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WikiTree-35: Please invite a cousin, forward this email, or share the animated intro to WikiTree.   Community News Connect the puzzle pieces of the great human family in this weekend's big event. The big triannual Connect-a-Thon is this weekend! Choose your team by tonight (Wednesday) to have your contributions counted and be eligible for prizes. "On my birthday weekend ... a great present!" —Veronica Valencourt, Newt Team As of Saturday, 36 million of the 41 million people on WikiTree are all connected in a single web of family relationships. Another major milestone: 500,000 Connected African-American Family Members. Choose a Black Heritage Notable to connect in the Connect-a-Thon. We're having a Batman-themed Connection Checkers game in honor of the late Val Kilmer. To play, first add your missing links until you link up with the 36 million of us on the "Big Tree." Ask when you need help — we're a community of genealogists and family historians who help each other. For a different sort of challenge, join our week-long research collaboration to break down brickwalls for Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage. These weeks are always fun and educational. The WikiTree Ambassadors are hosting a Discord Party tonight. Stop by! Our WikiTreer of the Week is Lyn Young. "I started out by adding my family members and increasing my CC7. Then I found Connection Checkers and have really enjoyed that. In January, I participated in my first Connect-a-Thon. It was fun ... WOOF to the Northwest Terriers!" —Lyn April's Profile Makeover theme: Flowers. April's Bio Builders theme: One Name Studies. "I try to tie the Profile Makeover and Bio Builder challenges into my deep-dive research on a family member to hopefully really make a difference on someone's profile by the end of the month, plus have new research to give my family." —Lyn Question of the Week: Any family feuds in your tree?   Top Contributors to WikiTree Profiles in March #1 David Randall. #1 Ruth Jowett. #1 Holly (Primmar) Griesser. #1 Russell Butler.   See more. Watchlist Edits 8 Apr 2025 18:25: David Moss edited the Biography for Mary (Brockman) Dean (1759-1825). (Adding sources. )Thank David for this 05:14: Cathy Luck edited the Biography for Samuel Luck Sr. (bef.1709-1787). (Bio improvement. Formatting. Changes from new source. Adding sources.)Thank Cathy for this 01:35: Robert Eggleston edited the Biography for Joseph Eggleston Jr (1721-1792). (Bio improvement.)Thank Robert for this 7 Apr 2025 18:19: Anonymous Bryant edited the Biography for Erasmus Tolleson (abt.1670-bef.1770). (Bio improvement. )Thank Anonymous for this 18:04: Anonymous Bryant edited the Biography for Erasmus Tolleson (abt.1670-bef.1770). (Bio improvement. )Thank Anonymous for this 18:01: Anonymous Bryant edited the Biography for Sarah (Tolleson) Bryant (1737-1836). (Bio improvement. )Thank Anonymous for this 07:26: S Coomes added Joseph Hildabrand (1789-1861) as child of Mary Elizabeth (Warlick) Hildebrand (abt.1744-1806).Thank S for this 00:28: Tony Johnson posted a comment on the page for Martin Johnson (abt.1640-bef.1703)Thank Tony for this 6 Apr 2025 16:50: Cathy Luck edited the Biography for Samuel Luck Sr. (bef.1709-1787). (Categorization.)Thank Cathy for this 13:52: Paul Tolleson III edited the Biography for James Madison Tolleson (abt.1800-abt.1846). (Bio improvement.)Thank Paul for this 13:51: Paul Tolleson III edited the Biography for James Madison Tolleson (abt.1800-abt.1846). (Adding sources.)Thank Paul for this 13:32: Paul Tolleson III edited the Biography for James Madison Tolleson (abt.1800-abt.1846). (+Bio Removing spaces (multi space to single), +Bio Links to WikiTree (http WikiTree to https))Thank Paul for this 4 Apr 2025 20:14: Becky (Thames) Thames-Simmons edited the Middle Name for Abraham Alloway Strange (1757-1815). (Corrected middle name - he had a brother named Archelaus, there's a bit of conflation happening.)Thank Becky for this 17:21: Becky (Thames) Thames-Simmons added Elizabeth (Mitchell) Strange (1756-aft.1803) as mother of Abner Alloway-Strange (1786-1865).Thank Becky for this 3 Apr 2025 22:23: Kathy (Gunter) Sullivan edited the Biography for Abraham Killian (1769-1823). (Bio improvement. )Thank Kathy for this 22:23: Kathy (Gunter) Sullivan edited the Biography for Abraham Killian (1769-1823). (Bio improvement. )Thank Kathy for this 18:20: Mary Francis edited the Biography and Other Last Name(s) for Sarah Bailey (Unknown) Johnson (1731-1785). (Adding sources. Bio improvement. )Thank Mary for this 2 Apr 2025 18:31: Robert Eggleston edited the Biography for Joseph Eggleston Jr (1721-1792). (Adding sources.)Thank Robert for this 16:27: Sarah Long removed Thomas Hart (abt.1686-abt.1790) as father of Peter Hart (1743-1820).Thank Sarah for this 14:45: M. (Tull) Meredith added William Bost Jr. (1775-1840) as father of Jemima Mahala (Bost) Mehaffey (1822-1896).Thank M. for this 11:41: Mike Eggleston edited the Biography for Elizabeth (Clough) Anderson (1722-1779). (Data Doctor - no error - improved citations to Chicago style, ; used Auto Bio; added Research Notes)Thank Mike for this To make your own contributions, start at your profile or family tree. 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(Johnson) Cannon [share tree on facebook] 13 Apr 1751: Judith Johnson [share tree on facebook] 13 Apr 1779: Nancy Morris (Simmons) Breedlove [share tree on facebook] 13 Apr 1819: Joseph Alexander Steele [share tree on facebook] 14 Apr 1839: John Calvin Shook [share tree on facebook] 15 Apr 1712: Christiana (Cobb) Spencer [share tree on facebook] 15 Apr 1795: Judith (Seay) Brannon [share tree on facebook] 15 Apr 1832: Archibald Hamrick [share tree on facebook] 15 Apr 1712: Charity (Cobb) Spencer [share tree on facebook] 15 Apr 1790: Allen Lupton [share tree on facebook] 15 Apr 1782: William Cathey [share tree on facebook] 15 Apr 1852: Sarah (Smith) Parish [share tree on facebook] 15 Apr 1785: Elizabeth (Vestal) Hutchins [share tree on facebook] 15 Apr 1810: Rebecca M (Barnett) Johnson [share tree on facebook] 16 Apr 1743: Christina (Klein) Yoder [share tree on facebook] 16 Apr 1841: Amanda Jane (Booe) Davis [share tree on facebook] See your family anniversaries calendar for more.

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