Susan (Lord) Jackson
Honor Code SignatorySigned 26 Jul 2019 | 11,594 contributions | 95 thank-yous | 1,053 connections
I was born in the hospital in Heanor, Derbyshire, the daughter of Ken and Pat Lord (nee Tomlinson. I lived in Eastwood until I was 18. I went to Greasley Beauvale Infant and Junior schools and then Eastwood Comprehensive school.
I went to college in Ealing, London, England, from 1981 to 1984.
I met my partner Tom while I was in London, and we lived in Hanwell for a while and then moved to Southsea, Hants.
Tom was offered a job in the USA so we hastily got married at Southsea Register Office so I could get a visa to go with him. I wasn't given a middle name at birth so when I married, my maiden name became my middle name and I took my husbands surname. We moved to Maryland USA in 1989, and planned to stay for a couple of years.
Our son NDJ was born in 1992 and our daughter KIJ in 1994.
We have now been in the USA for 30 years and have taken US citizenship. We still live in Maryland, currently in Frederick.
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We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 88,908 profiles.
The Mighty Oaks added 8,292 profiles to the tree. We appreciate your input and support for the event and look forward to working with you all again next time.
Thanks again for this weekend, from your colleagues and the Mighty Oaks Team Captains
Janet, Joan and Maddy
WikiTree Team page:Mighty Oaks Other links can be found on our page, as well as a list of the Team members G2G Chat click here We'll be using the same Discord server as always. If you're not already on Discord, just send Joan a Private Message, and she will add you.
Looking forward to working with you any questions just ask
Joan, Janet, and Maddy Co-Captains for the Mighty Oaks
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. The Mighty Oaks contributed 8,1442 of those. Thank you for working with us and congratulations on your score.
If you open up your contribution or tracker list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, on the profiles.
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock, appreciate your input and support for the team.
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
Welcome to England's Mighty Oaks Team once again. Thanks for signing up, we appreciate you joining us for the January 2024 Connect A Thon (CAT}
Please check out the page and the links, Mighty_Oaks
Any questions just ask.
Happy New Year
Joan, Janet, Maddy, and Fran Co-Team Captains
Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!
Best wishes,
Joan, England Project Leader
Hi Susan
The Connect-a-Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for helping, it is appreciated.
Our teams did really well. Our big Mighty Oaks Team came first overall, and our Little Mighty Oak Branches Team was in the top 5 on the Normalised Score. The combined score of our two teams was 11,109. A total of was 95,575 new profiles added by all during the thon.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event).
The next Thon, towards the end of the year will be a Source-a-Thon, And watch G2G for the WikiTree Games sometime in August.
Thanks again for a great weekend, we look forward to working with you again soon.
Joan, Janet, Maddy, & Fran (Co Captains)
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?
Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!
Kind regards,
Elizabeth, England Project Leader
Thanks for checking in with me. I am enjoying officially being part on the Nottinghamshire team, and do also unofficially dabble in Derbyshire. I'm not sure whether I should officially join Derbyshire as a lot of my tree is based around the border of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
I do enjoy sourcing unsourced profiles so I wonder if joining the Sorcerers team would also be a good fit for me. I am not sure how much of a time commitment that would require?
I love being a part of Wikitree :)
Susan
No specific time requirement if you are working on Derbyshire profiles and adding sources then you might as well be named in the teams. I'll get that sorted for you. Thanks for responding so promptly. Cheers, Elizabeth
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.
On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.
Best wishes,
Maddy, England Project Leader
Hi Susan,
The Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering! Thank you for joining us, it is much appreciated. Our combined score was 11718. Considering the heatwave in England we did really well. You did a great job! The total overall figure was 87,731 new profiles added (some 3,000 more than last time) and numerous connections made.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event)
Thanks again for your contributions; we look forward to working with you again during the Source-a-Thon in 3 months!
Fran and Carol
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!
The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
Many thanks!
Joan, England Project Leader
Thanks for the check-in. I am enjoying my wikitreeing and have enjoyed the monthly challenges of the England project that I have worked on. I'm happy to stick with the Nottinghamshire team at the moment :)
Susan
Thank you for getting back to me. I am glad you are happy and enjoying the challenges. Thank you for all you are doing.
Regards Joan
Regards and happy new year. Dave
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I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project during the past six months. We've achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
As the England Project Leaders, we are completing our six monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to stay in your current project team/s? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in? Also, do you have any feedback on what the project is doing well and anything we could do better in the future?
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Ian, England Project Leader
I am still happy to be working as part of the England project and to be part of the Nottinghamshire team, although I haven't really contributed much to them recently.
I have however adopted a few orphaned Leivers profiles in Nottinghamshire, and helped add sources to a few others.
It is summer here now, so typically I spend more time outdoors and less on the computer, so probably won't be adding much here for a couple of months, but will pick up again in fall as the days get cooler and shorter!
Thanks for checking in.
Susa
Ian
It's that time of the year again: check-in time! As England Project Leaders, we like to check in with you every six months or so to see how things are progressing. Back in May, we didn't ask for a response due to the rapid emergence of Covid-19 because we understood that people's lives were changing rapidly. While we are still living in a Covid world, we do need to hear back from you this time around.
First of all, how are you doing? What are you currently working on? Are you happy with the team(s) you're in, or would you like to change things up?
Secondly, we're looking for some feedback on the Google Group and our Discord server. Do you use either or both of these? If you don't use either, why not? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve participation and collaboration, either generally or for you personally?
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Amy, Joan & Lizzie.
I am good. I didn't do much WikiTree over the summer but anticipate that I will become more involved again as winter approaches. I have some old family pictures to add to my tree.
I haven't really done much with the Nottinghamshire group. Every time I get the chance to go on and fix things in the "a-thon" type challenges, someone has usually beaten me to it. Wikitreeers are very efficient!!!!!!
I do get messages from the google group but I usually let them sit in my junkmail as there are so many of them. I don't participate in the forums, probably because I don't remember my login!!!
Thanks for checking in with me :)
Susan
That's fair enough! I think its perfectly logical for time availability to adjust with the seasons. I'm glad that the only real complaint about the Nottinghamshire team is that there isn't enough work left to do! Have you considered maybe working on the Nottinghamshire unsourced list, or perhaps working on some connecting? It could be a good avenue to pursue if you'd like to work on the area even though a lot of the "work" has already been done.
I hope you continue to stay safe, and feel free to message me or leave me a comment if you need anything in the future!
Regards, Amy
Thanks for checking in. All is good here. Happy with my current role. About to add people from my husbands tree so I see a busy few weeks ahead :) Susan
Your England Leaders are completing the six monthly check in with all team members. Thank you for your work on English Profiles and your work in the Nottinghamshire team.
These are unprecedented and difficult times, and we understand as Project Leaders that your situation may have changed somewhat in the last few months. What we are all able to/ wish to contribute on Wikitree has changed. Please let me know if you are happy with your current role and team choice, or if you wish to do something additional or different. Thank you again on behalf of all the Project Leaders for everything you do.
Jo
I sent you a message a while ago on behalf of the England Project Leaders and have yet to heard back from you. I hope you are well.
One of the requirements of membership in the England Project is that you respond to the six-monthly check-ins.
If I dont hear from you in the next week or so Ill assume you no longer wish to be in the project and go ahead and remove you. You would, of course, be most welcome to rejoin at any time via the G2G sign-up post.
Best wishes,
Susie :-)
On behalf of the England Leaders, I wanted to say a huge thank you for all your contributions towards the project in the past six months as a Team Member for Nottinghamshire. We've achieved a great deal during this time and we couldn't have done it without you.
Are you happy to stay in your current team and the project as a whole? Are there any other teams you'd like to join? What are we doing well, and what would you like to see us doing differently moving forwards?
Please respond to this message via e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks,
Susie, England Project Leader :-)
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