Norman Jones

Hi Norman, Thank you for joining the March/April Vicksburg National Cemetery Challenge. We had thirteen members who created 1,583 Profiles, which is pretty great for 13 members. It was a very successful Challenge. Norman thank you for all you do for the Project!!!!

Hello Norman, I am asking for a favor. Would you search Fold3 for pension records of a US Civil war nurse named, Harriet Broad? Hopefully, the pension application would confirm preliminary birth, death, census, and FindaGrave records that have been found and which would be used for her WikiTree profile. Harriet and her family don't seem to have WikiTree or FamilySearch profiles. If you don't want to do a look-up, that's perfectly OK, I'll post to G2G.

The US National Archives has hospital muster roll cards for a Harriet Broad assigned to Judiciary Square Hospital in Washington, D.C. from July 1864 to April 1865.

There is a pension index card for Harriet Broad on FamilySearch which indicates her pension was applied for in 1892 from Illinois, and it lists an application number 1131172 and a certificate number 843774 for her pension.

From census records, it seems she was born in Columbia County, NY to John and Nancy Broad in October 1817. By 1860, Harriet was residing in Cayuga County, New York with her widowed mother, Nancy.

She had a brother Horatio Nelson Broad, b.1817 New York, who served in Company C, 75th NY INF. In the 1880 US Census, Harriet and Horatio are residing with their sister Maria Broad/Smith in Chicago.

From Chicago, IL death records, it seems that Harriet died in Chicago, IL on 20 April 1909 and Horatio died on 14 June 1895.

I don't need copies of the file, just an affirmation or denial that the Fold3 pension records agree with data mentioned above.

Enjoy Genealogy, Warren Kuntz

Hello Norman,

We are happy you came back to the Northwest Terriers for April's Connect-a-thon. It's going to be a fun 3 days. Join us on the Discord channel or the G2G Team Chat page for any questions, comments, or just for fun chatting.

Remember, you must have at least one valid source for each profile you create. The source is the identification of where you obtained information. A family tree is not a source.

See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources for the methods used for sourcing if needed.

Scoring results can be found here

Hi Norman, the February Challenge had 33 members who connected 415 soldiers, with a combined total of 2,594 profiles created. Thank you joining the February Challenge and making it such a success.

Hi Norman, there were 27 members who signed up to Connect Soldiers during the 2024 January Connect-a-Thon, which resulted in 367 soldiers being connected to family. We beat last years score by 67 soldiers. Thank you for participating :)

Hi Norman, I wanted to thank you for all your constantly doing for the Project!!! The Connect-a-Thon should be fun, and maybe a bunch of soldiers will get connected. The left over soldiers will get another chance in February :) Pam

Gosh! Terrible week with my email situation. See what you think on the Joshua that you created. I will add his parents if, you agree that I have the right ones. Merry Christmas. Is there a brickwall anywhere that I can take a look at as a show of appreciation for all your efforts?

Hi Norman, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and New Years. Thank you so much for all you do for the Challenges, we have again completed a challenge adding more then 800 soldiers to the Andersonville National Cemetery.

The US Civil War January Challenge is to connect US Civil War Soldiers for the January Connect-a-Thon. This year will be a twist of what I usually do. Instead of you choosing a "Surname Letter", you will be choosing from a block of soldiers whom I've already screened that show they have family to connect. Each soldier has a connection to one or more of his immediate family--parents, siblings, spouses, children, on their profile. Whether you work on one soldier or your whole block of soldiers, it's one step closer in our goal to connect each of our US Civil War Soldiers. The goal is to make sure all these soldiers are connected at least by one or two degrees. You can sign up now by clicking this link: US Civil War Sign-up Chart

Hi Norman here's the link to Page 34: Link to Page 34 starts with Pvt. Robert Wilson grave 6769

Hi Norman here is the link to page 1 Page 1 it begins with Calvin Samuel Wachter grave 3429, the last soldier on page 3 is Harrison Wallace grave 1525.

Hi Norman, our November Challenge went really well, all of the Officers have been connected to the One World Tree, and 69 of the Officers had their CC7 numbers increased. Thank you for all you do for the Project and the Challenges.

I have approved both of the merges that you proposed. Harsin and Doughty. Thanks for noting these. Riggs-1386.

We have finished the Shiloh National Cemetery by working together as a team. We added over 1,219 Soldiers to Wiki. THANK YOU for all the time, research and teamwork you gave to our September Challenge!!!

Hey Norman,

A large number of exact duplicate US Civil War profiles popped up this week's DBE 585 report. Many were created by you or appear to be in collaboration with Ron Floyd. Unfortunately they've all been orphaned so I can't propose a merge on them to alert you two the usual way, otherwise it'd make me manually merge them all by hand myself.

Could you take a look at these first 21 profiles I came across and merge the duplicates with Ron? (Let me know if I typo'd any of these IDs.) I'll let you know if I find additional ones.

Jeff

• Glass-6147 and Glass-3579
• Godfrey-6759 and Godfrey-6344
• Watkins-14600 and Watkins-13268
• Gill-13031 and Gill-12136
• Harris-62618 and Harris-58574
• Hastie-749 and Hastie-681
• Headley-1190 and Headley-4
• Hickok-1189 and Hickok-1069
• Hiesrodt-13 and Hiesrodt-12
• Huffer-437 and Huffer-437
• Webster-16406 and Webster-15563
• Weisner-278 and Weisner-255
• Stevenson-12451 and Stevenson-12450
• Morris-41628 and Morris-38719
• Morris-41638 and Morris-38718
• Morris-41627 and Morris-38721
• Stewart-53763 and Stewart-53763
• Hollique-2 and Hollique-1
• Hickok-1189 and Hickok-1069
• Hiesrodt-13 and Hiesrodt-12
• Huffer-438 and Huffer-437

Hi Norman, could I ask a big favour, and ask you to just quickly check the categories on the profile for red categories, after adding a Civil War sticker. I've just corrected quite a few. Mainly just leaving off "Infantry" and so on.

Many thanks, Kind regards, Margaret, Categorization project.

Thank you Norman for signing up for the challenge, just a reminder that the challenge starts Monday the 4th

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!! We have finished the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, every soldier that died as a POW in Camp Chase now has a profile on WikiTree. We also have improved many of the Find-a-Grave profiles by finding duplicates, putting in merges, and adding military records to the biographies. Thank you Norman for all the time and effort you've put into this Challenge, actually into all the Challenges and the US Civil War Project. This Challenge wouldn't have been finished off if it wasn't for you and Ron double teaming, your an awesome team. Thank you again.

Thank you also for already signing up for the September Challenge, here is the link to the New Challenge Page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:USCW_Challenge_Worksheet

Congratulations Norman!!!

You won a T-Shirt from the 4:00 hour on Saturday Connect-a-thon Hangout!! You will be contacted after the thon.

Way to go!!!

Karen Lorenz

Hello Mr. Jones,

Thank you for all the help you have given Gail Bice and me in our attempts to figure out where my great grandmother and her brothers and sisters came from. The sparse family story didn't make a lot of sense, but it made even less when I started looking deeper, found grand aunts and uncles I never knew existed or had only vague hints of, and then found that all of them were sprung from people I had never heard of. I understand that you have been extremely helpful especially with the military aspects of this endeavor. I will have more to say on this once the final result of the works is available but thank you very much for all your work and expertise.

Bill Simpkins

Hi Norman, thank you for joining the June Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery Challenge, we had thirteen members who created about 970 profiles plus updating 110 profiles for a total of 1,080 soldiers. A fantastic month.

Norman, I was intrigued by your posting about Lucinda Hampton. My 4th great-grandfather was Turner Hampton (1764, Bedford, VA-1834, Wilkes County, NC). It seems that Turner had at least one brother and maybe some nephews who migrated from Wilkes County to eastern Tennessee. I have been trying from time to time to work out who of Turner's family might have settled there. Your post about Lucinda was a trigger to look again. On Ancestry, I came across a family tree belonging to Aundra Kay Hampton. She has both Johnson Hampton, Sr. and Johnson Hampton, Jr. in her tree and Lucinda is a child of Johnson, Sr. She was born in 1811 and died in 1900. If you look at the profile of Johnson, Jr., at the top there is the will of Johnson, Sr. and in it is mentioned Lucinda and her children. Johnson, Sr. lists six children as benefactors of his will.

I haven't determined yet the relationship of Johnson, Sr. to my Turner. They are basically contemporaries. I am not familiar with Johnson, Sr.'s predecessors as stated in Aundra's tree. Some names are familiar to me, but I need to dig some more. I know that Thomas Hampton, Turner's brother, did go to eastern TN. I have worked with other Hampton descendants from Turner's family and I have come to believe that his parents were ( John?) Jacob Hampton and Judith Judah Johnson. Turner also had a son Johnson who was born in 1816 and I have assumed that he had been given his mother's maiden name. So why did Lucinda have a father and a brother named Johnson?

Thanks for posting about Lucinda. It has given me some "umph" to dig some more.

Nancy Hampton Parce

Hello, cousin maybe the problem is we have several Nathaniel Bice's in our family. I'll do some verifying tonight and add all of his children including Tennassee and Yes that is how she spells it. I really could use your help on another soldier, William Bice b.1818 in Tennessee. Not sure if he was dead on the battlefield or died of his wounds later. I have found him on 1860 census in Arkansas with wife and children. I think maybe he came to Georgia to fight with his brothers. Two of which are on Wiki. Robert Woods Bice and Valentinte Bice. One daughter also on Wiki, Etta Tennessee Bice Shelby. If you come across anything, please let me know, Gail

Hi Norman, I believe we have already attached John Bice to his parents. If, his headstone says John Brice it;s the same person. Great job on the Civil War Soldiers.

Hi Norman, thank you for creating the May Connect-a-Soldier Challenge, we had 20 Wiki Members who created over 2,000 profiles, not bad for a twelve day challenge.

Here's the link: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:US_Civil_War_Project_Monthly_Challenges_Page

Hi Norman, the Chart is up on the Challenge Page, you can add the soldiers there whenever your ready. Also, could you read what I wrote for instructions and for the Challenge tracker to see if they are easy to understand. I've called the Challenge: Connect-a-Soldier

Hi Norman, Thank you for participating in the March-April POW’s who Died in Andersonville Prison Challenge, there were 25 members who contributed to the Challenge. At the beginning of the challenge there were 137 Profiles created, we are now at 1,645 profiles. Norman you really rocked this Challenge with 555 created profiles, plus the ones you updated.

Thank you for being a co-manager of https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:POW%27s_Who_Died_in_Andersonville_Prison hopefully it will get a good response and all the rest of the soldiers will someday have a profile.

Thank you again for all you do for the US Civil War Project and the Challenges.

Hello Norman,

Thank you for joining the Northwest Terriers Team.  The April Connect-a-thon starts Friday at 8 am.  This is just a reminder of some helpful links and other links that may help you find profiles that need connections.

 Northwest Terriers 2023 Team Chat

Connect-a-Thon Tutorial

Unconnected profiles on your watchlist.

Data Doctor Unconnected List

Needs Profiles Created Category

Here is information about [Scoring] for the thon.

If you have any questions about the Connect-a-thon, ask them on our chat page. 

Karen Lorenz – Team Captain

Hi Norman, first off, your amazing!!! I can't believe all the profiles you've created. Second, because I've received some interest that the challenge continues I've added April to the Challenge. (Some members need more time to finish their profiles) Just thought you'd like to know, so you don't have to rush the next batch of profiles your working on :)

Hi Norman, could I as a big favour, and ask you to just quickly check the categories on the profile for red categories, after adding a Civil War sticker. Many thanks, Kind regards, Margaret, Categorization project.

Hi Norman, just wanted to let you know we have been given permission to use the Memorial images from Find-a-Grave on the Soldier's we're creating.

Credit: Kevin Frye Andersonville Historian has given permission for us to use the images on Find-a-Grave

Thank you so much for finding and posting the picture of Ezra Reeve!

Hi Norman, thank you for participating in the KIA at the Battle of Shiloh Challenge for February. There were 510 Soldier profiles created during the Challenge. Norman thank you for giving so much of yourself during these Challenges, I truly do appreciate you.

The March Challenge will be to create profiles for the Union soldiers who died while POW's in the Andersonville Prison.

Hi Norman, on the Civil War Stickers where it has regiment flag= it means the state flag the unit was in. Here is the link to the flags: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Civil_War_Flags

The USA and CSA Crossed Flag appears on the sticker automatically, so you don't have to list it. So you can leave regiment flag= | blank, it won't hurt the sticker to not have an entry there.

Thank you Norman for participating in the US Civil War Challenge. You completed 277 profiles during the January Connect-a-Thon. There were 27 of us who signed up for the Challenge, completing 6,480 profiles.

The US Civil War February Challenge will be to create profiles for those soldiers who died during the Battle of Shiloh on the 7th and 8th of April 1862. If you're interested in joining another challenge, check out the US Civil War Challenge Page on February 1st.

Thank you again. Pam

Hi Norman, you've added two cemetery categories that don't yet exist, to a couple of profiles, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bohannon-1227#categories and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burt-3529#categories

The red categories need to have their category creation completed, preferably with a Cemetery Category Info Box added as content.

Thanks, regards, Margaret, Categorization project volunteer.

Hi Norman, I've posted a new Challenge for the January 13th to 16th Connect-a-Thon. The Challenge is for members to work on US Civil War Soldiers again. If your interested here is a link to the Challenge Page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:US_Civil_War_Project_Monthly_Challenges_Page

Here's the link to the G2G question: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1506578/us-civil-war-january-2023-challenge

I Hope you'll join the fun.

Hi Norman, thank you for participating in the October US Civil War Monthly Challenge. The next monthly challenge will be in January of 2023. I hope you have a great November and December. Thank you again.

Hi Norman, thank you for participating in the first monthly Challenge for the US Civil War Project.

We had eight+ members who participated in connecting 45 Generals, only three of the Generals still show they didn't connect beyond the 1st level of family. Norman you won the first Project Challenge Badge, and your choice for the October challenge is connecting more Generals. Thank you again Norman for joining the September Challenge, I hope to see you in the October Challenge. Pam Kreutzer, US Civil War Project Leader

Hi Norman,

Congratulations on certifying to work on pre-1700 profiles! It’s very important to read and understand the Pre-1700 Profiles page. These profiles for deep ancestors are shared by many, and collaborating on them works best if we all follow the guidelines in the certification quiz.

Primary sources should always be added to pre-1700 profiles at the time they are created. If you don't have a source for a pre-1700 profile, it would be best to ask for help in the G2G forum before creating the profile.

Rosalie ~ WikiTree Pre-1700 Greeter

Hello and welcome, Norman. Hang in there!!.it took me s few weeks to get sort of a handle on the how to of this!

Hi Norman,

We are so happy you decided to upgrade to the Family Member level.

Please visit our tutorial pages to learn how to use WikiTree: How To Use WikiTree. They will save you time, energy, and frustration as you add your family profiles.

Exploring the site is the best way to learn. One way to do that is to check out the drop-down menus on the top right side of your profile page. Finding a known ancestor and collaborating with the profile manager is another great way to start.

Questions? You can always use the G2G link in the Help Menu to find answers.

You mentioned that you don’t know much about your family tree yet. I assume 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.

David ~ WikiTree Greeter

Welcome to WikiTree!

If you have any questions about WikiTree, just click the option to reply to this message and let me know how I can help.

Laura ~ WikiTree Greeter