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WikiTree-35: Please invite a cousin, forward this email, or share the animated intro to WikiTree.   Community News Big changes are coming to WikiTree! The new site design will be released in five days. Women writers are the subject of this week's Connection Checkers game. To play, first add your missing links until you connect with the "Big Tree." Ask for help when you need it! March 13-20 is a week-long collaboration to benefit Family Tree DNA's new leader, Dave Vance. Work with us to break through some brick walls for Dave! WikiTreers are meeting up at RootsTech today through Saturday. If you're not in Salt Lake City, meet with us virtually. March challenges abound. We are bio building ... connecting ... integrating ... RAWKing ... and sourcing for ... Appalachians ... Black families/notables ... German artists ... Little Rascals ... messy GEDCOMs ... Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery ... Prince Edward Island ... Saxony-Anhalt ... swimming legends ... teachers ... unconnected notables ... Collaborating in a little challenge like one of these is a great way to make new genea-friends. And each one furthers our shared mission to grow a tree that connects everyone and is free to everyone. The Appalachia and US Black Heritage projects — two of WikiTree's most extraordinarily community groups — are teaming up for a special Kentucky 1880 Census Challenge. "I'll definitely participate. I've never created profiles for Kentuckians before, so this should be interesting." —Miyako Jones This morning our friends at AncestryDNA are announcing an extraordinary sale: $39 DNA tests. Question of the Week: Any ancestors who were musicians? 52 Ancestors sharing prompt: siblings.   Top Contributors to WikiTree Profiles in February #1 Margaret (Gale) Haining. #1 Aleš Trtnik. #1 Eowyn Langholf. #1 Russell Butler. #1 Fiona McMichael. #1 Melanie Paul.   See more. Watchlist Edits 4 Mar 2025 18:40: Debbie (DeSotel) Goddard edited the Biography for Martha (Christmas) Green (1784-1828). (corrected FAG link) [Thank Debbie for this] 1 Mar 2025 21:55: Alan Ruby added Aaron Burnett (1818-aft.1880) as child of Jane Ann (Templeman) Burnett (1787-). [Thank Alan for this] 21:55: Alan Ruby added Aaron Burnett (1818-aft.1880) as child of Carter Burnett (1789-1878). [Thank Alan for this] 28 Feb 2025 21:23: Susan (Moser) Dougherty edited the Biography for Jeremiah R. Runyan (1765-1851). (Categorization. ) [Thank Susan for this] 19:29: Teresa (Cauthren) Mintz edited the Biography and Status Indicators for Jerg Hamrick Sr (abt.1695-abt.1770). (Minor corrections. ) [Thank Teresa for this] 19:16: Teresa (Cauthren) Mintz edited the marriage between Maria Elizabetha (Bieber) Hammerich (1702-aft.1731) and Jerg Hamrick Sr (abt.1695-abt.1770). [Thank Teresa for this] 08:54: Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz edited the Biography and First Name for Jerge Sebastian (Bosch) Best Jr. (abt.1723-1809). (Adding sources. ) [Thank Sandie for this] 08:43: Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz edited the data for Elizabetha Katherina (Heyl) Bosch (1733-abt.1792). (Adding sources. ) [Thank Sandie for this] 08:42: Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz edited the data for Elizabetha Katherina (Heyl) Bosch (1733-abt.1792). (Minor corrections. ) [Thank Sandie for this] 08:42: Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz edited the Biography, Middle Name, Preferred Name and Status Indicators for Elizabetha Katherina (Heyl) Bosch (1733-abt.1792). (update) [Thank Sandie for this] 08:24: Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz edited the Biography for Elizabetha Katherina (Heyl) Bosch (1733-abt.1792). (Update) [Thank Sandie for this | 1 thank-you received] 08:22: Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz edited the Biography and Birth Place for Elizabetha Katherina (Heyl) Bosch (1733-abt.1792). (update) [Thank Sandie for this] 08:17: Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz edited the Biography and Birth Place for Jerge Sebastian (Bosch) Best Jr. (abt.1723-1809). (Update) [Thank Sandie for this] 27 Feb 2025 22:32: Kevin Cross edited the Biography for Elizabeth (Perry) Bishop (1767-1853). (Categorization. ) [Thank Kevin for this] 05:56: Stephanie Stults proposed a merge of James Vestal (abt.1731-abt.1793) and James Vestal (1730-1793). [Thank Stephanie for this] 26 Feb 2025 21:21: Gregory Cooke posted a comment on the page for Janette (Holmes) Baldridge (1694-1768) [Thank Gregory for this] 20:08: David Albaugh added William Baldridge (1689-1772) as father of Michael Baldridge (1726-1812). [Thank David for this] To make your own contributions, start at your profile or family tree. Birthdays 6 Mar 1747: Mary (Poffh) Wilfong [share tree on facebook] 7 Mar 1755: Mary Elizabeth (Meiser) Hafley [share tree on facebook] 7 Mar 1735: Avarilla Johnson [share tree on facebook] 8 Mar 1727: Jesse Johnson Sr [share tree on facebook] 8 Mar 1723: Jerge Sebastian (Bosch) Best Jr. [share tree on facebook] 8 Mar 1842: Elizabeth (Hammett) Settle [share tree on facebook] 8 Mar 1736: Hannah (Bryan) Chatfield [share tree on facebook] 9 Mar 1746: Joseph James Seawell [share tree on facebook] 9 Mar 1823: Abner Burgess Payne Jr [share tree on facebook] 9 Mar 1829: Isham Simpson [share tree on facebook] 9 Mar 1828: Elizabeth Ashley (Hunt) Stites [share tree on facebook] 9 Mar 1785: Frances Hubbard Morton [share tree on facebook] 9 Mar 1842: Kisiah Adaline (McCraw) Ruppe [share tree on facebook] 10 Mar 1785: William Doggett [share tree on facebook] 10 Mar 1823: Silvia Caroline (Hough) Nicholson [share tree on facebook] 11 Mar 1759: William Sartor [share tree on facebook] 11 Mar 1790: Sarah (Shuford) Rhyne [share tree on facebook] 11 Mar 1810: James Thomas [share tree on facebook] 11 Mar 1854: Logan Henderson Johnson [share tree on facebook] See your family anniversaries calendar for more.

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