Virgil Kester III
Honor Code SignatorySigned 5 Jan 2016 | 67,863 contributions | 1,607 thank-yous | 2,894 connections
Signed 5 Jan 2016 | 67,863 contributions | 1,607 thank-yous | 2,894 connections
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Virgil M. Kester III
Born 1950s.
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| Created 5 Jan 2016
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Virgil:
- Wonderful Wikitreer, Legacy Heir Virgil Kester Jan 23, 2024.
- Virgil Kester is a Wonderful Wikitreer for showing the tree some love Oct 7, 2023.
- Virgil Kester is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 3, 2021.
- Virgil Kester is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 27, 2021.
- Virgil Kester is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 30, 2019.
- Virgil Kester is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 15, 2018.
Rejected matches › Virgil M. Kester IV
K > Kester > Virgil Kester III
Categories: Aptos, California | Rio del Mar, California | Santa Cruz County, California | Santa Cruz, California | Kester Name Study
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edited by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
I have approved the merge for Betty Kester. I’ll leave the merge to you so you can make any changes. -Nanette
Here is a list of all 4 thons next year:
Connect-a-Thon Jan 19-22
Connect-a Thon Apr 12-15
Connect-a Thon Jul 19-22
Source-a-Thon Oct 4-7
That means the first Thon of the year will be a Connect-a-Thon on the weekend of the 19 - 22 Jan 2024. I would love to have you with your fellow Legacy Heirs at that time, if it works out for you. I will remind you about registration when that time comes.
P.S. I now know a quick and easy little tip on how to add profiles. If you use the Sourcer/Searcher app, and want to know the hint, let me know and I will send you the steps.
Registration has begun!! I would be so blessed if you go to: Register now for the 2023 Source-a-Thon! - WikiTree G2G and answer that you are in and are a Legacy Heir!!!!
Saw your research notes on Sarah Kester (1813-1880). I've commented there with the record you're looking for.
Jeff
it's annual check-in time 2023. If you still wish to remain a member of the Germany Project, please reply to this post, by stating this intention. If we don’t hear from you in the next 30 days, your membership badge will be removed. In this case please don't be offended ... you're welcome to rejoin at any time. Please also note, that in order to receive help, with researching your German ancestors, membership is not mandatory. Just ask your questions in the G2G forum and tag them with Germany in order for knowledgeable people to see them.
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Kind regards from Black Forest
Yes I wish to remain in the Germany Project. Both sides of my family are from Germany, I have given this out before. I am hopefully going to be able to get back into some more detailed research in this next year, which will of course include Germany. Virgil
Welcome to WikiTree! I wrote to you last night regular mail, but this morning it had bounced back to me as error ... I just need to figure out why and fix that, then resend. I am looking forward to your new Kester family that you will be adding to our family tree.
I am sure I have all the Kester's you listed above in my own home database. I have that Thomas Simon Kester has a Wikitree profile of Kester-1673, and his wife Margaret Elder has one of Elder-2746. Three of their children have Wikitree profiles, Margaret Kester-2260, Daniel Kester-1665, and Mahala Adeline Kester-2251.
Your going to have to give me more on William E. A. Kester, I have over thirty William Kester's, and twenty more that have middle inital of "E.". Several of them have Wikitree profiles already. So if you start to make profiles, double check the drop down list of possible matches. And if you create one that later turns out to be a duplicate, no worries, Wikitree has a great merge of profiles part of the program.
I have 26 Herbert Kester's, without middle names, then many more with middle names. So need some more information on Herbert to pin down if I have a match with you. And again, if you do not see them on Wikitree, please enter their information. I am looking forward to seeing more of the Kester clan that you enter.
I think that is most of what I had put into my email to you. I still just need to go look at my emails and see why it came back with error. Looking forward to working with you Robert, Virgil
You are always an Heir!! Sign up for Legacy Heirs in the next hour and a half so you can participate with us.
Lisa
No worries, The next thon will be in July and is also a Connect-a-Thon to the best of my knowledge. I will make sure to send you a reminder as soon as the dates are posted and registration starts.
It’s Germany Project check-in time again! Please respond within the next 2 weeks and let me know if you’re still interested in participating with the Project. Remember, the only requirements for membership in the Germany Project are (1) that you work on at least one German profile every 6 months and (2) that you respond to this check-in.
Since you’re not working with one of our Sub-projects or Teams yet, please look at our main Project page for a full list and let me know which team you’d like to join.
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If you ever have any questions, please ask. I look forward to hearing from you soon!
I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader
Yes i still have a major interest in the Germany Project. I am pretty sure that I have worked on profiles that belong to what would fall into the Germany Project, more than every 6 months. Besides those German profiles on my fathers side, I have those on my mothers side, and I step in on others profiles and help out when I can. Over the past couple years I have had to not step into any commitments due to health issues of family members and of my own. When I can, the most active thing I do these days is log onto Wikitree and try to do what I can. I would like to remain with the project. Virgil M. Kester III
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The Germany Project Leaders are doing their semi-annual check-in with all project members and we want to verify that you’re still interested in being a member of the Project. Please respond by private message and let me know.
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We really appreciate your contributions on WikiTree, and thank you for all your hard work. If you have any questions, please ask. We would also love to hear any feedback you may have for the project.
I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader
The Germany Project Leaders are doing their semi-annual check-in with all project members and we want to verify that you’re still interested in being a member of the Project. Please respond by private message and let me know.
REMINDERS: (1) We use Google Groups for project collaboration and you aren’t yet a member of the group, please submit a join request here (make sure to add your name/WikiTree ID to the request). (2) I see you've added German_Roots (our old project name) to your G2G tags, you should also add GERMANY to your followed G2G tags so you don't miss any discussions in G2G (see: Help:Tags#How_to_follow_tags Help:Tags).
Are you currently working with one of our Sub-projects or Teams? If not, take a look at our main Project page for a full list. We recently launched a new Profile Improvement Team and are seeking new team members. Let me know if you’re interested.
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I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader
I sent you a message a while ago on behalf of the Germany Project and have yet to hear back from you. I hope you are well.
If I dont hear from you in the next week or so Ill assume you no longer wish to be in the project and go ahead and remove you. You would, of course, be most welcome to rejoin at any time via the G2G sign-up post.
Best wishes,
Kylie :-)
On behalf of the Germany Project, I am currently undergoing our member check-in's and wanted to verify that you are still interested in being a member of the project. Are you currently assigned to or working with one of our Sub-projects or Teams? We have many new teams so have a look on the Germany project page for the full list. I would be delighted to help you get setup in one or more of our collaborative teams!
We use Google groups for project collaboration, so if you are not yet setup, please submit a join request and we will get that approved as quickly as possible. We also ask that you check your follwed tags to make sure you are following the correct project tag (GERMANY) so you don't miss any disucssions in G2G.
We really appreciate your contributions on WikiTree, and thank you for all your hard work. If you have any questions please ask. I would also love to hear any feedback you may have for the project!
Please respond by private message. I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Kylie ~ Germany Project Leader
The Ambassadors project has been reorganizing and is looking for those who have a membership at a genealogical society, to help in spreading the word about WikiTree.
We're working on ways to improve how WikiTree connects and interacts with genealogical and local history societies. This is the kind of thing we want to do:
Are you interested in participating in some way? Do you have some ideas to share?
Azure Rae ~ co-Leader of Ambassadors Project
I am in the State of California, and County of Santa Cruz. Our local Santa Cruz Society is housed in the main City/County Library building, which has been closed for months now due to the health issues of our world, and California has tightened down on Counties that have high counts of patients, which Santa Cruz County has been one of for months. Our local Society has not been meeting, all our resources are locked up, the building closed, and no newsletters have been going out. I am guessing the status is the same for San Luis Obispo, as I have tried phoning and mailing and have not received any answers back.
I would normally suggest that you mail the welcome materials package for WikiTree right to them, but I have this feeling that there is most likely a big pile of mail building up in the holding box for them, and it could likely get thrown out at this point. The other reason it could get thrown out if mailed, is our fires, we still have fires burning all around us, news just reported a 29% containment on the one closest to us. We get ash rain on us day and night. But the fires have caused the US Mail to deliver all mail that use to go to the main Santa Cruz sorting center, to one in another county, and they deliver the mail to our county now only to two locations, one of which has all our local mail carriers working out of, they deliver mail only to known good addresses. I know this is a long story, but I am just stressing that right now is not the best time to try out the Ambassadors Project around here.
I had an email request from someone to do some research at our county building, because they had not been getting any answers back from their own requests. I let the person asking me know why, our county building has been pretty much closed down all this time, other than needed services, which the County Recorders Office has not been one of. Right now, or at least as of last week, most of the parking lot of the county building complex has been filled with fire trucks.
When things get back to something similar to normal, I will let you know and we will see what we can do about it. If that sounds OK with you. Today I watched strike teams going out, which had only been Fire and Law Enforcement, but today they included Power, Water, and Phone trucks/crews, which is a good sign as it means they are staring to be able to repair things. Virgil
Thanks for responding.
Azure Rae
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