Genealogical Interests
My traceable ancestry is approximately half from Scotland (mainly Aberdeenshire/ Kincardineshire) and half from England (mainly Yorkshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire). My surname 'Moss' has origins in North Staffordshire, going back at least nine generations. Other ancestral surnames on my 'English' side are Rossington, Greenhough, Plimmer, Beech, Hepworth, Bradbury, etc. - (going back just four generations).
My middle name 'Blair' has origins in Kincardineshire, going back at least nine generations. Scottish ancestral names are Watson, Adam, Hutcheon, Chalmers, Low, Booth, Stott, Lees, Webster, Davidson, Williamson, Cadenhead, etc. There is a book that includes much of my Scottish ancestry (Colin Milne's 'Fisherfolk to Torryfolk'). sources - birth and marriage certs. census
David B. Moss
Ancestors
Son of Michael John Moss and Elma Blair (Watson) Moss
Brother of [private brother (1960s - unknown)]
Father of [private daughter (unknown - unknown)] and F Moss
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David
David B. Moss
Ancestors
Son of Michael John Moss and Elma Blair (Watson) Moss
Brother of [private brother (1960s - unknown)]
Father of [private daughter (unknown - unknown)] and F Moss
Parents
abt 05 Feb 1932 - abt 18 Feb 2021
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
abt 07 Aug 1936 - abt 27 Apr 2017
Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
abt 09 Jan 1899 - abt 01 May 1983
Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
abt 31 Oct 1901 - abt 30 Jun 1975
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
abt 01 Apr 1901 - abt 01 Jan 1981
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
abt 06 Sep 1904 - abt 01 Jan 1980
Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
abt 01 Dec 1861 - abt 01 Jan 1921
Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
abt 01 Jan 1865 - abt 01 Jan 1940
Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
abt 05 Apr 1875 - abt 03 Mar 1935
Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
abt 23 Sep 1872 - abt 01 Jan 1947
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
abt 1873 - abt 1951
Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
abt 1874 - abt 1962
Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
abt 08 Jan 1857 - abt 09 Sep 1919
Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
abt 28 Jun 1860 - abt 24 May 1942
Cowie, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
2nd-Great-Grandparents
abt 1818 - abt 1894
abt 1827 - abt 1906
abt 1835 - abt 1909
abt 1835 - abt 1906
abt 01 May 1839 - abt 01 Jan 1898
abt 01 Jan 1842 - abt 01 Jan 1914
abt 05 Jan 1841 - abt 25 Nov 1914
abt 02 Feb 1838 - abt 10 Jan 1929
abt 1841 - abt 1918
abt 02 Dec 1844 - abt 1921
abt 1834 - abt 1918
abt 1837 - abt 1921
abt 1830 - abt 1860
abt 1832 - 1913
abt 18 Jul 1819 - abt 10 Jan 1890
abt 1822 - abt 25 Apr 1895
Descendants of David Moss
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| David Moss Kuwait 1990 |
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| Kuwait top floor flat 1990 |
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| Kuwait Ras Salmiya view from flat 1990 |
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| Kuwait 1990 |
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| Baghdad 1990 |
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| Baghdad 1990 |
David is an engineer and works mainly in telecommunications, computing, construction and domestic heating. He also teaches science. David has recently been doing a lot of emergency and voluntary work during the Covid-19 pandemic, etc. David has a wife and two daughters. He likes many sports including scuba diving. David is a co-manager (from April 2024) of the 'United Kingdom association football managers' wikitree site [1].
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| lived in Kuwait in 1989-1990 |
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| lived in Iraq/ Kuwait in 1990 |
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| scuba diver |
David has completed the Scotland Tartan Trail and England Orphan Trail I and II and has started work on England Orphan Trail III (pre-1500) ,reference David's Trail Log). David is working on England Project mining disasters for Shropshire and Staffordshire. He has recently started work on a One Place Study of his own property The Old Bakery Audlem Cheshire, which dates back to at least the 17th century and the adjacent St James Church Audlem, which was built mainly in the thirteenth century. David is also an editor of the 'Poppitt' One Name Study, to whom he is related through his 'Plimmer' ancestral line. David has just started the Plimmer One Name Study page in 2024. This was his paternal great grandmother's name.
Some other subjects of historical interest include -
- Ship wrecks / marine archaeology (mainly English channel, all eras, some unique material).
- English Civil War (<1700, focus Battle of Nantwich, etc.)
- Medieval period (<1500, focus Winchester, Lewes, Battle, Nantwich, etc.)
- ancient period (<500, focus UK, Iraq (some unique material), Egypt, etc.)
David has been asked what it was like in Kuwait and Iraq at the time of the invasion in early August 1990. He was just back from leave in the UK with his wife just a day before and woken up by bombs at the airport early the next day. There was lots of gunfire and a large number of Iraqi tanks in the next week or two. David was luckier than most in staying hidden for a few months from the Iraqi hostage taking and human shield strategy. He was helped by locals with rations, safe house moves, etc. Here are a few photos -
Some older ancestral names from Staffordshire England include Pyott, Bowcock, Harrison, Clulow, Johnson, Hobson, Brindley, Streth, Harrison, Ockes (Oaks), Etherington, Typper and Davenport (possibly), etc.
Some older ancestral names from Yorkshire include Furniss, Scholey, Bean, Steel, Johnson, Bradbury, Howarth, Glossop, Thorp, etc.
Some older ancestral names from Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, etc. include Rossington, Harness, Thorpe, Allen, Puttrill (Putterell), Hope, Mawson, Browne, etc.
Some older ancestral names from N E Scotland include Low, Nicol, Murray, Horn, Wyllie, Brown, Norie, Ross, Watt, Hutcheon, Chalmers, Castel, Cheyne, Duguid, Stott, Lees, Neilson, Morgan, Webster, Davidson, Williamson, etc.
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| worked in Sweden |
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| worked in Finland |
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| worked in Germany |
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| worked in Eire |
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| visited Australia |
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| visited Guernsey |
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| visited France |
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| visited Bulgaria |
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| visited Gibraltar |
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| visited Netherlands |
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| visited Spain |
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| visited Malta |
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| visited Egypt |
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| visited Madeira |
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| visited Tanzania |
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| visited Israel |
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Research Notes
Recent DNA analysis by 'livingDNA' of David Blair Moss show recent ancestry matches
- 98.9% 'GB and Ireland',
- 1.1 % N & W Europe.
- Aberdeenshire 34.3%
- NW England (including N. Staffs) 26%
- S. Yorkshire 9.6%
- Central England (including S. Staffs) 8.7%
- Cumbria 5.8%
- S. Wales border 3.2%
- SE England 3.2%
- Northumbria 2.9%
- N Wales 2.3%
- Cornwall 1.5%
- NW Scotland 1.2%
In summary the DNA analysis is consistent with traditional genealogy results.
Recent DNA analysis by 'Ancestry' shows concentrations of David's DNA matches in Northeast Scotland, the Northern Isles, the Potteries, the East Midlands and Southern Ontario, where, for example, several of the siblings of his grandparents are known to have migrated. The 'Ancestry' results show the most frequent surname DNA matches to David Blair Moss have the surnames 'Adam', 'Brown', 'Wood', 'Jones' and 'Smith'. The surnames 'Adam', 'Brown' and 'Wood correspond to known ancestors. 'Jones' and 'Smith' correspond to close relatives of ancestors and are extremely common names in these locations. Other very frequent ancestral names matched are 'Blair' and 'Lees' (with relatives 'Barnes', 'Masson', 'Amthor', 'Bailey', 'Campbell', 'Cooper', 'Clark', 'Hall' and 'Anderson').
Over millenia, his maternal mtdna took a path from Kenya, Sudan, Israel, Russia, Germany, Netherlands, British Isles over thousands of years (note - the names of some of these places may have changed over this time scale).
The paternal y-dna took a path from Kenya, Kuwait, Iran, Turkmenistan, Russia, British Isles over thousands of years (note - the names of some of these places may have changed over this time scale).
David has a Viking index of 86% (ref. LivingDNA). The Viking index 'represents the amount of DNA that you share with ancient Vikings'. 'if your Viking Index is 80%, this means that your DNA is more similar to Viking DNA than 80% of all Living DNA customers'. This is not surprising as his names 'Blair' and 'Moss' are of Norse origin, reputedly. Also the city of Moss Norway is in the county and region of Viken, but the name similarity could just be coincidental.
David Blair Moss has archaic DNA matches - a 'livingDNA' Neanderthal score of 355 or 2.23% (the range 250-400 is typical for his ancestry considering geography). His Denisovan score is 96 or 0.17% (400 is considered to be the maximum score for modern humans).
The International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) Blair DNA project has evidence that the 'Blair' surname may have an identifiable single source (a Jean Francois or John Francis) from around the early 11th century at about the time of the Norman invasion of Britain. It is not clear whether Jean Francois was born in England (wikitree) , Normandy, Scotland or elsewhere. Reputably, all Blairs are descendants of John Francis.
Ancestral surname geography analysis
Note - the figures are approximate frequency percentages in data. This is an approximate measurement of geographical distribution of ancestral surnames. UK indicates that the region of the British Isles, etc. is not specified.
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Morse/Moss'
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| Mors Coat of Arms |
Global distribution of surname 'Morse/Moss' based on locations of people in the test data [2].
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Germany | Wales | Slovenia |
| Moss | 16 | 8 | 45 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Please also see Morse One Name Study [3].
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Watson'
Global distribution of surname 'Watson' based on locations of people in the test data [4].
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Other |
| Watson | 10 | 10 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 5 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Blair'
Global distribution of surname 'Blair' based on locations of results in the test data [5]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Other |
| Blair | 4 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 20 | 32 | 1 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Williamson'
Global distribution of surname 'Williamson' based on locations of results in the test data [6]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Netherlands | Other |
| Williamson | 10 | 6 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Adam'
Global distribution of surname 'Adam' based on locations of results in the test data [7]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Germany | Canada | Other |
| Adam | 20 | 12 | - | 30 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Davidson'
Global distribution of surname 'Davidson' based on locations of results in the test data [8]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Other |
| Davidson | 16 | 3 | - | 7 | 16 | 50 | 6 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Johnson'
Global distribution of surname 'Johnson' based on locations of results in the test data [9]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Germany | Sweden | Other |
| Johnson | 20 | 10 | - | 12 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Booth'
Global distribution of surname 'Booth' based on locations of results in the test data [10]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Germany | Other |
| Booth | 20 | 6 | - | 44 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Thompson'
Global distribution of surname 'Thompson' based on locations of results in the test data [11]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Other |
| Thompson | 18 | 10 | - | 14 | 18 | 30 | 10 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Lee/Lees'
Global distribution of surname 'Lees' based on locations of results in the test data [12]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Other |
| Lees | 24 | 8 | - | 36 | 18 | 4 | 10 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Low/Lowe'
Global distribution of surname 'Low' based on locations of results in the test data [13]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Germany | Other |
| Low | 17 | 12 | - | 27 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 8 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Wood/Woods'
Global distribution of surname 'Wood' based on locations of results in the test data [14]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Germany | Other |
| Wood | 21 | 15 | - | 41 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Hutcheon/Gordon'
Global distribution of surname 'Hutcheon/Gordon' based on locations of results in the test data [15]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Germany | Other |
| Hutcheon/Gordon | 8 | 5 | - | 7 | 17 | 52 | 1 | 10 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Bradbury'
Global distribution of surname 'Bradbury' based on locations of results in the test data [16]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Wales | Poland | Canada |
| Bradbury | 12 | 12 | - | 43 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Gill'
Global distribution of surname 'Gill' based on locations of results in the test data [17]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Canada | Other |
| Gill | 20 | 4 | - | 4 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
ft DNA y-DNA ancestral surname analysis 'Brown'
Global distribution of surname 'Brown' based on locations of results in the test data [18]
| Name | US | UK | Unknown | England | Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Germany | Other |
| Brown | 23 | 13 | - | 24 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Tartan trail clan connections
David's ancestral names, historical family tree references and DNA matches would seem to indicate that his clan connections (of those that have 'tartan' connections on wikitree) are with (note - this is not an exhaustive list, but just those with names in the family tree literature with matching DNA) -
etc.
Sources
- ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:United_Kingdom_association_football_managers (accessed 9 Apr 2024)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/morse-2/default.aspx?section=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Morse_Name_Study (accessed 22 Feb 2024)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/watson?iframe=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Blair?iframe=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/WilliamsonDNAProject/default.aspx?section=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/adams?iframe=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/davidson?iframe=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/johnson/default.aspx?section=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/booth?iframe=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/thompson/default.aspx?section=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Lee?iframe=ymap (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Lowe/default.aspx?section=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Wood/default.aspx?section=ycolorized (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/gordondna/default.aspx?section=yresults (accessed 13 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/BRADBERRY_BRADBURY_DNA/default.aspx?section=ycolorized (accessed 14 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mcgill?iframe=yresults (accessed 14 Feb 2023)
- ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/BrownDNAStudy/default.aspx?section=yresults (accessed 14 Feb 2023)
- First-hand information. Entered by David Moss at registration.
- https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ 'ancestry'
- https://my.livingdna.com/ 'living DNA'
- https://sanogenetics.com/ 'sano'
- 'Fisherfolk to Torryfolk - A glimpse at the lives of our ancestors from the fishing villages of Kincardineshire, Scotland' book by Colin A Milne
- https://isogg.org/wiki/Blair_DNA_Project "ISOGG Blair DNA Project" (accessed 9-7-2022)
See Also
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- David's formal name
- full middle name (B.)
- nicknames
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (2)
- spouse's name and marriage information
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Loading...DNA Connections for David: 3
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:- David Moss: Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R-U152
- David Moss: Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup T2b
- 100.00% 100.00% David Moss: Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch ZR5525789 + Living DNA
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I am more than happy to carry on as a member of the Scotland Project, focussing on Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshie. Recently, I have been working on trying to find sources for 'unsourced' profiles. best regards, David
posted by David Moss
Thank you so much. We are glad to have you continue as a member!
I believe I wrote you back via email. Let me know if I didn't!
Best wishes, Tina
posted by David Moss
Hi David,
We all did a great job last weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 55,4097 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks added 6281 We appreciate your input (485) and support for the thon and look forward to working with you all again.
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Thanks so much for all you thank you's, however, I am very pleased I managed to clean up some of your Shropshire family profiles. best wishes Paul Team Leader, Shropshire
I am the great grandaughter of John Moss and Winifred Moss(McGarry). Congleton,cheshire.
Many thanks for getting in touch with this info. Most of my Moss ancestors seem to be from the nearby Leek area so I suppose there is a chance that we could be distantly related.
posted by David Moss
Per a recent discussion with our Team Leader Maureen Wilkins, she very kindly asked me to adopt her role. So far this year my wife and I have called on at least 30 Shropshire Churches, where we have photographed the wall tablets; and, in several instances, photographed some floor tablets as well. I have uploaded almost all to their respective profiles on WikiTree. Where necessary I created new profiles and, in several instances, where the memorial is pre 1500 I had to ask those qualified to upload the image. At present I hold OT2 and am currently working through Shropshire unsourced profiles (409 profiles). I would be delighted if you could have a go. If you get stuck get back to me. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Shropshire%2C_Unsourced_Profiles I am not always available during the day, because I try to play golf daily at The Shropshire Golf Club, but I do have a masonic connection to many of the county’s old families. My family is from Dorset, but my old uncle George Snook was the Roads Engineer for Shropshire, and his son William was a runner of note, sadly for the wrong reasons. My wife ggf was a Pinches from Bishops Castle. As mentioned, if you need my input, I might be able to help out. Happy hunting Paul Snook Team Leader, Shropshire. OT2., [Snook-1706]
Many thanks for getting in contact - much appreciated. Like you I only have OT-2 so I have to ask for help on pre-1500, but I will see what I can do regarding unsourced profiles. My Shropshire knowledge is mainly the Wellington and Newport areas, where some of my ancestors and relatives came from.
Thanks and best regards, David
posted by David Moss
Hi David
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you, for a job well done, we hope you had fun. The grand total for the event was 79,632 profiles created and sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 5,766. Thank you for working with us.
If you open up your contribution or tracker list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, on the profiles.
Thanks again for this weekend, hope you had fun. Next event is a source a thon Oct 3-6 Source-a-Thon watch this page
Joan, Janet, and Maddy
PS. I will also be adding further (i.e., additional) life events/sources/etc. to this profile Many thanks.....Phil (Grace-883)
posted by Phil Grace
The only additions I made were the 2 additional sources - 1801 christening and 1861 census, that I added as footnotes. These sources could be changed to in - line citations if preferred. That way events could be placed in chronological order. I hope this helps. best regards, David
posted by David Moss
Hi David
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Yes, thanks. I am more than happy to continue in my current project roles. best regards, David
posted by David Moss
We all did a great job last weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 78,477 profiles added to the tree. We appreciate your input and support for the thon and look forward to working with you all again Thanks again for this weekend. On behalf of all of us in the Mighty Oaks Team
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Hi David
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I see you are in progress on Ardelia! I was about to add the link, but I await your additions, thankfully. 👍
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Many thanks. Yes, I am more than happy to continue in my current teams.
best regards, David.
posted by David Moss
Hi DavidWe all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 88,908 profiles. The Mighty Oaks added 8,292 profiles to the tree. We appreciate your input and support for the event and look forward to working with you all again next time.
Thanks again for this weekend, from your colleagues and the Mighty Oaks Team Captains
Janet, Joan and Maddy
Hi David, thanks for joining the Mighty Oaks for the April 2024 Connect a Thon, your support is appreciated and we hope you have fun.WikiTree Team profile:Mighty Oaks
G2G Chat click here
Looking forward to working with you any questions just ask
Joan, Janet, and Maddy Co-Captains for the Mighty Oaks
Hi David
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 98,937 profiles added to the tree.. The Mighty Oaks contributed 8,1442 of those. Thank you for working with us and congratulations on your score.
If you open up your contribution or tracker list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, on the profiles.
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock, appreciate your input and support for the team.
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
Thank you for your help on one of my sticky points. How would you suggest I handle the parents? It's darn near imposossible to find anything on either of them. One because we only know her first initial and the other is now a unisex name and when I tried to do a search I get results for Eliza or Elizabeth.
Oh and Alba Go Bragh Cousin!
Welcome to England's Mighty Oaks Team for the January 2024 Connect a Thon see our space page: Mighty_Oaks Please Check out the page and the links, Any questions just ask.
Thanks for signing up
Joan, Janet, Maddy, and Fran Co-Team Captains
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Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!
Best wishes,
Maddy, England Project Leader
Hi DavidWe all did a great job this weekend, thank you, a job well done, we hope you had fun. The grand total for the event was 77,293 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 7,332 of those. Thank you for working with us.
If you open up your contribution or tracker list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, on the profiles.
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
It is once again time for our annual Scotland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:
•If you would like to continue as a project member •If you are happy with your current teams or would you like to join a different team •How much time per month (on average) you spend working on Scottish profiles •Anything you’d like the Scotland Project to do more of in the future
You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within the next three weeks we’ll assume your interests have changed or you are no longer able to participate in the Scotland Project at this time, and your badge will be removed. If your circumstances change later you will be welcome to reapply for membership.
On behalf of the Scotland Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve Scottish profiles!
Sheena - Scotland Project Membership Coordinator
I am more than happy to carry on working on the Scotland Project on Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire teams - where nearly all my Scotland ancestors and relatives are from. I probably spend about a couple of days a month on Scotland profiles on average. I think it would be useful if more Scotland information (like censuses, etc.) was on 'family search', as is the case for most of the British Isles, but I don't know if this is something that wikitree can influence. Many congratulations on your 'wonderful wikitreer' recognition. Thanks and best regards, David.
posted by David Moss
Thanks for getting back to me. I see we've got a loose connection through our various Caithness ancestors. Unfortunately WikiTree has no influence over the arrangements FamilySearch has with the various archive repositories - however members of the Scotland team have recently worked out how to get the spellings and details of Scotland locations corrected, so we're counting that as a win!
Sheena
Hi David
The Connect-a-Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for helping, it is appreciated.
Our teams did really well. Our big Mighty Oaks Team came first overall, and our Little Mighty Oak Branches Team was in the top 5 on the Normalised Score. The combined score of our two teams was 11,109. A total of was 95,575 new profiles added by all during the thon.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event).
The next Thon, towards the end of the year will be a Source-a-Thon, And watch G2G for the WikiTree Games sometime in August.
Thanks again for a great weekend, we look forward to working with you again soon.
Joan, Janet, Maddy, & Fran (Co Captains)
Mighty Oaks are World Champions then ! Can't be bad ! thanks, David
posted by David Moss
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On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?
Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!
Kind regards,
Joan, England Project Leader
Thanks for sharing them. 
Many thanks for this. I have just added a lot more occupation stickers to the page mentioned. These are mainly sports occupations - photo images from historic postage stamps so not copyrighted generally. all the best David.
posted by David Moss
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On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.
On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.
Best wishes,
Elizabeth, England Project Leader
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!
The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
Many thanks! Maddy, England Project Leader
thanks, yes I am happy with what I am working on at the moment though I am new to England projects and have just started on Shropshire & Staffordshire mining disasters which are keeping me very busy at the moment and this is likely to be the case for some time. best regards, David
posted by David Moss
Maddy
Welcome to the Stafffordshire Team. You can find our team page here: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Staffordshire_Team.
As usual, there are many unsourced profiles for the county that we would welcome help with! Let me know if you have any special interests in the county.
Regards John
Staffordshire Team Leader
posted by John Elkin
That's great. Thanks very much. I have just started work on the Staffordshire mining disasters England project, and that is keeping me quite busy at the moment (there were lots of them - as I'm sure you know)
best regards, David
posted by David Moss
Could you please correct the spelling of Clan Paterson in your list of Clan Membership stickers? It creates an erroneous category with your profile in it and it needs to be removed.
Sincerely, Amy Gilpin Scotland Project Co-Leader
Congratulations on certifying to work on pre-1700 profiles! It’s very important to read and understand the Help:Pre-1700 Profiles page. These profiles for deep ancestors are shared by many, and collaborating on them works best if we all follow the guidelines in the certification quiz.
Primary sources should always be added to pre-1700 profiles at the time they are created. If you don't have a source for a pre-1700 profile, it would be best to ask for help in the G2G forum before creating the profile.
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree Pre-1700 Greeter
We are so happy you decided to upgrade to the Family Member level.
Please visit our tutorial pages to learn how to use WikiTree: How To Use WikiTree. They will save you time, energy, and frustration as you add your family profiles.
Exploring the site is the best way to learn. One way to do that is to check out the drop-down menus on the top right side of your profile page. Finding a known ancestor and collaborating with the profile manager is another great way to start.
Questions? You can always use the G2G link in the Help Menu to find answers.
Pam ~ WikiTree Greeter
posted by David Moss
Thank you for introducing yourself in our G2G and about your connection to John Greenhough (1841-1914), his profile is orphaned at this time. If you choose to upgrade to Family Member you will be able to adopt the profile and build it into your twig of the WikiTree. If you are interested in collaborating on the Greenhough family, and contribute to our shared tree? There is a link under your name, next to Guest Member on your profile to Upgrade
If you have any questions about how WikiTree works, let us know by using the "reply" link under our comments or by clicking our names to visit our profiles. From there you can leave a comment or send a private message.
Take care,
Pam ~ WikiTree Greeter
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by Pam (Cormac) Cormac Smith
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by Pam (Cormac) Cormac Smith
I believe to be my great great parents as I have in my possession birth, death, marriage certificates, etc. relating to them and their descendants. The database currently shows them as not having descendants. The persons I have found are John Greenhough b. Sheffield (1841-1914) and Hannah Bradbury (1839-1929). They had daughters, one of whom was my great grandmother (Sarah Ann Greenhough (1872-1947) She married William Hepworth Rossington (1875-1933) and they had a daughter (Gladys 1901-1975) who was my grandmother. She married Stanley Moss (1899-1982) and they had a son Michael John Moss (1932-2021). He married my mother Elma Blair Watson (1936-2017) and they had 2 sons- myself, David Blair Moss (b.1960) and my brother Nicholas John Moss (b.1962). I have 2 children, Fiona (b.2002), Rowenna (b.2003) and Nicholas also has 2 children.
posted by David Moss
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