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Two tortoises, Hertyl and Spertyl, are travelling on a train composed of puzzle pieces. Across their bodies floats a ribbon, upon which are the words "whole profile approach". Along the train itself are the words "We get there in the end". The smoke from the "smokestack" is composed of ever smaller images of the Wikitree DNA "tree" logo.
Toddlin' Tortoises — we get there in the end (or, Hertyl and Spertyl travel the slow train).

Contents

Who / What are the Toddlin' Tortoises?

A non-regional "challenge" team — the intention of which is to enhance the overall health of the Tree, using a "whole profile approach", where speed is not a factor. (See the Toddlin' Tortoises Main Page for more information.)
If you like to participate in the 'Thon events, but no longer sign up because you feel "guilty" at dragging down your Team's score — then this just might be the Team for you!
Everyone is welcome, especially people who just like to work at their own pace, not bothered if the Team comes "last", so long as what they do is the best that can be done at the time. (No profile is ever "finished", as there are new resources released all the time, or new information that surfaces.)
Remember — the goal is to HAVE FUN while enhancing the overall health of the Tree. It doesn't matter if we come last. In fact, if we DO come last, we'll have made every other Team look good! (Who could ask for more?!)


How Do I Join?

✩ You need to register in advance — and, as each 'Thon has a separate registration, signing up for a Connect-a-Thon does NOT mean you are registered for the Source-a-Thon, or the Clean-a-Thon, NOR for any subsequent Connect-a-Thons.
☆ Just remember : The cut-off date for registering is midnight on the Wednesday (USA Eastern / GMT 5 am Thursday) right before the Thon starts.
✩ REMEMBER : You need to have registered in order to participate.
Saddyl Slowsky says that Registrations have closed for the January 2023 Connect-a-Thon.


On what can I work?

  • Start with your own extended family members — aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings and other offspring of grandparents, siblings and offspring of great-grandparents, etc. Make sure they all have at least once source (more is better, and as our goal is to make each profile as "complete" as possible, a source for each major event would be great). Do they all have all their siblings? Extra spouses?
  • Check your own Unconnected Profiles.
  • Work from your Watchlist. (My WikiTree menu in upper right then Watchlist). Click on "Edit Date" to move the oldest to the top and start looking for profiles that need parents, siblings or children!
  • Check the Needs Profiles Created category.
  • Look for gedcom imports. Oftentimes family members get detached from each other during import, and that can go unnoticed for quite a while.
  • Any other people you like, so long as you can find accurate sources for them (every profile needs at least one source, even when it's not a Source-a-Thon), and see if they need family members.
  • Check out the tutorial. (This isn't a "walk-through." It's various help sections to make adding profiles easier.)
  • Additional pointers can be found in the Participation Instructions section of the WikiTree Connect-a-Thon help page.


Current 'Thon

Starting 8am Friday 19th January 2024 and ending 8am the following Monday (USA Eastern time).
  • The goal of this event is to add new profiles to existing profiles with the ultimate aim of Connecting that branch to the main Tree (see scoring for more detail). If the branch is already Connected, that's fine, too, because the more relatives there are on each branch, the greater the chance that someone in the future will find their Connection already exists. Then all they need to do is attach to one of those existing profiles! Don't forget – every profile needs at least one good source — even when it's not a Sourcing event! — but the more we add, the merrier – and healthier – will be the Tree!
  • If you don't already have a list of your own — you can look for people listed in the already mentioned "Needs Profiles Created" category (just be sure your "starter" profile has existed for at least a week prior to the 'Thon).
  • However you choose to do it, just add, add, add! So long as you are connecting a (deceased) relative to any existing profile on WikiTree you get a point for each one — and so does the Team. Remember, though, this is not our main focus. Presenting well sourced, as fully detailed biographies as possible, is. NOTE: Living people do not count, but if they are crucial to a connection chain, then add them. Just remember they will not score any points.
  • Want a sticker for your profile? Check out the Connect-a-Thon template
    ... ... ... participated with The Toddlin' Tortoises during the April 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 13 connections.
    — or just add your number of created, or attached, profiles to the template code as shown here (profiles= parameter) : {{Connect-a-Thon|team=The Toddlin' Tortoises|year=April 2023|profiles=13}}; which will give you:
    • or maybe you want to Tortoise-ise it a little? I am pretty sure this code will work with any of the images we usually use for Connect-a-Thon (findable on the CoaT page, or the main Tortoises page, under images tab):
      Hertyl and Spertyl Connect-a-Thon
      Participated on the Toddlin' Tortoises Team for the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon, adding 32 new profiles
      {{Recognition Sticker |text= Participated on the [[Space:ToddlinTortoisesConnect|Toddlin' Tortoises Team]] for the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon, adding 32 new profiles|image=ToddlinTortoisesConnect-8.png|imagetext=Hertyl and Spertyl Connect-a-Thon}} Of course, you would change the image name to whichever of our images you'd like to display, and the number of profiles you added, which will give you:
  • Don't forget to check the times for the Video Hangouts. This is your chance to win a t-shirt, or other great prizes! Here is a time zone calculator if you need help figuring out the right time in your part of the world. All 'Thon times are based on the United States Eastern time zone (GMT -5 / GMT-4 during summer).


Scoring

  • Even though we're not all about making it to first place (remember, if we come "first at the wrong end", we've made all the other Teams look good!) — we do still like to know how we as individuals working in a Team are doing. So there will be a tracker (see point 1/, below) — it just won't work as it does for other challenges and 'Thons.
  • 1/ WikiTree's code guru, Aleš Trtnik, has worked a way to automatically track who adds profiles to other profiles during a Connecvt-a-Thon, so there will be NO tracker "button" to click, even if it shows as such. Each time we attach a new profile (parents, siblings, spouses, and children) to another profile -- remember, the "starter" profile must have been on WikiTree at least a few days prior to the start of the event. (Longer ago is better.)
  • 2/ The best place to see how this event is being scored is the official statement on Help:Connect-a-Thon#Scoring. The important things to remember are -
(a) If you create a profile with no relationship to any other profile, it does not count.
(b) If you create a profile for a living person, it does not count.
  • 3/ For scoring purposes it doesn't matter if any profiles are Connected to the main Tree or not. Every missing family member we add links together people who are related by blood, or by marriage, and increases the chance of eventually making that final Connection to the Tree. (It also doesn't matter if you are adding to an already Connected branch. Somewhere, sometime, someone else might be looking for one of the people you add this time, in order to Connect another branch to the main Tree. Nothing is done in vain.)
  • 4/ Want to see how the Team is doing so far? Are we still in last place? Are you a Hare among the Tortoises? Check here to see how we are doing. A link to the tracker will be posted here once it is available.


Team Members

NOTE: should we, at any time, be forced to split into two teams, we are all still Tortoises, and will use the same g2g chat thread, and our usual discord channel.

Two tortoises, Hertyl and Spertyl, are preparing to enter an event. The one standing on the right is wearing deep-plum coloured running shoes, while the one on the left has cyan-blue running shoes. The words "Come along, then, Spertyl" appear on the upper left, while the words "What's the rush, Hertyl" appear on the lower right. A ribbon with the caption "whole profile approach" shows across the shoulder of the lower tortoise, the trailing end of which leads to the words "Toddlin' Tortoises", on a curve to the right. The words "we get there in the end" are placed at the bottom of the tableau.
Toddlin' Tortoises —
Hertyl and Spertyl
Slowsky
Team Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left.
  0.5 Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Hertyl
  0.5 Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Spertyl
  1. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Melanie ★ Intends to work on — not really sure at this moment, although I have been working on random English families, also a few random television stars. Mostly, I guess, it'll be wherever the rabbits lead me.
  2. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Susan Anderson ★ Intends to work on —
  3. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Katrina Lawson ★ Intends to work on —
  4. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Margreet Beers ★ Intends to work on —
  5. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Sjaak Spijkermans ★ Intends to work on — "Amsterdam Netherlands Open Unconnected 20cen"
  6. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Nelda Spires ★ Intends to work on extended family
  7. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Anne Young ★ Intends to work on —
  8. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Carol Keeling ★ Intends to work on —
  9. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Sue Wyatt ★ Intends to work on —
  10. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   ClaireSuzy C ★ Intends to work on —
  11. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Amanda Myers ★ Intends to work on — Connecting Montevideo Maru POWs
  12. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Katie Sell ★ Intends to work on —
  13. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Diane Darcy ★ Intends to work on —
  14. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Kathy Kitrel ★ Intends to work on —
  15. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Shelley Monson ★ Intends to work on — adding children and spouses to a long list of direct-line ancestors, mostly on my mother's side, but a few paternal families.
  16. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Carol-Lynn Harke ★ Intends to work on —
  17. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Laura Ward ★ Intends to work on — Civil War Troops, Family, and any Rabbit Holes I encounter.
  18. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Paula Dea ★ Intends to work on —
  19. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Anthony VanCampen ★ Intends to work on —
  20. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Dianne Dearring ★ Intends to work on —
  21. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Marcie Ruiz ★ Intends to work on —
  22. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Mary Kirtland ★ Intends to work on —
  23. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Erin Klein ★ Intends to work on — 80 direct ancestors and their families not already on WT or possibly adding to Zittle, Duermeyer and/or Walsh lines from my descendancy research…
  24. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Allice Reynolds ★ Intends to work on —
  25. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Michel Vorenhout ★ Intends to work on — Some distant relatives in the Netherlands
  26. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Laurie Hughes ★ Intends to work on —
  27. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Sue Carda ★ Intends to work on — I will start with my unfinished lists from Jan 2024 and probably end up working on the spouses and then the in-laws instead of increasing my own CC7. The usual.
  28. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Patty Keffer ★ Intends to work on —
  29. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Lauren Ledesma ★ Intends to work on —
  30. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Anne Eady ★ Intends to work on —
  31. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Sharon Piersma ★ Intends to work on —
  32. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Christine Baker ★ Intends to work on —
  33. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Cara Busenbark ★ Intends to work on —
  34. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Barbara Brown ★ Intends to work on —
  35. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Clifford Carter ★ Intends to work on —
  36. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Courtney Barbour ★ Intends to work on —
  37. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Mary Wandler ★ Intends to work on —
  38. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Stanley Baraboo ★ Intends to work on — I plan to connect my ancestral family lines and connect profiles listed on the WikiTree unconnected data base while developing a more complete profile. C'est Bon
  39. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Linda Sherman ★ Intends to work on —
  40. Hertyl and Spertyl are displaying colourful sport coats, one on the left in sky-blue, the one on the right in blue-purple.   Was your name supposed to be here? Black and White sad face 'smilie'.   Well, maybe next time!




How Do We Communicate?

Primarily on G2G, in the specially designated thread for the 'Thon — although if there are those who wish to use Discord the link is below; or some other method - just ask for it and we'll see what can be done.
G2G "button" : Toddlin' Tortoises Team Chat for July 2023
Chat icon for "Discord" : https://discord.gg/9EMSdccnn3 - just look for the Toddlin Tortoises channel.
➢ Note: If you are new to Discord and are taken to the registration screen, continue with the registration process and get signed into your account, then return here and click the link again.


Have Fun!!!

Most of all, have fun with your team! Every little bit that you do improves the health of our global tree. This way you get to meet new friends, and chat with current friends, in the process!


Links to Handy Apps

  • Ancestry Citation Builder for Image
    • A form you can use to create a citation for a record/image/media found on Ancestry.com that can be used as a Wikitree citation. Also adds a link to a free-to-view image so that non-Ancestry-subscribing Wikitreers can view the original source. (Highly recommended!)
      • Link to profile built with above app (so you can see how it works): (Marcoux-401)


Whole Profile Approach

Q : What do we mean by "whole profile approach"?
A : Every person has, at minimum, two recorded life events — their birth, and their death. So we chronicle those events, with backup sources (primary, where possible, secondary, if not; or a combination of sources that verify the event (newspapers can be good for this)).
        Sometimes, however, only the birth, or only the death can be verified in documents. This is when it is most important to be as thorough as possible in clearly documenting every other aspect of the person's life that can be done.
• Large numbers of people also have other recorded events: baptisms, funerals/burials, marriages, children, education, religious professions, and so on. Sometimes there were no recorded births, but there were baptisms, so the one can be used in place of the other. The same for deaths before registrations were normal, or required; so the burial record takes the place of the death registration.
• For each event in a life, we add whatever we can in the way of sources/citations that support our claims. We also use citations full enough that anyone else can find that same source. Source citations do not require a link to some online repository, but when they exist they can be helpful.
• We write as narrative a biography as we can, in chronological order. (If biography writing isn't your "thing", that's ok. Just chronicle the live events in chronological order, with their citations, and it should be fine.) Chronological order can be important for aligning sources to statements/facts, especially if the citations are in list form under the Sources header, and not attached to the related statement in the biography area.
    Chronological order also makes much more sense than having birth and death, followed by education, followed by burial, followed by a list of the children, followed by migration, followed by marriage. Sometimes it isn't possible to keep everything to a strict chronology — such as listing the children as an attachment to the marriage event. Mostly life intervenes, and children's births are actually interspersed between those events; but it's not always the best way to present such facts. It really depends on what the overall aim is meant to present — strictly chronological, or a narrative that flows.
• It is also helpful to add categories to profiles, as part of the "whole profile" ideal. Grouping people by location, or occupation, or migration, may help someone else find someone they have been looking for.
• For this same reason, it is helpful to other researchers to transcribe as fully as possible any census records there may be. It may take longer than some like to spend, and "clog up" a biography text area, but we don't do this for us, but for a future researcher who just might be looking for their "great-grand-uncle George H Smith, who had been a miner", and not finding him until they see "date of census, Geo. Henry Smith (43), coal miner, resident as a lodger in the household of Jas. Conquest, place name".
• Everything we can add, should be. For the sake of completeness, and for that future researcher.
• In addition, stickers can be a nice addition, but be careful if adding to profiles you do not manage. The rules regarding stickers mean that they can be removed at any time, and not replaced. There is also a limit of "5, but 3 is better", so be very choosy regarding which stickers you wish to use to highlight life events. The "migrating ancestor" sticker is always a nice addition, as can be the veteran recognition stickers. Many countries also have the equivalent to a "born in" sticker - although the non-migrating ancestor sticker can also be used for this purpose.
• If using images in the biography text box, do consider those who use screen readers and cannot, therefore, see the images except as a blank space. Both {curly braces} and [square brackets] image codes have a parameter for "on mouseover 'floating' text", which allows for a description of the image to be presented in a form that a screen reader can pick up. Images within the body of this text box all have "alt text" added for that reason.
    If there are a number of images, and there is no wish to have them on the profile's right side causing what many refer to as "double vision", then consider a free space page to hold the images so they can be linked in the biography. (An example profile with an attached space page.) If you don't wish to create your own space page, feel free to utilise this one : No Double Vision, a home away from home for profile images. (NOTE: you cannot remove the Primary Image from the profile's right side pane, as that is the only image that must be on a profile.)
    Also be judicious in the use of primary images, and background images — particularly background images, as many have expressed extreme dislike of seeing them on profiles. Where possible, to minimise the "jarring" effect backgrounds can have for some folk, they should tile seamlessly. There are a number of images pages on Wikitree, where there are seamless images of varying colours and designs.
• A few examples of "whole profile approach" edits from the 2021 Source-a-Thon.
    • Elizabeth (Smith) Bird (abt.1853-1944)
    • Edward (Tate) Hills (1883-1950)
    • Bessie Margaret (Turner) Berry (1882-)
    • William Goodrich (1846-1938)
    • Annett Emma (Wynn) Perman (1829-1913)
✩ If you frequently copy and paste text that has tabs, or extra wide spacing, and you don't use one of the wonderful apps that does the formatting for you but manually remove all those tab indents and so on, consider using this wonderful web-based tool:
    • Text Fixer: Remove white spaces
✩ The same thing applies to if you manually re-case text from all upper case to sentence case, or all lower case to sentence case, or the reverse; consider using this wonderful web-based tool:
    • Convert Case



Previous 'Thons

January 2022
G2G "button" lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Stylised coat superimposed with the with the words January 2022 Connect-a-Thon , and Hertyl and Spertyl in the lower right corner. lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Chat icon for "Discord"
Primary
Commun-
ication 		Hertyl CoaT
Add
Profiles! 		Spertyl Discord
chat
Melanie
Paul 		Julie
Kelts 		Ian
Beacall 		Nelda
Spires 		Christy
Melick
E.
Compton 		Candyce
Fulford 		Ruth Ann
Easter 		Charlene
Newport 		Susan
Anderson
Sherry
Miller 		David
Smith 		Sharon
Piersma 		Nicole
Adams 		Linda
Sherman
Marcie
Ruiz 		Laurie
Hughes 		Amy
Brooke 		Sue
Carda 		Troy
Phillips
Martin
Polreich 		Mary
Kirtland 		Claire
C 		Gerald
Baraboo 		Katherine
White
Richard
Rosenberger


April 2022
G2G "button" lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Stylised coat superimposed with the with the words January 2022 Connect-a-Thon , and Hertyl and Spertyl in the lower right corner. lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Chat icon for "Discord"
Primary
Communic-
ation 		Hertyl CoaT
Add
Profiles! 		Spertyl Discord
chat
Melanie
Paul 		Christy
Melick 		Nelda
Spires 		Anne
Young 		Melissa
Wilson
Connie
Graham 		Sue
Carda 		Katrina
Lawson 		Amanda
Myers 		Susan
Anderson
Candyce
Fulford 		Claire
C 		Beverly
Diaz 		Laurie
Hughes 		Mary
Kirtland
Linda
Sherman 		Nan
Hewitt 		Mel
Bishop 		Sharon
Piersma 		Robert
Clark
E.
Compton 		K.
Nichols 		Gerald
Baraboo 		Allice
Reynolds 		Sue
Wyatt
Michelle
Wilkes 		Kaylinn
Stormo 		Kiana
Love 		Connie
Wright 		Karlene
Brackett


July 2022
G2G "button" lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Stylised coat superimposed with the with the words January 2022 Connect-a-Thon , and Hertyl and Spertyl in the lower right corner. lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Chat icon for "Discord"
Primary
Communic-
ation 		Hertyl CoaT
Add
Profiles! 		Spertyl Discord
chat
Melanie
Paul 		Beverly
Diaz 		Nelda
Spires 		Mel
Bishop 		Mary
Kirtland
Amanda
Myers 		Katrina
Lawson 		Susan
Anderson 		Leila
Keller 		Sue
Wyatt
Linda
Sherman 		Sue
Carda 		Marcie
Ruiz 		Sharon
Piersma 		Nan
Hewitt
Anne
Young 		Christy
Melick 		Candyce
Fulford 		Heather
Stevens 		Anonymous
Reed
April
Kiskis 		Michelle
Wilkes 		Gwyneth
Taylor 		Jayme
Arrington 		Stanley
Baraboo
Laurie
Hughes 		K.
Nichols 		Katie
Taylor 		Mary
Wandler


January 2023
G2G "button" lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Stylised coat superimposed with the with the words January 2022 Connect-a-Thon , and Hertyl and Spertyl in the lower right corner. lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Chat icon for "Discord"
Primary
Commun-
ication 		Hertyl CoaT
Add
Profiles! 		Spertyl Discord
chat
Melanie
Paul 		Susan
Anderson 		Carol-Lynn
Harke 		Katrina
Lawson 		Anne
Young
Nelda
Spires 		Amanda
Myers 		Sue
Wyatt 		Francesca
Murphy 		Connie
Graham
Lisa
Mittelstaedt 		Joan
Hollander 		Anonymous
Reed 		Margreet
Beers 		Mary
Kirtland
Camille
Richou 		Sue
Carda 		Marcie
Ruiz 		Linda
Sherman 		Jayme
Arrington
K.
Nichols 		Susan
Thornton 		Jane
Van de Vaarst 		Mel
Bishop 		Stanley
Baraboo
Anne
Eady 		Katie
Taylor 		Jen
D 		Peggy
McReynolds 		Michelle
Wilkes
Laura
Sweet 		Melissa
Wilson 		S
Nemerson 		Laurie
Hughes 		Shawn
Jenkins
Sharon
Piersma 		Mary
Wandler 		Allice
Reynolds 		Vicki
Green 		Audra
Castro
Alisa
Hardman 		Katie
Sell 		Martha
Soderberg


April 2023
G2G "button" lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Stylised coat superimposed with the with the words January 2022 Connect-a-Thon , and Hertyl and Spertyl in the lower right corner. lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Chat icon for "Discord"
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Profiles! 		Spertyl Discord
chat
Melanie
Paul 		D
Crawford 		Katrina
Lawson 		Susan
Anderson 		Beverly
Diaz
Margreet
Beers 		Joan
Hollander 		Sjaak
Spijkermans 		Stanley
Baraboo 		Heather
Jenkinson
Shirleen
Beland 		Nelda
Spires 		Mary
Kirtland 		Carol-Lynn
Harke 		Amanda
Myers
Marcie
Ruiz 		Peggy
McReynolds 		Leigh
Chester-Master 		Sue
Carda 		Sue
Wyatt
Anonymous
Reed 		Anne
Young 		K.
Nichols 		Katie
Taylor 		Katie
Sell
Michelle
Wilkes 		Patty
Keffer 		Camille
Richou 		Allice
Reynolds 		Anne
Eady
Karen
Hipson 		Linda
Sherman 		Sharon
Piersma 		Mary
Wandler 		Kate
Morrison
Ronald
Hardy 		Susan
Stopford 		Lorena
Wolfe 		Alisa
Hardman


July 2023
G2G "button" lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Stylised coat superimposed with the with the words January 2022 Connect-a-Thon , and Hertyl and Spertyl in the lower right corner. lTeam Captain Badge with Hertyl and Spertyl on the left. Chat icon for "Discord"
Primary
Commun-
ication 		Hertyl CoaT
Add
Profiles! 		Spertyl Discord
chat
Melanie
Paul 		Amanda
Myers 		Nelda
Spires 		M
Cole 		David
Draper
Stanley
Baraboo 		Sue
Carda 		Anne
Young 		Carol-Lynn
Harke 		Susan
Anderson
Marcie
Ruiz 		Sue
Wyatt 		Beverly
Diaz 		Diane
Darcy 		Katrina
Lawson
K.
Nichols 		Mary
Kirtland 		Candyce
Fulford 		Katie
Sell 		Elizabeth
Russon
Jeri
Steele 		Kate
Morrison 		Nan
Hewitt 		Heather
Jenkinson 		Jane
Van de Vaarst
Laura
Ward 		Michelle
Wilkes 		Joan
Hollander 		Margreet
Beers 		Elizabeth
W
Christine
Baker 		Anne
Eady 		Sjaak
Spijkermans 		Jayne
Stidham 		Simone
Dunkerley
Jean
Blane 		Dianne
Dearring 		E.
Compton 		Cara
Busenbark 		Eneida
Paulo
Linda
Sherman 		Sharon
Piersma 		Mar
y Wandler 		Pat
Reynolds 		Barbara
Brown
Katie
Taylor 		Angie
Osoria 		Jen
D 		Roy
Walmsley 		Allice
Reynolds
Audra
Castro 		D
Crawford 		Regina
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Hertyl and Spertyl on the Slow Train
Hertyl and Spertyl on the Slow Train
Hertyl and Spertyl Connect-a-Thon
Hertyl and Spertyl Connect-a-Thon
Hertyl and Spertyl in Sport Coats
Hertyl and Spertyl in Sport Coats
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Langridge-71 Janet (Langridge) Wild MSc RN
Hi Everyone,

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 88,908 profiles added to the tree. We appreciate your fab input and support for the event and look forward to working with you all again next time.

Thanks again for this weekend. On behalf of everyone in the Mighty Oaks Team

Janet, Joan and Maddy

posted by Janet (Langridge) Wild MSc RN
Craig-4574 Sandy (Craig) Patak
Rocky The Mascot.
What a fantastic effort Toddlin Tortoises! It was great fun participating with you during the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon. We enjoyed coming together, collectively, across the world to add profiles to WikiTree's Global Tree. See you in April!

From all the members of the Appalachia Roots Thon Team

posted by Sandy (Craig) Patak
Langridge-71 Janet (Langridge) Wild MSc RN
Hi Everyone,

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 98,937 profiles added to the tree. We appreciate your input and support for the thon and look forward to working with you all again next time and maybe reaching six figures.

Thanks again for this weekend. On behalf of all of us in the Mighty Oaks Team

Janet

posted by Janet (Langridge) Wild MSc RN
Hennigan-514 Feargal Hennigan

Thanks to Team Tortoises for all yeer efforts during the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon! Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

We look forward to participating with you in the next 'thon.

- Feargal, Karen and the Irish Seanchaithe.
posted by Feargal Hennigan
Jeffrey Wall
Thank you to the Toddlin' Tortoises team for your participation in the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon from your friends on Team Nordic Noir! We appreciate all of your contributions to the global tree and look forward to participating with you in the next WikiTree Thon.

Jeffrey (Wall -7415), Captain for Team Nordic Noir

posted by Jeffrey Wall
Lambert-1995 Nan (Lambert) Starjak
The Southern Super Sweepers congratulate the Toddlin' Tortoises for your great contributions to the January 2024 Connect-a-Thon! We look forward to participating again with you in April!
posted by Nan (Lambert) Starjak
Buckle-52 Hilary (Buckle) Gadsby
Thanks to all on the Toddlin' Tortoises team for your participation in the July 2023 Connect A Thon and all your contributions to the tree.

From your cousins in the Welsh Dragons

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posted by Hilary (Buckle) Gadsby
Silva-1055 Mindy Silva
Many thanks from the Virginia Connectors for your contributions in the July 2023 Connect-a-Thon!

It was an AMAZING weekend and we look forward to seeing you in the next Thon :)

Nancy & Mindy, Team Captains .

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posted by Mindy Silva
Ferraiolo-2 Chris Ferraiolo
Greetings from your friends in Team Italy. Thank you for participating in the July 2023 Connect a Thon! Keep rocking! You all do amazing work! We may be on different teams but we're all on one BIG team. Forza WikiTree!
posted by Chris Ferraiolo
Suzy Cairns
Thanks everyone for taking part in the July 2023 Connect a Thon! Hope to see you for the Next Thon!

Lang May Yer Lum Reek!

From Suzy and all the Thistles
posted by Suzy Cairns
Hennigan-514 Feargal Hennigan
Thanks to Team Tortoises for all yeer efforts during the July 2023 Connect-a-Thon! Go raibh míle maith agaibh!
- Feargal, Jen and all the Irish Seanchaithe.
posted by Feargal Hennigan
Jeffrey Wall
Thank you to the Toddlin Tortoises for participating in the July 2023 Connect-a-Thon. Team Nordic Noir appreciates all of your contributions to the tree! It was a fun weekend and we hope to see you in the next Thon!

Jeffrey (Wall-7415), Nordic Noir team captain

posted by Jeffrey Wall
McHugh-842 Frances (McHugh) Weidman
The Mighty Oaks and Branches thank you for your contributions in the July 2023 Connect-a-Thon!

It was a fun weekend and we look forward to seeing you in the next Thon :)

Mighty Oaks

Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran

posted by Frances (McHugh) Weidman
Stutz-25 Judi Stutz
Thanks to the Toddlin Tortoises for participating in the April 2023 Connect-a-thon! Hope to see you next time!
Judi Stutz, Team Captain, Little Team On The Prairie
posted by Judi Stutz
Hennigan-514 Feargal Hennigan
Thanks to all on Team Tortoises for all yeer profiling and connecting during the April 2023 Connect-a-Thon! Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir!

Thanks to all our efforts we added a total of 76,995 profiles to our shared tree. We look forward to seeing ye in future 'thons!

- Feargal, Jen and all the Irish Seanchaithe.
posted by Feargal Hennigan
Jeffrey Wall
Thank you Toddlin' Tortoises for participating in the April 2023 Connect-a-Thon. Team Nordic Noir appreciates all of your contributions to the tree! It was a fun weekend and we hope to see you in the next Thon!

Jeffrey (Wall-7415), Nordic Noir team captain

posted by Jeffrey Wall
McHugh-842 Frances (McHugh) Weidman
Many thanks from the Mighty Oaks for your contributions in the April 2023 Connect-a-Thon!

It was an AMAZING weekend and we look forward to seeing you in the next Thon :)

Mighty Oaks

Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran

posted by Frances (McHugh) Weidman
Silva-1055 Mindy Silva
Thank you Toddlin' Tortoises for participating in the second 2023 Connect-a-Thon. Together we added 76,995 profiles, making our global tree bigger and healthier in the process. Team Virginia thanks you for your part in that. It was such a pleasure to work with you!

Mindy & Sandy .

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posted by Mindy Silva
Robinson-27225 Azure Robinson

Thank you for participating in the July 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and contributing to filling out our global tree!

See you at the next marathon!

Azure, Sondra, & the Western Red Cedars

posted by Azure Robinson
Armstrong-17381 Jutta (Armstrong) Beer
Bore da from the Welsh Dragons. Thank you for all your contributions during the July 2022 Connect-a-Thon. It was fun! See you at the Source-a-thon.

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Jutta & Hilary Co-captains

posted by Jutta (Armstrong) Beer
edited by Jutta (Armstrong) Beer
Silva-1055 Mindy Silva
Thank you for joining in on the fun for the July Connect-a-Thon! We created 87,731 profiles across WikiTree, and we couldn't have done it without you. I'm sure you had as much fun as Team Virginia did. We're looking forward to seeing you again in the fall for the Source-a-Thon!

Mindy Silva & Sandy Patak Team Virginia

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posted by Mindy Silva
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
We look forward to seeing you all again in the spring. Poke-tongue smilie (black and white).
posted by Melanie Paul
McHugh-842 Frances (McHugh) Weidman
Many thanks from the Mighty Oaks Roots and Branches for another successful Connect-a-Thon!

It was a FUN weekend and we are looking forward to working with you again on the upcoming Source-a-Thon :)

Mighty Oaks

Fran, Carol, Joan, and Maddy

posted by Frances (McHugh) Weidman
Silva-1055 Mindy Silva
Team Virginia wishes you the best for the Connect-a-Thon. Thank you for helping to grow our tree. I know this will be a lot of fun. See you there! ( ဖ‿ဖ)⫗(စ‿စ )
posted by Mindy Silva
McBeth-165 Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
All your images are so much fun! I love looking at them :-)
posted by Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
Thanks, Emma. I have fun creating them. There are more on the Tortoises main page.
Hertyl and Spertyl, all ready for the July 2022 Connect-a-Thon
posted by Melanie Paul
edited by Melanie Paul
Schellenberger-149 Astrid (Schellenberger) Spaargaren
Thank you Team Toddlin Tortoises for all your contributions during the Thon. It was fun again!

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We hope to see you at our Annual Liberation Day Challenge from May, 4 till May, 10!!

posted by Astrid (Schellenberger) Spaargaren
edited by Astrid (Schellenberger) Spaargaren
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
On behalf of all the Tortoises -- thanks, Astrid!
Two tortoises — Hertyl and Spertyl Slowsky — stand facing each other. Between them is the stylised WikiTree "DNA Tree" logo, with the words "Wonderful WikiTreer" superimposed over the lower portion of the globe. Beneath the tableau are the words "We're all winners in the end" — because we are. All winners.
Toddlin' Tortoises — We are All Winners
posted by Melanie Paul
Robinson-27225 Azure Robinson
Western Red Cedars extends a warm thank you for all the hard work put in for the April 2022 Connect-A-Thon.

Can't wait for the next one! See you in the branches.

Azure Rae and the Western Red Cedars gang

posted by Azure Robinson
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
On behalf of all the Tortoises -- thank you!
Hertyl and Spertyl stand either side of a puzzle-piece "tree", with two spiffy coats at the top, just behind the tree's crown. The words "Connect-a-Thon April 2022" are superimposed across the tree, and the words "Toddlin' Tortoises" are across the base.
Hertyl and Spertyl

April 2022 Connect-a-Thon

posted by Melanie Paul
McHugh-842 Frances (McHugh) Weidman
HUGE thanks from the Mighty Oaks Roots and Branches for all of your contributions this weekend!!!

We all had a great time and are looking forward to the next Thon :)

Mighty Oaks
posted by Frances (McHugh) Weidman
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
On behalf of all the Tortoises -- thank you!
posted by Melanie Paul
Silva-1055 Mindy Silva
Thank you for joining in on the fun for the Connect-a-Thon! We created 84,388 profiles across WikiTree, and we couldn't have done it without you. I'm sure you had as much fun as Team Virginia did. We're looking forward to seeing you again in July!

Mindy Silva & Sandy Patak Team Virginia

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posted by Mindy Silva
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
Thanks, Mindy.
Two tortoises — Hertyl and Spertyl Slowsky — stand facing each other. Between them is the stylised WikiTree "DNA Tree" logo, with the words "Wonderful WikiTreer" superimposed over the lower portion of the globe. Beneath the tableau are the words "We're all winners in the end" — because we are. All winners.
Toddlin' Tortoises — We are All Winners
posted by Melanie Paul
Schellenberger-149 Astrid (Schellenberger) Spaargaren
Hi Toddlin' Tortoises Team,

Just sailing by to thank you for al the fun and the great achievements. We all can be proud on ourselves!

See you next X-a-Thon we hope.


Team Flying Dutchmen-Vliegende Hollanders

Colleen, Astrid and Eef.

posted by Astrid (Schellenberger) Spaargaren
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
On behalf of the Tortoises -- thank you!
posted by Melanie Paul
Silva-1055 Mindy Silva
Thank you for joining in on the fun for the Connect-a-Thon! We made 85,839 profiles across WikiTree, and we couldn't have done it without you. I'm sure you had as much fun as Team Virginia did. We're looking forward to seeing you again in the spring!

Mindy Silva & Sandy Patak Team Virginia

posted by Mindy Silva
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
On behalf of the Tortoises -- thank you!
posted by Melanie Paul
McHugh-842 Frances (McHugh) Weidman
The Mighty Oaks Roots and Branches would like to thank you for all of your contributions in the January 2022 Connect-a-Thon.

It was a fun weekend! Looking forward to working with you in the next Thon :)


Mighty Oaks
posted by Frances (McHugh) Weidman
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
On behalf of the Tortoises -- thank you!
posted by Melanie Paul
Snook-1459 Laurie (Snook) Hughes UE
Hey guys having internet trouble today... hope to be able to forge ahead soon... waiting for the repair guys now. Also, I am focusing on the name "Snook" for the Connect-a-Thon. Good luck everyone!
posted by Laurie (Snook) Hughes UE
edited by Laurie (Snook) Hughes UE
Paul-5413 Melanie Paul
No worries, Laurie. These things happen. (I'm still waiting for my laptop to be repaired, so am having to work with an old one of hubby's that has only 2/3 of the monitor "working" (depends on your definition of "working", really).)

Don't stress it! We're Tortoises, so it's a case of slow is fine.  :)

posted by Melanie Paul
edited by Melanie Paul

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