Allison Mackler
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Surname | Oldest Known Ancestor | Date of Birth | Location | Research Notes |
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Asmus | Marie Amalie Asmus | 1849 | Germany | |
Boland | James Boland | ~1815 | Ireland | Boland Family Research |
Burke | Mary Burke | ~1810 | Ireland | |
Cohen | Stella Cohen | 1810 | Polish Russia (Russian Empire) | |
Daly | Michael Daly | ~1815 | Ireland | |
Dempewolf | Carl Friederich Wilhelm Dempewolf | 1839 | Germany | |
Eberle | John Kasper Eberle | 1780 | Württemberg | |
Harris | Gertrude Harris | 1815 | Polish Russia (Russian Empire) | |
Jahns | Ferdinandine Henriette Jahns | 1841 | Germany | |
Kinzey | Owen Kinzey | 1810 | New York | Kinsey Family Research |
Mackler | David Mackler | 1810 | Odessa, Ukraine | Mackler Family Research |
Marks | Jacob Marks | 1819 | Polish Russia (Russian Empire) | |
O'Brien | Mary O'Brien | ~1815 | Ireland | |
O'Connell | Mary O'Connell | ~1790 | Ireland | |
Pierce | Michael Pierce | ~1810 | Ireland | |
Ryan | Johanna Ryan | ~1845 | Ireland | |
Weisbraun | Frank Weisbraun | 1815 | Polish Russia (Russian Empire) | |
Woehrle | Matthew Woehrle | 1844 | Germany | |
Vordermeier | Johann Georg Vordermeier | 1780 | Württemberg | |
Yager | Frederich Yager | 1871 | Germany | |
Zapp | Barbara Zapp | 1824 | Germany |
Surname | Oldest Known Ancestor | Date of Birth | Location | Research Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anderson | Nancy Anderson | 1800 | North Carolina | |
Bastron | Jacques Bastron | ~1685 | Hessen | |
Clark | John Clark | 1756 | Fairfax County, Virginia | Clark Family Research |
Cox | William Cox | 1800 | North Carolina | |
Dietz | Johann Jakob Dietz | ~1744 | Hessen | |
Giesick | Johann George Giesick | ~1710 | Hessen | Giesick Family Research |
Glascock | William Glascock | 1381 | England | |
Grott/Groth | Johannes Groth | ~1715 | Germany | |
Heberlein | Maria Margaretha Heberlein | ~1812 | Walter, Russian Empire | |
Hill | Conrad Hill | ~1650 | Hessen | |
Hoff | Johann George Hoff | ~1736 | Hessen | |
Lutz | Michael Lutz | ~1742 | Nürnberg | |
Manweiler | Hans Manweiler | ~1680 | Pfalz | |
Meyer | Friedrich Meyer | ~1756 | Germany | |
Richter/Rector | Hans Richter | 1550 | Sachsen/Saxony | |
Reiswig | Maria Christina Reiswig | ~1813 | Walter, Russian Empire | |
Stroh | Jacob Stroh | ~1640 | Hessen | |
Thompson | Malinda Thompson | 1805 | Virginia | |
Wantland | Thomas W. Wantland | ~1822 | Ohio |
I am an active WikiTreer, though I spend more time working on profiles than participating in G2G. I love WikiTree and use it as my primary documentation of my genealogy work.
I joined the DNA Project because I regularly use DNA for genetic genealogy. I am more adept with autosomal DNA (auDNA), but am still learning how to use X, mitochondrial (mtDNA) and Y DNA. I've been able to verify my traditional genealogy through auDNA on multiple ancestral lines. I also found and solved an NPE on my father's maternal lineage.
We have a lot of wonderful DNA experts on WikiTree that know a lot more than I do, but I do love sharing my knowledge and helping others.
I joined Project:German_Roots because I have a lot of ancestors from, what is today, Germany. I have ancestors that emigrated directly from Germany to the USA in the 18th and 19th century.
There are also others that are of older Germanic descent such as a Scandinavian line that mtDNA has uncovered.
I am actively working to document my ancestors and their families (and neighbors).
I have ancestors that were original Germanna colonists. In 1717, miners from Siegen were brought to the colony of Virginia with the intention to mine silver. However, they had to clear land, build homes and start farming in order to survive.
I am working on the Germanna Colonies Project creating profiles and categorizing the original colonists.
Another group of German ancestors were those that left Germany for a better life in the 1760s and emigrated to Saratov Oblast in the Russian Empire, along the Volga river. The Volga German colonists were able to maintain their language, religion and traditions despite living deep in Russia. They endured the Russian Empire back tracking on everything they promised the Germans, and even came under attack, from government sanctioned pogroms against them. Colonists starting leaving in the 1890s for the United States and other countries.
My great-grandparents and 2x great-grandparents emigrated to Loveland, Colorado via New York in 1911.
While most people think of Volga Germans as being German, there was actually a number of colonists that came from Scandinavia. My mother's mtDNA results and matches are to Scandinavia.
I work as part of the Volga German Team because my maternal grandmother was the first US born child born to Volga German immigrants from the German colonies of Walter, Frank, Norka and Messer. She was very knowledgeable about her roots, was proud to be a Volga German and was an active member of the AHSGR. This group is also really special to me because I really miss my grandmother.
I joined the Jewish Roots Project because my Mackler ancestors were Ashkanazi Jews from, what is today, Ukraine. They emigrated from Ukraine around 1890 to New York City.
The Macklers remained in New York City. Nearly half of my genealogical research is in New York.
News Flash! It is now confirmed that my grandmother's biological father was John Boland, not the father she grew up with and that the family all knew as her father. The DNA test between my father and his first cousin showed that they were only half first cousins. A mitochondrial DNA test confirmed that their mothers did share the same mother, Emma Vordermeier.
My father had two DNA matches that were both autosomal and X matches to my father. Neither of these matched to his known first cousin. After building their trees, I was able to determine that they were both descended from the same person, Thomas Boland. The WATO tool at DNAPainter calculated the most likely father of my grandmother was Thomas Boland and the second most likely would be a child of Thomas. However, Thomas Boland died in 1916 and my grandmother was born in 1921.
After using Google Maps to determine where Thomas' male children lived in 1910 - 1930, I discovered that John Boland lived less than two blocks away from my great-grandmother, Emma. I also discovered that he was separated from his wife, who lived around the corner from Emma.
John did have siblings, however, his brothers were much younger and lived a mile away. Not conclusive, but unlikely they were in a relationship with Emma.
I joined the One Name Studies project to help research, organize and analyze family groups based on surnames.
Most recently joined the Project:Profile_Improvement project because I love improving profiles!
I am tracing my recently improved profiles for the voyage process.
As much as I love WikiTree, nothing is perfect and there are a few issues that remain unaddressed:
My advice to anyone wanting to volunteer on WikiTree is, please do! It's a great website with a great community, but just be aware of the serious flaws while doing so and take care to protect private data, photos and documents.
Currently, I belong to the following genealogical and lineage societies:
I am the oldest of three (living) siblings, one of which was born while I was a junior in high school. My parents are a native New Yorker and a native Coloradan who met in a park in Denver, Colorado on a summer day.[1][2][3][4]
It took me awhile to find a career I loved doing long term. I original went to college for art and ended up running an art gallery. I loved choosing the art exhibits, working with the artists and organizing openings. I later went back to school and got a degree in automotive technology and worked as an auto mechanic. I loved getting paid for one of my hobbies. I had to change careers again and went back school for computer science. I love working as a software engineer since. I basically just love solving problems and fixing things!
I've always been a "researcher" by nature and I'm also a big geek. Besides genealogy, I love gaming (board and computers), plays and musicals, cars, books, movies, art, music and have a big ol' soft spot for animals.
I consider myself very lucky to have both my parents still living and enjoy sharing and working with them on our family history.
My family stories indicate that I may be descended from Scottish, English, German and Russian roots,
Maternal DNA shows that we have matches to England, Hungary, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Germany.
Paternal DNA shows that we have matches to Belarus, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.
The ethnicity calculators on GEDmatch show some interesting results!
Allison is a derivation of Alice, which is a Clark (maternal grandfather) family name. My Aunt has the middle name Alice, and she was named after her father's sister, Alice Clark. Originally my mother wanted to name me Ashley, from Gone With the Wind. However, Grandma Clark hated the name Ashley, and is remembered as saying, "what if she's a big girl and they call her Assley." This was totally in character for my grandmother, who was always concerned about what other people thought and appearing proper. In fact, she changed her own middle name, unofficially, because of being teased as a child for her initials.[5]
In the event of my death, I give permission for all of my private profiles to be transferred to any of the following slightly-active WikiTreers in my family and other Wikitree members, whether or not they are currently on my trusted lists: David Mackler, Mindy Mackler, Gini Klein. Effective immediately, 29 December 2017, Allison Mackler.
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Featured National Park champion connections: Allison is 18 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 23 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 17 degrees from George Catlin, 16 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 23 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 19 degrees from George Grinnell, 27 degrees from Anton Kröller, 15 degrees from Stephen Mather, 22 degrees from Kara McKean, 16 degrees from John Muir, 20 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 26 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Registration has begun!! I would be so blessed if you go to: Register now for the 2023 Source-a-Thon! - WikiTree G2G and answer that you are in and are a Legacy Heir!!!!
It is once again time for our annual Ireland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:
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Many thanks for all that so many of you have contributed to the project in the past year, and very special thanks to those who answered the project’s call and gave generously of their time to be part of Team Seanchaithe during the most recent connect-a-thon. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
le dea-mhéin, Jen Hutton, Ireland Project co-leader
since I didn’t see any reaction from your side about the check-in message from May, I assume you don’t want to remain a project member. If I don’t hear from you within the next 14 days, I will then remove your Germany Project badge. If you do not wish for that to happen, please reply to the check-in message below or send me a direct message.
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Kind regards from Black Forest
- You can see new tabs at the top of our home page, where you can select topics to view or work on. You can also use our new maintenance categories - feel free to add them to your own family, or any other Jewish Roots profile, or work on the maintenance yourself, such as adding new records to profiles with only a couple sources.
-You are already in the GoogleGroups email listserv, which we are re-starting this week. We'll probably do most group chat there, but the most important things will be posted on G2G, which you will be notified about if you follow the jewish_roots tag.
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-If you have ideas or suggestions for the project, feel free to reply here or send me a message.
Thank you! -Elaine, co-leader for Jewish Roots Project
it's annual check-in time 2023. If you still wish to remain a member of the Germany Project, please reply to this post, by stating this intention. If we don’t hear from you in the next 30 days, your membership badge will be removed. In this case please don't be offended ... you're welcome to rejoin at any time. Please also note, that in order to receive help, with researching your German ancestors, membership is not mandatory. Just ask your questions in the G2G forum and tag them with Germany in order for knowledgeable people to see them.
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Kind regards from Black Forest
Here is the registration page link: Have you registered for the April 2023 Connect-a-Thon yet? - WikiTree G2G
Hope to see you there.
Registration for the Source-A-Thon has started. The thon will start 30 Sep 2022 and, as always, run for 72 hours, ending on October 3rd. I hope to have you with me for the Legacy Heirs team. I will understand though if it will not work out. Register so I can put you on the team roster. Here is the Registration Link: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1463120/register-now-for-the-2022-source-a-thon
Thank you so much for being a Legacy Heir and being in the Connect-A -Thon. I hope to see you for the Source-A-Thon in October.
Got you in the registration. You are on page 27. If you go to the post where I put your name in , just make a reply on my answer and it will lock you in.
Registration for the July Thon has started. It is going to be a connect-a-thon for the year of connections. The thon will start 15 Jul 2022 and, as always, run for 72 hours. I hope to have you with me for the Legacy Heirs team. I will understand though if it will not work out. Register so I can put you on the team roster. Here is the Registration Link:https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1431009/have-you-registered-for-the-july-2022-connect-a-thon-yet
edited by Lisa (Kelsey) Murphy
It’s Germany Project check-in time again! Please respond within the next 2 weeks and let me know if you’re still interested in participating with the Project. Remember, the only requirements for membership in the Germany Project are (1) that you work on at least one German profile every 6 months and (2) that you respond to this check-in.
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I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader
The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing its first annual check-in with our project members. Please review the following and let us know if you are content where we have placed you or would like to be more involved.
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Sincerely,
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Thanks Allison.
Registration for the April Thon has started. It is going to be a connect-a-thon for the year of connections. The thon will start 22 Apr 2022 and, as always, run for 72 hours. I hope to have you with me for the Legacy Heirs team. I will understand though if it will not work out. Register so I can put you on the team roster. Here is the Registration Link: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1392037/have-you-registered-for-the-april-2022-connect-a-thon-yet?start=0#a_list_title
And here is our team Chat page: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1392211/legacy-heirs-april-connect-a-thon-g2g-chat
Cheers, Liz
edited by Deborah (Mead) Anderson
Feel free to private message me if you are seeing something I'm not.
As we start this first Thon of 2022, I just want to say thank you for being a Legacy Heir!!! Have fun with this one and remember, We take it at our own individual pace. If you like to love one profile all weekend, so be it! Make that the most beautiful profile you can. If you choose to do many profiles!!! That is great too!! Just make sure you have at least one good source. Even one contribution makes this amazing tree more beautiful, healthy and strong that it was before that contribution!!
Family, obligations and most importantly, YOU are more important than the thon! We love having you here, but if something comes up, elsewhere, take care of that first. You Rock Legacy Heirs, lets have some fun and connect some profiles!!
Registration for the January Thon has started. It is going to be a connect-a-thon for the year of connections. The thon will start 14 Jan 2022 and, as always, run for 72 hours. I hope to have you with me for the Legacy Heirs team. I will understand though if it will not work out. Register so I can put you on the team roster. Here is the Registration Link: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1341478/have-you-registered-for-the-winter-2022-connect-a-thon-yet
And here is our team Chat page: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1341305/legacy-heirs-winter-2022-connect-a-thon-g2g-chat
You are an amazing part of WT and of Legacy Heirs. I am so thankful that you are a part of our team. Hope we see you on the team for the next thon.
Just a quick reminder that starting tomorrow morning at 8 am Eastern time in United States is the source a thon. I am going to be in at that time (5 am here) but please do not worry if you have to come in hours or days later. Remember we work around family, etc... and even if only one per teammate gets done, that is one more that was not done before the thon. It all makes our tree better and stronger.
p.s. Are you also descended from Germanna families?
I noticed your comment about moving an Acknowledgments section above sources. According to the Proper Order section in the Biographies guidelines, that belongs at the very end below any See Alsos in the Sources section.
Debi
Source a Thon starts on October 1 this year so registration started today. We would love to have you on the team again. If you will be, go to the link below and say you want to participate and you are a Legacy Heir. “See” you soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1291959/have-you-registered-for-the-2021-source-a-thon-yet
Thanks for joining the Germany Project! I've awarded you a project member badge. When you have a chance, please do the following:
1. Read the main Germany Project Page (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Germany) to familiarize yourself with what we do.
2. Submit a join request to our Google Group (https://groups.google.com/g/wikitreegermanroots), where our project communicates. **Please make sure to add your name and WikiTree ID** to the request so we can get you set up.
3. Join a Team: On our main project page, we have listed several teams that cover regional, functional, historical and migrational interests. You might find that one of our 16 regional teams may be a good fit. Simply post a comment on the Team page to join whichever team suits you. (I've added you to the Volga Germans Team already - let me know if you'd like to join any others).
We look forward to working with you! Please feel free to contact me with any questions any time.
Thanks! Traci Thiessen ~ Germany Project co-leader
Connect-A-Thon is from July 23 through the 26th. Registration started today!!! Here is the link for registration https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1253349/have-you-registered-for-the-2021-connect-a-thon-yet
This is where our chat page is: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1254362/2021-legacy-heirs-connect-a-thon-chat
I sent you a message a couple of weeks ago on behalf of the Germany Project and have not yet heard back from you. I hope you are well!
If I don’t hear back from you by the end of April, I will assume you no longer wish to be a member of the Germany Project and I’ll go ahead and remove you from our member roster. You are, of course, welcome to rejoin at any time via our G2G sign-up post.
Best wishes,
Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader
The Germany Project Leaders are doing their semi-annual check-in with all project members and we want to verify that you’re still interested in being a member of the Project. Please respond by private message and let me know.
Are you currently working with one of our Sub-projects or Teams? If not, take a look at our main Project page for a full list. We recently launched a new Profile Improvement Team and are seeking new team members. Let me know if you’re interested.
We really appreciate your contributions on WikiTree, and thank you for all your hard work. If you have any questions, please ask. We would also love to hear any feedback you may have for the project.
I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Traci ~ Germany Project co-leader
Registration started today for the Spring Clean-A-Thon.The cleaning will start on Friday, April 23, at 8 AM (EDT) and run until Monday, April 26, at 8 AM (EDT). If you can and will be joining us, let us now. You must register first, If you have not please go here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1199618/have-you-registered-for-the-2021-spring-clean-a-thon-yet?show=1199618#q1199618 and answer that you will be there and want to be on Legacy Heirs.
Our team Chat is here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1200770/legacy-heirs-2021-spring-clean-a-thon-g2g-chat
Hope to see you!!
Thank you for being on Team Legacy Heirs for the source-a-thon. I hope we will have you join the team again for the next thon.
Just a quick reminder, this Friday starts the Source-A-Thon. Looking forward to seeing you there as much or as little as you can join us.
The chat is at: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1095181/legacy-heirs-2020-source-a-thon-g2g-chat
Thanks for your participation during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree over the weekend. I hope you’ll join us for the Source-a-thon this fall.
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
I am helping Lisa from Legacy Heirs out for the Connect-a-Thon 2020. We start the day after tomorrow, Friday, July 17th, at 8:00 AM (EDT). Our link at G2G is over here at: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1054824/legacy-heirs-2020-connect-a-thon-g2g-chat-page
Registration ends today if you know anyone who wants to join our team.
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1054269/have-you-registered-for-the-2020-connect-a-thon-yet?start=60#a_list_title
Looking forward to your participation again and thank you.
I do not care what anyone says, This is the very best team around. This team has dealt with homelessness, pneunonia, friends and family dropping in, plans changing, computer issues and more. We all still got in and sourced as best we could.
You are an amazingly awesome team and I am so blessed to have you all in Legacy Heirs. I hope to have you all back next year.
Lisa