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]