Jan (Smith) Hellier
Honor Code SignatorySigned 29 May 2021 | 11,347 contributions | 97 thank-yous | 1,531 connections
Signed 29 May 2021 | 11,347 contributions | 97 thank-yous | 1,531 connections
Communication Preferences:
I am interested in communicating 
with
cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
My family tree is on another website.
I have a lot of information about my ancestors, collected back in the 1980,s and I am in the process of checking my information against records online today. I hope to start adding information to this site soo .
with
cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
My family tree is on another website.
I have a lot of information about my ancestors, collected back in the 1980,s and I am in the process of checking my information against records online today. I hope to start adding information to this site soo .
Ancestors 
Daughter of Donald Raymond Smith
and Muriel Joyce (Frape) Smith
[sibling(s) unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Jan (Smith) Hellier was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.
has completed the Profile Improvement Project's Voyage
Jan (Smith) Hellier has completed the England Project's Post 1700 Orphan Trail I.
Jan (Smith) Hellier has completed the England Project's Pre-1700 Orphan Trail II.
I live in Gloucestershire, England. where I was born and lived most of my life.
I have a lot of family history information which I found through spending hours in the Gloucestershire Records office researching my family, who stayed for generations in Gloucestershire. I am now busy entering all the information I have found onto Wikitree and checking that in fact my information is correct.
I am also entering my husbands ancestors who range over a large area of England and into Scotland.
I have completed the PIP ( Profile Inprovement Project) during which I have learnt a a great deal and am now starting to go through the profiles I manage to improve them. So please forgive me if you look at one of my profiles which has not been improved yet. I am working on it. Smith-245120 16:28, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
Teams I have joined.
Profile Improvement Project Biography Team Level 2
I am very excited about belonging to these teams and helping to make a contribution to improving profiles.
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Jan:
- Meet our Members: Jan Hellier Sep 26, 2022.
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We recently left a message on your profile to check in with the Profile Improvement Project (PIP). Would you like to continue with the Project? If so, please respond to let us know. We would also like to hear from you with any ideas or suggestions.
If we don’t hear from you within 14 days we will remove you from the Project. You're welcome to rejoin the project with a quick Voyage refresher.
Sincerely,
Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project
Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project
I am so sorry I did not pick up your previous message.
Yes, I would like to continue with the project. I have not been active in the project recently due to concentrating on my own tree and catching up with people not yet recorded on Wikitree.
Many thanks,
Best regards, Jan
Yes, that is fine.
Best regards, Jan
The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing a check-in. The Project operates in a team structure with these participant PIP Teams -- The Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and three Biography Teams. There is also the Voyage Team which guides new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team.
You're currently identified as a member of the Abandoned Team, working on profiles from the linked spreadsheet and categories. Please let us know if you are content with your current Team or would like to change to one of the others.
If you have not already done so, we invite you to join the email GoogleGroup. We use the WikiTree Discord server #profile-improvement channel for our project. Neither is required; we also use the Profile_Improvement tag in G2G for Project announcements.
We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project meet its goals. We would like to hear about the successes you’ve had and would also appreciate any feedback you have to help improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or via private message to one of us.
Sincerely,
Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project
Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project
I am very interested in learning about your Cox family. I have taken the ftdna Big Y. Some of my surnames of interest are Smith, Cox, Whitfield, Vaughan, Ricks, Allen, Burall, and Merchant (Marchant.)
Thank you for your interest in the Cox family. I have not yet taken a DNA test, my tree is on Ancestry so I must get around to it.
My main interest so far in the Cox family is my ancestress Caroline Cox, Cox-34199, I have had trouble finding a baptism for her, and at her marriage, although I have her marriage certificate, the vicar has not listed her father's name. He failed to put the father's name on any marriage certificates. I have found her on the census and so I know her father is Estcourt Cox, a name which I also think is worth tracing to see where it comes from.
I believe the Cox family to be non-conformists and that is where I will find her baptism but at the moment I need to track down where those records are located.
I also find it interesting that so many of the family were stone masons. A that time they would have been in great demand and it is nice to see many members of the family possibly working together.
Best regards, Jan
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I have an interest in the Smith family in Bisley, through Caroline's husband, and in the Smiths of the Whiteshill area of Stroud, which was my fathers family.
Jan
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,
Steve, England Project Leader
We all have to do merges from time to time, it is good practice and shows that we are doing thorough research.
Regards, Jan
Thank you for all the work that you have done for the England Project. I do not seem to have had a response from you from the recent England Project check in.
If I do not hear from you within the next 2 weeks I will presume that you wish to leave the project. If you leave us, I hope that you will want to re-join us sometime in the future. You can do this by responding to our G2G post. https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1516540/is-2023-your-year-to-join-the-england-project
Regards Joan,
England Project Leaders
I am so sorry I missed your previous message. I have not been as active on WikiTree this year as I would have liked, sometimes family life gets in the way, but I would very much like to remain in the project, and I will do my best to catch up with what is happening in the project.
Best regards, Jan
Family has to come first. I am glad you are staying in the project. Every little bit you do helps.
Regards Joan
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,
Joan, England Project Leader
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,
Amelia, England Project Leader
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you for participating. The grand total for the event was 57,577 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 7693 of those.
See: https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceAThon/2022/TeamAndUser.htm to open up your contribution list so you can review your work and possibly some tidying up.
Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you again.
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
edited by Matt McNabb
I am glad I did the interview now, I was not too sure about it.
I am still looking at the Leaches between doing other things but I have been on the trail of the elusive Herbert who was with the Leaches on census and I have tracked down his marriage so that we can see who his father is. I will report back. Best regards, Jan
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
I am very happy with the teams I have chosen to get involved with. I really love finding sources for unsourced profiles and helping to get a bit more information about the person onto their profile.
I can't think of any improvements because my experience with the OT was very good. My TB, Malc Rowlands gave me advice and taught me new procedures and it was great to be given examples of profiles to look at to see how profiles should look.
Not much to say I am afraid but I really have enjoyed my journey, I have learned a lot, and I am looking forward to OT2 when there is a place available.
Best regards, Jan
Since my last reply to you, I have found that you are a contact for the 'Mighty Oaks'. Please could I be added to this group.
Best regards, Jan
I am glad that you enjoyed doing the Orphan Trail and are happy with what you are doing in the England Project. Regarding the Mighty Oaks, that just forms for the Thons. All you need to do is register for each thon when the G2G post comes out, and say you want to join the Mighty Oaks. It will be great to have you. Thank you for all the work you are doing. Regards Joan
The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing its first annual check-in with our project members. We are in the process of transitioning to a team structure. There will be three participant PIP Teams to start -- The Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team. There is also the Voyage Team who guide new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team. Please let us know which team(s) you would like to participate in.
Thanks for completing the Voyage and (being a member of the project, working with the Unknowns Team, volunteering as a Guide, etc). You're currently identified as a member of the Biography Team Level 1 and may be able to move to a higher level . If you are interested in Leveling up or would prefer a different or additional Team, please let us know.
We would also like to invite you to join the email GoogleGroup and text chat Discord channel for our project. (When you request to join our GoogleGroup, please be sure to include your Wiki ID). You will find more information on the GoogleGroup. https://groups.google.com/d/forum/wtprofileimprovement
We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project and WikiTree. The Project’s mission is to:
We know you’re working on profiles *smile* We would like to hear about successes you’ve had toward the Project’s goals. We would also appreciate any feedback you might have to help us improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or privately via private message to either of us.
Sincerely,
Debi Hoag and Robin Shaules Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project
Thank you for your message. I really enjoyed my pip voyage. I am currently working through all my older profiles to apply what I have learnt to make their profiles as 'beautiful' as I can.
I am not currently involved in any projects but I would like to get involved in improving profiles. I am always on the look out for orphan profiles which may belong to my extended family in order to improve them even if they are not directly connected to me.
I did apply and was accepted to the Discord channel but I had trouble understanding how things worked so I will look at this again.
Sincerely,
Jan
Thanks for getting back to us and for your enthusiasm. We are going to add you to the Biography Team, Level 2. There you can work on profiles left as orphans when the profile manager's account was closed.
We're looking forward to working with you.
Best,
Robin
Just to say that sorry I have not yet done any work for the Biobraphy team, but I now have the time to get involved and I have just completed my Orphan Trail 1, I have gained some more knowledge.
Regards, Jan
Being new to this with lots of info and notes to go through I may be in need of help. I have not looked at my Kibbles for a while but I think I have hit a bit of a brick wall there so I will let you know. Thanks again. jan
I have just looked at the great job you have done on the profile of Jane Bidmead, looks really good. I am going to learn some more about how to do this. I 'm much more familiar with spreadsheets as I constantly worked on and created them when I was working but I never had need to do much work on documents, but, one of the things I really love about Wikitree is being able to write a story about the life of the person you are adding and finding out about social history on the way. For example, I spent most of yesterday reinvestigating the next generation of Bingles and one has the occupation of Marine Store Dealer (I already have one of those on another line) as they lived at Brimscombe where there was an inland port on the canal (which at the moment is under restoration) I thought it was to do with boats. but no, they are Rag & Bone men (or woman) dealing in second hand items. So I have learnt something else new today.
Regards, Jan
Steve
I have just asked to join the PIP project so I hope that will help. I will be in touch as I am sure not to understand some of the terminology.
Jan
Congratulations on certifying to work on pre-1700 profiles! It’s very important to read and understand https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1700_Profiles . These profiles for deep ancestors are shared by many, and collaborating on them works best if we all follow the guidelines laid out on that page.”
Ludwig :) – Wikitree greeter volunteer
I am entering my tree onto Wikitree and checking information as I go, and I have a lot of ancestors who lived pre 1700 so I am glad I did the test.
thanks, Jan
Thanks for taking responsibility for Orphaned Profiles. This is a courtesy email to share the After Adopting Orphans FAQ which explains the special attention adopted profiles will sometimes need from their profile managers. One quick way to find the profiles you adopted is by searching your Contributions List for the word "adopted" and "manager." You can find a quick link to your Contributions List in the My WikiTree dropdown menu.
If you will be working with any profiles needing GEDCOM cleanup, the AGC tool can help with formatting so that you can concentrate on the research. You can read more about it in the WikiTree AGC FAQ.
Let me know if you have any questions on how to find and record sources; find or merge duplicates; clean up GEDCOM or merged biographies; or interpret the Suggestions report. I'm here to help!
Debi
Thanks again for signing the Honor Code some time ago. I wanted to check in with you to see how things are going. How do you like WikiTree so far? Have the tips in the New Member How To Pages been helpful or have they left you with questions?
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P.S. To find reliable sources for your profiles, go to the Family Tree & Tools tab; select Genealogy Research and scroll down near the bottom of that list and select Research with RootsSearch. There are over 20 websites to access from there.
I am enjoying Wikitree and I have found videos helpful. I will also check out RootsSearch .
I am busy loading onto wikitree my tree and as it was any years ago that I compiled it I am checking data has I go. I decided to look at Orphan Profiles to see if any of my ancestors were on the list and was very pleased to find 4 people who are in my husbands tree there so I have adopted them and am working on bringing them into the big tree. I use Ancestry for my tree but I am hoping that if I have made any errors someone will contact me as I load them onto Wikitree and via collaboration they will be resolved.
I will let you know if I have any questions.
Many thanks, Jan
Sounds good! Take your time. It is really good to verify all the information once in a while with all new documents becoming available online. Note that family trees are secondary or even tertiary sources; the documents are what we are after.
Keep up the good work!
Michel
I have now mastered (I think), copying citations from Family Search so I am slowly backtracking over profiles I have created to attach sources. This is where I realise how many I have already put on!
Jan
Thank you for upgrading. We are so happy to have you here in the WikiTree family, your contributions will go a long way to joining the !world together.
I would suggest starting with the New Member How-To pages, they will save you a lot of time and frustration. Don't be afraid to ask questions in our G2G forum and get involved as much or as little as works for you. Be sure to check out the tabs at the very top right hand side of your profile, there is lots to discover!
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