WikiTree Challenge 2024 Challenge 3

Date: 4 Apr 2024 to 11 Apr 2024
Surnames/tags: wikitree_challenge Challenges

Back toThe WikiTree Challenge

Contents 1 WikiTree Challenge 3 1.1 Score Sheet 1.2 Guest Star 1.3 Needs Work 1.4 Photographs 1.5 FamilySearch Image Look-ups 2 Locations 3 Tell Us What You Found!! 3.1 Interesting Finds 3.2 Military Profiles 3.3 Free Space Pages 3.3.1 Cemeteries 3.3.2 Place Studies 4 Zoom/YouTube Schedule and Links 5 Media Outreach 5.1 WikiTree Posts 5.2 Participant Posts 6 Ancestors 6.1 Brick Walls 6.1.1 Brick Wall Ancestors 7 Resources 7.1 General WT Resources 7.2 African-American Resources 7.3 Specific Country Resources 8 References

WikiTree Challenge 3

An Introduction to the WikiTree Challenge

Help:Discord: What is Discord?

Score Sheet

Score sheet

Scores update once an hour.

Connections refresh twice an hour, though the score sheet won't reflect that.

Guest Star

Our guest this week is: The DNA Chef, Meli Alexander

Meli Alexander has combined her passion for global cuisines and family history into creating a niche as a culinary genealogist. She has cultivated her persona as The DNA Chef in order to help others learn about their ancestry through food. Her outgoing personality and attention to detail are the direct result of taking her skillset in the entertainment industry in Hollywood and combining it with her many years of experience in the business world.

Meli’s primary goal as The DNA Chef is to collaborate with her clients by honoring their heritage through DNA results and/or known genealogy and to help them discover what their ancestors may have eaten in the past in order to create a family connection.

Meli graduated with honors in the one-year culinary program at The Art Institute of Seattle. She has worked at a few neighborhood restaurants throughout Seattle and has also worked as a meat cutter. She is now based in Salt Lake City to pursue her work as The DNA Chef full-time.

Here is a video explaining how to find missing connections: video

Needs Work

While working, the maintenance categories can be added to profiles as needed: Challenge Maintenance Categories. If there are profiles that need extra work or are in countries you're not comfortable in, feel free to list them below.
WikiTree Challenge, Maintenance Categories:

• Needs Work: Biography | Profiles Created | GEDCOM Cleanup
• Needs Records: Birth | Marriage | Death | More

Photographs

Note: Please check with Azure Robinson or Eowyn Langholf , if there are any questions about the images being protected by copyright Help Section first, and you can also check the website's Terms of Service. Please be sure to sign with 4 tildes (~) so we know who submitted the help request.

FamilySearch Image Look-ups

FamilySearch is only licensed to share some images from their FamilySearch Centers and cannot make them available across the Internet. Post those requests here for someone to visit one of their 5,000 centers or 1,500 affiliate libraries to download the image. Please be sure to sign with 4 tildes (~) so we know who submitted the request.

• Meli’s 3rd great grandfather James Hamilton Robertson (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Robertson-30736 ) seems to have been part of the Royal Canadian Rifles of the British Army (mentioned in his burial record). This site (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/214298availability=Family%20History%20Library) shows that the records would be available to view at: Volume 1192 Paine - Ryan, Family History Library, British B1 Southeast, 861899 8090499. This film is viewable with additional restrictions This item is available on microfilm at this FamilySearch center. I have already spoken to Karen and she thinks the image can be seen at any FamilySearch Center.

If there's a book that is only available on the shelves in Salt Lake City, Karen Lowe can probably drive over to access it. You can find her on Discord or by WikiTree message.

Locations

List any countries you find here

1. Canada
   1. British Columbia
   2. Manitoba
   3. New Brunswick
   4. Nova Scotia
   5. Ontario
   6. Quebec
2. Belarus
3. Denmark
4. England
5. France
6. Ireland
7. Italy
8. Latvia
9. Lithuania
10. New Zealand
11. Poland
12. Romania
13. Russia
14. Scotland
15. Ukraine
16. United States
    1. Arizona
    2. California
    3. Connecticut
    4. Florida
    5. Georgia
    6. Illinois
    7. Indiana
    8. Kentucky
    9. Maine
    10. Maryland
    11. Massachusetts
    12. Michigan
    13. Minnesota
    14. Missouri
    15. New Hampshire
    16. New Jersey
    17. New York
    18. North Carolina
    19. Ohio
    20. Oklahoma
    21. Oregon
    22. Pennsylvania
    23. Rhode Island
    24. South Carolina
    25. Texas
    26. Vermont
    27. Virginia
    28. Washington
    29. Wisconsin

Tell Us What You Found!!

Interesting Finds

Share any interesting stories that you find here! Please be sure to end with 4 tildes (~) so we know who submitted the find!

1. Meli’s second cousins twice removed Myra G (Feinstein) Lindquist (1926-2014) was was a member of the Nurse Cadet Corp during WWII, and was later a Nurse Practitioner, serving as President of the Virginia Nurse Practitioners in 1983 and 1984. Myra was also a Captain in the VA Defense Force serving as head of the Medical unit, and volunteered with the Civil Air Patrol and the Chesapeake Sheriff's Department. Rosenberger-813 00:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
2. Edwin Perlstein (1926-2003) was the husband to Joyce (Gordon) Perlstein (1927-2018) (Meli's 1c2r). From information on his find a grave he "has been in the entertainment industry for over 50 years. His clients included Frank Sinatra, Groucho Marx, Lucille Ball, Cher, Dean Martin, Desi Arnaz, Jack Haley Jr., Prince, Michael Jackson, Latoya Jackson, John Denver, Olivia Hussey, Roberto Iglesias, Tibor Rudas, Pia Zadora, G.L.O.W., Englebert Humperdink, just to mention a few." Researching Newspapers.com it looks like he was an attorney. Some links to the paper articles concerning Groucho Marx from Feb 16, 1983* and a couple of other articles around the entertainment industry. Aug 21 1988* & Feb 18, 1973* Sander-228 20:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC) (*citations added to profile Robinson-27225 23:41, 8 April 2024 (UTC))
3. Samuel Rosenberg (abt.1830-1936) father of Jennie Harris, was the oldest living voter to die at 106 in NYC.^[1] Popp-547 17:07, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
4. Ernest Wiley died at the age of 26 through the fickleness of a female love interest. Even though he was severely depressed he forgave the young lady and urged her to change her ways.[1] Ross-21279 11:08, 8 April 2024.
5. Meli's first cousin, twice removed, Antoinette L (Mathieu) McKeown (1903-1987) was the Bridesmaid at her husband's (Raymond Aloysius (McKeon) McKeown (1907-1985)) FIRST marriage to Edith Roy. See Column 2 continuation of news article.^[2] Messmer-177 18:07, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
6. Meli's 4th great-grandfather Jean François (Edouard, Baptiste) Gourdeau was born in pre-American Revolution Boston to a family recently exiled from Acadia. His family moves to Québec around 1767, settling around Quebec City and the parish of St-Pierre, Ile-d'Orleans. Michel Mathieu 01:29, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
7. Meli's grandmother Mary Melissa Campbell was born in Canada and moved with her family to Hartford, Connecticut. She retired after 20 years as the Administrator, of the former Gables Convalescent Home. She saw the building of the new Memorial Baptist Church with its Colonial Revival style, which took 18 years due to the Depression. Stephens-3929 17:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC).
8. Meli's grandfather Arthur Tremblay worked as a driver at a funeral home in the 1940s. Stutz-25 17:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC) Actually, this was his occupation for most of his adult life. Smith-62120 22:52, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
9. Meli's 2nd great grandfather Joseph Gordon was listed as a Hebrew teacher in the 1920 U.S. census when the family lived in Brooklyn, New York. Doherty-2064 23:37, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
10. Arthur A Mathieu (1901-1980), first cousin, twice removed, was the 1939 New Jersey State Horseshoe Champion.^[3] Messmer-177 18:07, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
11. Louis Harris (1879-1943) was a Political Leader in the First Assembly District of Manhattan, New York. Listed in a newspaper article of his sons marriage.^[4] Popp-547 21:45, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
12. Meli's Great Aunt Valida was a Nun named "Sister Mary Caroline" and a teacher at the Sisters of St. Joseph in Danielson, CT. Stutz-25 10:59, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Military Profiles

Share profiles for any military individuals here! Don't forget to end with 4 tildes (~) so we know who submitted it.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

CIVIL WAR

19TH CENTURY MILITARY

WORLD WAR I

• Louis Joseph Tremblay (1891-1928) served in WWI as a Sergent in Company G in the 52nd Infantry, 6th Division .
• Joseph Julius Mathieu (1897-1986) served as a Private and a Farrier in the 13th Cavalry Regiment, US Army.
• Burdette William Harmon MC, DSM, CSG (1888-1918) 10 degrees
• Emery Clayton Wright (1898-1917) 8 degrees

WORLD WAR II

• Seymour Levine- KIA in Marshall Islands Doherty-2064 22:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
• Abraham Elihu Polonsky (abt.1918-abt.1989) served during WWII Rosenberger-813 23:01, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

20TH CENTURY MILITARY

• Paul Brewer Campbell (1921-1943), served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Held the rank of Warrant Officer. Was a pilot. He died with 3 others shortly after take off.

KOREAN

VIETNAM

Free Space Pages

Cemeteries

1. Saint Edward Cemetery, Stafford Springs, Connecticut
2. St. Patrick Cemetery, Enfield, Connecticut
3. Washinton Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
4. St Joseph Cemetery, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut
5. Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, Harford, Connecticut

Place Studies

Zoom/YouTube Schedule and Links

• Apr 4th Noon EDT/4pm UTC Kickoff - https://wikitree.zoom.us/j/83192651685
• Apr 4th 8pm EDT/12am UTC Kickoff - https://wikitree.zoom.us/j/85067866626
• Apr 6th Noon EDT/4pm UTC Weekend Chat - https://wikitree.zoom.us/j/82208850828
• Apr 11th Noon EDT/4pm UTC Wrapup - https://wikitree.zoom.us/j/89748141771
• Apr 18th 8pm EDT/12am UTC Reveal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9JFuuoZ77w

Media Outreach

Share WikiTree on your social media

WikiTree Posts

Hashtags: #WTChallenge #CollaborativeGenealogy

Day	Subject	@WikiTree Official @OneAndOnlyMeli @TheDNAChef	@WTChallenge @AmericanCousin1 @TheDNAChef	@WikiTree	@WikiTreers @melialexander @TheDNAChef	@WikiTree @thednachef	@WikiTreers
4/2	About to start /Register!	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link
4/4	Zoom Kick-off	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link
4/6	Zoom Weekend Chat	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link
4/7	Halfway	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link
4/9	Winding down	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link
4/11	Zoom Wrap-up	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link
4/18	Challenge Reveal	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	video

Participant Posts

Member	Date	Subject	Facebook	Twitter	Mastodon	Instagram	LinkedIn	YouTube
Azure	4/3		Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link
	4/4	Cousin Connection!	Link	Link		Link		Link
Melanie	4/5			Link

Ancestors

Brick Walls

These links will be added mid-week by Eowyn and the captain. Remember to claim any brick wall bounties in the G2G!

Brick Wall Ancestors

1. Hyman Levine (parents)
2. Abrahram Gordon (parents)
3. William Malbin (parents)
4. Rochel Lurie (parents)
5. Abraham Sidorsky (parents)
6. Abraham Jackson (parents)
7. Yetta Schorson (parents)
8. Francois Imbeault (parents)
9. James Hamilton Robertson (parents)
10. Jane Grant (parents)
11. Richard Jones (parents)
12. Richard David Pugh (parents)
13. William Giberson (spouse)

Resources

Please list any resources that you have. We all gain knowledge from each other!

General WT Resources

• Editing Tips This page shows basic markup that can be used on WikiTree profiles and Space pages. Please remember not to use tables on Challenge profiles.
• Example Challenge Profiles This is a guideline on how the profiles can look.
• WikiTree Browser Extension This addon is great for a lot of things, but the main help for the Challenge is the "auto-bio" button that it puts on the profiles. This will give you basic narrative you can add to. It is also great for adding stickers and cleaning up GEDCOM clutter. Let your team captain know if you need help learning one of these features!
• The Background Images Category contains pages that you can find a large variety of background images on. Most of them are tiled (repeatable) images.
• WikiTree+ is valuable for so many things! Here are a few of the search features you can use for challenge profiles: (Go to WikiTree+ query for Active Challenge profiles with noparents. In the "Search" section, look at the "Text search" box and then "Text:" underneath that. Leave the ProfileList parameter and change the text at the end to search for different things. You can copy the text below and paste it in the text box. Click "Get profiles.") Thank you Aleš!!
  1. Look for Pending merges: ProfileList="WikiTreeChallenge\ActiveChallenge" pendingmerge
  2. Profiles missing the country in a location field: ProfileList="WikiTreeChallenge\ActiveChallenge" UnknownCountry
  3. Not connected to the global tree: ProfileList="WikiTreeChallenge\ActiveChallenge" unconnected
  4. No parents: ProfileList="WikiTreeChallenge\ActiveChallenge" noparents
  5. No spouse: ProfileList="WikiTreeChallenge\ActiveChallenge" nospouses
  6. Notable profiles: ProfileList="WikiTreeChallenge\ActiveChallenge" TemplateFull=Notables_Sticker
  7. Has GEDCOM clutter: ProfileList="WikiTreeChallenge\ActiveChallenge" GEDCOMJunk
• Connection Finder If you're not sure where you are working on the tree, this will show you anyone (connected)'s connection to the starting profiles. Just enter the profile you're working on in the box at the top of the page.

African-American Resources

• Please add the {{African-American Sticker}} right below the biography heading on all African-American profiles except for notables - notables should have the project box and sticker described here.
• US Black Heritage: Preferred Terminology
• Black Genealogy Basics
• Documenting Enslaved People in WikiTree
• How to Find Enslaved Ancestors
• African-American Genealogy Resources
• US Black Heritage Resources by State

Specific Country Resources

• WikiTree Source Library
  • Connecticut Project: Sources-Connecticut
  • New York Project: Sources-New York

References

1. ↑ 1936 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) Wed, Dec 2, 1936, page 24
   Newspapers Clip: 144875117 (accessed 6 April 2024)
2. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current"
   The Meriden Daily Journal; Publication Date: 24/ Aug/ 1942; Publication Place: Meriden, Connecticut, USA; Newspapers Clip: 145005814 | Ancestry Record 62116 #134717842 (requires subscription, accessed 7 April 2024)
   Raymond J McKeown marriage to Edith L Roy on 29 Aug 1942.
3. ↑ 1939 Newspaper: "New Jersey, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current"
   Newspapers Clip: 145006627 | Ancestry Record 50061 #4408173049 (requires subscription, accessed 6 April 2024)
   Name: Arthur L. Mathieu; Topic: Club and Association; Residence Date: 5 Jul 1939; Residence Place: Paterson, New Jersey, USA; Newspaper Title: The Morning Call.
4. ↑ 1929 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   The Standard Union (Brooklyn, New York) Mon, Dec 23, 1929, page 12
   Newspapers Clip: 145005627 (accessed 8 April 2024)