Scotland Sourcerers Team Page

Profile managers: Linda Peterson [send private message], Doug McCallum [send private message], Sheena Tait [send private message], and Scotland Project WikiTree [send private message]

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Welcome to the Scotland Sourcerers Team page

What we do: Sourcerers find sources for profiles. The ideal is to provide a source for each fact on a profile, but even one source helps to orientate genealogists to the profile and confirms the person's existence.

The Scotland Project sourcerers are:

Team Leader - Sheena Tait

Team Members - not all sourcerers can deal with every time period. To help you, and us, the names below have been organised by the time period of the profiles they can edit, and hence, add sources to:

A Note About Names

In Scotland, Names are more than they appear. If you're having trouble finding someone, check the Scottish Interchangeable Names to see if there's another name they may have used or been recorded by. If you are aware of other names but don't see them on the list, please feel free to add them.

Do's and Don't's

Do - Review Profile Standards for Scotland_- Sources Style_Guide

Do - use Evidence Explained formatting, based on the Chicago Manual of Style. The University of Strathclyde citation style is acceptable as an alternative citation format.

Do - try to add primary sources when ever possible. Primary sources are original materials that have not been altered or distorted in any way. Examples are Birth and Death Registration Records, Parish Records, Original copies of wills.

Do - think carefully about where the information came from, before deciding how to use it.

Do - add 'Research Notes', for information that is uncertain, but may be of help to others. Explain in the notes any doubts you have regarding the information.

Do - add as many sources as possible to each profile.

Do - try to put sources inline whenever possible.

Do - include links to online sources.

Do - consider contacting the profile manager to discuss any major changes that you wish to make.

Do - add the {{Unsourced|Scotland}} template to any profiles you find that you cannot source. Also add a place if possible and document where you have looked for information.

Don't - Rely on secondary sources. Secondary sources are sources that were originally presented elsewhere. They include information found in newspapers, or oral history provided by family members. (Document them in the Biography)

Don't - use tables as these are difficult for less experienced or technically advanced members to edit.

Don't - use a simple link to a source which is not considered a complete source citation.

Don't - Use family trees found on websites such as ancestry as a source. They can be recorded in the biography, or as research notes. Such family trees provide clues about a person and their family but cannot be relied on to be accurate. Always check them.

How You Can Help

Find Unsourced Profiles

Unsourced profiles can be found at WikiTree+ (select the blue "Get profiles" button) and the Unsourced profiles Scotland report.

"Source as You Go"

Add sources whenever you can, especially on your own profiles. If you able to help others find sources, that's even better.

Source your County

If you are part of a county team, you could source profiles from that county as part of your work for that team.

Challenges

If you enjoy challenges, then join the monthly Sourcerers Challenge or the Saturday Sourcing Sprints.

Work on the Scotland Profiles. And don't forget the annual Source-a-thon. We need everybody's help then.

Become a Connecting Buddy

If you can never find the right links to make a connection, but are happy to make the profiles and add good sources, then being a Connecting Buddy could be for you. Visit the Connecting Buddy page for more information.

"Smash a Brick Wall"

Find sources to help another member break down one of their "Brick Walls.

Let us know which of your Scottish "Brick Walls" could use some help with and we will add them to the list. And let us know if they are solved so that we can give credit to the "Wall Smasher".

Brick Wall	Profile manager	Place	comments
Agnes (Kinghorn) Simpson (abt.1800-1847)	Peter Cameron	Berwickshire	looking to DNA matches to confirm correct one
Francis Smith (abt.1790-abt.1824)	Chris (Smith) Wright	Mochrum, Wigtownshire	See Research Notes
Christiana (Cameron) McMillen (abt.1741-bef.1820)	Ellen Altenburg	Loch Eil, Lochaber	See Research Notes
Hugh McMillen (abt.1745-aft.1820)	Ellen Altenburg	Loch Eil, Lochaber	See Research Notes
Isabella (McDonald) Anderson (abt.1849-bef.1911)	Karen Anderson	Old Machar, Aberdeen	—
Sarah (Threadcraft) McIntosh (-1814)	Sandy (Craig) Patak	Inverness-shire	—
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Scotland, Unsourced Profiles

This category is for profiles that do not cite any sources. All profiles on WikiTree need sources. Can you help? Join our Sourcerers Challenge!

Profiles are placed in this category with the {{Unsourced|Scotland}} Research Note Box. If you find a source for a profile, remove the {{Unsourced|...}} tag (or the [[Space:Scotland Sourcerers Team Page]] category if it's been used instead), even if other facts still need citations.

If you can't find a source, add a Research Notes section or comment saying where you looked. Unsourced profiles for Scotland.

Table prepared at 28.05.2024 14:34:51 (Slovenian time). Condition to prepare list (Country is Scotland). Profiles: 769724

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