Maxine (Burch) Keske
Honor Code SignatorySigned 22 Nov 2020 | 33,297 contributions | 480 thank-yous | 839 connections
Signed 22 Nov 2020 | 33,297 contributions | 480 thank-yous | 839 connections
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anyone who shares the same ancestors.
Here is my family tree.
I am trying to build more of my family tree. I have managed to find my 8th paternal great grandfather Benjamin Burch, who was born in Buckinghamshire. Also, I have found my grandmother's Pennsylvannia Dutch roots, with the Pannebecker family. I need to work on the Brenner, Randall and Parker families now.
with
anyone who shares the same ancestors.
Here is my family tree.
I am trying to build more of my family tree. I have managed to find my 8th paternal great grandfather Benjamin Burch, who was born in Buckinghamshire. Also, I have found my grandmother's Pennsylvannia Dutch roots, with the Pannebecker family. I need to work on the Brenner, Randall and Parker families now.
My maternal great grandfather, William Coyne, his father, William, a tailor, and his wife Sabina Ralph, lived in London, but the Coyne family was of Irish decent as was his wife's family; Bridget Daly and her parents, Mary Carey and John Daly. Another great grandfather was Samuel Slater from Derbyshire, parents John Slater and Elizabeth Rushton while his wife, Honorah Brophy was Irish. Her parents were Patrick Brophy and Sarah Gleeson.
So much more to do to locate family long gone
tested
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Donald James Burch
and Mary Maxine (Coyne) Burch
Sister of
[private brother (1950s - unknown)] and Elizabeth (Burch) Wagner
Mother of
[private son (1980s - unknown)] and [private son (1980s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Nov 2020
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Biography
Maxine (Burch) Keske has completed the England Project's Pre-1700 Orphan Trail II.
Maxine (Burch) Keske has completed the England Project's Orphan Trail.
Maxine (Burch) Keske participated in the 2023 England Project Coronation Tea Party Challenge.
Maxine is the 20th great granddaughter of King Edward III.
Maxine Burch was born in London, Ontario, Canada to Donald J Burch and Mary (Coyne) Burch. She has a brother Paul and sister Elizabeth. She was married to Walter Keske and had two children. Maxine taught high school for 38 years and retired when her husband became ill and needed to have her home with him. Walter died at Christmas in 2018. Maxine continues to live in the house they built in 1982 and has hobbies which now include creating a family tree to pass on to her children in future years.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Maxine Burch at registration.
- Ancestry.com. Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Voter's List 1972: Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Voters Lists, Federal Elections, 1935-1980. Original data: Voters Lists, Federal Elections, 1935–1980. R1003-6-3-E (RG113-B). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Maxine's formal name
- full middle name (P.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (2)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maxine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maxine:
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100.00%
100.00%
Maxine (Burch) Keske:
23andMe, yourDNAportal MAXa1e52f8f
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50.00%
50.00%
Elizabeth (Burch) Wagner
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23andMe, yourDNAportal ELle8ebc7ed
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Susan (Leonard) Flynn :
23andMe, GEDmatch A852832 [compare], yourDNAportal SUS50cb5228
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A852832 [compare], yourDNAportal SUS50cb5228, Ancestry member susannah1963
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A852832 [compare], yourDNAportal SUS50cb5228, FTDNA kit #B765153
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Maxine:
- Maxine Keske is a Wonderful WikiTreer Sep 29, 2023.
- Maxine Keske is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 12, 2023.
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Thank you for your contributions to WikiTree. I just received your message regarding the profile for Joan Grover WikiTree ID UNKNOWN-36091. I am not very familiar with working on English profiles and would appreciate your assistance and trust your expertise in this matter. I wish I had more time available for more genealogical activity.
Keep up your good work,
Pat (Fuller-5853) Credit
I noticed this profile is being edited. Please add this category to the Research Notes section:
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Thanks Pat
Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!
Best wishes,
Elizabeth, England Project Leader
Hi Maxine
The Connect-a-Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for helping, it is appreciated.
Our teams did really well. Our big Mighty Oaks Team came first overall, and our Little Mighty Oak Branches Team was in the top 5 on the Normalised Score. The combined score of our two teams was 11,109. A total of was 95,575 new profiles added by all during the thon.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event).
The next Thon, towards the end of the year will be a Source-a-Thon, And watch G2G for the WikiTree Games sometime in August.
Thanks again for a great weekend, we look forward to working with you again soon.
Joan, Janet, Maddy, & Fran (Co Captains)
Maxine, thanks for your work to improve our shared tree.
Hi. I have added you to the trusted list for Elizabeth Longman as you requested. I am away on holiday at the moment and won't look at the profile for a while. Regards Matthew
I wrote to you recently as part of the England Project's annual check-in with our project members. I haven't heard back from you. I hope you are well.
If you could please drop me a quick note to confirm whether you are still interested in the project and wish to remain an active member, that would be very helpful.
If we don't hear from you within the next 2 weeks, we will assume you are no longer active in the England Project and remove you from our list of project members. You would be most welcome to re-apply to join the project at a later time by signing-up on the project’s G2G welcome post.
Many thanks!
Ian, England Project Leader
So sorry for not getting back to you. I did write a letter but to my great dismay, somehow it disappeared before I sent it.
Otherwise, one thing I thought needed some work were the Help pages being too difficult to use and locating the right one is nearly impossible. After I had explained my dislike and losing the letter, there was this great innovation of frequently used BUT EXTREMELY HARD TO LOCATE help pages. I haven't really sampled the new page but if it helps get to the right page it will be so important for all of us.
As to continuing on with projects that I like to help with, I enjoy sourcing and connecting when I can. I'm on a list for OT2 which may happen soon enough. Before that occurs, I'm working with Steve Whitfield on reducing Unknowns in Buckinghamshire. I'm contacting PMs with the information on their Unknown profile(s), asking them to take the time to change the Unknown or to allow me on the trusted list to do it for them. I've had some success and this week I have another 19 Unknowns removed, according to Steve. I haven't seen that yet. There will be more next week too. I'm working at clearing 150 Unknowns or close to it. This week will involve setting up requests for UPMs so I can clear more Unknowns eventually. So, I'm pre-occupied right now!
That's about it. I do wish that there were a person to consult with for Buckinghamshire. I've never been contacted by anyone other than Marion Pool when I graduated OT1.
Oh, is there anyway to perhaps guide new members to look at how the bios should be developed? I am so sick at seeing next to nothing on all these Unknown pages. By the time I've solved each Unknown, I've probably added all the basics.
With the new setup in creating profiles, I do wonder how citations are being judged as acceptable. It hopefully is more accurate than in the past. Setting up I'll post citations by 2013 etc between ref tags just doesn't cut it.
I can't think of much more to say, so hopefully that will help you to understand where I am at.
Being Canadian and not having any experience or background to understand English ways or issues in general, I can tell you that I do feel Alone in Buckinghamshire. Not nice.
Maxine
Ian
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?
Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!
Kind regards,
Ian, England Project Leader
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you, a job well done. The grand total for the event was 76,995 profiles created. The Mighty Oaks contributed 6,258 of those.
If you open up your contribution list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, before you orphan the profiles ;)
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock!
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.
On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.
Best wishes,
Amelia, England Project Leader
We would love to have you join the Mid-Atlantic Team for the Connect-A-Thon. The event will start on Friday, July 15th, at 8 AM (EST) and run until Monday, July 18th, at 8 AM (EST). You do not need to be available the entire time and there will be links on our page to the Needs Profiles categories .
If you would like to join us then please answer the G2G post here https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1431009/have-you-registered-for-the-july-2022-connect-a-thon-yet and ask to join the Mid-Atlantic Team.
Hope you will join us again!
Mickey Co-Captain for the Mid-Atlantic Team
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!
The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
Many thanks!
Joan, England Project Leader
We would love to have you join the Mid-Atlantic Team for the Connect-A-Thon. The event will start on Friday, January 14, at 8 AM (EST) and run until Monday, January 17, at 8 AM (EST). You do not need to be available the entire time and there will be links on our page to the Needs Profiles categories and Findagrave, possible father, mother, spouse lists on our page if you don’t have something of your own to work on.
If you would like to join us then please answer the G2G post here Connect-a-thon Registration and ask to join the Mid-Atlantic Team.
Hope you will join us again!
Lucy & Mickey Co-Captains for the Mid-Atlantic Team
Thanks for taking responsibility for Orphaned Profiles. This is a courtesy email to share the After Adopting Orphans FAQ which explains the special attention adopted profiles will sometimes need from their profile managers. One quick way to find the profiles you adopted is by searching your Contributions List for the word "adopted" and "manager." You can find a quick link to your Contributions List in the My WikiTree dropdown menu.
If you will be working with any profiles needing GEDCOM cleanup, the AGC tool can help with formatting so that you can concentrate on the research. You can read more about it in the WikiTree AGC FAQ.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Debi
I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project during the past six months. We've achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
As the England Project Leaders, we are completing our six monthly check-in with all project members.
How is the Orphan Trail going? Which project team/s are you interested in becoming active in once you finish the Trail? Also, do you have any feedback on what the project is doing well and anything we could do better in the future?
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Ian, England Project Leader
I believe this is what you chose.
Hilary
Thanks for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz!
Pre-1700 ancestors can be shared by many descendants, so collaboration is essential. You can learn more about joining the community in How To #3 and in the Project FAQ.
The England Project may fit your research focus. If not, use the Pre-1700 Projects list to find other possibilities. Review the project page to learn about resources and guidelines as well as how to collaborate with the project members.
Have questions? Ask in the comments section of my profile.
Remember to cite reliable sources in pre-1700 profiles you manage, or edit. (See: Pre-1700 Reliable Sources).
Ginny ~ Pre-1700 Greeter
I have thought of checking out what is involved with the England Project. What does it involve?
I have a lot to clean up before I start learning about other projects but I thank you for the invitation.
Maxine
As you have been a member of WikiTree for a few weeks now, I thought I would check in to see how you are getting on with the site.
Has the New Member How-To been helpful, or left you with any questions?
I am here to help with any problems or queries you may have. To contact me, log into WikiTree, and go to your profile. Use the ‘Reply’ link below my comment so that I will be notified. Alternatively, you can click my name to visit my profile, where you can send a private message, or post a comment on my profile page.
Laura ~ WikiTree Greeter
Did you know that we have a research tool that makes finding reliable sources easier? I use it all the time and it helps me remember different places to check. To give it a try, go to the Family Tree & Tools tab; select Genealogy Research, scroll down near the bottom of that list, and select Research with RootsSearch (use your WikiTree email & password). There are over 20 websites to access from there. You can read more about the tool in the RootSearch FAQ. You can also find it on the profiles about halfway down on the right side.
Laura
You are now a Family Member -- your contributions will go a long way to joining the world together! Start with the New Member How-To pages — they are really useful as you add profiles and learn your way around.
Thank you for adding your DNA to WikiTree. Getting the Best from DNA will tell you more about how DNA kits are used on WikiTree.
If you have any questions about how WikiTree works, use the reply link below this comment (on your profile) to let me know. I am happy to help! If I can't answer, I will help you find someone who can.
Peggy W ~ WikiTree Greeter
PS Click the green tags near the top of your profile and see others following the same surnames you are researching. The more of these clickable tags you add (20 max.) that include surnames, locations, periods of history or other genealogical interests, the more connections you will make and maybe find a few cousins! To edit or add more tags, click on the word “following” or use this link. This page will help you learn more about tags.
I am lost as to how to help with connecting my DNA with Wikitree from 23andMe. Can you help me to link up properly?
Maxine
Your DNA results can be found here:
https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Burch-4282/89
(You can also get to this DNA section by using the first two drop-down menus at the top of your profile, look for DNA).
Your 23 and me results have been added. It takes up to 24 hours for your results to appear on profiles. In the meantime, start adding profiles for you family starting with your parents. The more profiles you have, the more connections you can make. Soon you will connect to profiles already on WikiTree and that will help you find some new cousins.
Have a look at the DNA page in my comment above. Let me know if you have any more questions.
Peggy
I see you have started to add family members. Great, thanks for your contributions so far!
Before you get along too far, please review how to add sources. Sources are very important here on Wikitree. It is how we show where we got the info and help others find it too.
The easiest way to find sources is to use the handy RootsSearch link on the right side of any profile. You login with your WikiTree login. There are links to over 20 genealogy websites. I recommend starting with FamilySearch. Once you find a correct source, just copy and paste the citation provided into the profile. This can go at the end or use the inline citation tool to add it to the biography. Please copy and paste the entire citation when using FamilySearch or other online databases.
If you want to learn more about how to find info and sources for English profiles, consider joining the England project. You will learn a lot if you take their "Orphan Trail" self paced training.
If you have any questions about how WikiTree works, use the reply link below this comment (on your profile) to let me know. I am happy to help!
Peggy
I needed to know how to add sources!! I now have to go back to do all of them properly. That should take a couple of days, I would think.
I have 3 families trees on Family Search, MyHeritage and Ancestry. I can't access very much easily but all the info is on these sites.
I did check that my Ancestry tree is public. "KESKE Family Tree" Keske is my married name. I am now a widow as my husband died almost two years ago. I just added him on my tree. I have his birth certificate and dead certificate. I wonder how to enter them on this site?
I will finish adding my second child too, in a few minutes. How do you deal with sources for them too?
As to our overall wishes, my sister, Elizabeth Wagner, who joined at the same time, wish to solve some mysteries. We have 3 three mysteries.
First: I have tried to find further ancestors for my paternal grandfather. It seems impossible, but it shouldn't be. From family stories, one ancestor, a Sir William Buckley Burch, apparently had accumulated a large swath of land in Hertfordshire. Rumour has it that he had a second bigamous marriage, from which we descend. When he died, a 100 year dispute took place over his lands and the division, thereof, amongst various family members. My grandfather received his share perhaps in the early 1900s, prior to 1914 anyway. He sold the land to his brother Jack, or John Burch, born 1882, in Tring, Hertfordshire. From family lore, he used the land to build a munitions plant for WWI. For his efforts, he received a "Sir", probably as part of the King's yearly tributes to citizens. Why can't we find this?? Talk about a brick wall! Searching brings up nothing.
Second: My maternal great grandparents are nearly impossible to trace - all four. Their parents are absolutely impossible to locate and validate. I swear, our family arrived as aliens from other space!!
Third: I am somewhat unbelieving as to what I read on the other sites, about our family history. We seem to be related to everyone important in history! I tell my sister some names and she goes ballistic. She's the historian. She starts telling me who they are and how our family is involved with every stage of history. I tend to downplay this, as I wonder how true it can be. So, we need some help, to unwind the past and to put it in place. I have made it back to Adam and Eve on Family Search twice. Is this normal?
Finally, having survived the wars on the other three aforementioned sites, we are happy to be in with people who are more trained in genealogy and we feel priviledged to be allowed to share our skills in any way we can. Self learning has been interesting, but we need some guidance now.
I would like to share my experiences with the programmers on the other sites. I could recommend improvements!!
There is a lot to unpack here but I will try to address some of your questions.
Sourcing: On WikiTree, we encourage the use of sources from free websites like FamilySearch over paid sites like Ancestry. That way everyone can see the source. I can add sources to one of your grandparents so you can see how it should be formatted.
As for your husband, if his info is online, link to it. If you have paper certificates use a citation such as: Death certificate of --- Registration number: --- in the possession of --- Provide all the relevant info on the certificate.
For really recent people, you do not have to provide sources but you can if they exist (such as an obituary for those who have recently died and that's all that is available). Living people are automatically private and only a minimal amount of info is publicly displayed (unless they also become members then they can choose how much info to display).
To try to unravel your family mysteries, I would suggest contacting the folks at the England project for guidance. I am a member of that project but am still learning myself.
One thing that you learn through the WikiTree experience is we are ALL related and so we can usually connect our family to such notables as the Royal family. Find out more by going to "Connections" under the drop-down menu with your WikiTree ID at the top (or visit your profile page and scroll to the bottom). It is fun to see how your family is connected to historical figures and events but I try to not put too much stock in all that!
I hope that helps you get started.
Best wishes on your family history journey,
Peggy
A couple of formatting notes. The WikiTree links to a person's parents are on the right side when in edit mode; all other ID can be copied from the person's profile (next to their name). Just copy and paste these into the biography text box (though doing this is optional). You can cite Find A Grave from FamilySearch or directly from Find A Grave (scroll down to find the citation). The Find A grave template needs to be added manually: {FindAGrave|ID no.}}; (this step is also optional but easy enough to do). Find A Grave should go in the See also section because it is not a primary source.
I used the inline citation tool to add each source after the fact in the biography. To do this, type the fact (ie Jane was born in 1800.) then click the C in the tool bar above the biography text box and paste in your source. If you prefer, sources can go at the bottom of the biography text box after sources and references.
All of the above are little things you can learn as you go so do not let them stress you out! The main thing is to get your sources into your profiles.
Let me know if you have any questions along the way.
Peggy
PS For self directed learning, I highly recommend the England project's "Orphan Trail".
edited by Peggy Watkins
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I may need a tutorial.
Maxine