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Doreen (Borrott) Matters

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Doreen L. Matters formerly Borrott
Born 1940s.
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Doreen (Borrott) Matters participated with Wizards of Aus during the April 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 150 connections.
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Doreen has been a member of the England Project for over 1,000 days.
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Doreen (Borrott) Matters was born in New South Wales, Australia
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Doreen (Borrott) Matters has English ancestors.
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Doreen (Borrott) Matters has Scottish Ancestors.
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Doreen (Borrott) Matters has Welsh ancestors.

Doreen was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to Robert William Hancy Borrott and Lucy May Caswell.

The family lived in the suburb of Punchbowl.

She married Ian on 16 August 1969 at Lidcombe, New South Wales.

They moved to Canberra, Australian Capital Territory on New Year's Day 1970.

They have a daughter and a grandson.

Doreen enjoys learning about history through researching her family tree.

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Hi Doreen,

Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!

I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!

On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!

Best wishes,

Elizabeth, England Project Leader

Hi Doreen,

We're contacting you for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. We really appreciate your involvement in the Project in the last year. Thank you so much for all your help to improve Australian profiles on WikiTree.

Please could you reply to this message, or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and if you'd like to make any changes to the teams that you belong to. The teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.

If you've moved on to other things for the moment, that's absolutely fine. We'd appreciate if you'd let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.

Over the past year, Australia Project members have been more active on Discord. We're finding it a fun way to communicate as a project. As you are already a member of the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our chat channels are located, we hope you'll join the chat! It's a great way to communicate with other members on your project team/s, or for any general questions.

We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Margaret and Veronica

Hi Doreen

We are delighted to announce a new Profile Improvements Team namely the England Tangled Families Team which will be formed by merging the Arborists, Gedcoms and Unknown Teams,

As we know tangled families are created from old GEDCOM’s which cover many generations resulting in the need to merge profiles and having to disconnect others together with finding unknown spouses and family members.

The merging of the existing three teams into one exciting new team will hopefully reduce duplications and definitely will increase collaboration between you our experienced and dedicated members.

Team Leader for the England Tangled Families Team will be Fran Weidman who has agreed to manage the team bringing her excellent knowledge and experience from creating and managing the Unknowns Team together with Fran’s five year membership of the England Project.

Currently as a member of one or more of the named teams we are asking you to join our new amalgamated Tangled Families Team and letting us know by contacting Joan Williams or Malc Rowlands through Discord Messaging, England Project Google Group or Private WT Message if you want to join our new team.

Kind regards

Joan and Malc

posted by Malc Rowlands
Dear Doreen,

On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!

The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.

Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?

Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.

We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.

On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!

Kind regards,

Steve, England Project Leader

posted by Steven Whitfield
Dear Doreen,

On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!

I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.

The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.

On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.

Best wishes,

Maddy, England Project Leader

posted by Maddy Hardman
Hi Doreen,

It's time for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for contributing to the project and Australian profiles on WikiTree during the last year. We really appreciate you!

If you would like to stay in the project, please reply to this message or send me a private message to let us know that you would like to stay on. Alternatively, if your WikiTree and research interests have moved away from Australia, please let us know and we can remove you from the membership list for the moment. You will, of course, be very welcome to rejoin the project down the track whenever you want to.

We are also keen to know if you want to make any changes to the team or teams that you want to focus on. Take a look on Australia Project Teams to see what teams there are to choose from. If you want to discuss this, or have any questions or suggestions about the Australia Project we'd love to hear your ideas.

Thanks for taking the time to get back to us!

Kind Regards Margaret Haining Membership Coordinator

Hi Doreen,

On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!

The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.

Are you happy with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?

We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.

I look forward to heariung from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.

Many thanks! Maddy, England Project Leader

posted by Maddy Hardman
Hello Doreen,

The Australia Project leadership team are carrying out our annual check-in to see how you are going in the project. We'd really like to give you a huge thank you for all your work on Australian profiles over the past year! We've made great progress in 2020/21 with your assistance.

Please could you reply to this message, to let us know if you would like to stay on in the project and if you are happy with your current role and team involvement.

If you would like to do something additional or different, take a look on the Australia Project page to see what other opportunities there are.

It would also be great to get any feedback or suggestions that you have to improve the project.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Gillian, Co-leader, Australia Project

posted by Gillian Thomas
Hello Gillian,

Yes, I'd like to stay in the Australia Project on the NSW team. I've lately been updating Profiles in my tree that needed Colony stickers.

Thanks Doreen

Hi Doreen, thanks for getting back to me so promptly. Good plan!! Feel free to contact me any time if you have any questions. Gillian
posted by Gillian Thomas
Hi Doreen, Thanks for your Holliday merge. John A. Holliday and that line are cousins of mine, alt though they spell their name differently.

Jay Holladay Manager, Holladay Project

posted by Jay Holladay
Hi Jay, Thanks for your acknowledgement. I noticed this when looking for duplicates among the Ainsworths, my grandmother being one.

Kind regards, Doreen

Hi Doreen,

I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project during the past six months. We've achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.

As the England Project Leaders, we are completing our six monthly check-in with all project members.

Are you happy to stay in your current project team(s)? Which team(s) are you most active in? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?

Also, do you have any feedback on what the project is doing well and anything we could do better in the future?

Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.

Many thanks!

Nic, England Project Leader

posted by Nic Donnelly
Hello Doreen, welcome to the Australia Project ! We are delighted that you have joined us and look forward to working with you. Gillian, co-Leader, Australia Project.
posted by Gillian Thomas
Hi Doreen,

Thank you for updating the bio for Reginald Annabel. His family and my father's family had Properties in the area that later became Mascot aerodrome. The Botany Historical Trust recently held an Exhibition to celebrate the100 year anniversary of the airport. Reginald's story was included. https://historyatbayside.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/the-daredevil-dairyman/ You may see the link. Regards Ian Annabel

posted by Ian Annabel
Hi Ian,

Thanks for making contact and sharing the link. It might be worthwhile adding the link as a See also, on his Bio.

Regards, Doreen

Hi Doreen,

It's that time of the year again: check-in time! As England Project Leaders, we like to check in with you every six months or so to see how things are progressing. Back in May, we didn't ask for a response due to the rapid emergence of Covid-19 because we understood that people's lives were changing rapidly. While we are still living in a Covid world, we do need to hear back from you this time around.

First of all, how are you doing? What are you currently working on? Are you happy with the team(s) you're in, or would you like to change things up?

Secondly, we're looking for some feedback on the Google Group and our Discord server. Do you use either or both of these? If you don't use either, why not? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve participation and collaboration, either generally or for you personally?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Amy, Joan & Lizzie.

posted by Amelia Utting
Hi Amy, Joan & Lizzie,

Thanks for your message.

I've been continuing to add and connect Profiles to branches in my direct line. I look for duplicates among surnames in new branches. I have now proposed just over 100 merges, with about 70 relating to England. I have completed 66 merges, about 45 relating to England. I try to add Sources and improve Biographies when required.

I have rarely used Google Group or Discord. Although quite interesting, it's easy to spend too much time in reading the various comments.

Thanks again, Doreen

Hi Doreen,

I understand the issue with spending too much time reading comments, most definitely! It's good to hear that you're happy with continuing your current work - especially considering how vital those merges are.

Feel free to reach out in the future if you need anything!

Regards Amy

posted by Amelia Utting
Hi Doreen,

Your England Leaders are completing the six monthly check in with all team members. Thank you for all your work on English Profiles and in particular your work in the Arborist Team.

These are unprecedented and difficult times, and we understand as Project Leaders that your situation may have changed somewhat in the last few months. What we are all able to/ wish to contribute on Wikitree has changed. Please let me know if you are happy with your current role and team choice, or if you wish to do something additional or different. Thank you again on behalf of all the Project Leaders for everything you do.

Lizzie

Hi Doreen

Thanks for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz. As Pre-1700 ancestors are shared by many descendants, working within a project is essential

Please ensure locations are entered on all profiles and data matches dates of profile. Avoid abbreviations, add sources with citations & links for sources to support the data. From wiki ID go to Research to find sources   

Thanks for joining a project, great to see your enthusiasm. Explore Pre-1700 Projects list to find links to your research focus, whether time period, location or topic  For help with tags, click  editing your tags

Questions ask Here    

Janet~Pre-1700 Greeter

PS Links not working, click them in the comment box

Hi Doreen!

Thanks for joining us! I hope you're enjoying our site and our community. I just wanted to check in and see how things are going. Has the New Member How To Pages been helpful or has it left you with questions?

It's great to have you on board. Enjoy your time here, and good luck growing your branches. If you need help just click on my name you'll be transferred to my profile where you can post a message or send me a private message.

Cheryl ~ WikiTree Messenger

P.S. To find reliable sources for your profiles, go to the Family Tree & Tools tab; select Genealogy Research and scroll down near the bottom of that list and select Research with RootsSearch. There are over 20 websites to access from there.

Welcome! We are so happy to have you here in the WikiTree community! I am pleased to confirm you as a full member, and welcome you to the WikiTree family, your contributions will go a long way to joining the world together.

Now, as a confirmed full member, you can add your family to our shared tree. Please start with our New Member How-To pages. They will save you time and energy as you add profiles.

You mentioned that you are new to genealogy. No problem! Every genealogist is a beginner at some point. Take your time, keep track of sources, and ask questions. Check here for tips.

See you in the branches, Andrea Pack, WikiTree Greeter P.S. Sometimes links don't work in emails. If that's happened to you, check the public comments on your profile as the links will work from there. Please ask if you have any questions as I am always happy to help!

posted by Andrea (Stawski) Pack
Welcome!

This is just a note to say hi and to let you know that I'm available to answer questions about joining WikiTree. To contact me, click the link to my name, then send a private message or post a comment on my profile page.

Ludwig ~ WikiTree Greeter

P.S. If links do not work in an email from WikiTree, try them from the comment section of your profile page.

posted by Ludwig Kraayenbrink

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