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10 Jun 2025 9 Jun 2025
15:03: Teresa (Clary) Willis edited the Biography for Debora Hardy (abt.1646-abt.1683). (Categorization.)Thank Teresa for this 02:31: Laura (Young) Hanley added Jones Joshua Moore (1806-1860) as child of Elizabeth (Jones) Moore (1756-aft.1844).Thank Laura for this 01:01: Greg Gilliam added Sarah Thompson (Gilliam) Goree (abt.1809-1843) as child of William Gilliam (abt.1755-1822).Thank Greg for this 00:34: Eric Weddington edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Replaced link with wikipedia link.)Thank Eric for this | 1 thank-you received 00:21: Eric Weddington posted a comment on the page for Daniel Boone (1734-1820)Thank Eric for this | 1 thank-you received 00:06: Eric Weddington edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Minor correction for readability.)Thank Eric for this | 1 thank-you received 00:04: Eric Weddington edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Minor grammar fix.)Thank Eric for this | 1 thank-you received
8 Jun 2025
23:56: Eric Weddington edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Reverted paragraph to a summary to keep his Biography short. For details of his life see his Wikipedia article.)Thank Eric for this 23:53: Eric Weddington edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Reverted paragraph to a summary to keep his Biography short. For details of his exploits see his Wikipedia article.)Thank Eric for this 23:48: Eric Weddington edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Replace links that were removed.)Thank Eric for this 23:41: Eric Weddington edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Fix wikipedia link. Remove adjectives to keep a more neutral tone.)Thank Eric for this 23:32: Eric Weddington edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Removed certain adjectives to keep a neutral tone. Fixed grammar. Removed link to kentuckytourism.com. Fixed Wikipedia links. Moved paragraph.)Thank Eric for this | 1 thank-you received 22:17: Teresa (Clary) Willis edited the Biography for Robert Abernathy II (1656-1730). (Categorization.)Thank Teresa for this | 1 thank-you received 22:16: Teresa (Clary) Willis edited the Biography for Robert Abernathy (1695-1772). (Categorization.)Thank Teresa for this
7 Jun 2025
20:09: Cortland Lowe Jr. added Mary Lucy (Barrett) Smith (abt.1820-abt.1899) as child of Ann Meriwether (Johnson) Barrett (1786-1866).Thank Cortland for this 20:09: Cortland Lowe Jr. added Mary Lucy (Barrett) Smith (abt.1820-abt.1899) as child of Charles Barrett (abt.1781-1848).Thank Cortland for this 20:05: Cortland Lowe Jr. added William Chiswell Barrett (abt.1816-abt.1896) as child of Ann Meriwether (Johnson) Barrett (1786-1866).Thank Cortland for this 20:05: Cortland Lowe Jr. added William Chiswell Barrett (abt.1816-abt.1896) as child of Charles Barrett (abt.1781-1848).Thank Cortland for this 13:08: Juliet (Adams) Wills edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Adding sources. )Thank Juliet for this | 1 thank-you received 12:58: Edwin Bridges edited the Biography, Death Date and Death Place for Samuel Hamrick (1785-1851). (Adding sources. )Thank Edwin for this 12:55: Edwin Bridges edited the Biography for Samuel Hamrick (1785-1851). (Adding sources. )Thank Edwin for this 12:54: Edwin Bridges edited the marriage between Susanah E (Adams) Hamrick (1784-1837) and Samuel Hamrick (1785-1851).Thank Edwin for this 12:52: Edwin Bridges added Samuel Hamrick (1785-1851) as father of James Burwell Hamrick (1825-).Thank Edwin for this 11:59: Juliet (Adams) Wills edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Adding sources. )Thank Juliet for this | 1 thank-you received 11:53: Juliet (Adams) Wills edited the Biography and Status Indicators for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Adding sources. )Thank Juliet for this | 1 thank-you received 11:46: Juliet (Adams) Wills edited the Biography for Daniel Boone (1734-1820). (Adding sources. )Thank Juliet for this | 1 thank-you received
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