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[add comment] [edit] Welcome [21 June 2010]Welcome to WeRelate, your virtual genealogical community. We're glad you have joined us. At WeRelate you can easily create ancestor web pages, connect with cousins and other genealogists, and find new information. [add comment] [edit] Video TourWe strongly recommend that you spend a few minutes taking our video tour. It provides a brief overview of how to use the features of WeRelate. A little time spent here may save you time later. There are also in-depth text tutorials available from the Help button. [add comment] [edit] Create WebpagesThe next thing to do is launch Family Tree Explorer, then select File in the Family Tree Explorer menu and give your family tree a name. You can either upload your GEDCOM or create person and family pages one at a time. To upload your GEDCOM, select File in the Family Tree Explorer menu and then click on Import and choose the GEDCOM file to import. The system will create an editable web page for each person and family in your GEDCOM. To create a page manually, select Add in the Family Tree Explorer menu and click on Add new person; enter the given (first name) and surname (last name), select Add, then fill in the blanks and save. The Family Tree Explorer is a Flash application and will need to use some space in your computer to cache the files. That's computer talk for "If you store some ancestor page information on your computer, you will be able to view more pages faster. Otherwise, the system has to fetch each page every time you edit or look at it. This would make navigating your tree very slow. [add comment] [edit] Connect with other genealogistsYou should always sign in when you are editing or adding pages. Use the signature button (second button from the right in the menu bar above the edit box) to sign your comments on discussion pages. That way others with similar interests can find you. If you click on the blue user name on any page, you will go to that person's home page. You can leave a message on his/her Discussion page. The Discussion page button is in the light green second level menu bar above. [add comment] [edit] Shared research pagesShared research pages act like specialized message boards. Be careful to use only one name spelling and one location in each field; do not use abbreviations. Including postal codes and multiple spellings, names, or locations in these fields will cause your pages to be improperly indexed. It will make it harder for your cousins to find your pages and work with you. For more information see Shared research pages. [add comment] [edit] Great things you can do at WeRelatePlease see the Great things you can do at WeRelate article.
Please restore the Chelsea West Hill Cemetery. There are at least 8 West Hill Cemeteries in Vermont. The current map shows that of Williamstown which is also in Orange County. I don't think the Chelsea Cemetery is on FindAGrave yet. I have visited the Chelsea one as my ggg grandfather's grave is there. Regards, Howard--HLJ411 19:48, 21 June 2010 (EDT) [add comment] [edit] Common ancestor [23 March 2011]Hi! I just noticed that you were working on Solomon Lewis, my great,great,great grandfather. I have been doing genealogy research off and on for years. I have posted much of my Lewis research on this site.Let me know if I can help you. -StevenLewis Hi! Just finally noticed that you might be researching the Lewis family, sprecially Solomon and Margaret Rinehart Lewis, my great,great,great grandparents. I have done extense research on the Lewis family over the last thirty years. Would love to hear from ya. StevenMichael Lewis Quite ok. [add comment] [edit] Feedback on final place review [19 December 2007]Hi, I wanted to make sure that you saw the proposal I left for a final place review on WeRelate talk:Place review. I'd love to get your comments on it. Thanks!--Dallan 11:37, 21 November 2007 (EST) Hi Dallan, I am so sorry I couldn't get the Kenya pages done. Final exams came up faster than I thought they would! I would still like to help with other things if you're still needing help. --Ajcrow 20:15, 18 December 2007 (EST) [add comment] [edit] Cemetery Pages [24 February 2008]I just saw your message to Dallan about cemetery places. My convention has been to put them in at the lowest level of the political division hierarchy as possible. Even below the level of an unincorporated village if appropriate. But whatever you choose, I think it's great to have solid coordinates on a cemetery for the sake of researchers to follow. If a more strict convention develops over time, we'll all convert, but the information will be there. Not sure if you saw the discussion, but Dallan also created a nice template that lets you create a link that opens a map at a location, without needing to create a place. For example, here's a link that goes to the family farm where my Grandfather was born. This can be very useful in narrowing down where a family plot is to be found in a larger cemetery, among other things.--Jrm03063 10:08, 23 February 2008 (EST) That's what I'm going to start doing (adding cemeteries at the smallest jurisdiction.) I'm hoping to get more photos and GPS coords uploaded, but that's going to have to wait until some things get cleared off my plate. Too many things to do! --Ajcrow 21:26, 23 February 2008 (EST) [add comment] [edit] Cemeteries etc. [10 May 2009]I took a quick look at your work and it looks good! By the way, I see that you list Perry County, Ohio in your research interests. I've just recently been working on some Perry County research for Family:David Beery and Nancy Geiger (1) and close relations. Anyway, it's good to know someone else working in that area. Later! --JoshHansen 18:59, 10 May 2009 (EDT) [add comment] [edit] 1oha-coa.ged Ready for Review [3 July 2009]Welcome to WeRelate! WeRelate is different from most family tree websites. By contributing to WeRelate you are helping to create Pando for genealogy, a free, unified family tree that combines the best information from all contributors. Now that you have uploaded your GEDCOM, your next step is to preview what your pages will look like and combine (merge) people in your GEDCOM with matching people already on WeRelate. When you have finished your review, your GEDCOM will be imported. Click here to review your GEDCOM.
[add comment] [edit] 1oha-coa.ged Imported Successfully [3 July 2009]The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported. For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.
[add comment] [edit] Thanks [4 July 2009]Hi Amy, Thanks for the Beery cemetery records. I didn't know about them, but they certainly are connected to my ancestors. I think that I probably ought to order some of the publications offered by the Perry County OGS. Since you seem to be familiar with Perry County research, are there any particular ones you would recommend? I think I will get the Monday Creek cemetery transcription. I'm also wondering about the obituary card file index and the pre-1900 obituary and death notices. Do you have any experience with those two records? Thanks again for keeping my Beery's and Giger's in mind! --JoshHansen 19:16, 4 July 2009 (EDT) [add comment] [edit] Civil War Project - Category? [5 July 2009]Hello Ajcrow, What a great idea to do this project. I think it is a good addition for WeRelate. I look forward to seeing the project grow. I do have one small suggestion though if you do not mind. Have you though of adding the Category - "Category:Military" on these web pages? --DFree 10:44, 5 July 2009 (EDT)
Hello Ajcrow: For the People pages how about creating a Category - "Category:American Civil War Figures"? Dallan had suggested the "Category:American Revolutionary War Figures" category. It would be along the same theme. I would suspect many WeRelate Users have American Civil War vets in our ancestry. I think a Military Portal is definitely something to think about since we are trying to emphasize sources. --DFree 12:04, 5 July 2009 (EDT) [add comment] [edit] 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery [21 July 2009]By the way, a week or so ago I created the stub wikipedia:1st Ohio Heavy Artillery.--Jrm03063 11:18, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
[add comment] [edit] Thanks [22 August 2009]Thanks Amy for fixing my Lucetta Jackson. Seeing what was wrong enabled me to fix the others too.--Janiejac 23:11, 27 July 2009 (EDT) More thanks Amy! For working on source:New York Genealogy & Biographical Society, "The Record". I hope I remembered that correctly. Hmmm, I obviously didn't or it wouldn't be red. Here it is again: Source:New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, "The Record" I've found this source also which I think should probably be deleted or merged with the first one: Source:New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. I do see a problem with the search engine being so exacting. I wanted to link to New York Genealogy & Biographical Society, "The Record" but I spelled out the 'and' instead of using '&'. So it didn't come up in a search. And you see what happened when I tried to type it from memory! The same thing happens when I fail to capitalize one word in the title - then the search engine can't find it. I would like to see the 'rules' relaxed a bit to allow finding anything similar. How can I go see what it ought to be if I can't find it by searching for it? --Janiejac 20:11, 22 August 2009 (EDT) [add comment] [edit] source renaming question [23 March 2011]Hello... I have to say this, are you THE Amy Johnson Crow? how wonderful : ) I'm sure I have heard you lecture somewhere! : ) well, the question I have to ask is pretty trivial. I know you guys are in the middle of the source renaming project. I was going to link someone to the Source:History of the town of Rye, New Hampshire : from its discovery and settlement to December 31, 1903 and I saw in the history of the page that you had done something to it a few weeks ago. ... but I see there is also an Ancestry.com version of the source Source:Ancestry.com - History of the town of Rye, New Hampshire : from its discovery and settlement to December 31, 1903 Can I assume that I should link to the first one and that the second one will be deleted in the project? or should I merge the two and add speedy delete to the Ancestry one? It would probably make more sense just to wait a few weeks till the project is over... just wondering which is the preferred action. thanks and have fun : ) Amelia J.--88buckaroo 16:47, 17 September 2009 (EDT) now I see there is a third one! yeesh. Source:History of Rye New Hampshire what a mess : ) and a seemingly never-ending project.
not to worry : ) it has since been cleaned up under the renaming project. thanks for being available for questions, I'm sure you are very busy. I hope to see you speak in Salt Lake next spring at the NGS conference, and I hope you get time to work on your own genealogy :) Amelia J. [add comment] [edit] Next step: Review your GEDCOM [4 October 2009]You're not done yet! WeRelate is different from most family tree websites. By contributing to WeRelate you are helping to create Pando for genealogy, a free, unified family tree that combines the best information from all contributors. Now that you have uploaded 1oha-cob.ged, your next step is to review what your pages will look like, review any potential warnings, and combine (merge) people in your GEDCOM with matching people already on WeRelate. You need to review your GEDCOM before it can finish importing. Click here to review your GEDCOM Once you have finished your review and marked your GEDCOM Ready to import, one of our administrators will review your GEDCOM and finalize the import. This usually happens within 24 hours. You will receive a message here when the pages have been created.
[add comment] [edit] 1oha-cob.ged Imported Successfully [4 October 2009]The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may now:
For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.
[add comment] [edit] Cemetery Fixits [24 November 2009]Appreciate the fixits as I peruse various cemetery pages. And have a great Thanksgiving weekend. --BobC 14:17, 24 November 2009 (EST) [add comment] [edit] Thank You [8 December 2009]Thanks for the kind words about our National Cemetery. Hopefully I'll have more on it this weekend after we lay the wreaths. --Denise--Moultriecreek 17:57, 8 December 2009 (EST) [add comment] [edit] Greene County, Indiana [31 December 2009]Hi, Amy--- I notice you've been adding resources and what-not to pages I had created for cemeteries in Greene County, Indiana. Is this simply a "greater good" project you're working on? Or do you have people you're interested in specifically in Greene County? I have a large number of family I'm tracking there, especially down in the corner in Owensburg, but also in Linton, and I've visited the courthouse and many of the cemeteries on several occasions over the past dozen years. I should also say I've kept track of the cemetery pages I've created and when I finish cleaning up my current -- and hopefully last -- GEDCOM import, I'm going to go back and flesh all those out. --Mike 10:03, 31 December 2009 (EST) [add comment] [edit] difficulty of use [4 March 2010]hi. i accidently put the wrong spouses with my ggrandparents & can't correct it. maybe i should just delete tree & start over. i am trying to make the following changes: to davidson frazier ellis, i'm trying to add correct spouse, martha neal ferguson. to samuel williams francis, i'm trying to make his spouse, mary jane mcintosh. i think that i;m just going around in circles. susan--SusanWhitten70 11:30, 4 March 2010 (EST) [add comment] [edit] changes [4 March 2010]thank you amy. it is correct now. i don't know why i couldn't do it. susan--SusanWhitten70 13:10, 4 March 2010 (EST) [add comment] [edit] changes [4 March 2010]amy. the names are still wrong on my tree. i'm afraid to mess with it anymore. i probably created duplicate pages before. susan--SusanWhitten70 13:16, 4 March 2010 (EST) I looked at Susan's contributions page (Contributions on the MyRelate menu), I see the following family pages:
And here are some Person pages that might be duplicates:
One thing (that should be easier but it's not) - if you think that you've already added a person, use the "Find/Add" link to search for the page that you've already added, rather than adding a new page. I hope this helps.--Dallan 21:25, 4 March 2010 (EST) [add comment] [edit] Cemeteries [7 October 2010]Hi Amy! I am Alice. I have been building pages for some of the cemeteries in my family groups. I see that you are also working on cemetery pages. In fact, I have followed your examples when adding FindAGrave as a resource and when adding the "Cemeteries in..." category. Your insights make sense to me. My question is about Category. I have looked and have not found a discussion about the topic, but I gather the WR standard, established or envisioned, calls for the inclusion of County and State, but NOT City or Township. Is this your understanding? I'd "get with the program," if I knew what the program required. LOL. Sorry if I've created work for you. That was not my intention. --Ala1956 09:01, 18 May 2010 (EDT)
Thanks Amy! I do understand now, I think :) --Ala1956 13:47, 18 May 2010 (EDT) Amy, I noticed earlier you had added a cemetery to 'contained places' for Hempstead, Queens, New York. Someone else has just added another cemetery but it did not get placed under 'cemeteries'. I cannot figure out how to fix it. There doesn't seem to be a way to edit the contained places portion of the page. And I saw nothing in the help pages for it. --Janiejac 17:54, 7 October 2010 (EDT) [add comment] [edit] Next step: Review your GEDCOM [7 June 2010]You're not done yet! WeRelate is different from most family tree websites. By contributing to WeRelate you are helping to create Pando for genealogy, a free, unified family tree that combines the best information from all contributors. Now that you have uploaded ramsey.ged, your next step is to review what your pages will look like, review any potential warnings, and combine (merge) people in your GEDCOM with matching people already on WeRelate. You need to review your GEDCOM before it can finish importing. Note: if your gedcom contains many errors or multiple families, we’d ask that you resolve and correct the errors, delete this gedcom and re-submit it without the errors before merging it with families already on WeRelate. If the gedcom is very large, we’d suggest breaking it up into separate lines and importing them one at a time, which makes the review and correction process easier. Click here to review your GEDCOM Once you have finished your review and marked your GEDCOM Ready to import, one of our administrators will review your GEDCOM and finalize the import. This usually happens within 24 hours. You will receive a message here when the pages have been created.
[add comment] [edit] ramsey.ged Imported Successfully [7 June 2010]The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may now:
For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.
[add comment] [edit] Next step: Review your GEDCOM [24 June 2010]You're not done yet! WeRelate is different from most family tree websites. By contributing to WeRelate you are helping to create Pando for genealogy, a free, unified family tree that combines the best information from all contributors. Now that you have uploaded johnson.ged, your next step is to review what your pages will look like, review any potential warnings, and combine (merge) people in your GEDCOM with matching people already on WeRelate. You need to review your GEDCOM before it can finish importing. Note: if your gedcom contains many errors or multiple families, we’d ask that you resolve and correct the errors, delete this gedcom and re-submit it without the errors before merging it with families already on WeRelate. If the gedcom is very large, we’d suggest breaking it up into separate lines and importing them one at a time, which makes the review and correction process easier. Click here to review your GEDCOM Once you have finished your review and marked your GEDCOM Ready to import, one of our administrators will review your GEDCOM and finalize the import. This usually happens within 24 hours. You will receive a message here when the pages have been created.
[add comment] [edit] johnson.ged Imported Successfully [24 June 2010]The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may now:
For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.
[add comment] [edit] 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery [26 August 2010]Hi Amy, I enjoyed your talk at the FGS conference on WeRelate. I have soldier in my family history who was in Co. H 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery. Do I just add a profile for him and if so, how do I link him to this project?--Tnich123 22:56, 23 August 2010 (EDT)
[add comment] [edit] Samuel Pickering and Mary Scarborough [19 September 2010]Hi Amy, in reference to your question regarding Samuel Pickering and Mary Scarborough, I deleted three children from this family: two were unsubstantiated with no information (birthdates or sources) and the other was born several decades after Samuel Pickering had died, which obviously did not belong to this family. I re-named the incorrect family (Samuel Pickering and Sarah Scarborough (note: Sarah married George Haworth and Matthew Hall)) to Samuel Pickering and Mary Scarborough, with the intent of merging the two together, which I just did this morning, into Samuel Pickering and Mary Scarborough. There still remains some work on their children's families in terms of merging duplicate families that appear to be left from poor gedcom uploads or merges; maybe you could look at correcting those.... Hope that answers your questions. Best regards, Jim Volunteer Administrator on WeRelate--Delijim 09:57, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
-Jim:) [add comment] [edit] This Week's Featured Page [4 October 2010]Hello, just wanted to let you know that one of your pages 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery has been selected as this week's WeRelate Featured Page! I've done a small amount of formatting/housecleaning so the troop's movements can be followed a little easier. Nicely done, keep up the good work! Best regards, Jim - Volunteer Administrator on WeRelate:)--Delijim 15:12, 4 October 2010 (EDT)
Looks even better now! Nicely done! Best regards, Jim:) [add comment] [edit] Next step: Review your GEDCOM [24 November 2010]You're not done yet! WeRelate is different from most family tree websites. By contributing to WeRelate you are helping to create Pando for genealogy, a free, unified family tree that combines the best information from all contributors. Now that you have uploaded kingery.ged, your next step is to review what your pages will look like, review any potential warnings, and combine (merge) people in your GEDCOM with matching people already on WeRelate. You need to review your GEDCOM before it can finish importing. Note: if your gedcom contains many errors or multiple families, we’d ask that you resolve and correct the errors, delete this gedcom and re-submit it without the errors before merging it with families already on WeRelate. If the gedcom is very large, we’d suggest breaking it up into separate files (or families) and importing them one at a time, which makes the review and correction process easier. Click here to review your GEDCOM Once you have finished your review and marked your GEDCOM Ready to import, one of our administrators will review your GEDCOM and finalize the import. This usually happens within 24 hours. You will receive a message here when the pages have been created.
[add comment] [edit] Next step: Review your GEDCOM [24 November 2010]You're not done yet! WeRelate is different from most family tree websites. By contributing to WeRelate you are helping to create Pando for genealogy, a free, unified family tree that combines the best information from all contributors. Now that you have uploaded kingery2.ged, your next step is to review what your pages will look like, review any potential warnings, and combine (merge) people in your GEDCOM with matching people already on WeRelate. You need to review your GEDCOM before it can finish importing. Note: if your gedcom contains many errors or multiple families, we’d ask that you resolve and correct the errors, delete this gedcom and re-submit it without the errors before merging it with families already on WeRelate. If the gedcom is very large, we’d suggest breaking it up into separate files (or families) and importing them one at a time, which makes the review and correction process easier. Click here to review your GEDCOM Once you have finished your review and marked your GEDCOM Ready to import, one of our administrators will review your GEDCOM and finalize the import. This usually happens within 24 hours. You will receive a message here when the pages have been created.
[add comment] [edit] kingery2.ged Imported Successfully [24 November 2010]The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may now:
For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.
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