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== Priority Projects ==
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* <font color=red>'''FIX E-MAIL PROBLEM.'''</font>
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* <font color=red>'''FIX BOT PROBLEM.'''</font>
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* <font color=red>'''Run "Children bot".'''</font>
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* Fix Discussion Forums problem.  <nowiki><recentpages></nowiki> doesn't work.
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* Write and run "Findagrave bot".  On cemetery listing pages in namespace Archive:, replace <nowiki>"[</nowiki>''Findagrave_URL Name, data''<nowiki>]"</nowiki> with "''Name, data'' <nowiki>[</nowiki>''Findagrave_URL'' [Link]<nowiki>]"</nowiki>
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* Write and run "NewEnglandAncestors" bot.  In namespace Family: replace "NewEnglandAncestors" with "AmericanAncestors".
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* Write and run "PRE" bot.  <nowiki>Replace <PRE>...</PRE> sections with <p class="Plaintext">...</p> sections.</nowiki>
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* Deal with 157 [[Orphan Pages]].
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== General ==
 
== General ==
  
 
=== Books ===
 
=== Books ===
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* <s>Add all family groups from the Pierce book to the Family area.</s> - DONE
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* Link all names in the Pierce book to the Family group pages.
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See [[Archive:Sources Not Yet Extracted]].
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* Add all family groups from the Phoenix book to the Family area.
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* Finish transcribing the remaining 59.23% of the Phoenix book.
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==== Phoenix ====
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:* Template for future Phoenix page transcriptions - IN PROGRESS
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* Scan, upload, and link in photos from an original version of Pierce.
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* [[Phoenix Project]]
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* Scan, upload, and link in photos from an original version of Melville.
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* Make pages for eighth generation Whitney males from Henry<sup>1</sup>. - IN PROGRESS (finished all heads born before 1840).  See [[Needed Sons]]
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* Scan, upload, and link in images from Phoenix.
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* Make pages for ninth generation Whitney males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
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* Make pages for tenth generation Whitney males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
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* Make pages for sixth generation Whitney females from Henry<sup>1</sup>. - IN PROGRESS (reformatted all before 1815).  See [[Needed Daughters]]
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* Make pages for seventh generation Whitney females from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
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* Make pages for eighth generation Whitney females from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
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* Make pages for ninth generation Whitney females from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
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* Make pages for tenth generation Whitney females from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
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* Finish transcribing the remaining 56.04% of the Phoenix book. - SUSPENDED.
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* <s>Link all names in the Phoenix book to the Family group pages.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Template for future Phoenix page transcriptions.</s> - DONE, available as WP file.
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* <s>Fifth generation Whitney males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Fifth generation Whitney females from Henry<sup>1</sup>.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Sixth generation Whitney males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Seventh generation Whitney males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.</s> - DONE.
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==== Melville ====
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* Scan, upload, and link in photos from an original version of Melville (pp. vi, <s>10, 20, 22, 8a, 10a, 14a, 18a, 22a, 32a, 48a, 76a, 78a, 82a, 84a, 90a, 112a, 118a, 120a, 122a, 124a, 126a, 128a, 136a, 144a, 150a, 160a</s>, 166a, 170a, 182a, 184a, 186a, 188a, 190a, 192a, 194a, 198a, 208a, 210a, 212a, 216a*, 218a, 240a, 244a, 246a, 260a, 276a, 276b)
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==== Pierce ====
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* <s>Scan, upload, and link in photos from an original version of Pierce</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Link all names in the Pierce book to the Family group pages.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Add all family groups from the Pierce book to the Family area.</s> - DONE.
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=== Cemeteries ===
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* Extract all Whitney cemetery records from [http://www.findagrave.com Find A Grave]. - IN PROGRESS, NOT ACTIVE
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** Update all Whitney cemetery records from [http://www.findagrave.com Find A Grave]. - NOT STARTED.
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** <s>U.S.A.</s> - DONE.
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** Foreign. - NOT STARTED.
  
 
=== Census ===
 
=== Census ===
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* Update all census indexes with data from ancestry.com.
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--[[User:Andaleen|Andaleen]] 09:53, 31 December 2006 (CST) - I'd like to help out on this task - let me know what model/template to use.
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* [[Census Identification Project]]
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* Add census ''extracts''.
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* Extract state census records. - IN PROGRESS.
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* Link all census entries to the Family group pages.
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** <s>New York, 1855, 1865, 1875.</s> - DONE.
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* Finish indexes of U.K. Census Records
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* <s>Collect 1900 records from Family: pages.</s> - DONE.
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* Extract U.K. Census Records
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* Extract 1900 federal census records. - Dist. of AK, AL, AZ Terr., AR, DE, CT, DC, Terr. of HI, IN, IA, MA, MD, ME, NE, NV, NH, NM Terr., RI, VT, WY, Military: DONE. Rest: STARTED, NOT ACTIVE. CA(581), CO(185), FL(60), GA(92), ID(54), IL(942), Indian Terr.(25), KS(478), KY(518), LA(180), MI(1246), MN(560), MS(181), MO(510), MT(82), NJ(269), NY(2978), NC(123), ND(57), OH(1131), OK Terr.(51), OR(155), PA(747), SC(50), SD(156), TN(117), TX(253), VA(117), WA(256), WV(65), WI(523)
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* Create Family group pages for families in U.K. Census records.
 
  
 
=== Families ===
 
=== Families ===
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* Add location categories to all Family: pages that don't have them.
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* Convert Ebenezer Whitney family outline to Family group pages.
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* Convert [[Ebenezer Whitney Descendants|Ebenezer Whitney family outline]] to Family group pages. - IN PROGRESS:  heads born before 1840 DONE.
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* Add all family groups from on-line databases to the Family area.
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* Make pages for [[Needed Sons|sons who need their own pages]]. - IN PROGRESS:  heads born before 1840 DONE.
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* Make pages for [[Needed Daughters|daughters who need their own pages]]. - NOT STARTED.
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* Make pages for needed fathers. - NOT STARTED.
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* <s>Add wives from Family: pages to Whitneys by Given Name pages.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Add location categories to all Family: pages that don't have them.</s> - DONE.
  
 
=== Other ===
 
=== Other ===
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* Link all military records to the Family group pages.
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* Decide on appropriate usage of category pages.
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* Link all military records to the Family group pages and vice versa. - NOT STARTED.
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* Convert PRE sections to DIV ID="Plaintext" sections (they allow embedded anchors, PRE sections don't in the wiki)
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* Link all mailing list pages to the Family group pages. - NOT STARTED.
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* <s>Decide on appropriate usage of category pages.</s> - DONE.
  
 
== Tim's Projects ==
 
== Tim's Projects ==
  
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:* <s>Search - create an advanced search page</s> - COMPLETE
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* Mailing list:
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:* Write an article on the newly discovered information about Thomas Whitney - IN PROGRESS
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** <s>Apr 96 through Sep 96 - verify message page formats, as these were created manually.</s> - DONE.
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:* Finish posting records on [[Archive:Parish Register, All Saints Church, Isleworth, Middlesex, England]]
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** Old style messages - verify all messages are included in new material, then delete monthly pages. - NOT STARTED.
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:* Trace English Whitneys to present for DNA study enlistment - IN PROGRESS
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** Add recent messages to archives. - NOT STARTED.
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:* <s>Pierce Transcription - write code to convert, upload family groups</s> - COMPLETE
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* Finish posting records on [[Archive:Parish Register, All Saints Church, Isleworth, Middlesex, England]]. - NOT STARTED.
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:* Whitneys in other countries, not U.S. or U.K.
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* Complete work on [[Archive:London Subsidy Extracts]]. - NOT STARTED.
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* Write an article on the newly discovered information about Thomas Whitney of Westminster. - IN PROGRESS.
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== Robert's Projects ==
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* Write an article on the Whitney family of Castleton, Herefordshire. - IN PROGRESS.
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* Add all family groups from databases to the Family area. - NOT STARTED.
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* Trace English Whitneys to present for DNA study enlistment. - IN PROGRESS.
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* Whitneys in other countries, not U.S. or U.K.
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* <s>Search - create an advanced search page.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Pierce Transcription - write code to convert, upload family groups.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Separate archived mailing list messages into individual pages.</s> - DONE.
  
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* <s>Write article on ancestry of Thomas Whitney of Westminster</s> - DONE
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=== U.K. Census Records ===
  
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* Family Group Pages:
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* Finish indexes of U.K. Census Records - NOT STARTED.
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:* Fifth generation males from Henry<sup>1</sup>. - IN PROGRESS
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* Extract U.K. Census Records - NOT STARTED.
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:* Sixth generation males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
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* Create Family group pages for families in U.K. Census records. - IN PROGRESS.
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:* Seventh generation males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
 
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:* Eighth generation males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
 
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:* Ninth generation males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
 
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:* Tenth generation males from Henry<sup>1</sup>.
 
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:* Missing sixth-generation families from John<sup>1</sup> Whitney.
 
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:* Separate pages for children with substantial information on their parents' page.
 
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:*At least 464 sixth generation Whitney families from John<sup>1</sup> (321 male), less those from Pierce.
 
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:* At least 329 seventh generation Whitney families from John<sup>1</sup> (259 male), less those from Pierce.
 
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:* At least 169 eighth generation Whitney families from John<sup>1</sup> (152 male), less those from Pierce.
 
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:* Source all fourth- and fifth-generation pages from John<sup>1</sup>.
 
  
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* Resolve inconsistencies in the main line of [[Whitneys of Whitney]], or at least note discrepancies between sources. - IN PROGRESS
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=== Canadian Census Records ===
  
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* Source all of the [[Medieval Whitney Families|Medieval Whitney family groups]] as best known. - IN PROGRESS
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* Extract records for <s>1842</s>, 1851, 1861, 1871, <s>1881</s>, 1891, and 1901. - NOT STARTED.
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* Index records for <s>1842, 1851, 1861</s>, 1871, <s>1881</s>, 1891, and 1901. - NOT STARTED.
  
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* Link Medieval sources back to family group records: - COMPLETE EXCEPT:
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== Robert's Projects ==
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:* [[Archive:Fasti Herefordensis]]
 
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:* [[Archive:Golden Grove]]
 
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:* [[Archive:Hereford CRO, Anne Whitney, 1593]]
 
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:* [[Archive:Hereford CRO, Elizabeth Jones alias Whitney, 1601]]
 
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:* [[Archive:The Ancestry of John Whitney]] - IN PROGRESS
 
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::* [[Archive:The Ancestry of John Whitney, Chapter III]] - IN PROGRESS
 
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::* [[Archive:The Ancestry of John Whitney, Chapter IV]]
 
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::* [[Archive:The Ancestry of John Whitney, Chapter V]]
 
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::* [[Archive:The Ancestry of John Whitney, Chapter VI]]
 
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::* [[Archive:The Ancestry of John Whitney, Chapter VII]]
 
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:* [[Archive:Visitation of Leicester]]
 
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:* [[Archive:Visitations of Berkshire]]
 
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:* [[Archive:Welsh Cistercians]]
 
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:* [[Archive:Welsh Genealogies]]
 
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:* [[Archive:Whitney and Clifford Manuscript Index]] - IN PROGRESS
 
  
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* <s>Do the work the Rename bot should.</s> - DONE.
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* Do the work the Children bot should. - IN PROGRESS:  Done through given names Chan*
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* Link Family pages to vital records pages and vice versa:  IN PROGRESS.
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** <s>Connecticut.</s> - DONE.
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** <s>Maine.</s> - DONE.
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** <s>Massachusetts VRs to 1850.</s> - DONE.
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** <s>Massachusetts VRs 1841-1910.</s> - DONE.
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** Massachusetts VRs 1911-1915. - NOT STARTED.
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** <s>New Hampshire - Births and Marriages.</s> - DONE.
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** <s>Vermont - Births and Marriages.</s> - DONE.
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* Family Group Pages:
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** Separate pages for children with substantial information on their parents' page. - IN PROGRESS.  See [[Needed Sons]] and [[Needed Daughters]].
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** <s>Missing sixth-generation families from John<sup>1</sup> Whitney.</s> - DONE
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** <s>At least 464 sixth generation Whitney families from John<sup>1</sup> (321 male), less those from Pierce.</s> - DONE
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** At least 329 seventh generation Whitney families from John<sup>1</sup> (259 male), less those from Pierce. - NOT STARTED.
 +
** At least 169 eighth generation Whitney families from John<sup>1</sup> (152 male), less those from Pierce. - NOT STARTED.
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** Source all fourth- and fifth-generation pages from John<sup>1</sup>. - NOT STARTED.
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** Source all fourth- and fifth-generation pages from Henry<sup>1</sup>. - NOT STARTED.
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* Probate Records
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** <s>Add abstracts from AmericanAncestors.org to [[Archive:Middlesex County, MA, Probate Files]].</s> - DONE.
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* Source all of the [[Medieval Whitney Families|Medieval Whitney family groups]] as best known. - IN PROGRESS.
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* Link Medieval sources back to family group records. - COMPLETE EXCEPT:
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:* [[Archive:Whitney and Clifford Manorial Records]]:  IN PROGRESS.
 
* Create pages for unattached/unidentified Whitney people.
 
* Create pages for unattached/unidentified Whitney people.
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:* 1600-1700.
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** 1600-1700. - NOT STARTED.
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:* 1700-1749.
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** 1700-1749. - NOT STARTED.
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:* 1750-1799.
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** 1750-1799. - NOT STARTED.
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* Extract data from FamilySearch.org alphabetically. - NOT STARTED.
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* Materials from [[User:Lynne_Alber|Lynne Alber]]. - IN PROGRESS
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* Extract data from AmericanAncestors.org alphabetically. - NOT STARTED.
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* Extract data from Ancestry.com alphabetically. - NOT STARTED.
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* Materials from [[User:Lynne_Alber|Lynne Alber]]. - IN PROGRESS.
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* <s>Write and publish article on ancestry of Thomas Whitney of Westminster.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Write and publish article on Sarah (Whitney) Wilson.</s> - DONE.
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* <s>Resolve inconsistencies in the main line of [[Whitneys of Whitney]], or at least note discrepancies between sources.</s> - DONE.
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Latest revision as of 12:30, 17 June 2020

Main_Page > WRG Projects

Priority Projects

  • FIX E-MAIL PROBLEM.
  • FIX BOT PROBLEM.
  • Run "Children bot".
  • Fix Discussion Forums problem. <recentpages> doesn't work.
  • Write and run "Findagrave bot". On cemetery listing pages in namespace Archive:, replace "[Findagrave_URL Name, data]" with "Name, data [Findagrave_URL [Link]]"
  • Write and run "NewEnglandAncestors" bot. In namespace Family: replace "NewEnglandAncestors" with "AmericanAncestors".
  • Write and run "PRE" bot. Replace <PRE>...</PRE> sections with <p class="Plaintext">...</p> sections.
  • Deal with 157 Orphan Pages.

General

Books

See Archive:Sources Not Yet Extracted.

Phoenix

  • Phoenix Project
  • Make pages for eighth generation Whitney males from Henry1. - IN PROGRESS (finished all heads born before 1840). See Needed Sons
  • Make pages for ninth generation Whitney males from Henry1.
  • Make pages for tenth generation Whitney males from Henry1.
  • Make pages for sixth generation Whitney females from Henry1. - IN PROGRESS (reformatted all before 1815). See Needed Daughters
  • Make pages for seventh generation Whitney females from Henry1.
  • Make pages for eighth generation Whitney females from Henry1.
  • Make pages for ninth generation Whitney females from Henry1.
  • Make pages for tenth generation Whitney females from Henry1.
  • Finish transcribing the remaining 56.04% of the Phoenix book. - SUSPENDED.
  • Link all names in the Phoenix book to the Family group pages. - DONE.
  • Template for future Phoenix page transcriptions. - DONE, available as WP file.
  • Fifth generation Whitney males from Henry1. - DONE.
  • Fifth generation Whitney females from Henry1. - DONE.
  • Sixth generation Whitney males from Henry1. - DONE.
  • Seventh generation Whitney males from Henry1. - DONE.

Melville

  • Scan, upload, and link in photos from an original version of Melville (pp. vi, 10, 20, 22, 8a, 10a, 14a, 18a, 22a, 32a, 48a, 76a, 78a, 82a, 84a, 90a, 112a, 118a, 120a, 122a, 124a, 126a, 128a, 136a, 144a, 150a, 160a, 166a, 170a, 182a, 184a, 186a, 188a, 190a, 192a, 194a, 198a, 208a, 210a, 212a, 216a*, 218a, 240a, 244a, 246a, 260a, 276a, 276b)

Pierce

  • Scan, upload, and link in photos from an original version of Pierce - DONE.
  • Link all names in the Pierce book to the Family group pages. - DONE.
  • Add all family groups from the Pierce book to the Family area. - DONE.

Cemeteries

  • Extract all Whitney cemetery records from Find A Grave. - IN PROGRESS, NOT ACTIVE
    • Update all Whitney cemetery records from Find A Grave. - NOT STARTED.
    • U.S.A. - DONE.
    • Foreign. - NOT STARTED.

Census

  • Census Identification Project
  • Extract state census records. - IN PROGRESS.
    • New York, 1855, 1865, 1875. - DONE.
  • Collect 1900 records from Family: pages. - DONE.
  • Extract 1900 federal census records. - Dist. of AK, AL, AZ Terr., AR, DE, CT, DC, Terr. of HI, IN, IA, MA, MD, ME, NE, NV, NH, NM Terr., RI, VT, WY, Military: DONE. Rest: STARTED, NOT ACTIVE. CA(581), CO(185), FL(60), GA(92), ID(54), IL(942), Indian Terr.(25), KS(478), KY(518), LA(180), MI(1246), MN(560), MS(181), MO(510), MT(82), NJ(269), NY(2978), NC(123), ND(57), OH(1131), OK Terr.(51), OR(155), PA(747), SC(50), SD(156), TN(117), TX(253), VA(117), WA(256), WV(65), WI(523)

Families

Other

  • Link all military records to the Family group pages and vice versa. - NOT STARTED.
  • Link all mailing list pages to the Family group pages. - NOT STARTED.
  • Decide on appropriate usage of category pages. - DONE.

Tim's Projects

  • Mailing list:
    • Apr 96 through Sep 96 - verify message page formats, as these were created manually. - DONE.
    • Old style messages - verify all messages are included in new material, then delete monthly pages. - NOT STARTED.
    • Add recent messages to archives. - NOT STARTED.
  • Finish posting records on Archive:Parish Register, All Saints Church, Isleworth, Middlesex, England. - NOT STARTED.
  • Complete work on Archive:London Subsidy Extracts. - NOT STARTED.
  • Write an article on the newly discovered information about Thomas Whitney of Westminster. - IN PROGRESS.
  • Write an article on the Whitney family of Castleton, Herefordshire. - IN PROGRESS.
  • Add all family groups from databases to the Family area. - NOT STARTED.
  • Trace English Whitneys to present for DNA study enlistment. - IN PROGRESS.
  • Whitneys in other countries, not U.S. or U.K.
  • Search - create an advanced search page. - DONE.
  • Pierce Transcription - write code to convert, upload family groups. - DONE.
  • Separate archived mailing list messages into individual pages. - DONE.

U.K. Census Records

  • Finish indexes of U.K. Census Records - NOT STARTED.
  • Extract U.K. Census Records - NOT STARTED.
  • Create Family group pages for families in U.K. Census records. - IN PROGRESS.

Canadian Census Records

  • Extract records for 1842, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901. - NOT STARTED.
  • Index records for 1842, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901. - NOT STARTED.

Robert's Projects

  • Do the work the Rename bot should. - DONE.
  • Do the work the Children bot should. - IN PROGRESS: Done through given names Chan*
  • Link Family pages to vital records pages and vice versa: IN PROGRESS.
    • Connecticut. - DONE.
    • Maine. - DONE.
    • Massachusetts VRs to 1850. - DONE.
    • Massachusetts VRs 1841-1910. - DONE.
    • Massachusetts VRs 1911-1915. - NOT STARTED.
    • New Hampshire - Births and Marriages. - DONE.
    • Vermont - Births and Marriages. - DONE.
  • Family Group Pages:
    • Separate pages for children with substantial information on their parents' page. - IN PROGRESS. See Needed Sons and Needed Daughters.
    • Missing sixth-generation families from John1 Whitney. - DONE
    • At least 464 sixth generation Whitney families from John1 (321 male), less those from Pierce. - DONE
    • At least 329 seventh generation Whitney families from John1 (259 male), less those from Pierce. - NOT STARTED.
    • At least 169 eighth generation Whitney families from John1 (152 male), less those from Pierce. - NOT STARTED.
    • Source all fourth- and fifth-generation pages from John1. - NOT STARTED.
    • Source all fourth- and fifth-generation pages from Henry1. - NOT STARTED.
  • Probate Records
  • Source all of the Medieval Whitney family groups as best known. - IN PROGRESS.
  • Link Medieval sources back to family group records. - COMPLETE EXCEPT:
  • Create pages for unattached/unidentified Whitney people.
    • 1600-1700. - NOT STARTED.
    • 1700-1749. - NOT STARTED.
    • 1750-1799. - NOT STARTED.
  • Extract data from FamilySearch.org alphabetically. - NOT STARTED.
  • Extract data from AmericanAncestors.org alphabetically. - NOT STARTED.
  • Extract data from Ancestry.com alphabetically. - NOT STARTED.
  • Materials from Lynne Alber. - IN PROGRESS.
  • Write and publish article on ancestry of Thomas Whitney of Westminster. - DONE.
  • Write and publish article on Sarah (Whitney) Wilson. - DONE.
  • Resolve inconsistencies in the main line of Whitneys of Whitney, or at least note discrepancies between sources. - DONE.
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