Tony Woods
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Tony W. Woods
Born 1960s.
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Brother of [private sister (1950s - unknown)]
Father of [private son (1980s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1980s - unknown)]
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Biography

Tony Woods is a member of the Woods Name Study Project.
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Tony Woods has Scottish Ancestors.
Tony Woods has Irish ancestors.
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Tony Woods has English ancestors.
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Tony Woods was born in Victoria, Australia
Tony Woods was born in Australia to parents of Ireland citizenship.

Tony is interested in genealogy and is often dabbling in the Wiki Tree profiles adding sources, sometimes family members, often scratching his head as where the nexus is between profiles / families. Looking for lost cousins.

Father born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. Grandmother died young and grandfather & his three boys emigrated to Australia to join much of his immediate family.

Mother born in Australia to Cornish linked parents as well as an Irish convict transported to Australia in 1825 for staling a watch in Surrey, England.

When it comes to DNA remember that full fourth cousins only share 2 out of 32 of your 3x great grandparents. Every person's DNA is a random shuffle of their parents and even their grandparents' DNA and the split could be 70/30 not 50/50. Each generation reduces the shared DNA by 50%.

Maternal relationship is confirmed through DNA, Largest segment = 281.5 cM, Total of segments > 7 cM = 3,583.3 cM, 25 matching segments

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Tony Woods and his second cousin. Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, William Skelly and May Roberts. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on amount of shared DNA of 237 centimorgans across 10 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

Irish Naming

1st son named after the father's father
2nd son named after the mother's father
3rd son named after the father
4th son named after the fathers eldest brother
5th son named after mother's eldest brother
1st daughter named after the mother's mother
2nd daughter named after the father's mother
3rd daughter named after the mother
4th daughter named after the mother's eldest sister
5th daughter named after the father's eldest sister

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  • First-hand information. Entered by Tony Woods at registration.
  • Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

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Hello Tony,

The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing a check-in. The Project operates in a team structure with these participant PIP Teams -- The Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and three Biography Teams. There is also the Voyage Team which guides new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team.

You're currently identified as a member of the Biography Team, working independently on profiles from your watchlist and other profiles that interest you. The other two Biography Teams work on Abandoned and Popular profiles from the lists provided by the Project. Please let us know if you are content with your current Team or would like to change to one of the others.

We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project meet its goals. We would like to hear about the successes you’ve had and would also appreciate any feedback you have to help improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or via private message to one of us.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project

posted by Debi (McGee) Hoag
Hi Debi

I'm working on a couple of One Name Studies, ANZACs and Irish profiles that currently fill in the day. I haven't really done too much on my Watchlist of late but will cycle through a few hundred next month, also expand the tree when the opportunity arises. If this fits into your criteria then that's a bonus I guess. =D Hope you're having a wonderful 2024.

=)

posted by Tony Woods
Thanks for responding, Tony. Your plan for the coming year sounds great. 2024 is treating me well so far. I hope the same is true for you. Debi
posted by Debi (McGee) Hoag
Hi Tony

This is the time for the annual 2024 check in with members of the Military and War Project. Have you been active during the last six months in the Military and War Project? Do you want to remain working with this project? Note that it is a requirement to respond to the Military and War Project Check-ins. Please respond to this message by clicking the reply button below this message, to post your answer. I look forward to hearing from you..

Many thanks,

Mary, Project Coordinator, Military & War

posted by Mary Richardson
Hi Mary

Hope 2024 has started well for you. I am actively delving into profiles mainly mid 1800s to the late 1900s and where appropriate improving and sourcing the many veteran profiles that I encounter but as to being a Project Member, I am not a very social one and haven't actively followed any routine that you may expect so if you wish to remove me, that is your call Mary. I will still continue to do what I do as part of my retirement hobby. Kind regards Tony =)

posted by Tony Woods
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woods-9785 Tony this is one you worked on. There are all kinds of activity- creating profiles, researching for profile, Categories, Sourcing, correcting errors.

Thanks for checking in. I marked you active Mary

posted by Mary Richardson
edited by Mary Richardson
Hi Tony,

We're contacting you for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. We really appreciate your involvement in the Project in the last year. Thank you so much for all your help to improve Australian profiles on WikiTree.

Please could you reply to this message, or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and if you'd like to make any changes to the teams that you belong to. The teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.

If you've moved on to other things for the moment, that's absolutely fine. We'd appreciate if you'd let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.

Over the past year, Australia Project members have been more active on Discord. We're finding it a fun way to communicate as a project. If you're not on Discord yet, here's some information - Help:Discord. If you are already on the WikiTree Discord server, let us know, and we can send you an invite link to the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our chat channels are located. It's a great way to communicate with other members on your project team/s, or for any general questions.

We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Margaret and Veronica

Happy with the status quo. The amount of time varies each month from a couple of hours to several hours over several days, depending on where the research leads me, which is sometimes dictated by new DNA connections, sometimes by a family name and sometimes by the need to improve profiles and find connections.

Discord is a rabbit hole that at the moment doesn't fit into my modus operandi, sorry. Kind regards Tony

posted by Tony Woods
Thank you for responding to the check-in message, and for your ongoing contributions to WikiTree and the Australia Project, they are much appreciated!

Regards, Margaret

Thank you Tony for your editing on my Truesdale’s much appreciated!
posted by Cliff Truesdale
Hi Tony,

It is once again time for our annual Ireland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:

  1. If you would like to continue as an Ireland Project member. If your answer is yes, please tell us if you are happy with your current team, or if you would prefer to join a different one. If you are currently participating in more than one team we would appreciate you ranking them in their order of importance to you, from highest priority to lowest. This information will be helpful as we consider possible future changes to our team structure.
  2. In the past, the project has had a very minimal membership requirement (one contribution per year) for badged members to meet. Do you believe this is adequate, or should this requirement be increased? What do you believe would be a reasonable commitment to expect from all project members?
  3. How active have you been in the Ireland Project over the past year? Please choose one of the following options: a) I normally spend 1-5 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. b) I normally spend 6-10 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. c) I spend over 10 hours per month helping achieve my team’s goals. d) I am not able to contribute every month but have spent approximately ________ hours during the past year improving Irish profiles.
  4. Please provide feedback on any things you’d like to see the project do more of in the future.

You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within the next three weeks we’ll assume your interests have changed or you no longer are able to participate in the Ireland Project at this time, and your badge will be removed. If your circumstances change later you will be welcome to reapply for membership.

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

posted by Jen (Stevens) Hutton
Hi Jen

Happy with the status quo. The amount of time varies each month from a couple of hours to several hours over several days, depending on where the research leads me, which is sometimes dictated by new DNA connections, sometimes by a family name and sometimes by the need to improve profiles and find connections. Kind regards Tony

posted by Tony Woods
G'day, Tony. Thank you for all your past work with the Australia Project! This is just to touch base with you as you may not be aware that Project Australia has been restructuring some of our Teams, specifically what was under "Profile Improvers". We've decided to split into four related but separate teams underneath the "umbrella" of Profile Improvement: namely, Sourcerers, Data Doctors, Biography Builders, and Connectors & Arborists. As your name is on the current Improvers Team member list, we've placed you on the teams as indicated by your stated interests (or all of them if nothing is indicated). If you'd like to continue as things are, there's no need to respond in any way (although you are more than welcome to do so). If you'd like to change, add, or subtract a team (or teams), you could let us know which one or more of the new Teams you'd like to continue with going forward by replying to this message, editing in (or out) your area(s) of interest on the relevant page(s), or contacting me by private message (or on discord — where each Team now has its own channel on the WikiAustralia server). Looking forward to working with you! (If you've already made changes, feel free to ignore this message.)
posted by Melanie Paul
Ta for the update, I'm happy with the repositioning as they correspond to what I'm doing.

=)

posted by Tony Woods
Hi Tony, we've identified a duplicate category for the National Medal, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:National_Medal_%28Australia%29 As your profile is the only one in https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:National_Medal, could I get you to change the category to National Medal (Australia) ?

Thanks very much, regards, Margaret

It's done, thanks for the advice Margaret.

=)

posted by Tony Woods
Thanks Tony, much appreciated :)
Hi Tony,

Calling all PIT Crew members!

It's Connect-a-Thon time once amore and the Irish Seanchaithe could do with your help! If you would like to register with us, post an answer (not a comment) on this post… and be sure to note you would like to participate with the Irish Seanchaithe! You should then receive your Connect-a-Thon 2023 badge and you'll be part of the team! We start at 1pm (UTC) on Friday, 13th January and run until 1pm (UTC) on Monday, 16th January.

For more information see the Connect-a-Thon Tutorial and the Irish Seanchaithe Team Page.

Hope to have you on board,

Jen and Feargal.

posted by Feargal Hennigan
Hi Tony

It's time for the annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for contributing to the project and Australian profiles on WikiTree during the last year. We really appreciate you!

If you would like to stay in the project, please reply to this message or send me a private message to let us know that you would like to stay on. Alternatively, if your WikiTree and research interests have moved away from Australia, please let us know and we can remove you from the membership list for the moment. You will, of course, be very welcome to rejoin the project down the track whenever you want to.

We are also keen to know if you want to make any changes to the team or teams that you want to focus on. Take a look on Australia Project Teams to see what teams there are to choose from. If you want to discuss this, or have any questions or suggestions about the Australia Project we'd love to hear your ideas.

Thanks for taking the time to get back to us!

Gillian, co-Leader, Australia Project BTW, we seem to be related way back through the Rules :-)

posted by Gillian Thomas
Hi once more, hoping you're enjoying the change of seasons, and with some luck the end of the flooding. Still plodding along sourcing here, connecting there, even occasionally popping over the border and tinkering around with some New South Wales profiles. I have added myself to the list of Victorian team members as that has been the main state of research. With more folk taking DNA testing my distant cousin numbers are exploding . . I think need to be more systematic in the research, one day I guess.

Kind regards Tony

posted by Tony Woods
Sounds great, Tony! Thanks for joining the Victoria team, and for all your hard efforts.

I'm not in any of the flood areas. It's so tough for those who are!

posted by Gillian Thomas
Hi

It's time for a six month Military and War Project check-in with all members. Have you been active in the last six months? Please note that it is a requirement for membership in the Military and War Project that you respond to these check-ins. To make bookkeeping easier, just click Reply to this message on your own page, add your reply, then SAVE. I look forward to hearing from you..

Many thanks,

Mary~ Project Coordinator, Military and War Project

posted by Mary Richardson
Hi Mary

Yes, I have been actively sourcing, creating, categorising and linking US, UK and Australian veterans. Kind regards Tony

posted by Tony Woods
Hi Tony,

It’s time for our annual Ireland Project check-in! Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:

If you are happy with the team you’re on or if you’d like to make a change. It is now required that all members with an Ireland project badge work on at least one of the project’s team(s), so if you’ve not yet signed up please do so in your reply to this check-in.

  • What you think the project is doing well, and what (if any) changes you would like to see us make? Are there any teams you would like to become more active in?
  • Would you be interested in helping to work on an Ireland Project newsletter?
  • Please give us some feedback on the use of google group and discord. Do you use one or both of these? If you don’t use either of them, what is the best way for us to ensure you receive project communications? If you would like to join us on either one, just let us know in your response and we will get you signed up.

Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within two weeks, we will assume you are no longer interested in participating in the Ireland Project, and your badge will be removed. If you wish to reapply for membership later, we will be happy to have you back. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Jen Hutton, on behalf of the Ireland Project

posted by Jen (Stevens) Hutton
Hi Jen, I believe my name is listed on the Profile Improvement Team and I'm happy to continue endeavoring to do that. I was on the Categories Team but that was mainly assisting Richard when all the place categories were created in line with the policy at the time.

Cheers Tony

posted by Tony Woods
Dear Tony,

The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing its first annual check-in with our project members. We are in the process of transitioning to a team structure. There will be three participant PIP Teams to start -- The Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team. There is also the Voyage Team who guide new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team. Please let us know which team(s) you would like to participate in.

For those of you who joined the Project before the Voyage started in late 2018, we would like to invite you to consider a "fast track" Voyage, especially if you plan to join the Biography Team. If you’re interested, choose a profile that you have completed to the best of your ability and compare it to the Voyage Biography Standards. If you’re at Level 2 or better, include a link to the profile in your response to this check-in for a “fast track” review.

We would also like to invite you to join the email GoogleGroup and text chat Discord channel for our project. (When you request to join our GoogleGroup, please be sure to include your Wiki ID). You will find more information on the GoogleGroup.

We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project and WikiTree. The Project’s mission is to:

Make profiles beautiful! We clean up messy biography sections and sources, and try to set standards for attractive, useful, and well-written biographies, starting with those we manage.

We know you’re working on profiles *smile* We would like to hear about successes you’ve had toward the Project’s goals. We would also appreciate any feedback you might have to help us improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or privately via private message to either of us.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Robin Shaules Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

posted by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
Hi Robin

I do not think my PIP modus operandi really fits into your team ethos. I am currently improving any profile that pops up on my radar to your Level 2 and work on all three team groups (Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team) pretty much on a daily basis. But . . . I am slowing going through numerous branches of my own tree concerning distant cousins, resolving unsourced conflicted profiles, linking them to the bigger tree, creating siblings. children and spouses where sources permit. I have been adding categories, stickers, in line citations/sources and any original documented sources that I find, alas not from the PIP "to do" list. I think it is safe to say I can be classified as a very absent Project Member and maybe I need to be removed from the project. Kind regards Tony

posted by Tony Woods
Hello Tony,

We are in the process of assigning everyone to their requested teams. We will assign you to the Biography Team, Level 1 and you can continue to work as you have been.

We had some issues with our GoogleGroup, but those have now been resolved. If you are interested in joining us there, please use this link: · https://groups.google.com/u/0/g/wtprofileimprovement?hl=en

Please take a moment and open the google page, click on "my membership settings" in the lower-left corner and check your DISPLAY name....this will assure that the left hand column states your name rather than your email address (which is already in the middle column)? This is a private group, so we hope you're willing to make this change so that it's easier for everyone to know who's making a comment or contributing and get to know you better.

Thanks again for joining us. Please let us know if we can do anything for you.

Best, Robin

posted by Robin (Dodge) Shaules
My name is JoAnne Dawson Norton. My Woods ancestors came from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland. They immigrated to New Brunswick, Canada in the 1820s, 30s. I wish to join the Woods Name Study. Thank you for any help.
posted by JoAnne (Dawson) Norton
Hi Tony,

The Australia Project leadership team are carrying out our annual check-in to see how you are going in the project. We'd really like to thank you for all your work on Australian profiles over the past year! We think we've made great progress in 2020/21 with your assistance.

Please could you reply to this message, to let us know if you would like to stay on in the project and if you are happy with your current role and team involvement. If you would like to do something additional or different, take a look on the Australia Project page to see what other options there are.

It would also be great to get any feedback or suggestions that you have to improve the project.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards

Margaret Haining Membership Coordinator

Hi Margaret

It seems lockdowns create a lot of home time. hahaha Going forward I happy with the status quo. I do not like to be tied down to only one aspect of profile improvement, be it sourcing or connecting as well as creating new profiles for an extended time. I keep my interest levels up by shifting my focus from time to time. Hope all's well up north. Kind regards Tony

posted by Tony Woods
Thank you for responding to the check-in message, and for your ongoing contributions to WikiTree and the Australia Project, they are much appreciated!

And yes all is good up here, behind the "sugar cane" curtain! :)

Regards, Margaret

Thank you Tony for all the information on Charles Beard, my 2nd great grandfather and also for his wife Maria.
posted by Bruce Rundle
Hi Tony, I have been researching my WOODS for too many years without any success. I've gotten as far back as Deacon Stephen Woods b. abt 1771 d. 29 July 1844 in Glover VT. His wife was Silence Emerson. I would love to connect with anyone else researching the same family.
posted by Clara Meredith
Tony,

There is a problem with John Walsh {1801-1847 }. Did he marry Mary McEvoy{ convict} or Jane Topping? Was he a convict that came to Australia or was he born in England in 1801 & married in England in 1825. I did the original research connecting John Walsh {convict } with Mary Mc Evoy { convict } & them applying for permission to get married in Australia. However with further research I believe I may indeed be wrong. I believe that he probably married Jane Topping in England & their son Frederick migrated to Australia. My personal email is: [email address removed] Would love to talk to you about it. Kind regards----John

posted by John Williams
edited by John Williams
Hi I have the Surname Woods in my family tree, could I be a part of this project.?
posted by Michelle (Hibbs) May
Hello Tony,

The Australia Project leadership team are carrying out a check-in to see how you are going in the project and especially to thank you for all your work on Australian profiles on WikiTree. We really value your participation.

Please could you get back to me by private message to let me know if you are happy with your current role and team involvement within the project or if you would like to do something additional or different. Currently we have you down as a member of the Profile Improvers team. If you would like a change, you can check on the Australia Project page to see what other options there are.

It would also be great to hear any feedback and any suggestions that you have to improve the project. On a practical note, if you are a member of the google group, are you receiving messages ok? You might also consider adding Australia as one of the tags you are following on the G2G.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Gillian, co-Leader, Australia Project

posted by Gillian Thomas
Thanks Tony for the tips regarding Hugh and Catherine
posted by Kieran Maxwell
Hi Tony,

I tried to send an email with my suggestions for Anthony Woods to you at the email address we have been using for PIP but it sent it back to me and said your mailbox is full.

Should I send it somewhere else?

Debi

posted by Debi (McGee) Hoag
Hi Debi

Wife's inbox was full so impacted on mine, should be good to receive now.

=)

posted by Tony Woods
To avoid concern, the swapping of the sticker for the category is simply due to the fact the Anzac name did not exist in that war.
posted by Richard Shelley
The merger you propose for Wayman L. Ramsey, I agree. They are one and the same. He is my 3rd great grandfather.

My mother: Norma Ramsey Barrett.

posted by Judy (Barrett) Woods
Tony, making more than one thousand contributions in September added so much to the breadth and depth of our Shared Tree. The Appreciation Team thanks YOU!

Pippin Sheppard

WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

posted by Pip Sheppard
Tony, I haven't been on WikiTree for some time, I've just seen the birth registration for my grandfather, you've confirmed that I had the correct birth date and yet for some reason my aunt gave me 29 June 1899, his parents were married Aug 1897 I suspect this may have been their 1st child as the 1911 census indicates 2 deceased children.

So thank you very much.

Can you possibly suggest what are the best sites to research Irish ancestors, the ones I've used so far simply provide the same info that is freely available to the public. Regards Jacqui Allen nee Boyd Tamworth Aust [email address removed]

posted by Jacqui Allen
Tony, thank you for each of your more than 1000 contributions to our Shared Tree for the month of August 2019. All of your work makes our Tree all that much better.

Pippin Sheppard

WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

posted by Pip Sheppard
Hi Tony. I have updated the categories for the Ingram profiles from Ederny as you requested.
posted by Ray Hawkes
Hi Tony - I have changed Florence Campbell's category as requested.
posted by Linda (Hall) Hawkes
Hi Tony,

Thank you for creating the profile of James Henry Woods (1871-1945) on WikiTree.

He was the husband of my 4th cousin 3 times removed, Nanno McCready Keatinge (1871-1949), daughter of Joseph Francis Keatinge and Marianne Nanno (McCready) Keatinge.

Some of the surnames that I'm researching in Ireland (particularly County Down) include:

McLeavy, Scandrett, Stannus, Titterington, Frackleton, McCready, Gilmore, McCartney, McKitrick, Herron and more.

Kind Regards,

Paul :-)

posted by P Małysz
Hi Tony,

On behalf of the Australia Project leadership team, we're carrying out a Project Members Check-in to see if you are still interested in being involved as an active member of the project. In particular, we are ready to launch our new teams for the project. Please could you let me know what team/s you would like to contribute to.

A list of teams is on the Australia Project page. Please respond by private message.

We really appreciate your enthusiasm in working on Australian profiles on WikiTree, and thank you for all the work you have been doing. We look forward to hearing back from you and that you will decide to be part of the project as we move forward with the new teams for the project.

Kind Regards

Margaret Haining Membership Coordinator

Hi Tony!

Thank you for your time and energy in creating over 1000 (actually, over 2300!) contributions to WikiTree for the month of July 2019. Your efforts are appreciated!

Pip Sheppard

WikiTree Appreciation Team

posted by Pip Sheppard
Hello, Tony!

Very well done on your making 1,000 or more contributions to WikiTree in June 2019! We commend and appreciate all of your time and effort in helping to grow and perfect our Shared Tree. Keep up the great work!

Pip Sheppard ~ WikiTree Appreciation Team

posted by Pip Sheppard