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[send private message], Denise Jarrett [send private message], and US Black Heritage Project WikiTree [send private message]WikiTree's US Black Heritage Project volunteers create family profiles, honor Black notables, and connect descendants to their free and enslaved ancestors by completing various team tasks. To join one of these teams, please see our USBH Project Home Page for information on how to join the project.
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Project Teams
Profile Improvement
Page: Profile Improvement
Coordinator: Christy Melick
The goal of the Profile Improvement Teams is to create, improve, manage, source, and connect profiles belonging to the African American community.
Current Teams:
- Connectors Team Leader: Katie Bryant
- Data Doctors Team Leader: Ambar Díaz
- Sourcerers
Heritage Exchange
Leaders: Elaine (Weatherall) Martzen
Coordinators: Gina Jarvi
Page: Heritage Exchange
The Heritage Exchange effort focuses on various aspects of identifying descendants of enslaved people and connecting members to their ancestors.
Current Teams:
- Heritage Exchange Profile Improvement Creating and improving enslaved ancestor profiles.
- Heritage Exchange Checklist Performs quality control on newly created profiles and space pages for Heritage Exchange.
- Heritage Exchange Document Processing Processes slavery documents sent to the Heritage Exchange group.
- Heritage Exchange Slavery Projects Coordinator: Gina Jarvi, Team Leader: Michelle Detwiler Working on large groups of enslaved ancestors based on location and documentation. Additional projects are listed on the Slavery Projects page.
- Slave Narratives
- Plantations Team Leaders: Michelle Detwiler
- Heritage Exchange Connection TBA
- Resources Team--gathers and organizes external slavery resources in order to aid members in creating, sourcing, and connecting profiles for enslaved ancestors.
Notables
Leader: Emma MacBeath
Coordinators: Katie Bryant, Kate Schmidt
Page: Notables
- Notables - A-A Notables Category List
This team improves and features profiles of project managed notables
New Notables
- If you have created or found a profile for a notable African-American, the project would like to manage or co-manage the profile. Please answer on this
post and tell us about the profile. Someone from the project will contact you about adding the project as manager/co-manager. You can also answer on this post if you have a recommendation for a notable who needs to have a profile created.
- If you have created or found a profile for a notable African-American, the project would like to manage or co-manage the profile. Please answer on this
Community Teams
Leader: Denise Jarrett
These teams focus on all the things that bring communities together such as churches, schools, cemeteries, organizations, and funeral homes.
Current Teams:
- US Black Heritage African-American Cemeteries Team Leaders: Denise Jarrett
- Black Churches Leader: Denise Jarrett
- US Black Heritage African-American Funeral Homes Leader: Denise Jarrett
- African-American One Name Studies
- African-American Communities, Settlements, and One Place Studies
- African American Organizations
Topic Teams
Page: Topics Teams
These teams focus on the people involved in historical events, notables, and various topics of interest from the history of the African American community.
Current Teams:
- Military and War Team Leader: Sarah Heiney (currently on hiatus)
- Historical Events
Family Builders
Leader: Emma MacBeath
Team Leader: Help Wanted
Page: Family Builders Team
US Black Heritage Project volunteers are available to help build and add sources to family trees with US Black heritage on WikiTree for WikiTree members. Please review the Family Builders Applicants Information page where you will be asked to fill in a short form.
The Family Builders team assists WikiTreers on a first-come, first-served basis. You will be placed on a waiting list and will receive a message from a USBH member when it is your turn for help.
Categorization
Leaders: Emma MacBeath
The goal of the Categorization team is to create and maintain categories that assist researchers in finding and organizing WikiTree profiles and other information. Categories are also used extensively to facilitate profile improvement and connections.
Leadership Team
The USBH Leadership Team consists of all Project Leaders, Project Coordinators, plus experienced Team Leaders. (criteria for joining this team is TBA)
This team discusses project needs on an ongoing basis through the USBH Trello board, Discord Leadership Channel, and the USBH Leadership Team Google group.
This team meets once a month to discuss the processes of the project and make decisions for changes or additions. Any decisions made are reported to the general membership. Any issues needing feedback are discussed with the general membership before decisions are made.
Denise Jarrett, Emma MacBeath, Gina Jarvi, Elaine Martzen, Katie Bryant, Kate Schmidt, Cheryl Cruise, Michelle Detwiler, Ambar Díaz, David Hamilton, Sarah Heiney, Christy Melick
New Membership
Page: New Membership Team
The team is made up of experienced members who have been active with the project for at least one month. They help members who are new to the project to be successful with project work through the PATH onboarding and mentorship program.
Outreach and Public Relations
Leaders: Denise Jarrett, Emma MacBeath
Location Teams
More locations will be added as Team Leaders become available.
Alabama Team
Team Leader: Elaine Martzen (Interim)
Team Leader in Training: Judy Bramlage
Page: Alabama Team
Florida Team
Team Leader: Team leader needed!
Page: Florida Team
Georgia Team
Team Leader: Team leader needed!
Page: Georgia Team
Kentucky Team
Team Leader: Karen Lee
Page: Kentucky Team
Louisiana Team
Team Leader: Denise Jarrett
Page: Louisiana Team
Maryland Team
Team Leader: Gina Jarvi
Page: Maryland Team
Mississippi Team
Team Leader: Gina Jarvi
Page: Mississippi Team
New Jersey Team
Team Leader: Janet Demcoe
Page: New Jersey Team
New York Team
Team Leader: Emma MacBeath (interim)
Team Leader in Training: TBA
Page: New York Team
North Carolina Team
Team Leader: Loretta Buckner
Page: North Carolina Team
Ohio Team
Coordinator: Christy Melick
Team Leader: Amy Johnson
Page:Ohio Team
South Carolina
Team Leaders: Michelle Detwiler, David Hamilton, Emma MacBeath (Cemeteries)
Page: South Carolina Team
Tennessee
Interim Team Leader: Emma MacBeath
Team Leader in Training: Taneya Koonce
Page: Tennessee Team
Texas Team
Team Leader: Denise (Harden) Jarrett
Page: Texas Team
Virginia Team
Team Leader: Cheryl Cruise, Gina Jarvi (Interim)
Page: Virginia Team
Important Links
For information on how to process slavery documentation and create profiles for enslaved ancestors and slave owners, please visit our Heritage Exchange Portal.
Email Your Info
If you or a friend would like to send us documentation or other information about an enslaved ancestor, just email: wikitrees-usbh-exchange at googlegroups.com - replace the at with @
- Login to request to the join the Trusted List so that you can edit and add images.
- Private Messages: Contact the Profile Managers privately: Emma MacBeath, Denise Jarrett, and US Black Heritage Project WikiTree. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
- Public Q&A: These will appear above and in the Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum. (Best for anything directed to the wider genealogy community.)
Thanks for asking. You can request it on G2G. You should request 2 categories: "Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Slave Owners" and "Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Slaves" You can tag black_heritage. Thanks.
I just came across a large amount of data. Where can I upload it because emailing it is not practical. I have broken most of it up by states. Judy
I’ve been going through family records. They’re mostly in South Carolina. What’s the best way for me to get involved in this project as I want to make sire I’m documenting things correctly as I come across them?
I ask because they’re not 100% in SC so I don’t want to join the SC team and then step on another team’s toes by adding things out of stage.
Michelle Detwiler
It would be great if you went through our Path program where we teach you how to document the information. We don't yet have a Mississippi team as we need more people committed to that state. Feel free to PM me if you have other questions.
edited by Gina (Pocock) Jarvi
You can also add the Heritage Exchange category to every profile and we will make sure they are set up according to standards. That is--Category: Heritage Exchange--inside double brackets. Thanks! Emma