Seamróga agus Fòghnain

Profile managers: Feargal Hennigan [send private message], Suzy Cairns [send private message], Scotland Project WikiTree [send private message], and Ireland Project WikiTree [send private message]

Welcome to Team Seamróga agus Fòghnain

Team Seamróga agus Fòghnain symbolizes a special new Gaelic alliance here on WikiTree. It represents the unified efforts of the Scotland Project's Twisted Thistles and the Ireland Project's Irish Seanchaithe to combine forces to improve the quality of all Scottish and Irish profiles on WikiTree, and those of Gaelic lineage worldwide. The Twisted Thistles and Na Seanchaithe will continue to participate in most thons, but once every year the two projects will combine to form Team Seamróga agus Fòghnain. The team name combines the Irish word seamróga (shamrocks) with the Scottish Gaelic word fòghnain (thistles), while agus means and in both languages.

Unsure how to pronounce our team name?

Seamróga - "Sham-row-gah"

agus - "ah-giss"

Fòghnain - "Foe-nine"

Our team mascots, Sir Shamrock and Lady Thistle, symbolize this alliance. Sir Shamrock proudly wears a tam o' shanter sporting the unicorn (representative of Scotland), while Lady Thistle wears a leprechaun's top hat emblazoned with a hare (representative of Ireland).

The goal of Seamróga agus Fòghnain is to improve as many Gaelic profiles as possible by adding a well written biography which is supported by as many reliable sources as we can find. Speed is not a factor, instead quality is of primary importance. Because we acknowledge, however, that all improvements are of value to our shared tree, members are free to work on profiles from their own watchlists if they prefer doing so.

This team has two slogans :

How to join us

• You must register to participate in the Thon.
• Your registration for a previous Thon does not extend to the current one or any future Thons.
• To register, you must visit the thon G2G post and click Answer.
• In your Answer say you would like to sign up for team Seamróga agus Fóghnain.
• The cut-off date for registering is Wednesday, Midnight (US Eastern Time) / Thursday 5am (GMT) immediately before the Thon.
• The current G2G sign up page can be found here.

Next Thon - September 2023 Source a Thon

The next Thon will be a Source a Thon and will run between Friday 29 September 2023 at 0800 (USA Eastern) / 1300 (GMT) and Monday 2 October 2023 at 0800 (USA Eastern) / 1300 (GMT).

Team Members

September 2023 Source a Thon

Joint Team Captains:

• Suzy Cairns (d)
• Feargal Hennigan (d)

Team Members:

1. Alistair McMillan (not on main server)
2. Brian Stynes
3. Catherine Robinson (not on main server)
4. Dawn (Graham) Britz (d)
5. Denise (Hylton) Hunt (d)
6. Edie (Nibling) Kohutek J.D. (not on main server)
7. Emily Hegarty
8. Ellen Altenburg (d)
9. Jacqueline Baxter
10. Jen (Stevens) Hutton (d)
11. John Tyner (d)
12. Karen Haney (d)
13. Kathy (Boyd) Theede (d)
14. Kirsten Hart
15. L Greer (d)
16. Liz (McIntosh) Macdonald (d)
17. Mary (Brawley) Fuat (d)
18. Melissa McTague (not on main server)
19. Paul Montador (not on main server)
20. Rob Graham (not on main server)
21. Sheena (Templeton) Tait (d)
22. Stephen Ullrich (not on main server)
23. Steve Gates (not on main server)
24. Susan DeFoe (not on main server)
25. Susan McNamee (d)
26. Timothy May (d)
27. Vicki Blanco (d)

Communication

There are a few ways you can communicate with the Seamróga agus Fòghnain during the Thon.

WikiTree Discord:

Those of you who are on the WikiTree Discord Server, will be added to the Seamróga agus Fòghnain Thon Chat Channel once you Register as a Team Member. You should see the channel on the left hand side.

If you are not already a Discord user we would recommend you download it by visiting the Discord Website and clicking the relevant download button. It is free to download and register. Once you have registered for a free account visit WikiTree Discord Help Page and click the WikiTree Discord Server link.

G2G Post:

During the Thon we will have our usual Seamróga agus Fòghnain G2G post where you can post questions. You can find the post here.

Checking Our Progress

These WikiTree+ reports show how the team is doing.

Reports	By User	By Team	By Team and User	Update frequency
Simple	User	Team	Team and User	5 min
By Day	User by Day	Team by Day	Team and User by Day	1 hour
Total By Hour	By Hour	Team By Hour		1 hour

Challenges and Useful Links

Source-a-Thon

• Source-a-Thon Help Page
• Source-a-Thon Tutorial
• Source-a-Thon Hangouts/Schedule
• What Profiles Count as Unsourced For the Source A Thon

Source a Thon Links

• Ireland's Unsourced Profiles (also broken down by County)
• Scotland's Unsourced Profiles (also broken down by County)
• Scotland's Medieval Unsourced Profiles (pre-1500 members only, only those with the orange banner will count towards the s-a-t goal)

Source a Thon Scores

Connect a Thon

• Connect-a-Thon Help Page
• Connect-a-Thon Tutorial

Connect a Thon Links

• Unconnected List for Ireland
• Ireland, Needs Profiles Created
• Unconnected List for Scotland
• Scotland, Needs Profiles Created

Connect a Thon Scores

Helpful Research Links

Ireland

• Civil Records - Contains Birth Registers (1864-1922), Marriage Registers (1845-1947) and Death Registers (1871-1972). Note: marriage registers available before 1864 do not include Roman Catholic marriages.

• Census Records - Contains the 1901 and 1911 Censuses for Ireland, as well as the surviving fragments of the 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851 censuses.

• NLI Catholic Parish Registers - Contains church records of Roman Catholic baptisms and marriages in Ireland. Records availability is dependant on parish. Note: These records are not indexed and image quality can vary.

• Free Findmypast Roman Catholic Baptisms and Roman Catholic Marriages - Contains church records of Irish Catholic baptisms and marriages, indexed from the NLI registers, as part of Findmypast's Free Records Collection. The records available vary from parish to parish but generally are from the early 1800s to the 1880s.

• Griffiths Valuation Records - Contains a digital and searchable version of Griffiths Valuation, a list of all the tenant farmers of Ireland and details of their property and rent, from the 1850s.

• Tithe Applotment Books - Contains a digital and searchable version of the Tithe Applotment Books, records of tenant farmers and the rent and taxes they paid during the era 1823-1837.

• Historical Sources of Ireland - This page is maintained by Rich, and contains links to online transcriptions from many of the Annals as well as many other primary and secondary sources. Mostly helpful for pre-1500 but does contain a section for more modern sources.

• Sources Based on Geographical Locations in Ireland.

Scotland

• ScotlandsPeople - Contains Birth registers, Marriage registers and Death records. Church Registers are up to 1854; Statutory Records are from 1855. Searches are indexed by personal names, by specific places across Scotland. Contains census records from 1841-1911; virtual volumes used for finding kirk sessions, other courts, & government bodies including the Scottish Cabinet. Under records for personal names, other records include, Census Records, Valuation Rolls, Legal Records, Poor Relief and Migration Records, Prison Registers, Employment Records and Kirk Sessions. Credits can be bought to see full record but no charge for looking up parish and reference numbers.

• ScotlandPlaces - The gazetteer is an A-Z index of inhabited places in Scotland, both past and present. When you search for a place by name or postcode, the website looks for a match in the gazetteer. There may be several matches as this place has changed over time. Select a place to find out which period it relates to and see all the records available from the three archives.

• Scots Peerage - a nine-volume book series of the Scottish nobility compiled and edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, published in Edinburgh from 1904 to 1914. Can be assessed through several websites including FamilySearch, Electricscotland

• FreeCEN - FreeCEN offers a free, online database of the 19th century UK census returns.

• The Church of Scotland a complete record of the ordained ministry of the Church of Scotland since the Reformation in the 16th century. It provides details on more than 2,000 Scottish ministers and often their families. The series, which now publishes a new volume every 20 to 25 years, records in detail the family, careers and writings of ministers, chaplains, secretaries, clerks and university staff associated with the Church of Scotland. The first volume was completed in 1866 and the most recent, the 12th volume, was released in 2021. It covers ministers ministers and congregations from 1 October 1999 to 30 September 2020. This collection can also be accessed online free of charge. Links for the various books can be found on the Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ page.

• National Museums Scotland - Scottish History and Archaeology. Would give background to profiles regarding the history of Scotland.

• Scottish Indexes. Private transcribed records before the premise of online databases and digitisation of images. Usually pretty accurate but similiar to Findmypast, Ancestry, Family Search. Corroboration would always be recommended and verify sources against other sources.

• Scotland Project Reliable Sources This page lists what would be considered as a Reliable Source by the Scotland Project. There is also information on what sources would be considered reliable under certain conditions as well as those that the Project considers to be unreliable.

• Scotland Project - Sourcing Help This page provides information on creating Evidence Explained Citations which are approved by The Scotland Project.