Donna (Tucker) Baumann

Hi Donna,

The next Connect-a-thon will be from 8 am Friday, April 12 to 8 am Monday, April 15th. I hope you will be able to join us. We are again using the new way to register we that was inaugurated in January. This link will take you to the post for the Mid-Atlantic Team:

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1717455/have-you-registered-for-our-april-2024-connect-a-thon-yet?show=1720767#c1720767

MIckey Bazley Co-Captain Mid-Atlantic Team

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.

Hi,

Thanks so much for being a part of the Mid-Atlantic team for the January Connect-a-thon! Working together we added 2,334 profiles. A special shout out to Star Kline who was our number one scorer.

Please check your suggestions list (it is on the My Wikitree drop down menu) before orphaning any profiles.

Two of our team members have have been nominated to be RAWKed in February, Stephen Tomaszewicz and Dave Stern. It would be wonderful if they both got picked. If you love connecting, you can sign up to help RAWK 5 members of Wikitree in February here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1682875/want-help-fellow-wikitreer-increase-their-february-will-event

Mickey Bazley Co-Captain Mid-Atlantic

Hi Donna, the Date Guess template and parameter you've been using has been causing a red incorrect category to be added to the profiles. The Date Guess template has been replaced by the Estimated Date template. See this change log, https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Wilkins-82&diff=184731202&oldid=184722492

Thanks, regards Margaret, Categorization project

Thank you for the nomination for the RAWK event. :)

Steph

Donna,

Thank you for being part of the Charming Chestnuts team this weekend. Leon Tuck was the #1 Olympian, and our team won a bronze medal, a silver medal, and a gold medal, and achieved first place overall! Great job, and great fun working with you, too! Glad to hear that your cat got down from that pole last night. ~ Star

Hi Donna,

Thanks so much for participating in the April Connectathon and being part of the Mid-Atlantic Team.

Mickey Bazley Co-Captain Mid-Atlantic Team

It's time for the One Place Studies Project Check-In!

We've put together a survey for you to fill out to check in with you, it will only take a moment as there are only a few questions. Filling out the survey lets us know you are still interested in coordinating your study and provides an opportunity for you to share any suggestions you may have for the project.

• https://forms.gle/FVwokwa4uNoVgtnJA

If you have decided to step away from your study, please reply to this comment to that effect.

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Hello Donna,

Thanks again for signing up to RAWK five fellow WikiTreers in the month of March.

Here is your RAWKERs sticker code. To display this on your profile, just add curly brackets at each end:

Community Event |image=WikiTree_Event_Images-1.png |text=was a RAWKER |event=We Will RAWK You Event

If you're on Discord, please do join us on the We Will RAWK You channel using this link:

https://discord.gg/fQ2Z3mFw

If you're not yet on Discord, this Help page should get you going:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Looking forward to researching with you!

Kathy

Hi Donna, thank you for participating in the KIA at the Battle of Shiloh Challenge for February. There were 510 Soldier profiles created during the Challenge.

The March Challenge will be to create profiles for the Union soldiers who died while POW's in the Andersonville Prison.

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

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

Emma

Hi Team Mid-Atlantic!

The January Connect-a-Thon is coming up shortly, 8 AM EST, Friday January 13th to 8 AM EST Monday, January 16th.

The rules are simple. You need to start from an existing profile and add family to it, parents, children. (If you have siblings to add, add the parents first.) It must have at least one source.

You get a point for each profile you create. You do not have to use the challenge tracker or count--the system will do it automatically. Avoid creating profiles for living people as they will not count.

There is a lnk for the challenge tracker on our team page; https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Team_New_York

Our team chats on Discord. These are the instructions for setting it up are here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

To get to know your team mates and make sure you can get into Discord and our team chat, try posting a picture of something in your home town without any explanation. And, the others can try to guess where it is. This is just for fun and not required!

If you don't want to use Discord or have problems with it, you can send a pm to either Lucy or me with any questions.

Mickey Bazley Co-Captain Mid-Atlantic Team

Hi Donna,

Wow, even with our challenge tracker issues Mid-Atlantic Part Deux had credit for sourced 1,503 profiles and Mid-Atlantic US was credited with sourced 1357 profiles. Thanks for being part of Team Mid-Atlantic.

Mickey Bazley & Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz Captains

Hi Donna,

We hope you can join Team MidAtlantic for the 2022 Source-a-thon. It will start 8 am EDT on Friday, September 30th and end at 8 am on Monday, October 3rd. The Source-a-thon is different from the Connect-a-thon in that we will be working on existing profiles. There are links on our team page to lists of unsourced profiles: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Team_New_York

To register for the Source-a-thon, please answer this post:

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1463120/register-now-for-the-2022-source-a-thon?start=0#a_list_title

Also different is that most of the prizes given out at the hang outs are donated by members so there are a wide variety. If you would like to look at what has been donated so far or to donate a prize yourself:

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1462777/the-2022-source-thon-is-coming-would-you-like-to-donate-prize

Looking forward to seeing you there

Mickey Bazley & Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz Co-Captains Mid-Atlantic Team

Hi Donna,

Thank you for participating in the WikiTree Challenge again, and for being one of the top bounty hunters that week!! Be sure to check out the Highlights post for Tom Cruise's week. Your efforts were appreciated.

Thanks for your work on several Sollenberger profiles - including Sollenberger-150! Our Sollenberger ONS always appreciates help on this interesting family.

Sorry for the late notice!

From your friends at the Appreciation Team:

Congrats on the Super Star Badge!

Thanks so much for being a part of the Mid-Atlantic Team for the July Connect-a-thon. As a group we added 3.824 profiles to Wikitree. Hope to see you in October for the Source-a-thon.

Mickey and Lucy, Co-Captains

Hi,

We would love to have you join the Mid-Atlantic Team for the Connect-A-Thon. The event will start on Friday, July 15th, at 8 AM (EST) and run until Monday, July 18th, at 8 AM (EST). You do not need to be available the entire time and there will be links on our page to the Needs Profiles categories .

If you would like to join us then please answer the G2G post here https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1431009/have-you-registered-for-the-july-2022-connect-a-thon-yet and ask to join the Mid-Atlantic Team.

Hope you will join us again!

Mickey Co-Captain for the Mid-Atlantic Team

Hi

Thanks so much for being a member of the Mid-Atlantic Team for the April Connectathon. It was a fun and productive weekend. We added 3,716 profiles to Wikitree between the two teams and had 49 people participate. Considering many of us can’t stop at just one source, we may never make the top ten, but we did great!

Mindy usually sends out a wrap up message in which she mentions how to delete from your watchlist profiles you do not want to continue to manage. Can I make a request, wait until tomorrow before you do this, and then can you check your suggestion list and see if there are any typos that need to be corrected. We don’t want to add to the data doctors’ work.

See you next thon Mickey

Thank you for joining the January USBH Connecting Challenge, Donna, and helping us create 8294 new profiles. Our new total is 82166

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

Hi

Thanks for being a member of the Mid-Atlantic Team for the January Connectathon. It was a fun and productive weekend. We added 2,936 profiles to Wikitree, almost a thousand more than last July’s Connectathon.

In Mindy’s wrap up message, she mentions how to delete from your watchlist profiles you do not want to continue to manage. Can I make a suggestion, before you do this, can you check your suggestion list and see if there are any typos that need to be corrected. We don’t want to add to the data doctors’ work.

See you next thon Mickey

Donna, 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.

Emma

Hi Donna, I noticed you have been adding the USBH project box instead of the African-American sticker to several profiles. The correct code should be--African-American Sticker--inside the squiggly brackets. Thanks! Emma

Hi Donna,

We would love to have you join the Mid-Atlantic Team for the Connect-A-Thon. The event will start on Friday, January 14, at 8 AM (EST) and run until Monday, January 17, at 8 AM (EST). You do not need to be available the entire time and there will be links on our page to the Needs Profiles categories and Findagrave, possible father, mother, spouse lists on our page if you don’t have something of your own to work on.

If you would like to join us then please answer the G2G post here Registration and ask to join the Mid-Atlantic Team.

Hope you will join us again!

Lucy & Mickey Co-Captains for the Mid-Atlantic Team

Hello Donna! We’re putting out a call to all past USBH Connecting Challenge participants. We are only a few thousand profiles away from meeting our goal of 50,000 new profiles for 2021. I hope you’ll be able to join us by adding some new profiles in December. They sign up post is here:

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1335880/join-us-black-heritage-connecting-challenge-december-2021

Thanks for your contributions in 2021! Emma

I just wanted to say thank you so much for your work on my Hall and Richardson lines. I checked to see how we are related, and now I know why you chose that line. Thank you cousin!

Thank you for your work on my Wikitree during the challenge. It is well appreciated, happy hunting!

Hi Donna, I'm still kind of new, so I don't feel confident about joining any projects, just yet. I was moved by the heroic survival story of the Titanic's chief baker, so I made him a profile. After trying to find a Titanic project, I finally found it, so I'd like to pass this onto you so that you or someone you know on the team can add the project sticker (I still have difficulty remembering how to make stickers), refine it, add more, etc.

It's Joughin-388 at Charles John Joughin (1878-1956)

Donna, Thank you for joining the July Connecting Challenge and helping us create 4052 new profiles!

You can add the participation sticker to your profile if you’d like. Connecting Challenge Stickers

We’ve started the August challenge here: August Connecting Challenge

Emma

Donna, you recently added Horace Barber-11438 as child of Calvin and Polly. What's the source for them being his parents, please? thanks.

Hi Donna,

Thank you so much for the work on my tree during the WikiTree Challenge! I'm amazed at all the finds. Yvette Hoitink

Hi Donna

Thank You for your work on Week 11 of the WikiTree Challenge, especially for the work you did on our profile of the week Eleanor Martha (Hobbs) Welty (1836-1918). Here is a special sticker that you can add to your profile.

Janet and Joan.

Thanks for your additions to the Kroehler line!

Hi Donna,

I noticed that you were currently following the CEMETERIES tag, but were not yet a member of the Cemeteries Global Cemeteries Project.If you are interested in more details about the project, or are just ready to sign up, please head on over to our G2G Welcome Post for more information.

I look forward to seeing you around the tree!

Steve ~Global Cemeteries Project Leader

I merged the two versions of Armstead Moffett and added sources from FamilySearch and a short biography. There are a few things I should have fixed in the way his biography displays. Hopefully I will have a few more minutes tonight. If not, feel free to finish editing.

Thank you for looking and adding to Sara M. Springer Doughty's family info.

Hi Donna,

I’m checking in with all Titanic Project Members to introduce myself and see how you are and what you are working on. I’m Lizzie and I’m honoured to be looking after the project in the role of coordinator. Please let me know what you are working on and if you need anything from me.

Looking forward to moving the project forward with you

Lizzie

Donna, every contribution to WikiTree improves the quality of our Shared Tree. The Appreciation Team thanks you for all your efforts by making more than 1,000 contributions during the month of September.

Pippin Sheppard

WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

Welcome to the Titanic Project!

I see the problem. The project has no current leader and the project coordinator has been out since March. I led this project for a good while. What can I help you with?

Paula

Hi Donna,

I would be happy to help you! Let me take a look at that and get back to you.

Paula

Donna, thank you for each of your more than 1000 contributions to our Shared Tree for the month of August 2019. All of your work makes our Tree all that much better.

Pippin Sheppard

WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

Hi Donna!

Thank you for your time and energy in creating 1000 or more contributions to WikiTree for the month of July 2019. Your efforts are appreciated!

Pip Sheppard

WikiTree Appreciation Team

Thank you. If you have more on Elizabeth Chaddick, please help fill in her information!

M. Hise