Karen Lowe
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Karen Lowe

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Karen J. Lowe
Born 1970s.
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Mother of [private daughter (1990s - unknown)]
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Contents

Biography

Karen Joyce Lowe is the daughter of James Edward Lowe[1] and Carolyn Sue Groomer.[2]

My Surnames

Click on Surname to view EKA - Earliest Known Ancestor
Akers, Amoss , Anthis , Asper , Ayres
Baillargeon, Barfield , Barnett , Barton , Batte , Baum , Beauchamp , Bennett , Black , Blackburn , Blackburn , Bonneau , Bordner , Born , Braden , Bradshaw , Britton , Brown , Buchacher , Buchanan , Burdalow , Butler , Byrge
Cardinal, Carewick , Carey , Caron , Chambers , Champe , Chapman , Charlton , Chartier , Claridy , Clark , Cocke , Coffin , Compagnot , Coots , Corum , Cox , Cross
DUNCAN, Daily , Daughtery , Dermont , Devine , Dickson , Dillingham , Dimock , Doran , Duckett , Dudevoir , Duncan , Duncan
Elleman, Elswick , Embree
Fairman (Firman) , Fields , Fouts , Freeman , Frey , Frey , Frey
Gallup (Gallop) , Gardner , Garrett , Gentzler , Girardeau , Goad , Gordon , Gray , Green , Groomer , Grunwalt
Hall, Hamilton , Harrison , Hawes , Heishman , Hibbard , Hogan , Holtzclaw , Hughett
Jacoby, Jeffers , Jeffers , Jennings , John , Johnson , Jones , Jones
Kimmel (Kummel, Kummell, Komel, Kumel)
Lacoste, Lamb , Larkin , Lawson , Lawson , Lippett , Lotz , Lowe , Luttrell
Magruder (Mcgruder, Mccruder, McCrouder, MacGregor, Strathclyde) , Mallet , Manley , Marcoux , Marston , Martin , McClanahan , McNealy , Moffitt , Monroe , Mory
Odell, Oglesby , Osborne , Otterbach
Palmer, Perron , Pimparé , Pippinger , Plichon , Poitevin , Proulx , Pruneau
Quintal
Ratliff (Radcliffe, Ratcliff, Ratcliffe, Rattclyffe, Radclyffe) , Redd , Rench , Roach , Roach , Roden , Rodgers , Rossel , Russell
Sapp, Savary , Schaub , Simpkins , Simpson , Southard , Southern , Staples , Stark , Stone , Stoner , Stratton
Taylor, Thompson , Tombaugh , Tougas , Turpin
Updegraft (Updegraff, op den Graeff, Op den Graeff)
Vallée, Vallée , Vann , Vaudry
Warren, Webb , Wigginton , Williams , Winters , Woodruff , Woods , Wright
Ziegler, Zimmerman

Digital Afterlife (thanks to Mags)

In the event of my death, I would like all of my private profiles to be managed by a WikiTree member at the discretion of the WikiTree leadership.

Grave Guardians

Team Members:
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  2. Eowyn Walker - 14 steps - 1921
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  25. Benjamin Pluta - 24 steps - 30 connections!
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Secret Santa Challenge
Karen gifted some WikiTree kindness during the 2023 Secret Santa!
USBH Connecting Challenge
Karen created 157 new profiles during the February 2021 US Black Heritage Connecting Challenge.
Karen Lowe competed in the 2023 WikiGames.
WikiTree Day
WikiTree Day Attendee: 2022
Karen Lowe has Appalachian roots, in Tennessee.
Karen is the granddaughter of a coal miner.
Karen Lowe is a member of the Appalachia Project (South Central Appalachia Team).
Karen Lowe is a member of the Germany Project.
Karen Lowe participated with The Tidying Tornadoes during the 2018 Clean-a-Thon.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Karen Lowe is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Karen Lowe is a member of the Lau Name Study Project.
RootsTech
RootsTech Attendee: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Karen Lowe is 3/8 English.
Karen Lowe is 1/4 German.
Karen Lowe is 1/8 Scottish.
Karen Lowe is 1/8 Irish.
Karen Lowe is 1/16 French.

Sources

  1. Paternal relationship confirmed by a full sibling match between Karen Lowe (GEDmatch M142637) and Raymond Lowe (GEDmatch F412396) along with a y-DNA match between Raymond and C. Lowe.
  2. Parents are confirmed on Karen's birth certificate in my possession. And plus, you know, they were my mom and dad.

Paternal line DNA matches

  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Darwin Wingo, her 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Harvey Lowe and Birdie Butler, the grandparents of Karen Lowe and grandparents of Darwin Wingo. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Close Family, based on sharing 872 cM (11.689%) across 37 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Karen Lowe and William Butler, her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Willie Butler and Malinda Jeffers, the great grandparents of Karen Lowe and grandparents of William Butler. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: Great-uncle, 1st cousin - 1st cousin once removed, based on sharing 597.4‎ cM across 27 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Charles Botts, her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Thomas Low and Annie Brown, the great grandparents of Karen Lowe and grandparents of Charles Botts. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Close Family, based on sharing 520 cM (6.971%) across 24 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Everett Goad, her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Thomas Low and Annie Brown, the great grandparents of Karen Lowe and grandparents of Everett Goad. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st – 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 522 cM (6.997%) across 20 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Donna (Lowe) Patch, her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Thomas Low and Annie Brown, the great grandparents of Karen Lowe and grandparents of Donna (Lowe) Patch. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Ancestry, based on sharing 384 cM across 22 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Regina Goad, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Thomas Low and Annie Brown, the great grandparents of Karen Lowe and great grandparents of Regina Goad. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 265 cM (3.552%) across 9 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Kathleen Byrge, her 1st cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are William Low and Juda Byrge, the great great grandparents of Karen Lowe and grandparents of Kathleen Byrge. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 298 cM (3.995%) across 14 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Maurine (Mineer) Poole, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Richard Butler and Isabella Vann, the great great grandparents of Karen Lowe and great grandparents of Maurine (Mineer) Poole. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd-3rd Cousin, based on sharing 139 cM across 8 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Travis Decker, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Thomas Low and Annie Brown, the great grandparents of Karen Lowe and great grandparents of Travis Decker. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 129 cM across 10 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Susan King, her half 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestor is Malinda Jeffers, the great grandparents of Karen Lowe and grandmother of Susan King. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 115 cM across 5 segments.

Maternal line DNA matches:

  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 141 cM 23andMe match and identical mtDNA haplogroup U5a1a between Karen Lowe GEDmatch M142637 and Karl Sanders, her maternal second cousin.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Peggy Groomer, her aunt. Their most-recent common ancestors are Norris Groomer and Alma Daily, the grandparents of Karen Lowe and parents of Peggy Groomer. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Close Family, based on sharing 2041 cM (27.359%) across 47 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and David Groomer, her 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Frederick Groomer and Mabel Kimmel, the great grandparents of Karen Lowe and grandparents of David Groomer. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Close Family, based on sharing 702 cM (9.41%) across 20 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Shawn (Sanders) Panill, Fields, Wood, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Frederick Groomer and Mabel Kimmel, the great grandparents of both Karen Lowe and Shawn (Sanders) Panill, Fields, Wood. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin, based on sharing 268 cM across 14 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal 23andMe test match between Karen Lowe and Phil Pannill, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Frederick Groomer and Mabel Kimmel, the great grandparents of both Karen Lowe and Phil Pannill. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 265 cM across 14 segments. Karen is the daughter of Carolyn Groomer who is the granddaughter of the common ancestors Frederick Groomer & Mabel Kimmel.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Elsie Hall, her 1st cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Isaac Hall and Mary Monroe, the great great grandparents of Karen Lowe and grandparents of Elsie Hall. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 217 cM (2.909%) across 11 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Joy Hall, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Isaac Hall and Mary Monroe, the great great grandparents of Karen Lowe and great grandparents of Joy Hall. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 179 cM (2.399%) across 6 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Jama Lippoldt, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Irvin Daily and Mary Barfield, the great great grandparents of Karen Lowe and great grandparents of Jama Lippoldt. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 136 cM (1.823%) across 9 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Beta (Clark) Walker, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Isaac Hall and Mary Monroe, the great great grandparents of Karen Lowe and great grandparents of Beta (Clark) Walker. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 128 cM across 8 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Lynne Ingersoll, her half 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestor is Louis Daily, the great grandfather of Karen Lowe and great grandfather of Lynne Ingersoll. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 104 cM (1.394%) across 4 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Deborah Price, her half 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestor is Louis Daily, the great grandparents of Karen Lowe and great grandfather of Deborah Price. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 97 cM (1.3%) across 3 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Tracy Drake, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Isaac Hall and Mary Monroe, the great great grandparents of Karen Lowe and great great grandparents of Tracy Drake. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 97 cM (1.3%) across 5 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Cheryl Hall, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Isaac Hall and Mary Monroe, the great great grandparents of Karen Lowe and great grandparents of Cheryl Hall. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th – 6th Cousin, based on sharing 63 cM (0.845%) across 4 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and William Ingersoll, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestor is Louis Daily, the great grandfather of Karen Lowe and great grandfather of William Ingersoll. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th – 6th Cousin, based on sharing 51 cM (0.684%) across 4 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Karen Lowe and Patrick Hall, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Isaac Hall and Mary Monroe, the great great grandparents of both Karen Lowe and Patrick Hall. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 42 cM across 4 segments. Karen is the daughter of Carolyn Groomer who is the great granddaughter of the common ancestors Isaac Hall & Mary Monroe.
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Source-a-Thon 2017 Participant

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Karen or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
  • Karen Lowe: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U5a1a2b, FTDNA kit #248358, MitoYDNA ID T11992 [compare]
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Karen:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.

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Karen is a Rock Star in genealogy, and I am so happy to be a new friend. Thank You so much for all your guidance.
posted by Joyce Ball
Thank you for participating in the March 2024 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 4936 profiles. We’re getting oh so close to our goal of 400,000 profiles in 2024.
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Karen Lowe created 29 new profiles during the March 2024 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Thank you for participating in the February 2024 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 5129 profiles. We’re getting ever closer to our goal of 400,000 profiles in 2024.

All first-time participants in 2024 can add the 2024 participant sticker to their profile. Connecting Challenge Stickers

Great work on Pierre Gibault (1737-1802). Not a relative of mine but a very interesting figure to read about.
posted by Thomas Little
Thank you for helping with the USBH 1880 census project in Utah. The state of Utah has now been marked as complete! Emma
Karen,

I am trying to find a really clear picture of Sarah( Potter Congdon, My picture dos not have a clear name on it. Thanks, Anne

posted by Anne Congdon
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.

50 Profiles
Karen Lowe created 67 new profiles during the December 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Hello from the Appalachia Project! Join us for our online Appalachia Project Party on Saturday, December 9th, 2023 at 2pm (EST)/7pm (UTC).

If you are signed up for our Project's Google Group, look for an email with the easy instructions on how to join. If you are on our Project's Discord Chat Channel, all details were posted under Announcements. (Please make sure to check your Spam folder as many have mentioned the Monthly Newsletter and other communication is landing in their spam.) Need to sign up for the Appalachia Project Google Group or Discord channel: Google Group and Discord Chat Channel

Hope to “see” you there!

Tabor

posted by Tabor (Hoff) Fisher
Thank you for joining in the fun this month and helping Team Roses source 2993 profiles! There was a lot of great clean up that happened too including merges and last names and relationships corrected. We hope you can join us for the Connect-A-Thon January 19-22, 2024.
Karen Lowe participated with Team Roses during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 22 previously unsourced profiles.
Thank you for participating in the September 2023 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 2322 profiles. Our new total is 242,774!
25 Profiles
Karen Lowe created 41 new profiles during the September 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Karen, I think that I have established that there was a Marks death in 1854. Details are under your comment on my profile.
posted by Doug Laidlaw
Hi Karen

I remember you telling me about a discord group is that group still active and accepting new people ? Please let me know hope you are doing well take care !

posted by Emily (Cole) Ledford
Oh, yes, this weekend would be a fun time to join! See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord
posted by Karen Lowe
Thank you for participating with Team Roses for the July Connect A Thon. Together we created 3323 new profiles. We rock!

Believe it or not the Source A Thon is just around the corner. Look for sign ups to happen in a couple of weeks.

Emma

Karen Lowe participated with Team Roses during the July 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 34 connections.
Thank you for participating in the July 2023 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 4445 profiles. Our new total is 226,808!
50 Profiles
Karen Lowe created 61 new profiles during the July 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Thank you for participating in the June 2023 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 4320 profiles. Our new total is 220,137!
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Karen Lowe created 34 new profiles during the June 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Dear Karen,

since I didn’t see any reaction from your side about the check-in message from May, I assume you don’t want to remain a project member. If I don’t hear from you within the next 14 days, I will then remove your Germany Project badge. If you do not wish for that to happen, please reply to the check-in message below or send me a direct message.

If this message finds you too late, feel free to re-request the badge by replying to our G2G join post.

Kind regards from Black Forest

Flo (Project Coordinator Research/Resources)
posted by Florian Straub
Dear Germany Project member,

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.

If you wish to remain a member, we would like to learn more about your perception of the Germany Project in order to achieve a future development according to our members needs and wishes. For this, we created a survey, which we kindly ask you to fill-in.

In case you want to communicate, discuss and receive help about WikiTree in German, you might want to check out the WikiTree category at Compgen’s Discourse as well as the German Discord server Ahnenforschung.

Of course there’s still the official WikiTree Discord server, where we usually talk English. Feel free to learn more about Discord and the server at Help:Discord.

Kind regards from Black Forest

Flo (Project Coordinator Research/Resources)
posted by Florian Straub
Flo, I'm sorry for the delay! I would be happy to remain in the Germany Project and will fill out the survey. I've been in #germany in the WikiTree Discord and have just joined Ahnenforschung as well.

Thanks, - Karen

posted by Karen Lowe
Hello from the Appalachia Project!

Join us for our online Appalachia Project Meetup on Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 at 7pm (EST). If you are signed up for our Project's Google Group, an email was sent this morning with all the details. If you are on our Project's Discord Chat Channel, all details were posted under Announcements.

Please make sure to check your Spam folder as many have mentioned the Monthly Newsletter and other communication is landing in their spam.

Appalachia Project Google Group and Discord Chat Channel

Sandy

posted by Sandy (Craig) Patak
Thank you for participating in the March 2023 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 3452 profiles. Our new total is 191,151.
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Karen Lowe created 117 new profiles during the March 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Thank you for participating in the February 2023 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 5295 profiles. Our new total is 184,311.
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Karen Lowe created 416 new profiles during the February 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Thank you for participating in the January 2023 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 6960 profiles. It was one of our biggest months of all time! Our new total is 174,667.

All first-time participants in 2023 can add the 2023 participant sticker to their profile. Connecting Challenge Stickers

100 Profiles
Karen Lowe created 106 new profiles during the January 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

Emma

Karen,

A very late thank you for participating with Team Roses during the January Connect-A-Thon. Together we added 4320 new profiles! That’s amazing! Look for information about an April Connect-A-Thon.

Emma

Karen Lowe participated with Team Roses during the January 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 133 connections.
Thank you for participating in the 2022 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us reach 161,603 profiles! We’re going for 250,000 profiles in 2023!

You can see your 2022 total and your all time 2021-2022 total on our tracking spreadsheet.

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Karen Lowe created 67 new profiles during the December 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Hello Cousin Karen,

Your website is impressive, with lots of details and stickers. Thank you for sharing this information. I would have thought that we were related through my 7x ggrandfather, Matthew Lowe, a pirate of the Caribbean, but fact is stranger than fiction. Keep up the good work!

In DAR friendship, Cousin Marion

posted by Marion Ceruti Ph.D.
Thank you for joining the November USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 4748 new profiles! Our new total is 153,062. We’re going for 250,000 profiles next!
100 Profiles
Karen Lowe created 145 new profiles during the November 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

Emma

Thank you for adding to the Wright family tree (Joshua, Joy, Axalla Macomber....). This is in my husband's tree. I don't add much as I find WikiTree difficult to use.
posted by Pam Stough
Hi Karen, welcome to the Appalachia Project - South Central Appalachia Team! We're cousins -- not unusual in our happy little group.

When you have the chance, please add your South Central Appalachia interests next to your name on our South Central Team page. While you’re there, you can read what others are working on and get to know us a little bit. Then join us on the Discord channel – we are a friendly bunch!

Also, please review our Reliable (and Unreliable) Sources for the Appalachia Project to help with sourcing our Profiles as you add or come across them. WikiTree requires valid sources on all Profiles and our Project has certain requirements for sources. Check the Appalachia Stickers Page for tips on adding stickers to profiles. In fact, you can add a team sticker to your own page!

I am always available for any questions or help. Thanks for joining the team.

Tabor

posted by Tabor (Hoff) Fisher
Thank you for joining the October USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 3419 new profiles! Our new total is 147,729. We have less than 2300 to our 2022 goal! Wow!
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Karen Lowe created 53 new profiles during the October 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

Emma

Hello, I just did a profile for John S. Barden who was the spouse of Fannie Barton (Daughter of Andrew and Fannie (Turner) Barden. I am always happy to be able to connect to someone already on WikiTree. Thank you for creating the profile with lots of sources. Cherry
posted by Cherry (Cushing) Duve
My Aunt Susanne had told me years ago that she was related to Olivia and had even had her stay with them at times.
posted by George Robbins Jr
Hello Karen,

The 2022 Source-a-Thon is about a week away. It will be from 30 Sep to 3 Oct, 2022. Would you like to participate with the Tree Nuts Team again in this Thon? If you would like to join us, be sure and ANSWER the G2G sign up post. Click ‘Answer this post’ and mention that you want to be on the Tree Nuts team!

We hope you can join us!

Robin

posted by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
Thank you for joining the June USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create almost 6000 new profiles! Our new total is 126903. We have less than 24,000 to our 2022 goal!
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Karen Lowe created 362 new profiles during the August 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Hi Karen, you changed the birth date for Clifford Dowdell, but didn't add a source of where the date came from. I have something contradictory, so need to compare sources. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dowdell-282 Emma
Karen, Thank you for joining the May USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 3182 new profiles. Our new total is 107702. We have less than 43000 to our 2022 goal!
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Karen Lowe created 102 new profiles during the May 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

Emma

Hello Karen,

The April 2022 Connect-a-Thon is about a week away. It will be from Apr 22-25, 2022. Would you like to participate with the Tree Nuts Team again in this Thon? If you would like to join us, be sure and ANSWER the G2G sign up post. Click ‘Answer this post’ and mention that you want to be on the Tree Nuts team!

We hope you can join us!

Robin

P.S. For this event, ‘connecting’ means that you use the add links on a profile created before 22 April to create profiles for parents, siblings, spouses, and children. The goal is not to connect to the main tree, but to add as many linked profiles as possible.

posted by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
Hi Karen-

A few weeks ago I sent you an email about a profile you manage for William Henry Nuby (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nuby-3). My research, with sources added to his profile, shows that his LNAB was Mundell and that Nuby was the name of his step-father. It looks like the marriage record you had for him is pretty much the only record where he used the surname Nuby - all his other records used Mundell. So, I think his LNAB should be changed to Mundell, but only a profile manager can do that. When you get a chance, please take a look at his profile and let me know what you think. Thanks!

posted by Christy Melick
Thank you for again contributing to the Sourcerers Challenge in February!

Nan, WikiTree Appreciation team

posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Karen,

Thank you for contributing to the January 2022 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.

Nan, WT Appreciation Team

posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Thank you for joining the January USBH Connecting Challenge, Karen, and helping us create 8294 new profiles. Our new total is 82166

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

posted by Debi (McGee) Hoag
Karen, 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!

We’ve started the January challenge here: January Connecting Challenge. We are working toward a goal of 150,000 total profiles in 2022.

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Karen Lowe created 73 new profiles during the December 2021 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.

Emma

Karen,

Thank you for your contributions to the December 2021 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.

Nan, WT Appreciation Team

posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Would you be able to add H1b to the MtDNA haplogroups? Thank you.

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

posted by Beryl Meehan
Beryl, I see that category already exists:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:MtDNA_Haplogroup_H1b

posted by Karen Lowe
Hi,

I doing the semi-annual check-in with all project members and I would like to verify that you’re still interested in being a member of the wonderful Tree Hugger Project / Appreciation Team. Please respond by private message and let me know. If you are not yet in the Google group where members communicate with each other, please sign up here: https://groups.google.com/g/wikitree-appreciation

Since I also want to update the task list at the same time, see it here and let me know in your reply which task(s) you are particularly interested in: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Appreciation_Team:_List_of_Tasks

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! Dieter ~ Tree Hugger / Appreciation Team Project co-leader

posted by Dieter Lewerenz
Hi Karen,

Hope you are doing well! I was wondering if you could show me or teach me or send me a link on how to format your profile and organize your profile as you have done for yourself! I would so appreciate the help or any advice or any tools thank you!

posted by Emily (Cole) Ledford
Hi Karen. I just wanted to say a big thank you for working on my ancestors this week during the WikiTree Challenge. We are related to Mercy Prence.
posted by Roberta Estes
Hello Karen, I am still learning WikiTree. I am wondering if you would mind me adding and correcting some of the Mathes family info on WikiTree. You if I remember right have listed Enoch Mathes 318 son of William Mathes 447? Or should I add then later someone can merge? Thank You Cousin Debbie Freeman
posted by Debbie Freeman
Debbie, I hope you'll add your Mathes folks directly to the existing profiles. There's no need to add duplicates and merge. I'm glad you're here!

Please do send the "Trusted List Request" for folks where you'll want to be notified of changes. I'd be happy to share management of the profiles or just pass them to you. Being new and learning your way around is great, and I know I make mistakes all the time myself. :-)

posted by Karen Lowe
Hello Karen, I hopefully did it correctly. William Mathes (Mathes 447) has been updated. Probate Source, Civil War Pension, source mentioned. Lists of known spouses, and children etc. My ancestor one of his daughters Sarah connected. I do wonder though on the parents listed. I do not know if that is correct. The spouse originally known is unknown to me but I could easily see that we missed one. Feedback is good. Thank You. Cousin Debbie Freeman
posted by Debbie Freeman
Dear Karen,

The 1870 census you just posted to Cornelia Preston McDonald is appreciated. I have found this record on my Ancestry and worked out a Hypothetical tree on her William son...who is born different than mine. This William would have been born in 1859 vs mine 1865. In addition, I worked a hypothetical tree on that William in this 1870 Census and it does not work out to have the correct family as mine...(his wife and kids). Maybe there is not something I am considering? Thank you so much for your time.

posted by Donna (Angel) DeMarco
Donna, I'm sorry these folks are so elusive! I actually just reformatted the census record that was already there, and linked Cornelia's profile to your G2G post.

You might like to change her Last Name at Birth to Preston and move Presson to Other Last Names so that she will turn up in search results for those names. Right now you'd need to search for "Preston Presson" or "Preston*" to find her.

posted by Karen Lowe
Thank you again Karen. I will do your suggestion. The reason I did put Preston (is because that is listed on son's death certificate)...but also Presson is because in our family's various dna kits we have Preston and Presson dna matches, but have not been able to connect any of them so far. I have worked hundreds of hypothetical tree's on Cornelia, her husband William? and her son William. Thank you so much for your help! I agree it would be great if this were the right Cornelia...but it is not working out for my relative William the son. I wonder if I should be considering my William as another from affair or something? lol.
posted by Donna (Angel) DeMarco
Karen,

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

100 Profiles
Karen created 105 new profiles during the May 2021 USBH Connecting Challenge.

Emma

Hi Karen,

I saw that line of Whittens you added. Great -- perfect -- profiles (not that I'm surprised, since it's you).

Chris

posted by Chris Whitten
Hi Karen,

I have not yet found anything on this profile. I will continue to work on it and will post anything new on the G2G post and in a message box on the profile for collaboration. Thanks for working to hard on this profile!!!

posted by Paula J