User talk:Janiejac

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Earliest Known Jackson Ancestors

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Robert Leap.ged Imported Successfully [7 June 2016]

Person:Robert Leap (1), father of John William Leap who married Margaret Cassandra Jackson, d/o William Jackson and Cassandra Garrison. Settled in Wetzel Co., West Virginia. The Jackson connection will be added later.

--WeRelate agent 13:56, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Capt John of Fairfax to Jack.ged Imported Successfully [13 April 2016]

--WeRelate agent 21:56, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
--WeRelate agent 16:39, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Richards update.ged Imported Successfully [21 April 2016]

Richard, s/o Capt. John Jackson of Great Falls, Fairfax, Virginia has been updated.

--WeRelate agent 17:54, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Benjamin Jackson.ged Imported Successfully [6 May 2016]

This is Norman Jackson's tree and will have ancestors added later. (started with Henry on Dec 17, 2016!)

--WeRelate agent 03:09, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Cemetery pages [7 May 2016]

Hi Janiejac, I see you've added some cemeteries. I think that's great, but you're missing some elements of creating a cemetery page. I'm going to go ahead and add the needed elements to the newly-created Marcy Cemetery that are missing. If you have any questions, let me know. There are instructions in the Help feature, but some are a little confusing. Take a look at what I add to Marcy Cemetery after about 15, 20 minutes. Regards, Neal--SkippyG 17:54, 7 May 2016 (UTC)


My Heritage & Cem pages [7 May 2016]

Hi ! I agree MyHeritage is a messy problem; I'm fairly sure Dallan will change or eliminate the ad from the body of the person pages. If you have a list of the counties where cemeteries may be incomplete, as a Find A Grave contributor, I'd be happy to review those counties and update them. Recently, I cleaned up cemeteries for Trumbull Co, OH, Stark County, OH, Elk Co., PA, etc. Regards, Neal--SkippyG 20:19, 7 May 2016 (UTC)


Cemetery, etc. update [8 May 2016]

Hi Janie, Quick update. Updated Exeter, Wyoming, PA with a quote from "History of Lackawanna, Luzerne & Wyoming counties, Pa.". Pinned Exeter to the map by placing the borough of Falls and Fitch Cemetery to Exeter. Fitch Cemetery updated.

Tried to find Wilmington Cemetery in Will Co., IL. Wilmington Cemetery must not exist or bears another name, as neither Find A Grave nor Interment has a cemetery of that name. Will Co. has a Will Cemetery, a Williams Cemetery. The oldest cemetery appears to be Oakwood (Old) Cemetery, and the associated and larger Oakwood Cemetery, seemingly in the same approximate location. I guess you'll have to do a quick search in Finda for the person(s) you have buried there.

BTW, I have lots of family in Luzerne & Wyoming, Centre Cos. (Rogers, Thompson, Taylor etc.), a connection to Herkimer Co., NY (Gunn), so updating those cemeteries is actually helpful to me. More updates later...Neal --SkippyG 21:37, 8 May 2016 (UTC)


Cemetery, etc. project DONE [11 May 2016]

All cemeteries and places are done.--SkippyG 16:33, 11 May 2016 (UTC)


Scale Mound, etc [14 May 2016]

Don't see the duplication of the source mentioned; you must have deleted one of them. FYI, sometimes the same source/book may have more than 1 version, due to one being an "updated" publication at a later date. Also, only an admin can merge sources, therefore leave a note stating you believe the source is a duplication of another.

Created "Scale Mound Township Cemetery". Note that "Township" is not abbreviated. Find A Grave rarely uses abbreviations, other than "Saint" & "St." which both occur in names of cemeteries. Neal--SkippyG 17:51, 14 May 2016 (UTC)


Thank you for the feedback [26 May 2016]

I agree entirely with all you say, it is perhaps unfortunate that you donated just as Dallan was going on vacation, as far as I am aware only Dallan can do anything about donaters and advertising. As I understand it a lot has changed since last year and most of the help pages and volunteer pages are out of date and nobody is willing to update them, in fact many people listed as admins are no longer active, I am removing admin privileges from inactive members quicker than new admins are volunteering.

I am still hoping to make something of WeRelate, I care about quality research and making it available to anyone and a community wiki does seem the best way to go. I am however totally against all advertising and more so when it tries to trick people into thinking is is more important than it is. I did not even realise there was advertising here when I joined as my adblocker prevented it displaying.

I am confidant that the current unease will settle down soon and those of us passionate about sharing genealogy will make something better.--Rhian 07:39, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

I got busy and forgot to tell you I updated the donate page, and just to check you are now add free or is that still a problem?--Rhian 08:22, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I still have ads. THREE ads on person pages, one across the top, a very wide one on the right and a more narrow one on the left. Very distracting to have that much extraneous material on the person pages. But at least there is no embedded ad in the user area!!
OK I will get back to Dallan about it. he is fishing in Canada until next week and is the only one that can remove ads at the moment. At leasy he removed the embeded ad before he went.--Rhian 18:51, 26 May 2016 (UTC)



Robt Jackson Fredericksburg.ged Imported Successfully [2 June 2016]

The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may now:

--WeRelate agent 02:08, 3 June 2016 (UTC)



Giles Tillet Jax fr VA Proj.ged Imported Successfully [10 June 2016]

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.


--WeRelate agent 17:44, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [12 June 2016]

You're not done yet!

Was to be Samuel Jackson 4 generations (Stafford Co., VA) Will remove upload to double check that I can prove or disprove the assertion below.

Click here to review your GEDCOM

Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol VII, pg 478
http://interactive.ancestry.com/48076/ColonialFamiliesVII-005131-478/184010?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/11686300/person/-407979235/facts/citation/478560809/edit/record
Jackson Family
SAMUEL JACKSON was son of Francis Jackson, of Prince William County, d. 1782, and Sallie Tyler, dau of Judge Charles Tyler.
FRANCIS JACKSON was son of John Jackson of Stafford, 1738, and Miss Kenny.
JOHN JACKSON was son of Samuel Jackson, in Stafford, 1694.

My records are not in agreement with the above.
I see that I'll have to prove or disprove one or the other because once others pick up published info, it is difficult to say differently without extensive documentation. I'll double check to see if I can prove my records.
I knew I was going to have to prove whatever I posted to WeRelate anyway so this exercise will fit in with my plan to post Samuel's descendants to WeRelate. But ugh....


--WeRelate agent 01:58, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Re: Prince William County, VA research map [15 June 2016]

Hi Janie, I have NO memory of this-- been too many years. And I see that there is no longer a map on that page, so I presume you removed it?

What do you think will happen to WeRelate? Seems like Dallan has more or less abandoned it. I've been hanging out at wikitree for awhile now.

Jillaine 02:02, 16 June 2016 (UTC)


Ordering census sources [25 June 2016]

I would prefer to put this comment under the Suggestions discussion, but the last time I tried that I knocked out Cos1776's earlier reply.

I don't use GEDCOMs much, so I don't have much experience of what they can do to records, but it would appear that they depend on the entry date of the source rather than the date of the event the source refers to. That makes such a mess in a site like WeRelate where we are trying to make a nice understandable presentation for others to read--and putting them back in order once they get to WR is not easy. Practicality and presentation should come first.

Regards, Pat or --Goldenoldie 19:08, 25 June 2016 (UTC)


Your suggestion re ordering "what links here" [4 July 2016]

>I went to a Place Page and clicked on what links here to check on some folks. The results are listed first by templates, then all the sources, then all the places and FINALLY lists the persons -which is what I wanted to see. A 'what links here' page cannot be edited, but if I could have, I would have placed a template on the page so that one could select either family, person, place or sort alpha. I guess the template normally used for this would have to be edited to include templates. But some way to sort the results on a 'what links here' page would be very helpful! --janiejac 17:27, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi janiejac
I wish the "what links here" pages I look at had a consistent order of templates, sources, places, persons. (Oh, that's interesting, the current order is reverse alphabetical! I wonder if that was a mistake in software writing?)

In English placename pages they are all mixed up because numerous redirects have come in from time to time. Each redirect brings with it a whole lot more links which come in with their own lists of templates, sources, places, persons, also arranged in the that order.

I agree with your suggestion. We ought to be able to inspect any one of four or five different types of pages. We have this choice on the "List" tab under "Contributions". The instructions in the software could include the same directions.

Meanwhile, would using the control key + "f" be of help? Control key + "f" brings up a little box in the bottom left hand corner into which you can write anything, perhaps "Smith". This will bring up each reference to Smith in turn. Longwinded, but helpful. Also, you can ask for 500 items to show at once rather than the usual 50. This will get more persons on the screen at once. (Persons and families are sorted by first name at the moment. I bet this is fixable, too. And I wish it included birth and death dates.) Lastly, you can print the "what links here" list and cross off the ones you have inspected.

Hope this helps --Goldenoldie 06:28, 4 July 2016 (UTC)



Update desc Jas Jax Arnold.ged Imported Successfully [2 August 2016]

--WeRelate agent 18:35, 2 August 2016 (UTC)



Benj Alex Jax 14300.ged Imported Successfully [9 November 2016]

--WeRelate agent 18:48, 9 November 2016 (UTC)



Joseph Jax RIN 363 WR 120.ged Imported Successfully [13 November 2016]

--WeRelate agent 22:56, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [16 December 2016]

You're not done yet!

Now that you have uploaded Josiah Jackson_Ruth Steer ver2.ged into our review program, it is time for you to match your data to ours. Your next step is to review and resolve any potential warnings that your file might be showing and to match place names, source names and families to pages that may already exist in our database.

GEDCOM removed. Will try again later.

--WeRelate agent 22:16, 16 December 2016 (UTC)



Henry Jax_2gens.ged Imported Successfully [21 December 2016]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully.
Henry Jackson, immigrant, settled in Fairfield County, Connecticut. This is an addition to Norman Jackson's line imported into tree 'Benj Jackson of Rensselser'.

Henry's two generation GEDCOM uploaded 17 Dec 2016. This is the first of several GEDCOMs I expect to upload in segments.
Son John and wife Elizabeth have 37 desc; three generations. DONE
Dau Hannah has two husbands, no known children. She is already uploaded.
Son Moses and two wives have 36 desc; four generations. DONE 18 Dec 2016.
Son Samuel has three wives and so many desc that they will have to be broken into segments
Son Joseph and wife also have many desc that will be broken into segments for upload. 4 gens uploaded, editing.

--WeRelate agent 01:35, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

John Jax RIN 418 all desc.ged Imported Successfully [17 December 2016]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully.
John, s/o Henry, and John's wife Elizabeth Smith; three generations.
This is an addition to Norman Jackson's line imported into tree 'Benj Jackson of Rensselaer'.

--WeRelate agent 04:36, 18 December 2016 (UTC)



Moses Jax RIN 416 all desc.ged Imported Successfully [19 December 2016]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully.
Moses, s/o Henry, and Moses' wife Deborah Hyatt; four generations.
This is a continuation of Norman's tree imported to 'Benj Jackson of Rensselaer'.



Joseph Jax RIN 401 4gens.ged Imported Successfully [20 December 2016]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully.
Joseph, s/o Henry, and Joseph's wife Mary Godwin; four generations.
This is a continuation of Norman tree uploaded into 'Benjamin Jackson of Rensselaer'.

--WeRelate agent 16:30, 20 December 2016 (UTC)



Benjamin Jax RIN 18 12 gens.ged Imported Successfully [9 January 2017]

This is an update to info previously imported to tree of Person:Benjamin Jackson (77) of Vermont and New York. Has not yet had final tweaking.

--WeRelate agent 16:35, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

peterhoffjackson.ged Imported Successfully [15 February 2017]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 22:17, 7 January 2017 (UTC)



David Jax Fairfield RIN 574.ged Imported Successfully [26 June 2017]

This is a continuation of Norman tree uploaded into 'Benjamin Jackson of Rensselaer'.

Now you can:


Wm M Linn.ged Imported Successfully [26 June 2017]

Linn ancestors of Florence Maude Linn, RIN 21414, tracks back to Maryland. She is the only Linn/Lynn in Hempstead file.


Next step: Review your GEDCOM [18 March 2017]

This was going to be an update to descendants of Alpheus Jackson Strother. But GEDCOM was larger than I wanted to deal with so deleted it and will upload smaller file later when I have more time to devote to it. It does need doing!

--WeRelate agent 04:40, 18 March 2017 (UTC)



Alfred Jax Strother 27 persons.ged Imported Successfully [9 July 2017]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully.

Now you can:


desc of Francis Reno RIN 1380.ged Imported Successfully [9 July 2017]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully.

Now you can:


Swetnam relatives.ged Imported Successfully [29 March 2017]

This small upload adds Elias Jackson's first wife Elizabeth Swetnam and her ancestors and descendants as far as currently known. This line originated prob in Prince William, Virginia, settled in Bath County, Kentucky and some of Elias' children moved on to Missouri.

--WeRelate agent 21:40, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [26 June 2017]

You're not done yet! I must have deleted this upload as Farmer tree on user page shows zero persons! I could try this again later.


Helen Louise Hill [22 April 2017]

Hi Julie Bojanowski here. I have added a few people and will continue to look over this weekend. I did notice that for my mother, Helen Louise Hill, it shows with a question mark residence in Tarrytown in 1972. This is incorrect. My cousin Louise (daughter of Harold Hill) lives there. Helen lived in Castleton-on-Hudson in 72. I couldn't figure out how to change.

I am so grateful for all the work you and Norman have done and sorry for not helping more.

Julie--Julie Boj 21:05, 22 April 2017 (UTC)



Arthur F Jax Rhode Island.ged Imported Successfully [26 June 2017]

This is unrelated Jackson based on research related to an obituary. Goes back to immigrant ancestor from England.

Arthur Jackson of Rhode Island.


John Stiles.ged Imported Successfully [24 May 2017]

This is tiny GEDCOM starting with John Stiles to connect eventually with Jane McHenry, wife of Silas Jackson in Columbia Co., Pennsylvania.


Daniel Beers Young.ged Imported Successfully [24 May 2017]

This was just to update this family of Betsy Jackson and Daniel Beers Young with some grandchildren.


John Jackson Young.ged Imported Successfully [24 May 2017]

This small 16 person gedcom was imported to the Small Bits file. These folks were researched to help differentiate between the various Jackson Youngs. No known relationship to my line.

Link to John Jackson Young.



Artimecia Jackson_Benj B Jax.ged Imported Successfully [26 June 2017]

This small 31 person GEDCOM allows me to connect Artimecia Jackson with her Connecticut parents and her dau Mary Polly Ruggles to my Benjamin B. Jackson, s/o Silas of Pennsylvania. There is uncertainty about Artimecia's mother but until better/more info is available, I'll assume her mother was Daniel's known wife, Abigail Sanford.


Resorting source pages [30 June 2017]

Hi
You are reminding me of a page that really ought to be on my watchlist, but I hate to think how much useful time I would have to add geography notes to WeRelate if all those pages were really there. Thanks. I'll pop it on---and also push this suggestion to "work that could be done this summer". I think it would be an easy fix for those who know how to program.
Regards, Pat --Goldenoldie 06:20, 30 June 2017 (UTC)--Goldenoldie 06:23, 30 June 2017 (UTC)


GEDCOM Export Ready [30 June 2017]

The GEDCOM for tree Benj Jackson of Rensselaer is ready to download. Click here.


Deleted MySource [4 July 2017]

Hi Janie - I've been working on a lot of Wanted pages lately. I'm hoping you can help me decide what to do with this one. In 2013 you deleted "MySource:Janiejac/Rootsweb chart of Larry Flesher and Kimberly Tappmeyer wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi includedb lfle". Since deleting a MySource doesn't remove the citations on each linked page, there are still about 60 pages trying to link to it. I am writing to ask if you would like those citations removed from each page or perhaps turned into "Citation only" to remove the red link but preserve the text that is there? Thanks, --cos1776 10:32, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Oh wow! 60 sources to a rootsweb chart! I really ought to get better sources for those folks, but probably won't do that at this point. I just checked; the current URL for that rootsweb chart is [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lflesher&recno=0]. Could you make it a citation and at the same time update the URL? Hoping there is a way to do that with one fell swoop. I do appreciate all the 'cleanup' work you are doing!! Thank you!! --janiejac 14:29, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
Yes, I think I can. Before I get too far into it, would you take a look at Person:Adam Neff (2). His first citation is what exists now and the 2nd is what I would change it to. Do you approve? --cos1776 15:23, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
Lacking a better source, your edit is the best we can have right now. Question: do you think viewers would be more apt to stay on WeRelate if they saw the actual URL instead of having to click on the link to see where it takes them? Once they click on it, they may not come back. I know I've gone rabbit trails like that and never found my way back! But yes, your edit gets the job done just fine.--janiejac 18:20, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
The job is complete. To answer your question, I hadn't heard before that seeing the actual URL might be more likely to keep a reader on a page. I guess I can only speak for myself and say that it wouldn't make much difference to me. It is generally considered bad practice to leave the whole URL there and, in that respect, I do tend to think it looks less professional. As far as rabbit holes go ... I'm right there with you. :) It is a hard habit to break! Take care, --cos1776 19:25, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
Why I like to see the whole URL - it helps me stay on track and avoid those rabbit trails. When I see a source I'd be interested in checking further, I'll copy the URL and paste it into notepad to work on later. If I have to click on a link to see whole URL, I'll be leaving the original page and may not get back to it. I put the whole URL in everything I can; never had been told it might be 'unprofessional'. I probably do a lot of things that don't have professional polish :) !! --janiejac 00:43, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Light Colored Names on Network page [9 July 2017]

Hi Janie,

What do the lighter colored names in my watch list mean?

My old profile is that color. Does that mean inactive?

Okay so one more question, is there a way to merge my two accounts or delete one? Julie 20:27, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Julie, I'm sorry but I really don't know. Try asking on the support page - upper right corner in the Help dropdown list. --janiejac 02:17, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you Janie I will try that.



Julie 03:00, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

FYI -Request List [19 July 2017]

Hi Janie, I was just informed by DataAnalyst that you have to give the total point value to vote for an improvement. You just gave 2 points for a 4-point item. (I did the same thing yesterday). Slightly complicated voting system. Regards --SkippyG 16:22, 19 July 2017 (UTC)


Voting on Request [19 July 2017]

Respectfully, Janie...Please reread the Section "How to Vote". Overly-complicated admittedly, if you reread these as I had to, you'll find that only one of your votes follows the voting instructions. Neal--SkippyG 18:15, 19 July 2017 (UTC)


David C Wright .ged Imported Successfully [4 August 2017]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been uploaded to the Robert Jackson of Hempstead tree. David's dau Sarah married Henry Flesher; Sarah's mother=in-law was a Jackson.

Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 19:43, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [12 August 2017]

Now that you have uploaded John Lynn plus all related.ged [ Aug 10] into our review program, it is time for you to match your data to ours. This file had too many 'warnings' in it so I removed it. If it can be corrected, I'll update again later. This 'plus related' contained a lot of my Virginia Project studies and I may want to remove them from a future upload.

--WeRelate agent 04:20, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [26 August 2017]

Now that you have uploaded Wm R Jax 10085 desc Morgan Co.ged into our review program, it is time for you to match your data to ours.

--WeRelate agent 19:42, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

This Aug 22 GEDCOM will be removed to fix warnings and add people.


Abraham Jax 28506 Mary Leonard.ged Imported Successfully [28 August 2017]

This was my attempt to begin posting the first of my 'Other' Jacksons I have put in my Hempstead file for whom I have no known parents. But first I discovered that many townships for Monroe County did not have their place pages created, so I had to stop to do that. Since I had to do the one I needed, I just added all the rest of the missing ones. Then the system kept giving me problems, freezing up and not moving from tab to tab. Had to keep using the back button to back out, go into review again and get just a little bit more done until it froze again. Rinse and repeat over & over. This is taking way too much time and effort to accomplish what should have been a quick upload & review of the very small gedcom! And I have so much more that I wanted to do, but this is discouraging!! --janiejac 23:37, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

--WeRelate agent 23:21, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

GEDCOM Export Ready [3 September 2017]

The GEDCOM for tree Ben Jax_Mary Rushing is ready to download. Click here.

I didn't really mean to export this GEDCOM. I was just trying to learn how to do it. So now how do I get rid of this without downloading it?? I don't find any help pages on how to export a GEDCOM. I did this on by going to trees and hitting on export for a tree I have uploaded. Is there a way to export a GEDCOM from a family that I did NOT import or manually add?


Genealogist84 pages [5 September 2017]

Hi Janie, I couldn't help responding to your "poor sources" enquiry re: Genealogist84 pages. Many of my New England lines seem to cross or duplicate the pages created by Gen84; I've probably researched and/or corrected more than a thousand, if not two thousand.
1. Some pages I found to be duplicates of other pages, with the added challenge that the person's name is misspelled, or the date of birth or death is incorrect. You might try a broad duplicate search, disregarding place or spelling.
2. When I can't find (at the time) a better source than provided, I make sure to add "Questionable Source" to the one provided, with perhaps a note of explanation. Jrich is good at these kinds of notes. When a vital record can not be found in the place provided, I sometimes add ie "No entry found in Vital Records of Woodstock, Conn."

Hopefully all of Gen84's pages will eventually be cited correctly, and the questionable sources can be eliminated. Regards...Neal--SkippyG 17:52, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Neal. That will be something to remember to look out for when I upload this gedcom. This has been an interesting challenge. The info on this tree wasn't messed up but the sources weren't good and the download from ancestry picked up a lot of clutter that I wouldn't want to upload to WR and a lot of living persons or rather the system thought were living but weren't. I keep thinking I've finished it and then finding new stuff to add. Would be fun to find out that these Jacksons are related to my line; but I don't think they are! --janiejac 04:15, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [20 October 2017]

Now that you have uploaded David Jax Patty Batchelor.ged into our review program, it is time for you to match your data to ours. GEDCOM removed.


GEDCOM Export Ready [13 September 2017]

The GEDCOM for tree Benj Jackson of Rensselaer is ready to download. Click here. Downloaded and sent to Norman.



Sam Newton Jax Marion Co.ged Imported Successfully [4 October 2017]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. This was 173 persons in the Marion County WV study.

BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE REVIEW PROCESS AND SO THE UPLOAD WAS NOT PROPERLY REVIEWED, LINKED OR MATCHED. Perhaps I should remove it because it will be full of red links. REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE SITE CANNOT FUNCTION AS IT WAS MEANT TO - MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE ADOBE FLASH PROBLEM.

Ah but Cos finished reviewing it for me and helped it get through the system. So now is OK. And as of 4 Oct 2017 I have added Samuel's Marion County 1861 Will to his person page and am attempting to add the daughters named in his will.

Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 17:25, 30 September 2017 (UTC)



Samuels daughters Marion Co.ged Imported Successfully [5 October 2017]

This was just an update to the prior upload to include the daughters listed in Samuel Jackson's 1861 will. (Still missing one that I can't find.)

Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 19:24, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [5 October 2017]

Now that you have uploaded MorganTN update.ged into our review program, it is time for you to match your data to ours. I printed warnings and removed GEDCOM. This was just an update to include F-a-G info. Not worth the effort: 1458 persons.

--WeRelate agent 15:41, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Samuel Jax_Margaret Cree_Mikes.ged Imported Successfully [4 November 2017]

This is Mike's line from my Greene Co., PA PAF

Now you can: %3A%22Janiejac%2FDesc+Samuel+Jax_Marg+Cree%22 View a searchable list of the wiki pages generated from your tree]</span> -- available about an hour after your file has been imported

  • View your network to see which other WeRelate users are watching pages you have in common. This works if you matched families during your review. You might find a relative here!

Enoch Winans [5 November 2017]

Hi Janie,

I'm giving you a "heads-up". I've decided to pursue tracing Enoch Winans, husband of Dorothy Caplinger. My grandmother was Mabelle Winans, so I like to trace most Winans I run across. I've found Enoch in the 1850 Wood Co., Va. Census listed as Enos Winans, son of Ezekiel & Margaret Winans. Ezekiel is listed as born in New Jersey, so he should be easy to connect; the immigrant Winans, Jan Winans lived in New Amsterdam (New York City) and helped found Elizabeth, New Jersey and died there in 1694. Regards...Neal--SkippyG 19:36, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

By the way, Ezekiel was living in District 65, two doors away from the family of John & Rachel Caplinger.


GEDCOM Export Ready [11 November 2017]

The GEDCOM for tree Desc Samuel Jax_Marg Cree is ready to download. Click here.


Thomas Langdon 4generations.ged Imported Successfully [15 January 2018]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. These early Hempstead folks eventually link to my Jacksons. Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 22:34, 12 November 2017 (UTC)



Thomas Power KY to WV SIS.ged Imported Successfully [17 January 2018]

These folks are ancestors of Sis Power Jackson Keller.

Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 18:25, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Family Tapestry [28 January 2018]

It is indeed on worldcat, at least part of it, anyway here but only in one library in the US, the Newberry Library in Chicago. Sometimes secondary sources are all one has. I have no specific knowledge of the families or the source, so I only have one general comment to make.

The most important thing is to be sure to identify where the information comes from, meaning be sure to cite the source. People that are unaware may learn of a useful source of information, and serious researchers may already know how to weight that source relative to others. Since it is an obscure source, it would be nice to give in the citation an abstract of what information was used from the source, so that the reader 30 years from now won't necessarily need access to the source to work with what you post. It also helps them to assess how much effort it is worth to find a copy. It also ensures that when data changes, such as years being changed to precise dates, by subsequent posters, it is still clear what the contributions, and limitations, of this particular source were. (Not just the dates given by the source, but when it indicates the source of those dates. For example, the existence of a will naming children is useful, as other researchers may want to, and know how to, confirm this or add more specifics about it.)

Good luck. --Jrich 16:01, 28 January 2018 (UTC)


GEDCOM uploaded but not yet accepted [5 February 2018]

I uploaded James Jax of Sinans on 29 Jan 2018 and it still is not accepted. Five days ago! Have to grieve over the apparent death of WeRelate. Posted abt this at the watercooler and see that others are having the same problem. But it appears that no one is watching the store :( --janiejac 16:51, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Dallan, for fixing it!! --janiejac 18:55, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

James Jax of Spinans 56 pers.ged Imported Successfully [5 February 2018]

I am aware that the folks in this upload have very little information about their dates and locations. All info was taken from one source book and that's all the info available. Descendants of the Jacksons in this file are looking for their connections and this is an effort to expose this info to more people. Please let me know if you have any clues.

Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 19:30, 5 February 2018 (UTC)



Carrington fr sm bits Jax.ged Imported Successfully [9 March 2018]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. Benjamin Jackson married Lavinia Carrington. Benjamin's father was an immigrant from Scotland. Benjamin and Lavinia had no children, so no descendants known. But Benjamin's sibling were not researched.

Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 22:48, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [9 April 2018]

You have uploaded Kimbles and Yoak in Fam Finder.ged into our review program. This was some descendants of John Yoak of Calhoun including some Kimbles, Kellys and Ferrells - all from my Family Finder file. I asked PAF for NO living folks but it seems to list them anyway so I excluded a lot of folks who had unknown birth and/or death info. In spite of that, the file still had too many living or unknown folks in it so I removed the GEDCOM the same day. It just needs more work to find out more about these unknown individuals before it can be uploaded. But this should be good to upload as none of them matched other families and eventually should be uploaded.


Randolph Quakers [23 April 2018]

Are you still interested in information on the Randolph NJ Quakers? The Randolph Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Association is interested in working with anyone who is doing research on the early Randolph/Mendham Quaker families.

For more information: www.randolphmeetinghouse.org--Nsteneck 16:12, 23 April 2018 (UTC)


James Mason Strother

Janie: I think I have identified his parents as James Strother and Martha French. Can I remove him from the "mystery Strothers" and add this to the outline? Or do you want more time to check it out? James Strother (6) and James Strother (13) will have to be merged. We could use a little more evidence, but I don't have access to Virginia records. --Judy (jlanoux) 14:27, 10 May 2018 (UTC)



Robt Jax Mary Ann Henthorn.ged Imported Successfully [20 May 2018]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. This is NOT my personal Jackson line, rather it is a Jackson line that I kept running onto, so I began to research it and tie more recent Jacksons to it when known. Robert Jackson and Mary Ann Henthorn are first found in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. DNA has proved this line is NOT related to Robert Jackson of Hempstead, NY.

Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 01:41, 20 May 2018 (UTC)



Geo Jax Luc Houghton KY to ARK2.ged Imported Successfully [28 May 2018]

These folks are ancestors of Sherry N and are the non-Hempstead side of her two Jackson lines. Would like to find a Jackson desc with DNA results.
EKA is currently George W. Jackson b.9 Nov 1829 Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky who married Lucinda Haughton/Houghton. Their dau Lydia Jackson m Jessie Mercer Whaley and had son, Robt E. Lee Whaley. Robert Whaley married Florence Jackson of the Hempstead line, a descendant of Edward Jackson and Charity Polly Hill.

Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 20:16, 28 May 2018 (UTC)



Charles Jax of Pocohontas.ged Imported Successfully [7 June 2018]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully.

Now you can:

For questions or problems, leave a message for the volunteers on our GEDCOM review team.


--WeRelate agent 16:36, 7 June 2018 (UTC)



Capt Geo Carter.ged Imported Successfully [28 June 2018]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. This small bit was to connect Mary Jackson of Virginia Project to her family.

Now you can:

--WeRelate agent 03:15, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [28 June 2018]

Now that you have uploaded Sam Jax 1134 4 gens.ged. This was first attempt at this upload. I removed the GEDCOM because of my new numbering system causing problems with the title of the person page. Will remove numbers and double check warnings before uploading again.


Next step: Review your GEDCOM [10 August 2018]

You're not done yet!

Now that you have uploaded Sam Jax 1134 four gens.ged into our review program, it is time for you to match your data to ours. Your next step is to review and resolve any potential warnings that your file might be showing and to match place names, source names and families to pages that may already exist in our database.

I removed the GEDCOM 8/9/18 Will maybe do later.
--WeRelate agent 16:51, 3 July 2018 (UTC)



Jas Bolton Hall 3 gens.ged Imported Successfully [19 August 2018]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. These 3 generations were just an update as they had already been uploaded some time ago.

--WeRelate agent 03:24, 10 August 2018 (UTC)



Edward Maulpis VA Project.ged Imported Successfully [2 December 2018]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully.

Now you can:

For questions or problems, leave a message for the volunteers on our GEDCOM review team.


--WeRelate agent 00:57, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Stephen Jackson/Nancy Cook/ Nancy Kendrick [20 February 2019]

In response to the question of Stephen Jackson/Nancy Cook and Stephen Jackson/Nancy Kendrick, DNA has positively proven that the two Stephen Jacksons are one and the same. I descend from Stephen JACKSON and Nancy KENDRICK through their daughter, Elizabeth KENDRICK JACKSON. My brother’s DNA matches with several JACKSONs including one descendant from Nancy COOK’s son, William JACKSON and one descendant from Nancy COOK’s son, Able JACKSON. In addition, my brother and the JACKSONs are also matching with AULD descendants whose line goes to John Field AULD and Mary KENDRICK JACKSON. The proof is in the pudding or in this case the DNA. Rosemary Crawford Miller Feb. 20, 2019--Rone 17:06, 20 February 2019 (UTC)


Hi, Janie [30 December 2022]

Hi, Janie

Glad to see you back on WeRelate! I wasn't sure if you were still working on genealogy. You'll note that I just deleted a page you created because I can't find death information. He was living in 2009, and is hopefully still alive and well.

Hope you are doing well and weathering this terrible year. My family is doing well.

Take care - Janet--DataAnalyst 01:17, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


Merry Christmas, Janie!--DataAnalyst 17:37, 26 December 2022 (UTC)


Hi, Janie

You'll notice that I am updating several pages you created. They all show up on a list I create of potentially living people. I doubt any of them are still living, but I'm casting a rather wide net to make sure we don't have pages for living people. I've updated 9 so far (and some related people in the process) and have another 11 to go. Hopefully I'll finish this today - if not today, then tomorrow. After that, you shouldn't see such a flood of updates.

Happy New Year!

Janet --DataAnalyst 17:37, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

I finished the list. There might be a few more records in the future, but this should be the last of the changes for now. Take care. --DataAnalyst 23:18, 30 December 2022 (UTC)