Jim -- HURRAH! Your message came a bit garbled in text formatting, so to send an e-mail to Jim Bartlett, here is the address: [email protected] Jim has kindly undertaken the job of administering this site. It may take some time for him to process all of your requests, so be patient with him. He does have a day job. Remember, this is a relatively small sampling of NN families and if you don't find somebody there already, or even a way to link to them however remotely, don't despair. It will grow quickly. As I've written before, there is a learning curve to using this site. Take your time to kick the tires and play around with it. I discovered last night that my notes on all these people are there, but buried deep deep deep. So deep I can't even remember how I found it. You will notice almost every event says it has a source citation. They did. All you'll see is a number of what it used to refer to and nothing else. Those can all be deleted now as we go along. I am not sure how to create a master bibliography. I added in a few our standard sources but they only seem to apply to that particular person for whatever various events, not as a master list. That being said, most of us will be in the same freshman class here. This list is the place to ask questions, give answers, tips, and above all tell us what you have changed and why you changed it. Or what differs from your own data and why what is here may be wrong. And as Jim said, "If in doubt, leave it out"--this list is the place to have those very discussions. As Jim also said, "This is about quality, not quantity." While I do not personally put surnames in caps--and did not do so on this database--he is right that this is the conventional and preferred method. You will notice an easy method to cite a source for an event is to just type it into the "description box" when editing any particular event. For example, editing death year of William-1 Ball, I typed in date will was written, date it was recorded, with Will Book and page number. It's an easy reference and if you don't want to bother with fighting entering a full blown bibliographic source, this is a cheat-sheet way to do it and still show you have a good source. All right, mateys. SHIP AHOY! Have fun Craig On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Jim Bartlett wrote: > > > > Northern Neck of Virginia Families â a new Ancestry.com Tree is launched! We > have used one of Craigâs files (1488 people) to establish the base for a > Northern Neck Tree at Ancestry.com. I, Jim Bartlett, established this tree > under my Ancestry subscription. Craig and I have decided to let everyone > have an opportunity to be an editor. As an editor you can add, subtract, > modify anything in this tree. So please send me an email â OFF LINE to > [1][email protected] (please note the s after bartlett) â if you > want to be a editor. > > > Here are the rules: > > Hard and fast rules â there are none at this time; here is a draft of the > Objective Statement: Create files for every person who lived in Colonial > Northern Neck of Virginia, showing relationships in the tree with key dates > and places, and attach or link as much documentation as can be found for > each â to include records, pictures, text documents, etc. [use Craigâs > expanded definition for Northern Neck] > > We should amend this Objective Statement until we have full buy-in so that > everyone is working toward the same objective. > > > Soft rules â like recommended guidelines and advice > > > 1. When you get the invite from Ancestry, follow their procedures to set > yourself up so that Ancestry will recognize you and let you edit the Tree â > there is no cost for this. > > > 2. Look around the Tree, try the features. Craig is already adding in some > of the key references. > > a. If you have an Ancestry account, you know the tools and > procedures; use them to search Ancestry for records, etc. and attach them to > the people in the Tree, and add more people in. > > b. If you are new to Ancestry, noodle around a lot â click on > all the TABs to see what they do and where they go â learn to navigate to an > Individual Page or a Family Group Sheet or to the 5-generation Pedigree or > the Family tree views. From a tree, highlight an individual and click on > View Profile, Quick Edit, Search records (these 3 along the bottom of their > box), or click on the Ancestry hints at the top right. Try it. > > > 3. Recommended formats: > > - Dates: 27 Sep 2011 [this form is often used by genealogists] > > - Places: smallest to largest, separated by commas [eg: > Lunenburg Parish, Richmond Co, VA] â if you use the 2-letter state > abbreviation, and leave off the default USA or âUnited States of Americaâ; > but use a foreign country if applicable; use Co [not County] after a county > name. Youâll find the data will show up much better when you try to print a > Pedigree chart [thereâs a little printer icon at the bottom of a zooming > slider bar on the left side of the Pedigree view â try itâ¦] > > - I always put SURNAMEs in CAPs - another common genealogy > practice. > > > 4. Attachments: > > - jpg and pdf are recommended because you can open and view them > while browsing [so this is easier for most viewers]. > > - Word and Excel files must be downloaded to your PC to open and > view. > > - You can either write a story directly to a personâs file or > upload one. > > > 5. Comment area: please summarize any event with a source for it in this box > â itâs a big help to others. > > > 6. If in doubt, leave it out â weâre striving for high quality, not high > quantity. > > > 7. Please add your hints and suggestions â this project and the Tree will > belong to all of us. > > Jim Bartlett > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is it possible to add to the NN Families Tree other than name by name? For example, is there a way to copy a section from a Family Tree Maker file and attach it to the NN Families Tree? GED.com? Sandy Rowe (Cox Family: Vincent Cox (1632 - 1698 Cople Parish)immigrant).