Natalie (Durbin) Trott

Hi Nat! I made this workhouse category. Could you review it? I wasn't sure if I should append Oulton to the category name.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Mutford_and_Lothingland_Union_Workhouse

Hi Natalie, thanks for your work on the categories for my father, Lon West. Just curious, as I am not that familiar with the various WW2 designations, why was the category "Eighth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, World War II" deleted? Is it because it is more broad and overlapping of "303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), United States Army Air Forces, World War II" ?? And what is the significance of the addition of the word "Heavy" there ? Thank you! Jane West

Natalie,

Thanks for fixing my category issues with Lawrence Edward Regan! I was so busy straightening out his stickers and the flags within that I ignored the category warnings. Still not sure I got the flags right, especially since they were both part of the British Empire. Thanks again! /s/jr

Is the a badge for a purple heart? I am working on two veterans in the same family who won the purple heart, one was posthum. They are Lucassen-179 and 171. I have added the American Flag image as I always do for veterans but can't remember how to get to the others since it's been so long. I am a member of the Military and War.

Kern Brogan Thompson-2421

Thank you for participating in the December 2023 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 6214 profiles. We created a total of 46,036 profiles for the year. We met our 2023 goal of 250k profiles and finished out the year with 168,195!

You can see your personal 2023 total and your all time 2021-2023 total on the 2023 tab here: our tracking spreadsheet.

Thank you very much Natalie for creating the Canada, Lawyer section for my Grandpa!! I am VERY new to this site and it will definitely take me a while to navigate all the nooks and crannies!

Cheers, Kate Young

Hi Natalie,

We are related, 9th cousins, once removed through Robert Abell! Marilyn

Hi Natalie, Thank you for your attention to Robert Bice. I'm afraid that picture does not do him justice. I'm wondering if that is one of the characters that he portrayed? My computer is so old, I can no longer perform many tasks, among them cut and paste. Since Robert is a fourth cousin; I would love to see him looking his handsome self; if you have time. Thanks, Gail Bice

Natalie and DrO are 18th cousins once removed

Natalie (Durbin) Trott and DrO (Pirkle) Olmstead are both descendants of Anyll (Venables) Brereton (abt.1375-bef.1405).

We are also 20* apart in connections.

Thanks for adding the ship category to the Craig profile. I've done a bit of research on the ship and while that class of steamship had major issues, it was still used for years. In particular the Penobscot lasted into non-military use. I have a feeling I could find more AA persons who served on her.

Hey Natalie, I wasn't sure about this related to the military and war project so I thought I would ask the question first. I've done a bunch of research on the Upper Canada rebellion in 1837/38 related to the Canadian service members in my family related to various sources.

It says Military and War manages the category, so do I need to be in the military and war project if I want to add servicemen to it? I added the first one, Philip VanKoughnet, as I was working on the biography today. But I have others :-)

Second question is, do all service members who fought in the war get tagged with the same category? I have ancestors who fought for Canada and ancestors who fought on the American side as well.

And last question is, is it possible to get one of those nifty service boxes for the rebellion, like the war of 1812 one? It seems like a fun way to call attention to a war service everyone forgets about.

Thanks! Concetta

Thank you cousin so much for categorizing Olaf Anderson into 90th Spruce Squadron, United States Army, World War I. I thought I had checked thoroughly for a category. Whenever I try to add a new category I end up needing G2G help to get it right anyway.

We are 10th cousins once removed. Natalie (Durbin) Trott and Sue (Morey) Carda are both descendants of Thomas Bourne (abt.1581-1664). And Elizabeth Bourne https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-282952

Sue

Natalie,

I give you SSGT William Francis Brunson V and the Crew of the Spook lll on the eve of the 80th Anniversary of their Sacrifice.

Pat

Natalie,

Check out Brunson-1789. Working on copy for Bio later. Thanks!

Pat

Natalie,

I am still fiddling with https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lock-3740 . After 4 generations, I connected this Military and War Korean War Veteran to the tree. There does not seem to be a category for that though.

Mary Richardson

Thank you, Natalie, for fixing the mistake I made on my Fathers' military sticker!

Thank you for participating in the April 2023 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 5952 profiles. Our new total is 201,351. 250k here we come!

Congratulations on that shiny new blue badge! Very happy to see you've joined us again. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

Cheers, Bobbie

Sorry Nat. I keep going into auto-mode and adding African-American Sticker instead of African-American Notables to the template. Hopefully I will break this habit!

Please, are you able to added the 7th MA as a category for https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Prescott-1117

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Battle_of_Bunker_Hill

Hi Natalie, I've noticed your working on putting in categories on US Civil War Soldiers, another category you can put in is: US Civil War needs Connection on those that have no connection. Thank you. Pam

Thank you for joining the January USBH Connecting Challenge, Natalie, and helping us create 8294 new profiles. Our new total is 82166

All first-time participants can add the participant sticker to their profile. Connecting Challenge Stickers

We’ve started the February challenge here: February Connecting Challenge.

Hi Natalie, I'm not a Durbin but found this interesting will of an unmarried Margaret Durbin who names a number of people who are haphazardly attached here and there on line. Before I try to shovel out the manure, do you have an opinion? Please have a look: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Durbin-1046

It looks to me more likely that she is the sister of Thomas and Honor Erbaugh Durbin, so her sister Ann married a Hayden and her sister Honora (LNU?) had a daughter Honoria who married an Eck.

Hi Natalie,

You are always my go to person. Will you post the same instructions for the Military and War stickers on the google group, that you posted on g2g?? It was entitled "Helpful tips for using the War Stickers"

Natalie, Thank you for joining the December USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 10523 new profiles. We met our goal of creating 50,000 new profiles in 2021!

Emma

Hi Natalie,

Edit-Bit has changed the category name for 2 of my family from 'Seventh-day Adventist' to 'Seventh-Day Adventist'.

I am not sure why. As far as I can see, the 'Seventh-day' is the standard spelling, and certainly was at the time my relatives were involved. Looking at Google I found the description for 'Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement: a small offshoot with an unknown number of members from the Seventh-day Adventist Church."

Do you know why the category name was changed? Thanks, Steve Thomas.

Thank you for adding the civil war image & listing for Joseph Wright Cowan. If you have the time... There is another person who I would love to see get this recognition: Harry Sheldon (Sheldon-3022.) Poor guy died in Andersonville. He was Joseph Cowan's brother-in-law's brother. Thank you.

Thank you for correcting my categories over at the Portugal project!

You recently removed the Department of Defense category from my dad's profile. Before I add it back, could you explain why you removed it and why you did not discuss this first?

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thomson-5449

Thank you SOOOO much for helping me with the cemetery categorization I messed up! You Rock!

Sheila

Hi Natalie!

Thank you for your help on my g uncle’s Civil War profiles, Jacob Lewis. We are 12th cousins, descended from Sytie Dircks!

Hello Natalie

Thank you for your help on the Virginia Woolf profile. I just noticed we're related through the White family:)

Natalie.. just stopping by to say thank-you for all you do and your remarkable patience. We're lucky to have you:)

Hi, Natalie. Where can I find the most recent recomendation for the organization and presentation of Name Studies at WikiTree?

doug

Can you please look at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Oklahoma_Projects and fix the "Roger Mills County, Oklahoma category? (The " is the problem). Thanks! Edit, oops it's a page, not a category, I wonder how that can be fixed?

Hi Natalie,

I sent this Veteran over to g2g to the MilitarY and War thread to answer for joining the project. He has done that ... https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parton-298 Brian Parton. Then I will approve him for Military and War Google Group. There may be others there, but I am following him.

Thanks

Mary, Project Coordinator , Military and War project

Nat,

Thank you for joining the May Connecting Challenge and helping us create 3726 new profiles!

We’ve started the June challenge here: June Connecting Challenge

Emma

Hi Nat,

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 teams? Which teams 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!

Amelia, England Project Leader

Natalie - I understand why you 'corrected' the Military category for this profile for Harold Kay - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kay-1702 - BUT you will see that we now have two categories for 34 Squadron RAF https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Royal_Air_Force%2C_World_War_II ... Please correct this situation.

Dear Natalie,

thanks for editing Meszecsov-6 and Minda-6. I understood what you did there, but I'm not sure it fits to my intentions:

• Meszecsov-6: I'm pretty convinced that it's the same person, but there is a bit of uncertainty. Now to me it more looks like "somebody mixed up two people, please split this profile"
• Minda-6: Nice category, didn't know about it. My intention was to state, that the death currently is still unsourced, though.

Kind regards from rainy Black Forest

Flo

Natalie,

This woman is going to need a Military and War Badge, please. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Breault-264 I am also directing her to the g2g Ad to ANSWEr for the badge.

Thanks

Mary Richardson, Project Coordinator

Natalie

What should be used for the Croix de guerre (1939-1945.) medal category? It is on WikiTree, but the categories I keep finding are labeled being deleted.  ?

Mary

Natalie,

I have restored Perry Worthington Hardman-762. He was a Church planter and Religious leader in the community. His signature as trustee is on the image of the deed. He born in Lewis County and shortly before the civil War his parents moved to Falls Mill, Braxton County, (West) Virginia where he and died. He is buried in the same cemetery that land was given for at the time the land for the church was given. I live in the house his son John William Hardman built in which I was born.

Sharon Hardman759 his great granddaughter.

Are Name Study categories not allowed as categories on cemeteries? There are 2 cemeteries O'Donley and O'Donniley that are O'Donley Name Study worthy and I added them but you removed them? Thanks.

Thanks so much for helping with the Civil War temple!!! I really appreciate it!

Paula

I deleted Category: Waycross Cemetery, Pelzer, South Carolina from Anderson county, South Carolina as you suggested...

Thanks

Greetings, cousin:

We are 9th cousins, twice removed, and share nine common ancestors.

Hello, Natalie!

I'm just now following up on the category "Abraham Lincoln" that you removed from David Elkin. Elder Elkin preached the funeral of Nancy Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln. I am asking that you reconsider this edit and reinstate the category.

Please allow me to back this up with the following sources:

• 1915-1952, Abraham Lincoln and religion - David Elkin, Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Excerpts from newspapers and other sources, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection; Volume: Religion - Elkin: Subject: Elkin, David, ca. 1779-1857; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, 1784-1818; Baptists; Presidents; Clergy; Language: English; Call number: 71200908503239; Digitizing sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.; Book contributor: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection; Collection: lincolncollection; americana; Full catalog record: MARCXML; [1]

• "In October, 1818, Nancy Hanks Lincoln died and was buried on a knoll just north of the cabin. It was not until the next spring that Rev. David Elkin arrived in the community and could deliver a funeral service. Ten years later, Lincoln would suffer the loss of his sister, Sarah. She had married Aaron Grigsby in 1826. She died in childbirth in January 1828 after just eighteen months of marriage. She is buried in the churchyard at the Little Pigeon Church, which today is in Lincoln State Park." Note: cited as Rev. David Elkin without the "S" on the end.

Madison County Historical Society [2] Madison, Indiana

• Baldwin, James,”An American Book of Golden Deeds,” American Book Company, 1907, Stationer’s Hall, London, “A Wilderness Preacher” ppg 115 - 122, Google Book Search, "Waiting for Morning" illustration, pg 118 (illustrator unknown) (Elkin Researcher: Connie Gayda)

• Whipple, Wayne, The Story-Life of Lincoln, A Biography Composed of Five Hundred True Stories as told by Abraham Lincoln and his Friends, selected from all authentic sources, and fitted together in order, forming His Complex Life History, Memorial Edition - Issued to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Lincoln’s Birth - Illustrated, The John C. Winston Company, Publishers, Philadelphia,1908. "The Delayed Funeral Sermon" illustration, ppg, 36 - 39 (illustrator unknown)

• Hitchcock, Caroline Hanks, Nancy Hanks: The Story of Abraham Lincoln’s Mother Doubleday & McClure Co., New York, 1899, Elkins, Parson David , ppg 104-105.

Kindest regards,

~ Lynda 3rd Great-Granddaughter, Elder David Elkin/s

Natalie,

Can you put in a Cunningham Argyll, Name Studies project. Please. Was working on Wilson saw they had one. But I didn’t see one for this surname.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cunninghame-10

Billie

Hi Natalie ~ Thanks for being the Categorization Co-Leader!

Here is the correct category for Hungary Project Members only.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Hungary_Project_Members

All those people in this one > https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:CHungary_Project_Members

should be in the Category:Hungary_Project_Members one.

I didn't touch it as I am afraid I will mess it up.

Thanks.