Is your family part of US History? Please post here to join us in the United States Project [closed]

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The United States Project and its myriad sub-projects cover the people, places, and events through time in the geographic region that we know today as the United States of America. See the United States Project page for information on our scope of activity, our sub-projects, and some related projects.

If you are a WikiTree member who would like to help improve profiles and other WikiTree content in one or more of the US History sub-projects, please:

1. Introduce yourself by answering this post. (Please post an answer, not a comment.) Tell us about your interests in the United States or its history -- and how you intend to contribute -- and we will get you a United States badge.
2. Add united_states to your followed tags, as well as tags for any specific states or special topics that you are focusing on.

Please be sure to check out our project page for links to the various sub-projects you might want to join. Note that several other specialized US-related projects, such as US Southern Colonies, Mayflower, Puritan Great Migration, US Presidents, and the 1776 Project, have their own badges separate from this one. You don't also need to join the US History project to participate in one of those projects, but most of us work on multiple topics and may want to be in more than one project.

Thank you!

Please post your request to join us as an answer, not a comment or reply.

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William, I have given you the United States badge. For colonial New York, it would be worthwhile to become familiar with the project pages for Project:New York and Project:New Netherland Settlers, determine where your interests lie, and contact the appropriate Project Leaders.

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Janet: I fixed that error.

The Categorization Project processes requests for new categories...

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Thanks!

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Hi, I have ancestors who settled in Virginia, Tennessee and Massachusetts from the British Isles, Eastern Europe. I would like to join your project! Thank you! Amy

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I'm hoping to be joining the Maine Project, and perhaps others in the future. This is exciting. Lots of ancestors from many states, but Maine is my home and where I can be most useful (in going through records, cemeteries, etc for information).

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Hello. I'm new to WikiTree, but I've been researching my family history for almost 10 years. Paternal ancestors lived in mostly in Texas and Alabama. Maternal ancestors are from Germany. I still have many brick walls to knock down, but I don't mind helping others in the process.

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I have ancestors who settled and born in, Polk County and Clam Falls Wisconsin in 1800's, possibly American Native great-grandmothers.  I would like to be added to your Wisconsin project.  Thank you!

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Mine is, however I have not been a member for 60 or 90 days whatever it is. This really makes me feel like trying to join your “groups” is like a school kid we don’t like you party. So it won’t be shared.

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Will be working on the Austin Family and O'Keefe family of New York.

Adding information to my Coulters as they crossed the United States. Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas as beginning states.

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Is there something more I need to do to be considered? I posted Jan. 1 (Page 20). I'd like to join, since nearly all my ancestors were very early immigrants and helped shape American History.

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I'm already following the Connecticut Project and need to become more involved . I love finding all the little tid-bit information on the ancestors, seems to be more exciting to learn they were the foundation of creating a nation. I'm sure I learned more about history through genealogy than I did in high school. 

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I hope to help on the Washington State Project beginning with Walla Walla County

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Hi! Many of my maternal grandmother's ancestors arrived in North America before the Revolution, and settled in what are now New York and Connecticut. Some were from England and Holland, and others are unknown as of yet. I would like to join the project for myself and other researchers.

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Thank you for letting me join the US History project. My name is Gina and I've been on Wikitree for a few years. I am slowly moving my tree over from Ancestry.  My paternal Pocock family tree with many, many branches goes back to 1720 Maryland. I also have been working on my maternal Lobbin tree which is full of the Scotch-Irish. It's been a great learning experience here.

I am interested in the US Black History sub-project. One of the early Pocock families owned slaves. So I've been working on the Freedman Narratives and plan to continue working on those.

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Hi Gang! I'm newish to wiki-tree and I still have a lot to learn. Wiki-tree has already improved my sourcing skills as I do research-- thanks!

I'm interested in Ohio & West Virginia history. Right now I'm reading a book about the experiences of coal miners' wives. Historically, lots of my family worked in heavy industry and manufacturing.

I'm not sure how projects work or how I can best contribute, but I really enjoy using historical records to piece together the lives of people who lived in the past. It's amazing how much a census record can tell about a person.

Thanks!

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I would like to join the US History Project, Sub-Project: Washington State. I am a resident of the state of Washington. Thank you.

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Ancestors immigrated from Cambridgeshire England to Maryland in 1662.  They migrated west to Ohio in 1800, and later to Indiana, Oklahoma, California, Oregon, and Washington.

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Hi---I am primarily researching my Carter family history back to my immigrant ancestor, Captain Thomas Carter, who arrived in VA in approximately 1652. My mother did a great job documenting her Norman (Midway, Liberty County, GA) and Salter family history so I can contribute to that as well. Looking forward to joining the group!

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I would like to work on the State of Illinois project, and more particularly, Kankakee County.

Thank you.

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I am interested in working on my dad's home state of Kentucky.

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Please add me to the Connecticut project. Currently a descendant of the families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, and a descendant of William Leete, the first governor.  Also a Tisdale, who only learned about Lebanon, Connecticut's Tisdale School while researching another line.

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I would like to join the US History project.  Most of my family arrived in the colonies before the American Revolution.  I have family that lived in New Netherlands and also the southern states.  I taught American History and Oklahoma History.  My father worked on our family tree for 50 years, and I am attempting to continue his work.

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I would like to join the US History project.  Most of my family arrived in the colonies before the American Revolution.  I have family that lived in New Netherlands and also the southern states.  I taught American History and Oklahoma History.  My father worked on our family tree for 50 years, and I am attempting to continue his work.

 Maybe I put this on the wrong spot, or my memory is slipping.

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I would like to join this project. Many of my ancestors came to  Kentucky in the early part of the 1800's from Virginia and Maryland so I would like to work on these states.

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I would like to join this Project with particular interests in:

• Georgia - I currently live in GA and can update the County Pages, Provide Research Help, Add Photos & Cemetery Surveying.  I also lead the Province of Georgia Team for the US Southern Colonies Project and constantly researching all time periods in Georgia.
• West Virginia - My main ancestor focus.  I have extensive research, cemetery surveys/photographs, and detailed knowledge of History of the State from decades of genealogical work in the Wild Wonderful State.

Thanks, Sandy

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I would like to join the Pennsylvania Project. I have ancestors on my mother's side in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas. On my father's side, most of the ancestors are from Lancaster area. Milton S Hershey is a 4th cousin 3x removed. The Seiberts came from Nußloch Germany in the 1870s.

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Hello, my name is Tim Perry and I would like to work with those who are dealing with colonial Louisiana. I have paternal and maternal line relatives from that area which I have been researching for many years through online resources, government documents, and through communications with family members and friends. While I might be interested in some of the other areas they settled in later on, this would be my initial area of interest. Thank you for your consideration.

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All of my lines are mostly US historical people, starting with passengers on the Mayflower to immigration to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and then to Kansas, Iowa, North and South Dakota and on to the west in California and Washington state by covered wagon. It's an interesting study. I'm still learning how this site works, but as soon as I get figured out I will share what I can.

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I'm interested in joining the project.  I was born in Delaware County and most of my ancestry in in New York State.  I'm a member of the Palatine Migration Project which includes a lot of New York history.

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Hi team! I have been doing research and working on my tree, as well as others, for over 10 years.

I have well-documented research and even discovered and fixed some mistakes in some formerly accepted research.

I will be working on settlers of all the colonies and states but specifically focused on Maryland and Virginia.