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WikiTree-35: Please invite a cousin, forward this email, or share the animated intro to WikiTree.   Community News Southern Connections Hulk Hogan Do you have ancestors from the American South? Tell us about them. We're featuring notables from the Deep South, such as the late Hulk Hogan, in this week's Connection Checkers game. To play, first add your missing family members until you connect to the "Big Tree". Join the US Southern Projects Research Party! Tomorrow, 31 July 2025, 6pm-8pm ET (10pm UTC). Open to everyone. Chat live or just lurk and listen. You will have 37 million family members once you connect to the Big Tree. That's because 37 million of the 42.5 million people on WikiTree (87%) are now connected in a single web of family relationships! In Monday's Tech Talk, volunteer app developer Rob Pavey presented the "top 5 features you didn't know about" in his hugely popular WikiTree Sourcer — a free tool for easily finding and adding sources to profiles (and writing footnoted biographies too!). WikiTreer of the Week: US Civil War Project member Ron Floyd [interview]. "I jumped in with all my heart [in January 2016] and have not looked back since!" —Ron Do you have roots in Iowa or Idaho?   Top Contributors to WikiTree Profiles in June #1 Steven Harris. #2 Stuart Awbrey. #3 p Wikitree. #3 Nan (Lambert) Starjak. #3 Hilary (Buckle) Gadsby. #3 Jacqueline Baxter.   More WikiTree contributors. Watchlist Edits 30 Jul 2025 09:50: Gregory Rose added Samuel H Melton (1794-1883) as father of Guilford Melton (1828-1863).Thank Gregory for this 29 Jul 2025 21:01: Sandy (Craig) Patak edited the Text on Southern Pioneers.Thank Sandy for this 21:00: Sandy (Craig) Patak edited the Text on Southern Pioneers.Thank Sandy for this 20:59: Sandy (Craig) Patak edited the Text on Southern Pioneers.Thank Sandy for this 20:07: Sandy (Craig) Patak edited the Text on Southern Pioneers Project Membership.Thank Sandy for this 11:44: Gina Meyers edited the Biography for Conrad Yoder (abt.1725-abt.1790). (Adding link to profile for Jacob Yoder, arrived 1751.)Thank Gina for this 09:08: Wanda Richards added Joseph Morton (1789-1828) as child of Jane Davis (Booker) Morton (abt.1756-).Thank Wanda for this 28 Jul 2025 19:29: Scott Lytle edited the Biography for Hannah (Pratt) Harmon (abt.1784-1849). (Bio improvement. )Thank Scott for this 18:09: Michelle Rhodes added Selden Ashby Seay (abt.1815-1893) as child of Sally Marshall (Booker) Seay (1783-1820).Thank Michelle for this 18:09: Michelle Rhodes added Selden Ashby Seay (abt.1815-1893) as child of Austin Seay (1773-1861).Thank Michelle for this 17:52: Michelle Rhodes edited the Biography, Death Date and Status Indicators for Austin Seay (1773-1861). (Bio improvement. Adding sources. )Thank Michelle for this 02:49: Patty (Luker) LaPlante edited the Biography for John Collier (abt.1704-1768). (Categories: adding 'Collier Cemetery, Dugspur, Virginia')Thank Patty for this 27 Jul 2025 19:32: Barbara (Ainsworth) Montgomery added Nancy (Graves) Starnes (1784-1854) as mother of Gabriella Joyce (Starnes) Ainsworth (1813-aft.1853).Thank Barbara for this 19:31: Barbara (Ainsworth) Montgomery added Moses Starnes (1777-1845) as father of Gabriella Joyce (Starnes) Ainsworth (1813-aft.1853).Thank Barbara for this 17:26: Liz (Noland) Shifflett created an unmerged match of Priscilla (Gray) Hill (abt.1694-abt.1761) and Priscilla (Gray) Hill (1692-aft.1719).Thank Liz for this 25 Jul 2025 19:31: Sandy (Craig) Patak edited the Text on Southern Pioneers.Thank Sandy for this 18:57: Kathy (Gunter) Sullivan edited the Biography for George E Gunter (abt.1786-1848). (Bio improvement. )Thank Kathy for this 12:56: Revonda (Harris) Wack edited the Biography for Mary Charles (Spencer) Maclin (abt.1789-1864). (Categories: adding 'Oakwood Cemetery, Brownsville, Tennessee')Thank Revonda for this 12:31: Revonda (Harris) Wack edited the Biography for Lucy Jane (Maclin) Johnson (abt.1813-1870). (Categories: adding 'Oakwood Cemetery, Brownsville, Tennessee')Thank Revonda for this 12:26: Revonda (Harris) Wack edited the Biography for Henry Johnson (1808-1874). (Categories: adding 'Oakwood Cemetery, Brownsville, Tennessee')Thank Revonda for this 24 Jul 2025 22:45: Larry Youngblood answered a question about Southern Pioneers Project MembershipThank Larry for this 21:28: Charles Johnson edited the Biography, Middle Name and Birth Date for George Washington Johnson (abt.1795-). (Adding sources. Bio improvement. Minor corrections. )Thank Charles for this 05:22: Ruth Ann Montgomery edited the Biography and Birth Date for John Moore (abt.1698-1753). (Research notes.)Thank Ruth Ann for this 05:22: Ruth Ann Montgomery edited the marriage between Mary (Thrower) Moore (abt.1700-abt.1784) and John Moore (abt.1698-1753).Thank Ruth Ann for this 04:23: Ruth Ann Montgomery edited the Biography for John Moore (abt.1698-1753). (Research notes.)Thank Ruth Ann for this 23 Jul 2025 17:25: Brett Martin edited the marriage between Richard Johnson (abt.1745-bef.1831) and Dorothy (Powers) Johnson (abt.1749-bef.1785).Thank Brett for this 16:44: Brett Martin edited the Death Date, Death Place and Status Indicators for Dorothy (Powers) Johnson (abt.1749-bef.1785). (presumed death before husband's second marriage)Thank Brett for this 14:07: Mary Richardson edited the Text on Southern Pioneers Project Membership. (Formatting. )Thank Mary for this To make your own contributions, start at your profile or family tree. Birthdays 31 Jul 1742: William Alfred Douglass [share tree on facebook] 31 Jul 1781: Michael Quickel Jr [share tree on facebook] 31 Jul 1741: James Solomon [share tree on facebook] 31 Jul 1785: Benjamin Collins Johnson [share tree on facebook] 1 Aug 1770: Thomas Reid [share tree on facebook] 3 Aug 1822: David Parker Shook [share tree on facebook] 3 Aug 1835: Samuel Franklin Fleming [share tree on facebook] 4 Aug 1789: Aaron Bridges [share tree on facebook] 5 Aug 1751: Mary (Seawell) Hill [share tree on facebook] 5 Aug 1801: William Bomar [share tree on facebook] 6 Aug 1838: William Pinckney Dellinger [share tree on facebook] 6 Aug 1846: James Lemuel Boswell [share tree on facebook] See your family anniversaries calendar for more.

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