes
5
answers
333
views
First detailed biography - I would appreciate critique
asked
Apr 15, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Brian Lamothe
G2G6 Mach 4
(
44.2k
points)
hastings
biographies
formatting
profiles
sources
+14
votes
2
answers
239
views
Stickers on bilingual profiles
asked
Mar 22, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Guy Constantineau
G2G6 Pilot
(
385k
points)
stickers
biographies
quebecois
filles_du_roi
filles_a_marier
french_roots
+5
votes
0
answers
123
views
Does anyone have a subscription to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online?
asked
Mar 19, 2018
in
Genealogy Help
by
Living Prickett
G2G6 Mach 9
(
96.9k
points)
wolsey
sources
england
biographies
euroaristo
+12
votes
3
answers
578
views
Easier and cleaner sourcing with 'References First' method (plus easier Ancestry import cleanup)
asked
Mar 16, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Rob Jacobson
G2G6 Pilot
(
138k
points)
sources
ancestry
biographies
citations
+8
votes
3
answers
234
views
If someone writes a biography, will they delete my timelines?
asked
Mar 15, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Wendy Fromme
G2G6 Mach 2
(
26.6k
points)
biographies
style
+11
votes
3
answers
188
views
Interest in simply archiving family biographies from book references?
asked
Mar 8, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Anonymous Nagel
G2G6 Mach 3
(
37.2k
points)
pennsylvania
books
archiving
biographies
+6
votes
1
answer
97
views
Two more bios
asked
Mar 5, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Chris McCombs
G2G6 Mach 6
(
60.4k
points)
biographies
+5
votes
1
answer
394
views
I want to hire someone to past a bio into an existing Wiki profile. I do not know html
asked
Feb 24, 2018
in
WikiTree Help
by
Robert Cushman
G2G1
(
1.2k
points)
biographies
formatting
+3
votes
1
answer
221
views
My Life Here on Earth
asked
Feb 19, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Stephanie Stults
G2G6 Mach 4
(
43.0k
points)
free
websites
biographies
autobiography
resources
+9
votes
1
answer
238
views
Should DNA confirmation be on this profile ?
asked
Feb 10, 2018
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Maggie N.
G2G Astronaut
(
1.3m
points)
shircliffe
dna_confirmation
dna
style
biographies
pre-1700
+21
votes
0
answers
304
views
did you know that using {{Name}} and similar in text of biography may not be a good idea?
asked
Feb 9, 2018
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Liz Shifflett
G2G6 Pilot
(
638k
points)
templates
gedcom
leaders
biographies
+12
votes
2
answers
436
views
Is the < pre > tab ok to use?
asked
Feb 9, 2018
in
Policy and Style
by
Corinne Morris
G2G6 Mach 2
(
25.9k
points)
profile_improvement
style
biographies
policy
html
formatting
+9
votes
20
answers
270
views
Fun Biographical Question: How did your parents meet?
asked
Feb 1, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Cynthia Larson
G2G6 Pilot
(
180k
points)
biographies
profiles
+23
votes
3
answers
176
views
Liz Shifflett is a Wonderful WikiTreer for sharing her knowledge
asked
Jan 26, 2018
in
Appreciation
by
Debi Hoag
G2G6 Pilot
(
404k
points)
wonderful_wikitreers
noland
shifflett
biographies
citations
sources
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