User talk:LutheranChickadee

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If you need any help, I will be glad to answer your questions. Just click on my signature link below and then click on the “Leave a message” link under my name in the upper left corner of my profile page. Thanks for participating and see you around! --DFree 02:04, 20 June 2009 (EDT)


Glad to have you aboard [30 September 2009]

Hello Claudia,

Glad to have you aboard WeRelate neighbor. Yes I agree WeRelate does have a learning curve. Being a wiki it is a people based concept. I will try to help, and if I cannot help we have many other WeRelate Users who probably have the answer. There is also the Watercooler, Dallan's Talk page and Solveig's Talk page as well. If it is about a particular subject say Sources. They too have a webpage you can review. I agree WeRelate is a little different than what has been available until now. It is wiki based so it is what you the User, and the majority of Users wish it to be, except for the limitations of technology, law, etc.

I understand about finding new and sometimes contrary genealogy information. That is one of the things about WeRelate I like you can add contrary information, comment about it, and make clear this information needs work. As you know one source might contradict another source. One source could be incorrect. Or it might be a clue one generation off. A death certificate might have the grandmother's maiden name instead of the mothers maiden name for instance.

Another thing I like about WeRelate is if you share the same ancestor your Ancestor has a webpage that all the descendant can share, add sources, etc. Or if a person knows the area well since their ancestor was a neighbor for instance that User can add valuable content to the webpage as well. Hopefully in time the webpages will be well sourced, etc. Useful to the next generation so they do not have to reinvent the wheel. A Peer review system so to speak.

On the scans you might want to review the copyright page before you upload them. I look forward to the day when the copyright issues are easier to understand, and more easy to follow.

Have fun, Debbie Freeman --DFree 13:59, 20 June 2009 (EDT)


Debbie, You have been so kind to offer you help and I do have a question. I am in the process of working through the warnings with my gedcom and I have realized that I have a child attached to the wrong mother. How do I edit that type of issue?

Thanks so much for your help in advance, Claudia--LutheranChickadee 14:49, 12 August 2009 (EDT)

I'll jump in... In gedcom review, look at the child on the Person tab. The prospective page is below the line and can be edited. Just move the divider bar up enough to get some working room and press the Edit link under his name. Remove the "Child of" family. Then you can enter the correct family. You may want to look up the correct family name before you start the edit. --Judy (jlanoux) 16:33, 12 August 2009 (EDT)


Debby, I have a question. How can other people find our information if they are not a "member" of werelate? Are the names of our ancestors hooked up to search engines such as google? Or do I just have to wait for someone with the same ancestors to find werelate to hook up with them.

Thanks for your help! Claudia--LutheranChickadee 17:01, 22 September 2009 (EDT)

Hello Claudia, I am not sure what the exact answer is so I forwarded the question on to Dallan. He should respond soon. Debbie Freeman --DFree 17:23, 22 September 2009 (EDT)
Anyone can review WR pages and can use the search feature. Registration is required to edit pages. WR pages are now being indexed by Google. I am running across mine constantly when doing searches. --Judy (jlanoux) 18:58, 22 September 2009 (EDT)

Debbie,

I wonder if you could answer a question for me? What does the number in parentheses mean after the names of my ancestors?

Thanks for your help, I am getting the hang of this, at least a little.

Claudia--LutheranChickadee 20:39, 28 September 2009 (EDT)

Hello Claudia, The parentheses after your ancestors name is a unique WeRelate ID. That way you (and the database)can keep track of the different John Doe's. I have more than one ancestor that kept using the same name over and over, the WeRelate ID comes in handy. I am glad to hear that you are getting the hang of it. Soon you can help others. Debbie Freeman --DFree 21:00, 28 September 2009 (EDT)

So if my number in the parenthesis is a 2 that means that there are 2 people in my dbase that have the same name?? If so I may have a problem. My grandmother, Pearl Larson, comes up with a 2 but I only have one in my gedcom file.--LutheranChickadee 19:23, 29 September 2009 (EDT)


Hello Claudia, Almost. A 2 means that there are two WeRelate people in the WeRelate "Shared" database with the same first name and last name that are on WeRelate. Pearl Larson (1) and Pearl Larson (2). You might check to see if you accidentally created two people when you uploaded your GEDCOM's. Been there, done that. Or it could be that some else might have a Pearl Larson as well. Maybe born in a different time, or place, etc. If you accidentally made two it is easy to merge them together.

In my family I have more than one Harlow Freeman, they are grandfather, and grandson. Only their middle name is different, and when and where they were born. Debbie Freeman --DFree 20:18, 29 September 2009 (EDT)


Debbie,

Thanks for the quick response. How do I see if I have more than one Pearl Larson? I am suspicious that I do since I loaded a photo of Pearl on her page but today when I opened up her page the photo was gone. When I tried to upload the photo again the system told me I had already uploaded that photo. It must be present on the other page for Pearl Larson that I can no longer find. The way I am searching for her is using the search/people from the blue stripe at the top of the page. Then I just enter her name, first and last and search. Is there another way to find people? Sorry to be a pest but I am stumped.

Thanks for your help, Claudia--LutheranChickadee 22:05, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

Hello Claudia, No problem that is why we are here. I hope you do not mind I found your image and added it to the person page you mentioned. I searched under Images not People since it was a Image file or Image page you uploaded. and then I copied and pasted, or you could write the file name Image: ? down, then go to the that Person page, chose edit then add the image: ? to that section in that person page. ? So Yes you had two Pearl Larson pages one a Person page then an Image page under Pearl-maiden name-married name. Debbie Freeman --DFree 22:52, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

Debbie, Thank you so much for your help. I don't know how I could have had more than one page since I had the image on her person page one day and the next day it was gone. Oh well, you have fixed my problem. Have a great day, Claudia--LutheranChickadee 12:09, 30 September 2009 (EDT)


OOPPSS, it looks like it happened again. This morning it looks the same. I guess I should have looked before I sent the first note to you.--LutheranChickadee 12:10, 30 September 2009 (EDT)


Debbie, I selected edit and checked the box that makes it show at the top of the page since the name of the photo file was there. When I saved it the photo did appear. I still have a (2) behind her name though.--LutheranChickadee 12:19, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

Hello Claudia, Your doing great!! I learned something too today. Thanks!! I will have to remember the image primary check box. I looked last night and could not find a Pearl Larson(1) so it could be that someone at one time had a Pearl Larson(1), when you uploaded your Pearl Larson, making your Pearl Larson(2) and then at some time they deleted their Pearl Larson(1). At this moment you are the only one that has a Pearl Larson. So you are set.

Debbie Freeman --DFree 12:50, 30 September 2009 (EDT)


werelate.ged Ready for Review [31 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. 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.

--WeRelate agent 21:57, 31 July 2009 (EDT)

You must review your gedcom file [6 October 2009]

Hi,

Welcome to the WeRelate community. I noticed that your -- gedcom has been uploaded. The system is new and might be a little confusing at first. Do you need any help with the review process? If you were not aware of the review process, click on this link to go to review page -- You can come and go as you have time. The link to gedcom review is located in a message on your talk page. (Click on MyRelate and select "Talk Page.")

WeRelate is an active community of genealogists staffed by volunteers. Our mission is help people to collaborate on common ancestors. The review process will connect you with other genealogists researching common ancestors. Your gedcom cannot be uploaded until you have checked the warnings and possible matches with common ancestors. The warnings will tell you if someone died before they married/were born, etc. You can correct the page in the lower window by clicking on the edit link. You must look at every warning and every suggested match. You need to read through the warnings and review the suggested family matches. For each family match, please mark it as a match or not a match.

Let me know if you need help getting started. You should be aware that Gedcoms left unreviewed/uploaded will be deleted after ten days.  :)

Thanks,

--Judy (jlanoux) 17:09, 4 August 2009 (EDT)


Judy, Thanks for the heads up. I did not know about the time frame. I have started to go through my warnings but I have a question. What does it mean when in the Distance column it states "Not connected to root". I have a feeling that it means that they are not connected to me but some of these people should be.--LutheranChickadee 15:33, 7 August 2009 (EDT)

I think people who are, for example, related by marriage will show as not connected. It will change depending on who is shown as root. I just peeked at your file and your root is shown as ,Living. I don't think you need to worry about the "not connected part". I always have a lot of those, but everything comes through fine.

I noticed you have a lot of living people in your file. These should be excluded since all that will be created is an empty page. We don't load information about living people.

Thanks for letting me know you are working on the file. Let me know if you need extra time so I can make a note to hold it. --Judy (jlanoux) 16:40, 7 August 2009 (EDT)


Thanks again Judy, yes I will need more time. I am going on an unexpected trip but will try to work on my warnings and cleainng up my living people too when I can.--LutheranChickadee 17:33, 7 August 2009 (EDT)


Judy, I am sorry to bother you again. How do I delete the living people? Should I create a new Gedcom and remove them before importing? And is this how I communicate with people, by leaving a comment?

Thanks for all your help!!!! Claudia--LutheranChickadee 22:01, 7 August 2009 (EDT)

I'm sorry I wasn't clear. In Gedcom Review there is a check box in front of each person and each family. Check the box to exclude the person or family. The system tries to catch living people but sometimes it can't tell, so we ask you to be alert. You can create a new gedcom if you wish, but it isn't required. The current one can be deleted via a button on the Overview tab. I do sometimes want to start over if an upload has a lot of errors. Fix it back on my desktop and then create a new gedcom. It's your decision which is best at this time.

Yes, this is how to communicate. You are doing it perfectly. When I left you the first message, I added this page to my "watch list". Thus I will be alerted when this page changes. You can leave a message on a talk page anywhere. Just make sure you are watching the associated Person, Family, User, etc page so that you will be alerted if there is a reply. So continue to ask here if you need help with the gedcom. --Judy (jlanoux) 23:01, 7 August 2009 (EDT)


Judy,

I am afraid I don't understand. The only place I see "Child of" is before I select the edit button below the peron's name on the left hand side. When I select the edit button that goes away and I cannot edit it. I hope I am not just being dumb here.

Thanks, Claudia--LutheranChickadee 18:56, 12 August 2009 (EDT)

I am so sorry...you are correct. I forgot that things work differently in the review. I'm afraid that cannot be changed until after we get your file released. (then those instructions will work) Please make a note of the person you have to fix and get the rest of your edits done. --Judy (jlanoux) 19:26, 12 August 2009 (EDT)


Thanks Judy-will do! I am ready except for that one problem which I will fix when I import all of the data.

ttfn-Claudia--LutheranChickadee 19:33, 12 August 2009 (EDT)


I just sent your file through. As soon as it's done you will get a message here. Then you can fix that family. Enjoy We Relate. Thanks for your patience. --Judy (jlanoux) 20:07, 12 August 2009 (EDT)


Judy,

I have located a family member that did not have a page and was not hooked to the family. When I added Lulu Marie Almquist and created a page for her she has the name "Lulu unknown 6" at the top of her page. When I looked at my dbase I had her listed as living but that is incorrect but she probably got imported into werelate but removed through edits. How do I correct her title so she is listed correctly? Also along the same lines, when you are loading an image that you want to show on more than one page I find it very hard to know which person to use on common names where there are duplicates. An example is Anna Andersdotter. How would I know which one to use? Why don't the middle names show so you can differentiate these people with common names?

Thank you so much for your help! Claudia--LutheranChickadee 18:47, 6 October 2009 (EDT)


werelate.ged Imported Successfully [17 August 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.

--WeRelate agent 20:49, 12 August 2009 (EDT)

Dallan,

I have loaded some images and they are not the correct orientation. How do I fix this when they are already connected to multiple people pages? Thanks for your help, Claudia--LutheranChickadee 22:51, 3 October 2009 (EDT)


I have been away from we relate for almost a year and was searching on Google and found a link to my information that I entered so long ago. I was so pleasantly surprised but when I went to the link it looked very different and I could not tell how someone would contact me if they found a relative in common with me. Could someone explain this to me?--LutheranChickadee 21:56, 16 August 2010 (EDT)

Hello I copied and pasted your message to the Support Page. --DFree 22:26, 16 August 2010 (EDT)


Peterson/Almquist family tree [1 October 2011]

Hello Claudia.

My name is Kyle Peterson. Did you assemble this family tree? http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Earl_Peterson_%283%29

Earl Kermit Peterson was my grandfather. I'm not very familiar with his relatives. He died when I was three years old. But the names and some of the information you have listed here are consistent with what my father has told me about his dad's ancestors(including the story about Gustaf Almquist being killed by a bull and the Peterson's hotel in Siren, Wisconsin).

I wish I had more to contribute to the family tree you've built. But I'm very impressed with what you've done and I'd love to hear more.

Can you tell me how you are related?

I grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where Earl lived. He used his middle name Kermit. I live in Chicago now, but my parents still live in Hot Springs.

Please feel free to contact me at k_yle2003@yahoo.com

I hope to hear from you soon.

Kyle--Dkpeterson 13:22, 1 October 2011 (EDT)


Bauer - Wirfs Family [25 July 2013]

Hi Claudia, I just found your website and I am wondering if we have a connection. I live in Dakota County Minnesota and found a marriage certificate for Mathias Bauer and Anna Wirfs. They were married on November 8, 1887 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Hastings, Minnesota.

If you are interested, I can be reached at drellackplj@comcast.net.

thanks, Linda Drellack--LindaBeckerDrellack 22:27, 24 July 2013 (EDT)


Linda, I tried to reach you via the email you listed but it was mail returned. Do you have another way for me to contact you? Would you be comfortable just talking here? Claudia--LutheranChickadee 23:23, 24 July 2013 (EDT)


Bauer - Wirfs Family [26 July 2013]

that is the correct email drellackplj@comcast.net I can also be reached at 651-438-2950. Thanks, Linda--LindaBeckerDrellack 20:48, 25 July 2013 (EDT)


Year of death? Confirmation of death? [24 January 2019]

Person:Bill Unknown (8) shows death date unknown. Do you have some confirmation that this person has, in fact, died? WeRelate should not include living people; WeRelate:Policy#Living People. --ceyockey 00:49, 25 January 2019 (UTC)