June (Stearns) Butka

June,

Thanks for all the work that you do on WikiTree!

I see that you are using some of the tools. That's great. It's always good to understand what you want as the end result from the tools. For that, I would suggest that you review the Biography Help, especially the Additional subsections and Proper Order. You might also want to take a look at Editing Tips which explains the difference between * and **. Look at the Sources Help to see that a source can be listed either under the == Sources == heading or included inline using the ref tag.

I was particularly confused by the change that you made to Hannah Adeline Wilson (1848-1916) to take a perfectly formatted inline census citation and add it under the Sources heading without removing the ref tags and then adding a Maintenance Section. So you added a duplicate source, introduced a formatting error (and a suggestion), and added a non-supported section. Perhaps you were working from the Unsourced list and came across a profile that had already been sourced. The Unsourced list is only updated weekly, so you can come across profiles that have already been improved.

You may already be aware of the WikiTree Browser Extension. If not, it can help you. If you enable the Bio Check feature then when you are editing a profile when you move your mouse over the Save Draft button it will check the profile. This would have found the issues on Hannah.

Kay

Hello June,

The April 2023 Connect-a-Thon is about a week away. It will start 21 Jan 2023 (8:00 am EST), ending on 24 Apr 2023 (8:00 am EST). Would you like to participate with the Tree Nuts Team again in this Thon? If you would like to join us, be sure and ANSWER the G2G sign up post. Click ‘Answer this post’ and mention that you want to be on the Tree Nuts team.

We hope you can join us!

Robin

I'm on Tree Nuts for connect-a-thon. I couldn't remember where I was last time and didn't enter it in my registration. They added me to TreeNuts.

Happy Connecting, June

Hello June!

Welcome to the Tree Nuts for the January 2023 Connect-a-Thon!

You can visit our Team Page at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Tree_Nuts and add what you'll be working on and any resources and hints that you think will be helpful. Also, please check out our chat page at https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1506847.

If you aren't already on Discord, please consider joining us on the #treenuts WikiTree Discord server. It’s a lot of fun to have live conversations going during the ‘thons’. If you need to join the Discord server there are instructions on the help page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord.

We're glad that you're going to join us. And if I can help any further, please let me know.

Robin Shaules, Co-Captain Tree Nuts

Hi

We hope you can join us for the next Connect-a-thon. It starts Friday, January 13th at 8 am EST and ends Monday, January 16th at 8 am EST. (You don't have to be available the entire time.) Regisration ends Wednesday, January 11th.

To register, answer this post in the G2G forum and ask to be put on the Mid-Atlantic Team: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1505819/have-you-registered-for-the-january-2023-connect-a-thon-yet?start=0#a_list_title

If you do not have a project of your own to work on, in addition to the Unconnected and Needs Profiles lists on our team page, the Civil War project is looking for participants to help connect Civil War veterans: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1506578/us-civil-war-january-2023-challenge

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

Hi June,

I didn't see you on the list of Team MidAtlantic members for the 2022 Source-a-thon and was hoping you'd participate. There's not much time left to register since it will start at 8 am on Friday, September 30th. If you're interested in registering, be sure to answer this post:

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

Hope you enjoy a beautiful Fall season!

Hi June,

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

Congratulations on winning one of the Connect-a-Thon, June! Once you respond to my email with your address, we'll get that sent out.

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

June, Thanks for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz!

Pre-1700 ancestors are shared by many descendants, thus coordinating with others is essential.

The Massachusetts Project seems to fit Stearns and other ancestors, and Maine Project. Click the link to read how to join.

Please refer to the new recommended sources for Pre-1700’s.Cite Reliable sources

Or use the Pre-1700 Projects list to find a project..

For questions, just ask!

Mary ~ Pre-1700 Greeter

PS If links do not work in a WikiTree email, check on your profile page for this message.

Welcome to WikiTree, June. I'm glad Russ, Myrt, and Randy mentioned us, and you decided to join.

I am an avid genealogy researcher since 1972, mostly for my family. I am happy to assist and share information to those who are part of our "cousin" lines.

Hello June,

Welcome as a guest to WikiTree! We're growing a FREE worldwide family tree, striving for ONE collaborative profile for every person.

A couple of suggestions to get you started:

1. Feel free to ask a question at our G2G forum .

2. Our help pages, top right, have all sorts of useful information.

If you would like to contribute, click the volunteer button and leave a comment here on your profile to let our greeters know. You should include a little bit about how you plan to contribute to the tree.

Good luck growing your branches!

Mags