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Started by Private on Thursday, August 23, 2012
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Private
8/23/2012 at 9:32 PM

about to enter data Erica Howton Ric Dickinson, Geni Curator Private User Jason Scott Wills one question.. source can be iffy at best how do i enter the data from wikipedia? I guess i will go ahead and if you guys have a problem with it you'll let me know.. trying to do this with out loosing my head on orders of queen erica... LOL

8/23/2012 at 10:02 PM

Where are you trying to enter data? The best way to source a profile is uploading documents from valid secondary sources, such as the reference data in Wikipdia articles. For nobility Burke's Peerage, available through Google Book snippets, is good. Guy Fawkes would be a fun one to work on. There's a great site about the conspiracy - I had Throckmorton cousins who participated.:)

Private
8/23/2012 at 10:08 PM

on the project page for the executed by the crown project i was going to add profile under the actions tab.. i would have thought i'd get something like this name does not exist do you wish to create it?
anyway I think guy fawkes is pretty much covered but your right there is allways more to discover...

Private
8/23/2012 at 10:10 PM

or i could just up load the wiki document to my documents folder and then add the tag with the name and the data and click add to project i guess

Private
8/23/2012 at 10:14 PM

thanks for the how to article you sent.. i will look into that before posting..

8/23/2012 at 10:37 PM

You're already thinking well about working with documents (and images) stored in a project. You can then tag them to the relevant profiles as sourced facts.

Private
8/23/2012 at 10:44 PM

my document on my 3rd great grandfather henry b douglas is under construction at this time.. i am going to put on my hard hat and chissel and work on that maybe working all the documents i have into a project at another date and time right now just going to get data and sources correct on that person and how it pertains to the website info i posted. and maybe shelve the wiki add project for now.

Private
8/23/2012 at 10:44 PM

got ahead of my self.. happens to the best of us.. i guess.. gulp

8/23/2012 at 11:47 PM

It's fun though to work on historical profiles too. You can do both.:)

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