 Welcome to our midnight madness that we have here wiki trees hang out. How's everybody doing? Everybody connecting everybody having fun? Spirit that's the spirit. Welcome everybody. We've got a pretty packed program here for you tonight. So let me go ahead and start off with as you know, that we are switching to just one prize for hang out. And this is the hang out where you get to use a word. So let's see what the word is of the day. Sleep. Do you guys know what it is? It's sleep. Sleep not sleep. We're no sleeping until this thing is over. No, it's the whole thing. The whole thing. Okay, the word is bingo. And I'll tell you why bingo is back. Mr Randall and I do bingo the first Friday of the month at 6pm Eastern. We're going to not give you any hints about what the next one is, but it's going to be a good one. So bingo is back if you miss bingo since last year. Come join us on the first Friday of the month at 6pm Eastern on wiki trees YouTube channel. Okay, so I look at all the bingos. You guys are really, really going to town. They really, really, really want that t shirt. They do. And I encourage everybody to say it as many times as you would like to make sure that it gets in. Not need to worry about being a sensitive. You can say it 20 times and it's still not going to count once. So no fear. Not bad. Not bad. You guys are doing pretty good. As long as you have not already won. Would you say Kathy? As long as you have not already won. Very true. Okay guys, so we've got a little demo to give to you what light is coming on. And I asked last night and I'll ask you guys again today, how many of you are keeping. I like I like shelly how many of you are keeping the profiles you created. I am weekend. And I just got to give a laugh because shelly knows as well that with bingo, you got to get our attention with bingo bingo bingo bingo. So shelly knows as well. So, Chris, would you say you're keeping up. Yeah, I am because well, I kind of have to. So you're putting in all family. Yeah, basically like the descendants of my great grandparents and all that stuff. Keep that. But there's some collateral that could just probably ditch. So then you know get like more information about them. That makes sense. Florian, your watch list is going to get pretty full pretty quickly buddy. That's what I'm afraid of. I'm afraid that my watch list is just going to get a little bit too big and I can't have that. That's going to be too big. So let me set this up and I'm going to show you a new way to actually remove from your watch list and not using the bulk remover that you normally use. Well, I have about 2118 profiles on my watch list right now. So I want to get rid of how do I get rid of the quickest and easiest way. I'm going to show you. Well, this is the way that I think it's quickest and easiest and this is fairly new. So for everybody, I know everybody out there has wiki tree browser extension already installed. I'm going to come up to your options here. The little glow, the little orange logo glow. Just click on this other. Let's shortcut this click on this other and go all the way down to the bottom in that call. And then towards the bottom almost at the very bottom is the surname and watch list table options and table filters. Click on them. Make sure you got them. All green. And then once you do that, just click anywhere to close their options screen. I'm going to come up to my wiki tree and come down to my watch list. And look at that. Remove selected from watch list. There's a couple things and I'm not going to demo everything for you, but there's a couple of really, really cool things here. If you know you've been working with one particular surname, you can search and this is only going to take it one page at a time. Remember that you're going to have to click the next button to keep going throughout your alphabet of your watch list, but you can search here for a surname and pick up all the surnames that maybe you do not want that you included. Like, you know, I think I'm kidding, but I'm really not my brother's ex-wife's second husband's parents family. I have added to wiki tree. I no longer wish to have them. I just wanted to help my CC seven. So those would be ones that I would say I don't want anymore. Let me just pick, for example, these first two. Just click it and come up here. Remove selected from watch list. This is my favorite part. Look mom, no hands. And they're gone. Oh my God, you killed Kenny. I did. He's gone. I did. Let me just come back to my watch list. And the other thing that I really, really like about this is next to the column next to the end on the right. If I click on that, it gives me the degrees. Sometimes I don't remember the names. So if I kind of scroll down, this shows me the degrees. And if they're within my CC seven, I'm going to want to keep them probably. But for example, this one is 10 and this one's 15 and 16. I maybe don't want those. So I can remove those and just gives you a couple of different options. I know I like it. No, Kenny, come back. You guys are funny. And I think JJ, I really like this too. This is a really good option. I personally do not enjoy using the bulk tool remover. I don't know about you guys, but it's usually what we use at the end of the thaw. It's a little bit hard for me to see what I'm removing. So I have to click on each profile as I go to see how many degrees I am from it. So I hope you guys like this because this is a really handy feature. And I will tell you, I'll just give a big shout out now to somebody who's in the audience flow from the black force. I actually used to complain and whine a little bit about that bulk tool remover. And next thing I know something cool like this came up and flow was shown it to me. So great. Another great thing that the IT groups, the volunteers, all our volunteer IT people have done to help us out a little bit. Pretty cool. And then let's see a couple of questions that we have. How does someone work with more than one screen? How do you put stuff on each screen? Well, that's kind of open up a browser and just take that browser and move it to a different screen. Do you guys have more than one screen? Chris, you must. No, I only have one screen. Only one screen. Only one screen. Only one wire. And that would be more of a computer question than a wiki tree question. So if you get it working on your computer, it should work all the way around. And I don't have the option to see the degrees what showed on your screens on my line. Sean, just make sure again that you go up to the wiki tree browser extension and click on those table options. They were under the other section. If not, I'll catch up with you after this hangout and see if we can get it going for you. Yeah, I'm trying to do it myself. So right now. Did it come up? Nope. Not yet. And it does that little button takes a little bit to appear on your watch list. It doesn't come up as soon as the watch list. It takes just a couple of seconds, but it's really, really quick. I think you'll like it a lot. And make sure that you type in the word bingo. That is the secret word that is the prize that we're going to give away towards the end of the show. But I want to talk briefly about the stats because there was some confusion when we showed them last night. And then we've got a game for you guys. So, David, would you like to help us understand the division stats? I think everybody's used to seeing the stats either by user or my team like this. But there's something new called division. And a lot of people have had questions about the divisions. There are three divisions based on size of the final size. About two days before the thaw starts, they calculate everybody and get everybody onto teams. But what are they, David? So one of the concerns people have had in the past is that if you're on a tiny team with... I don't know what our smallest team is right now, but some teams have had three, four, five members. I know we only have 11 members on the globetrotters. And it's kind of unfair to be competing against a team with... How many do you have in Appalachia? Thank you. And congratulations. We have just under the wire. We have 49. 49, yeah. Okay, so as I say, it's up to 50 people. So if I've got five people on my team and they've got 50 on theirs, it's going to be unlikely that I'm going to be able to compete in terms of numbers. So we've divided into three divisions based on the size of our teams. And that's who we're competing against. How many in a division? Let me pull the screen back up for you. Is it 89? Give me just a second to get it back up here. A little technical problem. Okay, so proud of your team and pleasure. There we go. No, I don't see it. I'm bringing it up right now. You should have it. There you go. Okay. And if we scroll down to division one, you'll see, let's count them here, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, twelve, eight, twelve teams. So that's who we're competing against in that green box on the bottom. Those are the teams that are competing against each other. We're not competing against the giant teams up above. So it just kind of evens the plank a little bit and gives you a chance. And what we talked about last night, if you were here for the midnight show, the numbers change really quickly. So you may be behind 100 points, 200 points, 300 points. That can change in a few hours. So it really, there's a lot of factors that go into it. Some teams are active during the daytime. Some teams are active at nighttime. Some people aren't here on Fridays. They show up on Saturday and Sunday. So there's a lot of factors that go into how these numbers start changing. So you may be in a solid lead at some point and wake up the next morning and find that you're dropped out a couple notches or vice versa. So it's anybody's game up until the very end. And I know, you know, Sandy had that experience with being close to a tie at the end where they were up to the last few minutes. I don't know if that was last year or the year before. Maybe a couple of years. And you put out something really important with that. So when you look at your team scores, if you come back over and you look at your team scores, if you're in a team and you see somebody that like, I'll take my team, for example, Patty has one, one, seven, nine. And then if you look down and you see somebody has one or four, 12, does not matter. It all counts. Every single person who put in an effort is going to count on my team. And also if anybody happens to be new, I don't know how many new people we have to the connectathon. Even though my area is a defined area of land in the United States, any profile that you connect globally counts. You don't have to stay in your one specific area. So like Crystal and team Italy can work around the globe. Because as we know, migration happens. But I think it's important that everybody understand that to make it more fair, WikiTree has now three divisions. So if you're in a smaller team, you're not competing with the big team. Because a lot of you would say, well, why bother? Why continue? I'm not going to win. Let me just figure it out. But now it's a competition going on. So just real quick. So division one, we've got David's team, the Globetrotters in first place. Division two, we have Germany genies. And I know we have a couple of genies that are in the chat right now. So feel free to shout out if you're a Globetrotter or a genie. And division three, we have the Appalachia roots. And I know we have a few of you guys in there too. So feel free to shout out and represent your team. I hope that that helps explain the divisions in how you can win prizes before it used to be based on score and then a normalize. So I hope that that helps just a little bit. Now, who wants to have some fun with the games? And I will say we had a good laugh. If you were here yesterday for the Have You Ever game. Oh, no. We all want you to know that we have changed shirts. We have new shirts. Some of us changed them just before going on air. So if you were here for that game, you will understand what we mean by that. So instead of 20 questions, because we don't have that much time, we really, really want to get back to connecting. I'm going to ask the audience of the chat and my panel here, five questions. They do not know what the questions are. They will have to answer them on the fly, just like you guys. So they're not as silly. I'll warn you now as last night's. So the very first one kind of sentimental one is the person you most admire on WikiTree. They're as a WikiTree or maybe they passed on and they have a profile. And if they feel free to tell us who they are, I will tell you right now my dad. And yes, my dad has passed on and he has a profile. So what about you guys? Yeah, I got several people that I could think of, but both in terms of family members and then also in terms of, you know, some of my notable heroes are... That's a good one too. Yeah, I've got, for both ends, I'd say they're all somewhere on WikiTree. Yeah, I actually put Stan Lee's profile on WikiTree as well. That's cool. Jack Kirby and Steve Dicco, Marvel's finest artist. I was going to do it for us, but I'm not going to answer that yet. But someday he will be in the Marvel bullpen on the WikiTree. That's pretty cool. And I'm glad that you guys pointed that out too. That, you know, we can have many people that we admire, that inspire. So it's not just family or ancestors. Darren, what about you? Well, one of my... She's my cousin. She did a genealogy book about my great-grandfather. And I've put him on WikiTree. And I'm just... And I've also got to my dad's cousins. So she's on WikiTree as well. And I have a kind of family on WikiTree as well. It's just halfway recently, but... What can you do? No, but this gives you guys some ideas too. If you're looking for who to connect and who to add to WikiTree this weekend, that's a good idea to go ahead and do that. Kathy, what about you? My dad and my grandparents. My dad and grandparents who have all deceased are on WikiTree. Or profiles are on WikiTree. Ruth, to start a one-name study, there is a one-name study projects. If you go to WikiTree up at the top, there's find projects. And one name study is there, and they give you instructions. You will have to take a peek around to see if the one-name study is already there. And it might be managed by somebody who needs help, or they might need somebody to take it over or start a new one. So that's kind of a way to do that. Okay, the second question. This one's fun for me to ask, and it is super easy. And I expect a lot of answers in chat as well. So it's time to represent. What is your favorite project on WikiTree? Gee, I don't know. That's on Team, by the way. Project. Gee, I don't know. What is my favorite project, Sandy? Appalachia. We know Chris. Oh, really? I kind of love those biscuits in Moonshine. Well, you know that could happen. So guys, what is your favorite project on WikiTree? What do you find yourself working on the most? You know, I really enjoy working on the other project that we just started up this last two weeks ago. But I have a hard time saying it's my favorite because it's driving me crazy right now. My go-to project is my other project, the Notables project that I just go to for fun. You know, it's kind of a lighthearted working on TV star or sports heroes, not quite as intense. So that's my go-to favorite. Yeah, Kathy, if I have an Italy project, I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking. My favorite is Connectors, because I can work with any other project helping me getting the pre-posted Eagle Captor connected. And this is great. I mean, I can't keep up with you guys. You guys are like talking so fast and giving me which ones that are your favorite. So I love it. Thanks for participating. This is kind of what I like about that, though, is that everybody's it's such a diverse group of selections, but there's something for everybody. There really is. You know, you may not like what I like, but there's there's something out there that you can find. And even specific. Like you can get down to a particular name. So, yeah. We still need, you know, we still need like a Japan project. We're working on it. Awesome. Yeah, we probably will have that up this week. Yeah. And dear, I didn't even know that you were coming. You weren't on my list. You had plans. I wasn't planning on it either. But then I became free and I'm here. So then the next question for you guys in this one is kind of take a little second to think about it. This will be easy for some of you. So this weekend during the connected on what surname. Have you worked the most during this time? And I will tell you I foolishly decided to increase my cc seven by working on my husband's line because he refuses to work on his line. I now completely understand why. But McCoy. That's the one I've been stuck in for all weekend long. So what about you guys? I've been doing for Joanie and just Waldo. There's a million of them there, literally million of them. And there's a one name study I found and I'm going to have to contact a person to hear that and say, Hey, I put the four Joanies for you starting with my great-grandmother. And yeah, it's been a lot of them. I've been adding as well as car buses. I would not have a clue. All over the place. I can all these German names. I know there are. I have been focusing on German names. I have Bodendine and faff and Holtz. Those are the big ones I was working on. I've been working on my own. They're all Wisconsin Germans too. I've been doing the Randalls. I spend so much time on projects and other people's families that the Randalls get neglected. I'm around there getting my attention. What about you, Kathy? My biological Allen line. That's got to take a while. There's a lot of Allen's out there. There's a lot of Italian names coming up as well for us. I noticed they're out here. I love that you guys are sharing this with us too. It shows how diverse WikiTree is. It's important to understand that. Especially with David here. He's launching the global network. Everybody can come into WikiTree and find a home. Omega Alpha May. Carol, the Packers did not win. It was very close. Omega Alpha May sounds like a password. I know it does. The next question relates similar, but maybe not entirely. What specific location have you worked the most during this connect book? Remember, I said I worked McCoy's. McCoy's of southern Virginia. I have been around the globe working them. I would say southern, southwest Virginia. Southwest Virginia is where I've been. What about you guys? Tell us in the chat. I've been working mostly Michigan. Specifically, Kalamazoo. New York. I'm working on just well. Almost 500 profiles for my one place study there. It's all over the town of Italy. It's outside Naples. Where's Waldo? I've been focusing on all of the Sock County Germans. Everybody is attached to my one place study. That's where my grandmother was born. I'm just working for all of those that are in my personal categories. I can get all those connections made. I can get all the experience. All those people in that cemetery that are there too. I know a lot of people are working off cemeteries. This font too. A couple people that I know somebody whooped in and kind of worked those cemeteries this week before the font. See the new logo that we're going to be getting? Yes. What about you guys in the chat? Have you been in the area or have you ventured around the globe? I'm really curious about you because coming from a location so different from me personally, have you stayed in your one area? No, I'm all over the place. Lots of US friends, England, Pratt once Germany. I have a question for Troy Beers. She mentioned Davey Nova Scotia. Have you found any Hamels there by any chance, Troy? This is why I love this. I have some Hamels who went to Davey Nova Scotia in Somerville, Massachusetts. Let me know if you've found any Hamels. Just send me a message or something. Hamel, H-A-M-E-L. Not I-L-L? No, not like Mark Hamel. I feel like we need to do some cousin bait and pass out some cards. Anybody got some Hamels? Anybody got some Randalls? Find your cousins. One last question for you guys. We're going to do the drawing. Type in Bingo. Type it in now before we go any further. This is a tough one and I don't expect a lot of answers, but I really am curious because I did learn from a person who has been researching for over 20 years, they broke a brick wall by accident during the connected thought. So is anybody else, anybody else, broke through a brick wall, found something? Not really. I didn't expect anybody to come through with... I did call somebody who already has the parents known. I haven't really broken any brick walls. I did connect some profile from old profile that I put up like five years ago, but that was about it. I don't think that counts only in the ancestor. That's a good question. If you put up a profile five years ago and you just came back around to it I find a lot of my 2020 profiles that I started and the horrible way that I would do the citations and now I'm like, nope, I'm going to fix this because I have a certain way of doing my citations now. You can see how you grow as a genealogist or as researcher. I will say too that a couple of years ago, Chris actually answered somebody on social media and they said something about wiki tree and that you have to have really detailed sources and I remember a comment and I use it all the time. I copy your comment all the time and you said wiki tree makes you work for it, but it's so good. We put in such good work with it and I always think about that. So Stephen, when you mentioned how we've grown I think when you first start wiki tree if you get a little nervous about your sources as Chris said, work on it, work on it and as Stephen said, then you grow. There's a lot where I had myself as secondary information provided by or something. And then I was going through like, no, no, I know what the actual source is. I mean, Germany project was a big help and obviously the reason I'm even here is because my knife cousin now I got him down the knife was putting up all my ancestors and he's actually on break. So he couldn't participate and connect us on this time around. So he's away from technology, but he's in our thoughts on his little trip and I hope he can come back with the next one. But it's just having those connections like flow is a big factor in that he was able to find a lot of stuff for me overseas. It's just making those connections. Well guys, I have time for one last opportunity to type in bingo and flow. I don't shout out to Oliver. I think Oliver is the knife cousin. Yeah. Okay, one last time and let's go ahead and do the drawing. What do you guys think? Yep. Are you guys going to sleep after this or are you guys going to hang out? Oh, I'm going to bed. I only just started my editing. I'll still go to this one more hangout with me tonight. I'm going to edit angrily because of the packers lost. And Darren, you're coming back at four, right? For the next bingo? Yeah, for 10 p.m. for me. There we go. Don't we could be angry, Steve. We could be angry when the patient is lost. We could treat it the way I want you, okay? Melissa, congratulations. Hey, Melissa. Hey, guys. You have won the prize. And remember, we're only giving one prize per hangout show. And you have won. Let me, if you want to go ahead and shortcut it, you can email a one at a one at wiki tree.com and just tell her that you won the midnight bingo and she will get in touch with you about how to claim your prize. It's a shirt or mug. I think it's, I don't hold me to this, but I think it's about $30 value. That's what we do on bingo with David. So I think that's about what it is. So congratulations, Melissa. And guys, thanks for joining us again for midnight. And don't forget, Alash will be back along with Darren in a couple of hours to go over more stats. And you guys do a really good job during that hour of detailed stats. So if you got some details or some questions, maybe you have a new type of stat, ask Alash at the next hangout. And no, I said I was going to bed. Okay. I might still be awake. Yeah, thank you.