Our theme for May is in honor of Mother's Day: Puritan Great Migration mothers, with a particular emphasis on your own ancestry. We hope that you'll check in and look at the PGM mothers in your own tree and see what improvements you can make to their bios. AND, if any of them happen to be named Elizabeth, you can get double credit with the WikiTree BioBuilders challenge. (Also, if you participated in April, don't forget to go back and add the IDs of your bios to the April post).
If you can work on some of PGM's profiles, please be sure to follow PGM's Editing Guidance and remember to collaborate with the profile managers.
To participate, please read the material in this post about the PGM Profile Challenge, let us know you plan to participate, and then report your progress here as well. Participants in the Puritan Great Migration Profile Challenges will be eligible for Achievement Stickers recognizing their work.
Thank you very much for your help!
Challenge Specifics:
You are limited to profiles which are PGM-project managed (ie. have the PGM Project Box at the top.)
Pre-1700 certification is required for editing all PGM profiles.
You are not limited to PGM Profiles which Need Biographies, but that can be a good place to look for opportunities.
Please be sure to follow PGM's Editing Guidance
Abbreviated PGM Checklist: (full editing guidance linked above)
Data Section:
- birth date/place
- names of parents, if known
- marriage date/place and spouse name
- names of children
- death date/place
Biography Section:
- Full written sentences stating the facts above, adding inline sources for each fact;
- Immigration information;
- Is the profile '''Genealogically Defined?''';
- Please write biographies in your own words; don't copy/paste;
- Baptism, immigration, marriage, burial, civic, and other life events with inline sources;
- List of children with at least one pertinent fact each;
- Explanatory remarks, if needed (e.g. disputed persons information, Research Notes, whatever needs extra explaining);
- Interesting fact about the person, such as career or avocation with sources;
- Appropriate Categories;
- If applicable, merges initiated for duplicate profiles;
- Links to other mentioned persons/profiles;
- Historical context as related to the person's life (please don't add timelines);
- PGM Reliable Sources; general information about Sources
Any Questions? Please respond with a comment below.
To let us know you will join us, please answer this question, and also be sure to come back and report the IDs of the PGM profiles you have finished.
Good luck and Thank You!