Mary-Ann Cook

The Australia Project are checking in with our members again. It has been wonderful to have your involvement in the project for the last year, helping improve Australian profiles on WikiTree. We are so grateful for the work that Australia Project members do to record Australian genealogy on WikiTree.

Please reply to this profile comment, or send me a private message (don't add a new comment on your profile page, as we don't get notified about that!). Let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and what you plan to work on during the coming year. If you would like to change any of the teams you are on we can make those changes for you. Our teams are listed on Australia Project Teams. There's no need to worry if you're concerned about possible time constraints. If life gets in the way, and you end up not being able to do anything we totally understand.

If you have developed new interests, and you no longer want to be a member of the Australia Project, please let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list. You are always welcome to rejoin at any time.

One of the best things about being in a WikiTree project, is working together. Many Australia Project members are active on Discord. It's a great way to discuss your interests with other members of your project team/s. If you're not on Discord yet, here's some information - Help:Discord. If you are already on the WikiTree Discord server, let us know, and we can send you an invite link to the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our team channels are located. It's a fun and friendly place to chat with others about genealogy. We also communicate through the Australia Project google group, and on the G2G - make sure you add the tag Australia.

We look forward to hearing from you!

The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Kylie, Veronica and Margaret

Hi Mary-Ann,

I sent you a message a couple of weeks ago about some profiles that you manage of living family members of a notable person on WikiTree. If you didn't receive that message please could you email me and I'd be happy to resend it to you, and also to assist with any other questions that you have. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Living_Notables policy for more information.

You can add the Australia Project account (by following the instructions in the original message) or Living Notables Project account (by using the request form) as the profile manager of the profile. I'll check in a week, and if I haven't heard back from you, and the Australia Project or Notables Project account hasn't been added, I'll assume that you'd just like us to arrange the change for you, and will send details of the profiles to the WikiTree team to add the Living Notables Project as profile manager.

Please ensure you follow these WikiTree Guidelines - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Living_Notables when creating a profile for a living Notable or their living family in future.

Thanks, regards, Margaret, Project Coordinator, Australia Project

Australia Project: Montevideo Maru Connectors Challenge 2024

Tapadh leibh, Takk, Go raibh maith agat

Thank you Mary-Ann for your 2 contributions to the challenge last year.

It was a great success with your help, all but 9 profiles were connected (4 are still under investigation) of the 416 profiles posted to the challenge. Incredibly more than 600 POWs were connected across 2024

The code for the sticker will be forwarded to you by private message.

Do you have any suggestions for a connecting challenge for this year/future? Please let me know. I'd love to hear from you.

Once again thank you for giving these brave men back to their families but also helping to make WikiTree healthier

Amanda Myers (Australia Project)

Hi Mary-Ann, you missed the cut off for the connect-a-thon signups by about an hour! :( So, you won't be in a team for this one, but you're super welcome to play unofficially and add some profiles you've been meaning to get to, and I could ask to have you added to the Australian teams channel in the Wikitree discord if you don't have access.

Hello Mary-Ann

It's time for our annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for your involvement in the Project in the last year and for all your help improving Australian profiles on WikiTree. Australia Project members play such a vital role in Australian genealogy on WikiTree.

Please could you reply to this profile comment (don't add a new comment!), or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and to let us know what you plan to work on for the next year, and if you would like to change any of the teams you are on. Our teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.

We know that people move on to new things, so if you no longer want to be in the Australia Project, please let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.

Many Australia Project members are active on Discord. It's a great way to communicate with other members of your project team/s, or to ask any general questions. If you're not on Discord yet, here's some information - Help:Discord. If you are already on the WikiTree Discord server, let us know, and we can send you an invite link to the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our chat channels are located. We also communicate through the Australia Project google group, and on the G2G.

We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Kylie, Margaret and Veronica

Mary-Ann -before making a goose of myself, I'll visit the Tidswell grave tomorrow and come back to this.

Geoff

I am unsure how this all works.

I have had my DNA done and my Mother is Elizabeth Shortcliffe (New Zealand) and my Father is William George Wilkinson originally from Wales but lived and died in New Zealand. I grew up in welfare homes and met my mother when I was in my 20,s but never met my father. The Shortcliffes appear to be easy to find but not so the Wilkinsons where could I get help please. Kind regards, John Campbell (Welfare gave me that name so its the only one I have)

Just received your email about a merge. of Lelia Rowe/ Goforth. Are you related?

Hi Mary-Ann

I have received a note that you have added a few children to Sarah Wallgate and henry Goldsmith, Sarah is my 2nd Great aunt on my father's side. Married Henry when he came here and studied theology and preached at Ryde, Moruya, Thirlmere. She died of tuberculosis in the Picton Victoria Hospital for consumptives. They lived in Goulburn and he was involved with the development of the Church in Goldsmith St - presumed named after him - my grandson lives in Goulburn now. I have some stories on Sarah's life with Henry if you are interested. My daughter bought a motel in Braidwood in 1998 and did not realise her g grandmother Dulcie Wallgate was born there and that line and another Irish line go back 7 generations. Regards John Younie (Younie102)

Mary,

Thank you for updating Foster Percy Seymour Bunnett (1886-1951) and related. Are you DNA related? regards,

Thank you for improving some of my profiles! I love it. I haven't really known how to go about this before but Ive gone in to the edit, found how you did it and stored the templates on my scratch pad. All my profiles will be better now  :)

Hi Mary-Ann

I noticed that you're working on pre-1700 profiles. Thanks for adding sources. Could you possibly expand on your links to books etc. by adding the page number(s) where the source information can be found, and linking to those pages?

Please note that Burke's Peerage isn't considered reliable for pre-1700 profiles. Also, Rather than cite stirnet.com, it's best to find and cite the sources given in the references.

You may find this useful: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England_Project_Reliable_Sources

Hope this helps.

Jacqueline

Hi Mary-Ann, I have taken myself away as Manager for William Edmund Strong and Frances Helena (Peyton) Strong..g

This will allow you to be their profile manager Sorry for the delay in attending to this matter, one of those slips Regards John

Good afternoon to my new cousin even if it is distant,

Per WikiTree, we are 16th cousins, 3 times removed. Our common ancestor is (Douglas-588) Janet Douglas Hamilton (bef. 1378-aft 1410). I'm just an old guy living in the upstate of South Carolina who got a late start in this stuff trying to help my sister with her desire to join the DAR.

Hi Mary-Ann,

Please don't add "Born in the Colony" stickers to profiles of people born AFTER 1900, it causes data error 847 Born after template time frame. Use the "Australia Sticker" instead. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Template:Australia_Sticker

Thanks, regards, Margaret, Australia Project.

Hi Mary-Ann, I sent you a private message on 20 Oct about your request to take the Profile Improvement Project's PIP Voyage. It would have been in an email from WikiTree with the subject heading "WikiTree Profile Improvement Project Voyage". I am following up as I haven't heard from you. Did you receive my message? Robin

Good Afternoon from the Southwest USA, Mary Ann.. I’m introducing myself as your 13th cousin, once removed. I descend from both the Cook(E) and the great Holland families. My Cooks immigrated to the US from Eng. to Salem, MA Colony and the Hollands to VA Colony. Both in the 1600’s. My 5th grgrandfather Cook was A sea captain. I also have a Holland 5th grgrgrandfather Holland. Best wishes to you wherever you are in our world.....Lula Tuttle Sinnott WT#2196(Tuttle). Common grgrandmother....Agnes (Carter) Crochrode, abt.1487 - abt.1534, Essex, England. WT#2939 Carter. My 13th, your 12th.

Hi Mary-Ann

As you have been a member of WikiTree for a few weeks now I thought I would check in to see how you are getting on with the site.

Has the New Member How-To been helpful or left you with any questions?

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Karen ~ WikiTree Messenger

Hi Mary-Ann,

Thanks for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz! Pre-1700 ancestors are shared by many descendants, thus coordinating with others is essential.

To find a project that may fit your research interests and provide opportunities to collaborate and contribute to our global tree, please use the Pre-1700 Projects list.

Please refer to the new recommended sources for citing Pre-1700’s sources. when working on profiles of that time period.

For questions, just ask.

Natalie ~ Pre-1700 Greeter p.s. If links do not work in a WikiTree email, check on your profile page for this message

Sorry, MaryAnn my browser seems to have sent you more than one message. This is the last.

Mary

MaryAnn, thanks for lowering your privacy to yellow.!!

Thanks for signing the Honor Code! I hope you discover as much about your family as I have about mine over the last several years.

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