 We're glad we're glad you're here. I'm glad I'm here and we've got lots of people in the chat already Yes, the winky button So what have you guys been working on you three got Betsy co Amy Gilpin and as Robertson as your Robinson Well, I've been sleeping so not not much I Been chasing seven puppies around my kitchen. Oh, yeah, they are so adorable those puppies I don't have any pictures to share, but yes, they are if you ever find any Chihuahua like I Would really like a teacup poodle. Oh Oh nice. I'll keep that in mind For free Atlanta and Melbourne. Oh Amanda in Melbourne. Whoo I was I was trying to stretch myself all the way from Atlanta to Melbourne. That doesn't work Well, there was a somebody from Kentucky. I saw in North Carolina so Julie trying to talk with a southern accent. It's Wednesday today in August What are you doing miss Betsy co I have been adding family for my boyfriend So he's got his great-grandparents immigrated to the Midwest from Hungary and Had a big family 11 children So I had I put a lot of his direct ancestors already on wikitree and now I'm doing all the siblings That's awesome all the siblings. So you're connecting. That's kind of cheating in it though When you have like a real live source in your midst, uh-huh. Well, who did I forget? Oh, I need to connect them. Okay But I told him to go check his cc7, you know, and I I'm slow So I I expected it to just be up a little bit Okay, he he was already connected to the tree at the time that we we put him on wikitree And so whoever Is another branch is working away. So he's gone up like 30 Wow, I think are you uh, was he on wikitree before he met you? No, I made it You have Into the fold. Yes That's funny We've got lots of people 79 people. I'm gonna stop saying hello from everybody because I don't have enough space and time You know what as you're In and betsey and amy, do you know what we get to do right now? What Yay, so there's gonna be a secret word And the secret word is gonna happen And we're gonna say secret word And then you you guys are gonna have to say that secret word In the chat you have to post it in the chat and when you post it We're gonna do a random number generator random person a random people generator. What do you call it? Random picker Yeah, yeah Yeah, and uh, we're gonna see if we can win. So that secret word Will come out Somebody I can hear somebody buzzing who's gonna say it Okay, you can't It's yes Connection combat No It is connection combat Don't don't play with me. You have to say that Those randomizer will give us some stuff. So you guys thinking about that and talking about that and I'll run the random picker Randomizer there we go. The first one's in They're starting to come in now They're starting to come in now. Um, I worked on my business Financial report for the past year got all my stuff together for the accountant got that out I did a little bit of research on my macamoils because I have this launch at 130 And I've discovered another person who's connected supposedly to the man that I'm trying to connect There's nice people. Wow And there's another DNA tester So I can't I have swab kits from FT DNA But I'm gonna need to send them over to ancestry to get that done. So Julie Julie Julie I meant to be here on time We are Right for you. It's uh five minutes late everywhere right now. I think Oh look at all these people putting in information while we're doing that I can tell you That we have a winner for the for the general winner Can you ready ready? I'm ready. I'm kind of cool Yeah, that's fun that he uh, he is is that um, I have closed up my my script here. I'm supposed to read Somebody read the information about winning surely again As your There we go. I found it. You found it. Okay. Okay. So, um, let me see Yeah, one minute. No Prize word drawing. We're doing that Okay, the connectathon participant drawing Uh, that is um That is the winner. Uh, only one winner today is are we are we doing more julienne as do we know? Just one. Okay. So So we got that and you need to respond to the gd g post to claim your prize and oh, I'm sorry that that is Not Current information. Sorry about that max. That's my fault. I'll just email aon At wikichu.com and show so I didn't even have to to put it I didn't have to put it. I didn't have to do it. So sorry about that. Yeah, I'm going to put the prize the connectathon Participate prize winner in the google sheet. No, I'm not I'm going to wait um And then uh, we're going to see what happens here with this, uh, randomizer. Let me get that up. Whoops Whoops I am so together today. Can you tell? Let's see. Oh, I don't want that. Oh my gosh. I can't even find it. There we go. I have to look around my camera Julie, I hope you have something strong in there I'll never tell he's drinking too now. So We're not seeing me. Here we go. Cheers Amy Cheers you ready? Uh, I love it when a fan comes together If you go back and take out the fan sign. Oh, oh what happened It just closed it all down. Where it is. Oh, I'm not doing well at all Let's go over here random picker. There we go All right It has okay I hope you guys are enjoying my lack of ability today And now you just need to pick the Thank you so very much. It's right What day is it? There we go In my brain it's Saturday already. I don't know why it's all day today I don't need a banner for this one Great That's just fun That is just a lot of fun. That is fun. It's fun. I love that. I love that they added that Yeah, it's fun. If you have somebody who knows how to do it Well, it's been a while since we did it's been what three months since we had to This is the first first one. Yeah Because we've used this for other stuff, I guess but not for the connectathon or anything Do we know I just mean it's been it's been uh, it's been a bit since the last marathon Oh got it It's great You okay Greg? How's I'm fine. Yeah, how's it's been again? Is he still wearing his shirt? Oh, you know what? I took it off him because I think it was Restricting him because I wanted him to come upstairs to show Julie what he looked like and he could only get up one step So I think No, I've never put anything. No, that's the first Things with those booties too. Yes, they do. You have to start them young on that That's funny. So I'm gonna have to order it. I just want to wear it or something because I think it was a little it looks cute But I think it's cutting off the skin. I just want my dogs won't wear clothes either All I have to do is say the word sweater to Joey and he leaves Are playing jumper You just say jumper and you would never know I'm assuming as this is where we want people to go to collect their prize information or are they still emailing a one Yeah, just still emailing a one. This is um, I just shared this because if anybody has any questions about the connective on This is the ggg post for that all right, so They get added to a list so a one will contact them afterwards, right? Yes, that's correct for both prizes All right for both the random participant and the and the other Cool We need we need two more people so we can sing the uh, ready buddy bunch Julie and greg and chris you came in late. What have you been doing this morning on the connective on? Have you been doing anything on the connective? Yes? I fell down a french-canadian Rabbit hole and I've got I've added four more to my cc seven nice Yeah, yeah, and I have been doing uh Mirabella eclado that's the town just outside just while though It's close to like guadamanada and all that who I've been adding profiles for that It's kind of fun. Yeah There's some births that are like died young like I I've been making sure that everybody can get to their team channels on discord That's important A lot of people have been joining Oh, yeah, yeah Definitely And today even Yeah, oh, and you're all about getting people verified. Okay, so people are already People are already wanting to know about food and snacks And susie mccloud. Hey susie jumped in immediately and said dr. Pepper A lot of people do diet dr. Pepper. Oh, yeah, there you go after pepper. Oh, Amy disappeared. Oh, no That was amazing. Amy Hey That's funny. I can't believe they're available still or already already Yes, it's early the shopper Down the street has uh the the whopper eggs the eggies and I've already bought a bag I love those Cream eggs have always they for the last several years have come in plastic And you break it apart like an egg shell They're back to the foil wraps Oh Cadbury the Easter cream eggs. Cadbury cream eggs. Yeah, those are so good coffee and sweet italian Cream and boiled eggs You know what eggs are actually banned in the united states Kinder eggs, but they're like little poison. They're big in japan But they're big in japan too because our children our children choke on things so apparently our children are smarter It's a derwinian thing Did anybody else know that today is national popcorn day? According to the old farm according to the old farmers almanac It is And yes, I do have one An old farmer's almanac You're gonna say a pop a single pop Well, I will later. It's not you know, that's a that's an after lunchtime kind of thing like, you know newest addition to the athon scene 1776 daughter wants to know how can I see Many new profiles have added as part of this thon July July I think this is an who's asking this question um So go to your I mean there are a couple as with everything on wiki tree There's more than one path to get to the same answer But I think this is pretty pretty straightforward. You go to Your profile and under my wiki tree You're going to want to go to family activity feed You know everything it'll it'll be um, you would have to search So what you want to do is click on only well you should be make sure you're on watchlist and then only profile creation And going it's going it's going. Oh, it takes a while to think about it, doesn't it? Yeah, it was like I see the spinning wheel So there no not yet What is wrong with me mine came up it took a while Yep. Oh, there it goes. Okay. Well, it could be because we're in the middle of a thon Yeah, and everyone else is doing the exact same thing at the exact same time following that That's right So so you can see today it's by date So here are all the profiles you've created I've created awesome And this will be how I Know to go back and maybe attend to things, you know Those profiles some love so She has one more question. You're out of questions Never Can we show her also the stats that I mean she she might also want to know where to find her numbers So here are here's I'm putting it in the chat so everybody can look on their own the the the score page And there there's more than one way to sort this I prefer to do it by team and user and you can just find your your team and and then Then your contributions will be Mm-hmm Um off to the right Yeah I often use the control f or command f to search for my last name But if you put on history it takes you into Yes Right in here Well in her next question is also how come I can see the relationship to my fifth great grandfather But not to his father my sixth great grandfather and that might be that there's not a connection I don't know what's going on with that. Yeah, we would There's a 30 she just added him. Yeah, it's it might not have had time to show up yet Good answers Uh, thanks Betsy. Yeah, you're getting some props over in the chat um I don't know who's posting is wiki tree. This is hilarious Ruth. Did she's talking about me? Here we go I bought some kinder eggs for my granddaughter when she visited a christmas She tried to put the whole thing in her mouth. That's that's a whole different level Yeah Not just the tiny little toy or the pieces of the toy you're put Yeah, the whole that that's uh, yeah, that's that's funny and we hope she's okay I think she is I gather she is I gather. Otherwise, I wouldn't I wouldn't have been hilariously in that We have a special guest here. We have mags one. No, we have mini watching rather Mindy's watching Hey Lynn So we're up to a hundred and six people this time you guys Wow Nice to see me. That's that's really Everybody needs a snow day Everybody needs a snow day. Um, and look at those numbers nearly 86. Who wants to read some stats for us, greg I thought you guys might have I might have missed the stats section. No, you think you came in too late for that, but no Nice I can Uh, let me just share. There we go There we go. There's the stats page. So Look at that. I haven't even decided what we're going to do for stats today Let's go with a 12 o'clock. Let's go with a 12 person on each team so I People participating team massachusetts has one person who's done seven that's don marie way to go french fries have five Five people participating the top there is bernard south of shiners has four people in top there stacey Melanie mccolum is the top of team the heim with 18 Uh team little team on the prairie three people so far with judy and the lead One person on team mastria viata Um super razi genies allison is in the the top there with 33 The irish shonk. Uh, oh, I didn't practice practice this one I have to practice it. Sorry Patricia's gonna leave there Yeah, uh twisted sissle susie's in the lead there with um With uh 26 profiles and here we have the first team that actually has 12 people on have more than 12 people is the northeasters And in 12th position is joy m beer with two profiles Very good joy The kiwi crew only has three so far and roots in the lead on that team the wizards of oz Has nine just need to get three more wake three more people out get them to work Or maybe no, wait a second. They're probably in bed. So no let them sleep and then they'll come in Anyways, mary is a marie isn't the lead there the western red cedars has nine people again Um, nancy reagan is in the lead there and mindy is in the lead for team virginia way to go mindy And they have nine people just participating so far the cornbread catchers have nine participating kelly Please in the lead globetrotters have six that are trotting around the globe and eric bane is in the lead there Uh southern cross stars kiddie miller is in the lead for that team toddlin tortoises Has over 12 people so the 12th position is belongs to margaret beers in the toddlin tortoises with five And these are the really difficult ones, right Um, because are these the pre-1500 ones? No, that's musty dusties. That's the musty dusties Yes, please. Thanks max. Okay Nordic more almost has 12 people The one closest to position 12 would be elizabeth in position 11 And she's got three profiles the flying dutchman only have seven so far the lead for that team is nick turstle Uh team mid-atlantic this must be one of the division one teams, maybe Uh has 18 people participating so far the 12th position is angelina mp's and she has five profiles done so far team italy. Whoo. Um, oh i'm not last Whoa Look at that Is I've got only got four myself. Um, danita is in the lead with 106 way to go Team missouri has 11 11 not quite well, but they're 12 minus one that michelle are angry is in has two profiles Her team the southern super sweepers in 12th position for that team is rebecca s haskins also known as warrior Is six 12 Wow, you're nice lisa Oh, look at the canadian connectors. Wow This team can is just going gangbusters here and in 12th position in the middle of the path there Is david p carlson with 12 How perfect is that 12th position 12 profiles done? love it Uh southern aphron spring rocks has Spring box has 12 divided by three people participating and the lead for that is leon and but this way can point Uh with 205 wow profiles done legacy airs has lots Going and uh one and a half times 12 is the number of participants they've got And in 12th position is katie sell with five profiles Splendid spruces spruces Splendid spruces And have nine and their top sprucer is alan k and whistle with 153 The The 12th position on eric j ravra with four Team roses uh in 12th position is christy melick captain or co-captain it looks like Of team roses with five profiles Northwest terriers in 12th position is karen a lorenz with 12 another captain And she has eight profiles To her name germany genies in 12th position is florin straw flow has 12 12 for 12 Love it again way to go flow Yeah flow Mighty oaks has a mighty number 30 already on the board 30 people And in 12th position is jillian k look With 25 five squared profiles done so far Excellent another oh look at this 37. That's the largest of that a la apalacia roots They spell it wrong apalachia It's yeah, there's a typo Yeah I think he's gonna do a reinforce Apalachia I like that. I know Tabor tea fisher in 12th position there has 61 That's five times 12 plus one profiles to her name And let me do a quick refresh And Up to date we have 8,873 profiles already in four hours Yay wiki tree Drop with the chairs. All right. Hey. Hey. Hey, that's our name. Don't wear it out Okay, Eric Go Tabor Yeah Go apalachia roots rocky the raccoon is rocking it. That's the little I love it Your mascot Will be in touch So that is the statistics. Those are our winners We've talked about getting people to list their snacks. Keep those going you've got selfies you need to post The most important thing is listing your snacks by the way So go over and post a selfie of you doing the connectathon Keep working keep having fun Working on the connectathon upload us down there at the bottom and we will see you In three and a half hours Anybody have any closing comments? I want to say others. Yeah There was there was something a question in the chat from Donna Armistead So Donna just just send me a private message and I'll I'll look into it and figure out why why you're not showing up So I just put in the chat. That's my id So send me a message so we can connect and I'll help you and finnigan has entered the room And I just want to do a little plug for ambassadors if I can real quick So we have a post up on g2g g2d for Can you help spread the word about wiki tree during the connectathon? So I'm going to drop that into the chat the link for that And it's also in the description of the video So whichever channel of social media you use or prefer please share about what we do on wiki tree and Maybe share your selfie Whatever you like to do there Yeah Yeah, have fun. That's the most important thing We're making the tree healthier and we're making those connections. So that's a great thing And we're gonna do well at it because in bait too Yeah Somebody You might come across people that are connected to the people you're adding I'm actually going to meet somebody for coffee to try and connect these two men You know Connecting thing gotta gotta do it. That's it. Y'all have fun this afternoon and we'll see you around four o'clock Bye Now I got fun