Welcome to WeRelate, your virtual genealogical community. We're glad you have joined us. At WeRelate you can easily create ancestor webpages, connect with cousins and other genealogists, and find new information.
The first thing to do is launch Family Tree Explorer, then select File in the Family Tree Explorer menu and give your family tree a name. You can either upload your GEDCOM or create person and family pages one at a time. To upload your GEDCOM, select File in the Family Tree Explorer menu and then click on Import and choose the GEDCOM file to import. The system will create a editable web page for each person and family in your GEDCOM. To create a page manually, select Add in the Family Tree Explorer menu and click on Add new person; enter the given (first name) and surname (last name), select Add, then fill in the blanks and save.
The Family Tree Explorer is a Flash application and will need to use some space in your computer to cache the files. That's computer talk for "If you store some ancestor page information on your computer, you will be able to view more pages faster. Otherwise, the system has to fetch each page every time you edit or look at it. This caching is not permanent and only lasts as long as you are at WeRelate each time.
You should always sign in when you are editing or adding pages. Use the signature button to sign your work (the swiggle, second from the right, above the edit box). That way others with similar interests can find you. If you click on the blue user name on any page, you will go to that person's home page. You can leave a message on his/her Discussion page. The Discussion page button is in the light green second level menu bar above.
Please see the Great things you can do at WeRelate article.
Thanks for participating in your virtual community.--sq 23:47, 23 March 2007 (MDT)
We had an error while attempting to import Fletcher.paf. This is most likely our fault. We will review the error and should have your pages ready tomorrow (or Monday if tomorrow falls on a weekend). There is no need to re-import your GEDCOM file.
-WeRelate agent 16:57, 30 March 2007 (MDT)
Thanks for using WeRelate.org! I just noticed that you tried to upload a Personal Ancestral File (PAF) formatted file. In order to import your genealogy, you must upload a GEDCOM instead. Here are some directions for doing this:
The pages from your GEDCOM, "fletcher.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the family tree explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
-WeRelate agent 19:24, 30 March 2007 (MDT)
Hello Anne,
I would like to pass along my WeRelate tip of the day about places and descriptions to you. I was checking recent changes, and noticed that you appear to use the same format for places that I do (such as X Co. WA, or Y Cemetery, X Co. WA). As I have learned recently myself, WeRelate indexes places more accurately when we use a standard format, such as "Town, County, State, United States" with everything spelled out, and no "Co." or "County". I also tend to add cemetery names to place names in my own records, but if you place the name of the cemetery in the Description area instead of the Place area on the edit page, it makes it easier for our cousins to find us. When you have set up a place and description in the "standard" way, the information will show up as a blue link. Red links are either not in the standard format, or just don't have any text information associated with them yet.
I'm in the process of "cleaning up" my own entries to WeRelate to standardize them, but since I am assisting with administration as well, I'm trying to let other users know how to best use our wiki. Thanks!--Kittydoc 11:04, 17 April 2007 (MDT)
The pages from your GEDCOM, "Logan.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
-WeRelate agent 09:28, 20 April 2007 (MDT)
We were not able to import your file, "Dickson41907.paf", because it does not appear to be a GEDCOM file.
-WeRelate agent 21:42, 23 April 2007 (MDT)
The pages from your GEDCOM, "dicksonge.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
-WeRelate agent 21:43, 23 April 2007 (MDT)
The pages from your GEDCOM, "patterson.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
-WeRelate agent 13:34, 26 April 2007 (MDT)
The pages from your GEDCOM, "orondoex.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
-WeRelate agent 20:54, 1 May 2007 (MDT)
The pages from your GEDCOM, "orondo2ged.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
-WeRelate agent 20:32, 12 May 2007 (MDT)
The pages from your GEDCOM, "hensley.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
-WeRelate agent 10:41, 17 August 2007 (EDT)
Dear Anne: I am interested in the source of the info that Arthur Patterson had sons named Thomas and Robert. I was aware of only Robert (mentioned in Conover's "Concerning the Forefathers"). I am also interested in the source of the info that Arthur Patterson died "after 1830" in Caldwell Co., KY. Conover wrote that Arthur settled in Shelby Co., KY, and this seems to be confirmed by census records; I see Arthur's household there in Shelby Co. 1810 and 1820, but Arthur is gone by 1830. I had assumed that Arthur died 1820-1830 in Shelby Co. until I saw the info that you had posted. According to your info, Arthur must have then moved to Caldwell Co. sometime after 1820, when he would have been a relatively old man. However, I cannot find Arthur in Caldwell Co. on the 1830 census, nor is there a male who would have been Arthur's age in any of the Caldwell Co. Patterson households in 1830. Hope to hear from you, Janice (Patterson) Rosenthal--Janicerosenthal 19:24, 1 October 2007 (EDT)
HI MizLiv
I notice you are looking at a Kentucky Migration Project. Similar motivation it seems to my Southwest Virginia Project. If you haven't looked at that, check out the "starter" page---this is just a place where I'm collecting links to key articles---or to menu's. Eventually there will be a "Portal" type page to replace this one on my homepage. I'm likely to create occassional articles about folks in Kentucky, but that's simply because they came to Kentucky through SW VA, or otherwise have some cross connection, There are articles being built dealing with Person:John Dunkin (2) and his brotherinlaws Samuel Porter and Samuel Litton, are cases in point. All three were in SW VA prior to 1779, went to Kentucky, and among the captives from Martin's and Ruddle's Stations in 1780. After release by the British in 1783 they returned to SW VA, rather than to KY. As a result, their may be some overlap between your Kentucky Migrations Project and my Southwest Virginia Project---which is a good thing---as I'm quite happy when I can link to a needed article created by someone else.
I also notice you have some interest in Blount County TN. I have several indirect lines (Walkers and Cowan's) that I follow, which passed through Blount County. I looked over your surname list, and you seem to be mostly looking at folks in the western district. While most of my work is along the Little River, and into Miller's and Tuckaleechee Cove, my Cowan lines settled in the Western District; There are also some unrelated Walkers that settled in that area as well; I pay attention to them simply because they get confused with my Little River Walkers. I also have an interest in the Houston lineages, and I see that you have some overlap there as well. Bill 09:29, 21 December 2007 (EST)
I just found your message about your Southwest Virginia project. I am so sorry to have not responded earlier. I see it was posted right before Christmas and I had a double whammy - the holiday which coincided with a blown motherboard on my main computer. I am limping along borrowing the daughter's laptop at the moment.
I want to look at your project and see if you have anyone I recognize. There was strong migration from this part of Virginia to Mercer Co. KY, I know, and some of the Mercer people came over to Hardin and Nelson where I do so much research.
I think WeRelate offers wonderful opportunities to build projects like this and am excited about the possibilities and being able to experiment.
I will be in contact! Anne Livingston [Mizliv]--MizLiv 19:02, 30 January 2008 (EST)
S'okay. I'm accustomed to the long slow beat of some email conversations. Genealogy is one of those hobbies where nothing really changes that rapidly, so a slow beat works well (G). Recommend you User:Quolla6/Test_Portal Go Here for the current entry way. There aren't many "people" articles actually populating the project at the moment---I'm mostly filling in background work---but there are lots of lists of people for whom articles are eventually intended and I'd be highly surprised if you find no cross matches. Bill 19:08, 30 January 2008 (EST)
Hi I know you are working on the Orondo Project and I need a favour. I am having trouble getting the Leroy Thompson s/o Harry Thompson and Stella to "merge". Would you be so kind as to try to "merge" it for me.
Leroy married Thelma Gowing d/o Joshua Gowing and Nancy Russell Thanks ~ SLarsen--SLarsen 18:04, 30 January 2008 (EST)
I don't quite get the merging stuff myself but I will get it to work right. Some things I have figured out pretty well at WeRelate and others ... well not so much. I think it gives researchers ways to work with each other that we have never had before but it does take some learning curve.
I never knew Ward Thompson's real name was Leroy! Anne--MizLiv 18:57, 30 January 2008 (EST)
Thanks for extra info. I had trouble in the beginning trying to find Joshua Gowing as anything that was in family records always referred to him as Raynor and one being Raynard. Leroy Thompson was called Ward all his life. Do you have the complete write-up in the Walla Walla Bulletin on Joshua? PS I think I have got the merging problem solved. Sometimes its hard to navigate. Shirley--SLarsen 16:02, 31 January 2008 (EST)
Hi, I am gr granddaughter of J. Howard Dunaway and Mary Jane Simonds. My grandmother Gretchen M. (daughter of Isaac Howard and Anna M. Niffenegger) was a great researcher and I think I inherited her love of geneology. I have been researching my family since the early 80's. Gretchen had always thought our Dunaways were from the Darby Dunaway line in Virginia but was unable to link to them. I worked on the line but lost the link when the family moved through Ohio. I eventually abandoned my search. So it was exciting to find someone else who was researching the line and will watch your pages with much interest. If I find something can I run it by you first for your thoughts? If there is any information I can give to you regarding the line I would be happy to share. Most of my documented work is on Mary Simonds and her line to the Allertons and Cushmans. Hope to here from you when you have time,
Mary Cummings Wlodarski--Mcwlod 09:41, 24 May 2008 (EDT)
Mary,
Oh I am so happy to hear from another Dunaway descendant! I have a couple of cousins who do Dunaway research that come from Thomas and Catherine but you are the first to ever contact me from any of Joseph and Emily's other children. Clear back before computers I used to write all sorts of Dunaways and none of them ever knew anything about our line!
I am still getting the hang of WeRelate. I am afraid the sourcing has been the hardest for me to figure out so I was delighted to see you had put in sourcing for census and I want to study your format. I know there is also some way you make a standard set of sources that you automatically refer to but at the moment my sourcing is rather primative - there but not in very good format and I have put in a lot of stuff that eventually I need to fix up a bit. I really like WeRelate but there IS a learning curve in doing things the best way.
I have ordered the deed index for Licking Co. OH and want to really mine it for any families I know connected to the Dunaways. Licking Co. lost so many records that the deeds seem to be about all there is to work with. I was so disappointed to learn that so many of the marriages are lost. The family had given our Thomas Dunaways wife Catherine as a Dodson but so far I have no proof of that; no marriage seems to have survived unless they got married in another county and I just haven't found it.
I keep hoping that if I could get a feel for who mattered to them in Ohio (and who they might have had prior ties to) maybe I could back up into Virginia and really find out something about the families there. I am trying to get all the census for everyone pulled and either copied or pull images so that I can get familiar with all Joseph & Emily's children so its exciting to make contact with someone who knows something about J. Howard!
whenever I see his name I smile. Thomas and Catherine name a Howard after your Howard. Their daughter Carrie (my great grandmother) only had one boy and the rest were girls. I am not sure how come my grandpa got named Clarence (maybe she figured she would have more) but her daughter Emma named her son Howard clear out here in Washington and it all goes back to the Dunaways! I wonder if your J. Howard was the first?
will be in touch,
Anne--MizLiv 10:10, 26 May 2008 (EDT)
The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.
The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.
The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.
The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.
For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.
Your John EDMONDSON m. Martha MOORE are my 5GGrandparents. So I merged our trees together, I have not come across the LOGAN name in my research but you never know I might have some other names that are of interest to you.
Thanks Heather--Gendigger 09:13, 2 November 2008 (EST)
