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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". Remove links from the names, and move to somewhere else.
• Write and run "NewEnglandAncestors" bot. Replace with "AmericanAncestors".
• Write and run "PRE" bot. Convert PRE sections to P CLASS="Plaintext" 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 1818). See Needed Sons
• Make pages for ninth generation Whitney males from Henry¹.
• Make pages for tenth generation Whitney males from Henry¹.
• Make pages for fifth generation Whitney females from Henry¹.
• Make pages for sixth generation Whitney females from Henry¹.
• 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
• 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.
  • U.S.A. - DONE.
  • U.S.A., update recent additions. - NOT STARTED.
  • Foreign.

Census

• Census Identification Project
• Extract state census records.
• Collect 1900 records from Family: pages.
• Extract 1900 federal census records.

Families

• Convert Ebenezer Whitney family outline to Family group pages. - IN PROGRESS: heads born before 1818 done.
• Make pages for sons who need their own pages. - IN PROGRESS: heads born before 1818 done.
• Make pages for daughters who need their own pages. - NOT STARTED.
• Make pages for needed fathers. - NOT STARTED.
• Add wives from Family: pages to Whitneys by Given Name pages. - DONE.
• Add location categories to all Family: pages that don't have them. - DONE

Other

• Link all military records to the Family group pages and vice versa.
• Link all mailing list pages to the Family group pages.
• 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
  • Add recent messages to archives
• Finish posting records on Archive:Parish Register, All Saints Church, Isleworth, Middlesex, England.
• 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.
• 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. - COMPLETE
• 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
• Extract U.K. Census Records
• 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.
• Index records for 1842, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901.

Robert's Projects

• Do the work the Rename bot should: DONE
• Do the work the Children bot should: NOT STARTED
• 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: IN PROGRESS, done towns A through Needham, plus North Adams, North Andover, North Attleborough, North Brookfield, North Chelsea, and West Brookfield.
  • 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.
  • At least 169 eighth generation Whitney families from John¹ (152 male), less those from Pierce.
  • Source all fourth- and fifth-generation pages from John¹.
  • Source all fourth- and fifth-generation pages from Henry¹.
• Probate Records
  • Add abstracts from AmericanAncestors.org to Archive:Middlesex County, MA, Probate Files: DONE
• Source all of the Medieval Whitney family groups as best known: IN PROGRESS
• Link Medieval sources back to family group records: COMPLETE EXCEPT:

• Archive:Whitney and Clifford Manorial Records: IN PROGRESS

• Create pages for unattached/unidentified Whitney people.
  • 1600-1700.
  • 1700-1749.
  • 1750-1799.
• 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