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I am interested in communicating with
cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
Here is my family tree.
I have a tree at Ancestry and at FamilySearch, as well.
Wendy was a valued member of the Greeters Project who has moved to Emeritus status.
Wendy (Skillings) Taylor competed with the Super Cedars in the 2023 WikiGames.
Born in Canada, now lives in the UK. Educated to post graduate level. Retired from a job as an IT Project Manager, which means more time for genealogy which I have been doing for more than 20 years.
Maternal family was originally from Denmark.
Paternal family emigrated to Canada from Norfolk, England
Wiki-Will for the Digital Afterlife
In the event of my death, or prolonged absence from WikiTree for more than 90 days, I hereby request that all profiles for deceased persons managed by me, including my own in the event of my death, are made open.
DNA
Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Alice Lange and Wendy Taylor. Their most-recent common ancestors are Alice’s parents, John Lange and Elna Lange. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Parent/Child, based on sharing 3,433 cM across 74 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
Maternal and paternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between JS and Wendy Taylor. Their most-recent common ancestors are their parents, Jim Skillings and Alice Lange. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Full Sibling, based on sharing 2,389 cM across 68 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Wendy Taylor GEDmatch A204056 and her maternal first cousin Betty Nielsen GEDmatch T693033. Their most-recent common ancestors are their maternal grandparents John Lange and Elna Lange. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.8, based on sharing 1126.1 cM across 45 segments.
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Wendy Taylor GEDmatch A204056 and her paternal second cousin JB GEDmatch A936866. Their most-recent common ancestors are their paternal great grandparents Elias Charles Skillings and Elizabeth Jane Zimmerman. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 2.9, based on sharing 262.7 cM across 11 segments.
Sources
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Thank you for your consistent improvement of WikiTree by participation in the Sourcerers Project during 2023! All that you do is greatly appreciated!
Wendy (Skillings) Taylor reached the Golden Achievement milestone by sourcing at least one profile in every month of the 2023 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.
Thank you Wendy for your leadership, encouragement and mentorship. I enjoyed the Sourcerer's challenge; I could have done much better but my dad had just died. The whole team is amazing and thank you so much for the diversion.
We appreciate your consistent work in improving WikiTree through the Sourcerers Project in 2022!
Wendy (Skillings) Taylor was awarded the Golden Achievement Milestone for at least one sourced profile tracked every month since you received the Sourcerers Badge in the 2022 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.
Hi Wendy !! Just want to ask a question regarding the Saturday Sourcing Sprint for 10 Sep. Is there a sticker I can add for participating in the sprint ? Or is there a badge awarded for place getters? You're advice about this will be appreciated.
Hi William! The first time someone wins a sprint, we award them a badge. Each week the winner is awarded a sticker. There isn’t anything awarded just for participating, though Mel normally makes mention of new participants in her reply to the g2g post at the end of her audit.
Hope that answers your question, but let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks, Wendy, for leading me to Social Security documentation of the death date for Jack Jordan Zimmerman Sr! I've joined FamilySearch and am using this trick to document dates on other profiles.
I am 85 and live in the United States. And I related to you and Jane Skillings.
Nice to connect.
Kathy Solomon Isbell is 17 Degrees from Jane Skillings
Hi Wendy, You asked About Camille Fauteux I have a couple of Camille Fauteuxs in my myheritage tree. One is my Great grand father(Hawsbury/Rigault) area >> Grand father Victor Fauteux (Hawksbury/Rigault) area >> Father Roger Victor Fauteux (Ottawa) 1925 >> me William Roger Fauteux (Ottawa)1949. The other is a descendant of a Great G uncle who I have not researched much . I am just starting with WIKITREE, and have a few thousand family names in MyHeritage. I am interested in family geneology, although I find it defies some basics laws of physics ??? Bill
I was just trying to suggest a source for your great grandfather, so your unsourced tree is no longer unsourced. If that is the correct source, there are others you might add to his profile also.
Dear Wendy, thank you for the welcome. I am looking for mrmbers of the Isaacs family in England befor Francis Isaacs went to live in the British Virgin Island in the 18th century. Possibly from Devon.
I would suggest adding some profiles for your ancestors, if they are not here already, and then posting in our g2g forum. The g2g is full of friendly helpful people.
At WikiTree, we do not store your DNA data. Your DNA test details can be recorded and these should show on the profiles of your ancestors about 24 hours after recording your test information.
You could upload your DNA test details to GEDMatch.com, or similar sites, to facilitate test comparisons.
Wendy
PS Apologies, but I deleted my first answer as I was half asleep and thought you were asking about GEDCOMs.
Hi Wendy. I was trying to search for my ex husband, but the birth date was after 1940 do I dont have excess to that info. He was my 2nd husband and my children (from 1st marriage) are wondering if he still lives.
Wendy I hope I'm not the first person to do this, i put in same information in for two different people..... I need to correct it i went in to edit it, it just made things worse..... can you please help???
William (Boggs) Elkins
If it could be deleted then I can go back in and put in the correct info... Its all correct on my other person..
I will be more careful when putting in my information.. Thank you ever so much...
On WikiTree, we can’t delete profiles, but we can merge them. I can help with a merge, but need both WikiTree IDs. You mentioned Boggs-3443. What is the other WikiTree ID, please?
I am hoping you can assist me. I would like to become the profile manager for my great-great grandmother as she does not have a profile manager. I cannot seem to find the way.
Usually, next to where it says ‘No Profile Manager’, you will see the link [adopt this profile]. If you click the link, it should add you a the profile manager.
I made profiles for my Thomas , Sarah and their 7 children. They were added to the existing profiles and it resulted in existing Sarah profile as being married to 2 Thomas's and having 7 more children as half siblings to the existing siblings.
L asked Sam Land to be on his trusted list and he agreed.
You posted a comment on George McCreary profile; are you asking me to post a message on the same profile suggesting which family is correct? I will send you a private message with details of what has been added.
Thank you Wendy. I've removed my email address from my Wikitree profile. Could you explain to me how posting my own personal email address in any way compromises any other Wikitree user, or exposes them or Wikitree to spam?
It doesn’t compromise other members, or WikiTree itself, but WikiTree is a public website and, as such, there are people or ‘spambots’ that can capture your email address and send you spam emails.
Anyone who wants to contact you can either post a comment on your profile, or send you a private message via WikiTree. You will receive these as emails. You can post a reply to a comment, or send a reply as a private message via their profile.
WikiTree does its best to protect all its members.
Thank you for the welcome. I started searching family in 1978 and did so till 1999 when I published a Riepenhoff -Reaper Family History book. The internet was not here for much of that time so I had to go to many cousins along with libraries, cemeteries, court houses, etc. These cousins gave us information on themselves, their parents and grandparents, their sons and daughters. Is that information received first hand all right as a source here?
Yes, information told to you by a cousin can be added as a source. You should record who told you and when. However, this is anecdotal evidence and it should be possible to find primary sources to support things like names, connections, life events and dates.
For example, I have suggested some sources for Herman Rudolph Krueger, which I found on FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch is free, though you do need to register.
Thanks for the welcome email. Im not into genology, found moms page here lacking a few bits of info. So just supplied it. Dont know how to update things, so hopefully a admin can. Thx again. KA
FamilySearch.org is free, you just need to register. Providing sources that everyone can access is preferable to linking to an Ancestry family tree that many won’t be able to access because it is behind a ‘paywall’. Having said that, there are ways of linking to source documents in Ancestry. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Links_to_Ancestry
Wendy
Wendy, thanks for your contributions to the project.
Thank you for your consistent improvement of WikiTree by participation in the Sourcerers Project during 2023! All that you do is greatly appreciated!
Take care
edited by Staci (Hadsell) Golladay
Wendy, thanks for your many contributions to the project and for your work in improving our shared tree.
Wendy, thanks for your efforts to improve our shared tree and for your tireless work in keeping the project afloat.
Hi Wendy. Thanks for your efforts in sourcing this month.
Thanks for all your work this month and in 2022 for the Sourcerers Project! Happy New Year!!!
Hi Wendy. Thanks for your efforts in improving our shared tree.
Hope that answers your question, but let me know if you have further questions.
Hi Wendy. Congratulation on your achievement this month.
Thanks for your contributions to the monthly Sourcerers Challenge. We appreciate your work!
Great work on the March 2022 Sourcerers Challenge! Thank you for improving our tree.
WikiTree Appreciation Team
Nan, WikiTree Appreciation Team
Terry
Wendy
Thanks for the marriage of Mary (Rayner) Warwick - Rayner-2158. Cheers, Kathy
Wendy
I am 85 and live in the United States. And I related to you and Jane Skillings. Nice to connect. Kathy Solomon Isbell is 17 Degrees from Jane Skillings
Weaver-12554-2.jpgKathy Weaver →✖Weaver-12550.jpgEarl Weaver (her father) →✖Bettie Shasteen (his mother) →✖Mary Smith (her mother) →✖Robert A Smith (her father) →✖Joseph Smith (his father) →✖James Smith (his father) →✖Ralph Hoard Smith (his father) →✖Elizabeth Smith (his sister) →✖Mary Hartley (her daughter) →✖Hannah Rice (her daughter) →✖Thomas Page (her husband) →✖Mary Page (his sister) →✖Secord-28.jpgDavid Secord (her husband) →✖Solomon Secord (his son) →✖David Secord (his son) →✖Sarah Zimmerman (his wife) →Zimmerman-4200.jpgJane Zimmerman (her sister)
edited by Kathy (Weaver) Solomon Isbell
It is lovely 💕 to know we are connected through the Secord and Zimmerman families.
Wendy
I was just trying to suggest a source for your great grandfather, so your unsourced tree is no longer unsourced. If that is the correct source, there are others you might add to his profile also.
Wendy
Wendy
Wendy
Wendy
I would suggest adding some profiles for your ancestors, if they are not here already, and then posting in our g2g forum. The g2g is full of friendly helpful people.
I did a quick search on FamilySearch.org for Isaacs in Devon born in 1700-1799. There are lots of them. See https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.surname=Isaacs&q.birthLikePlace=Devon%2C%20England&q.birthLikeDate.from=1700&q.birthLikeDate.to=1799&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on
However I would need more clues about what I am looking for.
Wendy
Wendy
At WikiTree, we do not store your DNA data. Your DNA test details can be recorded and these should show on the profiles of your ancestors about 24 hours after recording your test information.
You could upload your DNA test details to GEDMatch.com, or similar sites, to facilitate test comparisons.
Wendy
PS Apologies, but I deleted my first answer as I was half asleep and thought you were asking about GEDCOMs.
edited by Wendy (Skillings) Taylor
The information you posted on Ellen Hanrahan is correct. Thank you Joyce Lehan Feodoroff
Wendy
Thank you Annemarie Gouws (de Hoog)
You didn’t share his name, so I am not sure what to look for to see if I can help.
Wendy
Wendy
William (Boggs) Elkins If it could be deleted then I can go back in and put in the correct info... Its all correct on my other person.. I will be more careful when putting in my information.. Thank you ever so much...
Apologies for the delay in responding.
On WikiTree, we can’t delete profiles, but we can merge them. I can help with a merge, but need both WikiTree IDs. You mentioned Boggs-3443. What is the other WikiTree ID, please?
Wendy
I am hoping you can assist me. I would like to become the profile manager for my great-great grandmother as she does not have a profile manager. I cannot seem to find the way.
She is no. 11095 Mary Ann (Mann) Thorn.
Thanking you in advance. SPM
edited by S. P. (Nivison) Mousouros
Usually, next to where it says ‘No Profile Manager’, you will see the link [adopt this profile]. If you click the link, it should add you a the profile manager.
Let know if you have further questions
Wendy
Wendy
L asked Sam Land to be on his trusted list and he agreed. You posted a comment on George McCreary profile; are you asking me to post a message on the same profile suggesting which family is correct? I will send you a private message with details of what has been added.
Wendy
It doesn’t compromise other members, or WikiTree itself, but WikiTree is a public website and, as such, there are people or ‘spambots’ that can capture your email address and send you spam emails.
Anyone who wants to contact you can either post a comment on your profile, or send you a private message via WikiTree. You will receive these as emails. You can post a reply to a comment, or send a reply as a private message via their profile.
WikiTree does its best to protect all its members.
For further information, see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Comments
Wendy
Wendy
I am Just starting and learning to use wikitree app.. WBR, Juha Family member from Finland - since Feb 2021
Yes, information told to you by a cousin can be added as a source. You should record who told you and when. However, this is anecdotal evidence and it should be possible to find primary sources to support things like names, connections, life events and dates.
For example, I have suggested some sources for Herman Rudolph Krueger, which I found on FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch is free, though you do need to register.
For further information on Sources, see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:How_to_Get_Started_with_Genealogy#Source.2C_Source.2C_Source
Let me know if you have further questions
Wendy
Congrats on the Super Star Badge!
As you haven’t connected to your mother, I am not sure where to check. If you let me know her WikiTree profile ID, I will have a look.
Wendy
FamilySearch.org is free, you just need to register. Providing sources that everyone can access is preferable to linking to an Ancestry family tree that many won’t be able to access because it is behind a ‘paywall’. Having said that, there are ways of linking to source documents in Ancestry. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Links_to_Ancestry
Hope that helps
Wendy