WikiTree Users Added 78,477 to Tree--I Added 75 Ancestors

During this past weekend's ConnectAThon XIV, the WikiTree community added 78,477 new names to the worldwide collaborative tree.

My personal total was 75 ancestors added over the course of the weekend, including many from my husband's Larimer family tree (which is quite extensive) and dozens of in-laws from my paternal aunts' side of the family. I 💜 in-laws!

Above, a profile I created for little Dorothy Goodfield, a premature baby who only lived four days. Dorothy was the maternal 1c of my aunt Miriam's husband, David Bourstein. I entered Dorothy's name, parents, siblings, and wrote a brief bio with the one source I have, without a lot of detail because I included the informative original source image.

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At bottom right, the arrow is pointing to a sticker flagging Dorothy's profile as someone who "died young." She was one of five or six little ones who I flagged in this way, sadly, but with the hope that this helps keep her name and memory alive for the future. WikiTree provides a number of stickers like this to be added to profiles as appropriate. I insert them occasionally to highlight something significant related to the person's life or death.

At top left, the arrow is pointing to a death cert I downloaded for free from the New York City Municipal Archives. The cert names Dorothy's parents and their birthplaces, shows the baby's place of birth/death, details cause of death, and indicates place of burial as Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. This is the only proof I have of the baby's life and I wanted to share it, in full, for anyone interested in learning about her.

At top right, the arrow is pointing to "2 categories." This shows that I categorized Dorothy Goodfield in two ways: First, as being buried in Washington Cemetery, and second, as being of Jewish Roots. So if someone wants to see the profiles of people buried in that Brooklyn cemetery, they can click through and see the description and names here. Similarly, I added the Jewish Roots category because Dorothy's family was Jewish. 

Thank you to WikiTreers for camaraderie and fun during this intense weekend of adding profiles to grow the collaborative family tree in total beyond 41 million names.  

PS: Here's the "how to" page with more info about getting started on WikiTree.