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Thank you for participating in the April 2024 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 5226 profiles. We’re zeroing in on our goal of 400,000 profiles in 2024.
Christy Melick created 54 new profiles during the April 2024 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Once again, I have a family member of those on my spreadsheet who is not herself on the spreadsheet. I need to add her profile # unknown-673422 - Her name is Paraline Tamer., the daughter of Clarissa Beasley, who is on my sheet.
I'm coming along swimmingly, having done 85. I have decided to create profiles without adding further sources, until I finish. When I hit a problem occasionally, I then look further, like to find the correct spelling or relationship. However, when doing a household, I've come on one not on my spreadsheet, because his name is Johnie Nash and my spread sheet just goes through L. I've created a profile - Nash-11947 - but can't record it. Can you or someone who has that spreadsheet fill that in and check his household as done? by me - mounger-571.
What county and state are you working on? There generally should be additional tabs that would have the rest of the residents for the county - you may need to look at the bottom of the spreadsheet to find them. For some really large counties, there may be several spreadsheets for the county, but they should all be linked from the |state's free space page. If they're not there, the additional tabs/spreadsheets have not been created yet but are probably on our to-do list, so you'd probably just need to wait until they get created.
I know y'all are up to your eyeballs in spreadsheet requests, but I have spent an entire day trying to create a spreadsheet for Lowndes County, Georgia and have been unsuccessful. In 1880 the census reports over 5,000 Black and mulatto residents. I live in Lowndes and would like to sink my teeth into the 1880 Project. If you're backlogged, I completely understand and will work on unconnected profiles. I'm going to keep practicing on doing the spreadsheets until I get it right. Thanks for your gargantuan efforts!
We'd definitely appreciate help with creating spreadsheets!
Please carefully read and follow the directions on this page and use the requests spreadsheet to track your work. It looks like there are several locations in New York that you were interested in that are already listed on the requests spreadsheet, so those counties would be a great place to start!
Please reach out if you have any questions/problems as you work on creating spreadsheets! I am getting a lot of messages about this project right now, so I may not be able to respond right away, but so far I've been managing to respond to everyone within a few days.
Heads up for when you get to Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. As part of USBH 1880, I have created profiles for the parents of B.C. (Burget) Freeman - Morgan Lewis and Catherine (unknown) Freeman, and some siblings in Cayuga, New York. "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6VP-9MY : Sat Dec 16 05:17:00 UTC 2023), Entry for B. C. Freeman and Luke, 31 Mar 1887. There are other sources on Family Search.
Thanks Jane! As we work through various locations, we'll come across a number of pre-existing profiles. People should be be checking for duplicates/pre-existing profiles before creating new ones, so if the 1880 spreadsheet for a location hasn't been created yet, you don't need to worry about it. Adding a location category for the place where they were living in 1880 will help people find these profiles, so if these profiles don't already have the category for Cleveland, Ohio, it would be helpful to add it to their profiles.
Thank you for participating in the January 2024 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 6202 profiles. We’re reaching toward a new goal of 400,000 profiles in 2024.
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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.
Christy Melick created 40 new profiles during the December 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Thank you for joining in the fun this month and helping Team Roses source 2993 profiles! There was a lot of great clean up that happened too including merges and last names and relationships corrected. We hope you can join us for the Connect-A-Thon January 19-22, 2024.
Christy Melick participated with Team Roses during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 52 previously unsourced profiles.
Thanks for co-captaining again. Your help has been so wonderful!
Thank you for participating in the April 2023 USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 5952 profiles. Our new total is 201,351. 250k here we come!
Christy Melick created 69 new profiles during the April 2023 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Christy, thank you for joining in the fun with Team Roses during the April Connect-A-Thon and helping us create 3,911 profiles together. And thank you for helping co-captain the ship and keeping things sailing along smoothly! I know the challenge helped push USBH Project over 200k profiles this month! Look for dates for the July Connect-A-Thon coming soon.
Christy Melick participated with Team Roses during the April 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 55 connections.
Christy -- I got your message about the profiles I've done for the USBH monthly challenges & using the "USBH needs sources" category when there's only one source. Emma MacBeath sent me a message earlier this month asking me to use "USBH Heritage Exchange" on profiles I create. Are both categories needed? I got the impression that "USBH Heritage Exchange" was meant to flag a reviewer who would then add other categories. Also, when I'm basing a profile on a slaveowner's will or inventory and an additional source is very unlikely, do I still put the "needs sources" category?? Thanks for letting me know.-- AMH
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
A very late thank you for participating with Team Roses during the January Connect-A-Thon. Together we added 4320 new profiles! That’s amazing! Look for information about an April Connect-A-Thon.
Emma
Christy Melick participated with Team Roses during the January 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 50 connections.
Thank you for joining the October USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 3419 new profiles! Our new total is 147,729. We have less than 2300 to our 2022 goal! Wow!
Christy Melick created 24 new profiles during the October 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Thanks so much for being part of the Toddlin' Tortoises Team for the October 2022 Source-a-Thon. Every source or citation verifying the information on a profile, helps make for a healthier Tree!
Thank you for joining the September USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 2978 new profiles! Our new total is 140,351. We have less than 10,000 to our 2022 goal!
Christy Melick created 30 new profiles during the September 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Thank you for joining the USBH Weekend Sprint—adding birth locations. In 3 days we added 1792 locations! We also made many other valuable improvements to profiles. Together we cleared 19% of the profiles needing love!
Thank you for joining the June USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create almost 6000 new profiles! Our new total is 126903. We have less than 24,000 to our 2022 goal!
Christy Melick created 41 new profiles during the August 2022 US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Christy, thanks so much for being part of the Toddlin' Tortoises Team for the July 2022 Connect-a-Thon. Every well-constructed profile added helps to grow a healthier Tree!
Hertyl and Spertyl just want to say: "What a Wonderful WikiTreer you are".
Christy, Thanks so much for being part of the Toddlin' Tortoises Team for the 2nd 2022 Connect-a-Thon back in April. Every well-constructed profile added helps to grow a healthier Tree!
Sorry, but it might be a while until I can get back to you.
FYI: I'll be moving in early June, so I won't be participating much on WikiTree until a little while after that when we've settled in. I'll do my best to respond to messages, etc. about profiles I manage, but please be patient if I don't get back to you right away!
Christy, Thank you for joining the March USBH Connecting Challenge and helping us create 3153 new profiles. Our new total is over 97,000. We’re so close to 100,000!
Christy, Thanks so much for being part of the Toddlin' Tortoises Team for the 1st Connect-a-Thon for 2022. Every well-sourced profile added helps to grow a healthier Tree!
Christy, 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.
Hello Christy! 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:
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.
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Registration for the August WikiGames has begun early. For this event, a team will be chosen for you. https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1738020/have-you-registered-for-our-2024-wikigames-yet
The April Connect A Thon sign up has already arrived. Team Roses has its own sign up post here. I hope to see you there!
I'd welcome any more advice. Thanks.
It was recommended that I call your (and Emma’s) attention to the offer I made on G2G: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1698629/can-you-help-the-usbh-1880-census-project?show=1705954#c1705954
I’m looking forward to helping! Leslie
We'd definitely appreciate help with creating spreadsheets!
Please carefully read and follow the directions on this page and use the requests spreadsheet to track your work. It looks like there are several locations in New York that you were interested in that are already listed on the requests spreadsheet, so those counties would be a great place to start!
Please reach out if you have any questions/problems as you work on creating spreadsheets! I am getting a lot of messages about this project right now, so I may not be able to respond right away, but so far I've been managing to respond to everyone within a few days.
Christy
Leslie
All first-time participants in 2024 can add the 2024 participant sticker to their profile. Connecting Challenge Stickers
You can see your personal 2023 total and your all time 2021-2023 total on the 2023 tab here: our tracking spreadsheet.
Thanks for co-captaining again. Your help has been so wonderful!
Thanks for co-captaining and once again helping to keep our ship in good shape. We are a well-oiled machine :-)
Emma
All first-time participants in 2023 can add the 2023 participant sticker to their profile. Connecting Challenge Stickers
Emma
A very late thank you for participating with Team Roses during the January Connect-A-Thon. Together we added 4320 new profiles! That’s amazing! Look for information about an April Connect-A-Thon.
Emma
You can see your 2022 total and your all time 2021-2022 total on our tracking spreadsheet.
Emma
Emma
edited by Melanie Paul
FYI: I'll be moving in early June, so I won't be participating much on WikiTree until a little while after that when we've settled in. I'll do my best to respond to messages, etc. about profiles I manage, but please be patient if I don't get back to you right away!
We’ve started the April challenge here: April Connecting Challenge.
Emma
We’ve started the February challenge here: February Connecting Challenge.
We’ve started the January challenge here: January Connecting Challenge. We are working toward a goal of 150,000 total profiles in 2022.
Emma
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1335880/join-us-black-heritage-connecting-challenge-december-2021
Thanks for your contributions in 2021! Emma
You can add the participation sticker to your profile if you’d like. Connecting Challenge Stickers
We’ve started the November challenge here: November Connecting Challenge
Emma
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.
Kind regards,
Rosalie – WikiTree Greeter
Hello! I will be your Guide on the USBH Pathfinder Journey... Please check your email and I look forward to working with you!
Please visit https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1700_Projects and complete the requirements for Pre-1700s
I replied to your email earlier, and I have done the certification for Pre-1700's.
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Welcome to the community!
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