Brad Stauf
Honor Code SignatorySigned 27 Apr 2015 | 14,339 contributions | 3,094 thank-yous | 438 connections
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Thanks for your contributions to Puritan Great Migration (PGM) project profiles.
Like all WikiTree projects we check in with team members periodically to find out about their continued interest in the project. Would you please respond by February 12, 2024, to let us know about your interest:
1. Would you like to continue as a PGM project team member?;
2. Do you have any suggestions for PGM Project priorities in the next year (optional)?;
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Please respond to this comment on your profile, or if you'd like, send a private message to either Bobbie (Madison) Hall or S (Hill) Willson.
Thanks for all you do for PGM and WikiTree!
Regards,
Bobbie and Sharon, Co-Leaders, Puritan Great Migration Project
I recently edited George Puddington (abt.1600-abt.1647), and Genej X is apparently reviewing my changes. George is PGM. I now have edited his wife Mary (Pooke) Davis (abt.1609-abt.1695). She is not labelled as PGM. Does the PGM group review the profile and decide whether to add the label? Do I submit a request for a review to the PGM group via the G2G questions tagged PGM? Or, as a non-PGM member, can I just add the label myself?
Thanks,
Gregg
If this was a brand-new person the normal process would be to submit a G2G query but in this case it's not necessary and I'll send a note to the PGM leaders to add PGM as a profile manager to Mary. Technically you or anybody can add any category to a profile but it's considered better practice to make sure the project (in this case PGM) is aware and in agreement when it will be a project-managed profile.
I am adding my Ancestry tree to WikiTree, and I am just getting to pre-1700 ancestors. I have pre-1700 certification, but I think I need to join the PGM group to be able to create pre-1700 profiles. I am anticipating that most of my immigrant ancestors already have profiles. My immediate concern is creating a profile for Thomas Mussey, father of Lydia Lydia (Mussey) Purington (abt.1669-1737). Thomas is discussed in the Great Migration, vol V pg 204-205, but his immigration date is not known. Anderson discusses Thomas basically to clear up errors in other published works on early Mussey immigrants. Thomas appears in York County records from about 1650 to 1687.
Thanks,
Gregg
I posted a comment yesterday on your page relating to Charles Browne of Rowley, MA, citing a source indicating an earlier arrival date in MA from England. Please let me know what you think. Mike
Thanks for generously working on the G2G problem of Elizabeth Darcy’s father’s first name and improving the parents’ profiles and connecting them!!
Paula
edited by Paula J
Hi T!
Thanks for contributing to Puritan Great Migration profiles over the last six months. Every little bit helps, so please keep those edits coming!
Like all WikiTree projects we check in with team members twice per year and it's that time again. Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:
If you'd like to continue as a PGM project team member If you're happy with the team you're on (Research and/or Profile Improvement) or if you'd like to make a change Optionally, what you like since the reboot back in May or what you think could be improved. This could be something about Discord, or Google Groups, or managed profile spreadsheets, or challenge participation or really anything. If you like everything the way it is, you can let me know that too :)
If you'd like to tell me about a particular project or family you're working on, I'd love to hear about that as well.
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Brad Stauf, PGM membership coordinator
Thanks for contributing to Puritan Great Migration profiles over the last six months. Every little bit helps, so please keep those edits coming!
Like all WikiTree projects we check in with team members twice per year and it's that time again. Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:
If you'd like to tell me about a particular project or family you're working on, I'd love to hear about that as well.
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Brad Stauf, PGM membership coordinator
edited by Brad Stauf
Congratulations. Regards, Ann
Regards, Ann
I promised to let you know which team I would join within the PGM Project. I'd like to join the "Profile Improvement Team". My main goal is to try to use original English parish and other records (wills, land registry docs, local history archives) to improve the profiles of the migrants, and when possible check, clarify or prove their family origins. I will generally leave the Anderson-related and sourcing of American records to others who are resident in USA, and more easily able to verify those records offline where required.
Stewart Partridge
Wikitree is quickly becoming a full-time activity for many people. I am past those days, but I would be glad to work on the PGM Profile Team as time allows. I have dozens of PGM ancestors and have been neglecting them lately. I am also a Data Doctor and a member of Categorization.
Basically I am a newbie to Wikitree and have several New England great Migration Migrants and wondering what is involved with the project and how do I become involved? I tried following the email content but got lost, sorry.
John
Congratulations on being a featured member. Just checked, and the relationship finder shows you as a cousin to both me and my wife, Alvarado-437. Love to hear from you, and good luck with your ancestor hunting!
You’re a pleasure to work with.
Congrats on the Super Star Badge!
I noticed that you made some major changes earlier to Abigail Acey's profile. You disconnected her parents and changed her data. This is Pre-1700 and a Project managed profile. Please review the help page on Pre-1700 Profiles. Especially, the parts about Project managed Pre-1700 profiles and, communication before editing or, making major changes.
Thank you,
Laura
Brad Stauf and Kitty (Cooper) Smith are both descendants of Isaac Stearns.
Charles Vella Houghton Surname Project compiler
Sorry for the late response. The best way to help on the Wheeler study is to go in and start checking profiles. If there is something that can be added, corrected or even just straighted up according to guidelines, go for it if you can.
Welcome to the study and thank you for your help.
I see you've been doing some work on Thayers. Are you by any chance interested in participating in a name study.
See the G2G discussion: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/719813/anyone-interested-in-starting-a-thayer-name-study?show=719813#q719813
In reviewing my original Tree on Ancestry , my 14th Great-Grandparents were George and Elizabeth Wheeler. George was born in 1500 in Marston, Bedford , England. I don't have much on Elizabeth other than their Marriage, listed in the Warwickshire, England records. and that they had a son named John, born in 1538. I have to take the time to hand write all the dates and info and haven't been able to do so as yet. As I said in my previous message, my first Tree is a Mess so I am starting Fresh. Thank You , Again, for Your Assistance.
Thank You So Much for Your Message regarding the Wheeler Family. I actually had to start a new Tree on Ancestry because everything got so messed up on my first one. I will definitely look at the information you've told me about. I know my connection is to the Wheelers that settled in Connecticut some 400 years ago. Accurate information is crucial to tracing Direct Ancestry. I Appreciate Your Assistance so Much. Blessings to You and Yours Crystal