 Welcome, welcome everybody. This is the Midnight Madness. So we have people who have been here since the beginning and exhausted. We have people that are kind in the middle of their thawne and then we have those who just woke up. So hi to everybody. Thank you for joining us live. And if you are joining us after the fact, thanks for watching us. Look at this great crew for midnight. Hi guys, how are you guys doing? Hello. We've got a really kind of going on here too. Darin, you're kind of our international person here along with David with the Global Project. So thanks guys for joining us. Yeah, we've got two Globetrotters. So how's everybody doing out there? Let us know how you're doing. If you're hanging in there, what are you working on now? And what are you guys working on? What are we working on? Yeah. Well, we are working on an idea that Darin had. We're trying to get at least one profile for every one of our global countries. Wow. We've got a list on our G2G post that we're keeping track. And we're getting there. We've got quite a few to go. But I haven't checked the last count. But we've got probably a couple dozen countries. That's pretty cool. That's really cool. Some unusual. We've got Afghanistan. And we've got Solomon Islands and some of the more common ones, Spain and France and those. That's a pretty cool idea. What about you, Tania? What are you working on? I am focusing on African-American profiles in Tennessee because I want my work to double count for both Connectathon and the US Black Hand. That's fantastic. And you bring up a great point. You can double dip with the box and the monthly challenges as well. That's a great point. Kathy, you've got to talk. So Kathy's having a little bit of computer problems. So she's about 20 seconds behind us, I think. So Kathy, what are you working on? Trying to get more Pennsylvania people added through my bio family. But I'm having a tough time because who I had cleaned up to add have already been added. So you're doing a lot of connecting to existing. So I'm trying. I've connected at least five, maybe six so far. I've had to merge one. So that's at least one. I was looking for your G2G as I go up. And David, you have a question out there. So the question is, are those all existing profiles you can connect to? And those all have exist. Oh, yeah. OK, I didn't understand the question first. Yeah, well, that's one of the challenges. But yeah, I've been using Notables. We have, for the countries that we've created for Global, we have a Notables page. And so I go to that Notable and then I see if they happen to have through Wikipedia or some other source, if they have a spouse or their parents listed. A lot of times with nobility or historical figures, they'll have relatives that are also famous. That's the method I've been using. I'm not sure about how the other team members have. But yeah, you have to have, in order to connect, you have to have somebody to connect them to. But they don't necessarily have to be in that country. They can be a relative that immigrated to America or England or one of the other countries where records are more plentiful. And I'm just going to drop in chat your GDG that you mentioned. And a couple of people are working on interesting things going on. And we have the Newts. As you know, we have a new team. But we also have the Grave Guardians that are a new team out there as well. So Carolyn, thanks for shouting those out. And I am doing cousin bait. I am actually working on trying to add certain name to Wiki Tree. And I'm putting at the top of the profile right under the biography. If you are related to this person, please contact me. And give me a DNA test because I'm trying to track DNA back to somebody from one of the ice ages. That's the closest match he has. So I am doing cousin bait. So little interesting things going on. OK, let me get one thing started before we go any further. As you know, at the Hangouts, we're going to give you a word. You're going to type it. And you can type it as many times as you want. But it will only count as once. And it doesn't matter. Lowercase, uppercase, the word is relatives. So it's relative. And we will collect it. And then towards the end, we will do the drawing board. OK, and then, David, you have some stats. So we're going to do stats a little different. We're going to do something on the whole board, scoreboard of stats, but not by team. We're going to look at people, right? So right. We have 556 participants so far. And what I'm going to do is read the scores for every 50th person. So that should be 11 people altogether. But I'll start with number one just because it'll give us a reference as to where our top score is. And right now, Patty LaPlante has 723 profiles that she's created. So that's our number one. Number 50, let's see. I'm scrolling down here. Number 50 is Yvonne Slowie. And she has 114. Number. I'll see. She's supposed to call me. Sorry, the team. And I scroll past that she was Aussie. Yeah. Number 100 is JohnD Powers with Appalachia with 58 profiles. That's good. And we thought if we did it this way, we wouldn't have to read Appalachia so much. We woke up. We were on time. We didn't leave somebody yet. Number 150 is Joar Murray with 41. Wait, OK. We're a little off. Let me refresh. Am I reading a different? That keeps changing. So you refresh and I'll refresh. OK, I'll refresh it. And there was Deb at one time with Northwest Terriers. It's refreshing as quickly as I can read it. OK. So Deb Gunther with Northwest Terriers, 42. And number 200 is Eric L. Fernandez with the Southern Super Sweepers. 31. My teammate. And number 250 is. Well, there we go. Another D. I'll see D. Arbora McAllery. Is that how we say it? Super Aussies again. That's with 24. And number 300 is having a little trouble lining these up here. OK. I know. Trevor. Trevor, is that Trevor? OK. I can see him standing. He was Ableton with the Wizards of Austin. Another Austin. 18. And number 350. There we go. One of the new teams. That is Nanette Warbaugh. The Grave Guardians. That's our cemetery. She is 12. And number 400 is Eric C. Perkins with the Nor'easters with nine. And number 450 is Linda L. Crannell with Atlantic US Five. And number 500. Hope I'm not giving anybody very good with this. And I can never say this last name. And now I'm going to have to pronounce it out loud. Is it Gopie or Gopie here? I don't know how she pronounces that. But she tends to be very active with our notable. So I'm familiar with the name. With the legacy heirs. And that's three. And then number 550. Here is with Sherry D. Roman with the cornbread catchers. And that's 550. See, that was pretty fun. Laura, you're getting a little mix of everybody. Listen, all Appalachia. So that's fine, too. I do want to show you guys, since this is the first hangout that I'm doing, I might show it again on the last Midnight Madness. But there is something brand new out that I love. And I want to show it to you. I'm going to show it to you guys real quick. If you have any questions about it, feel free to reach out to us. And I will also tell you who else to reach out to. If you're on Discord, did you guys know there's a new channel, sub-channel called Tech out there? No, it's really cool. So if you're on Discord, that would be something to do. So how many of you guys keep the profiles that you're working on during the time? Yeah, I do. I do, too. All of them? Just about really? I keep them aside, tying them up, and check for profiles that I've missed, and sources that I've missed. And then I get rid of them. Yeah, I keep them because they're part of my ongoing projects for the most part. Yeah, and you've got probably, and I know some people work in one place or one name. They will also keep them. I work on a broader. So for those of you that have ditched the profiles, that you don't keep them, you ditch them, you've probably gone to your watch list in the past, which is a great thing to do, and that's where we're going to go, too. I'm going to show you what it looks like. So as you go to your watch list, and you must have Wiki Tree browser extension for this. When you go to your watch list, you'll see this big remove selected from watch list. This was such a fabulous thing. I was so excited to do this. You can sort your watch list by name, by birth, by status, ooh, edit date. So if you're working on the THON, just click on that. It should show you all the ones that you were working on this weekend as well. And if you don't want them, then all you can do is just click here, which ones you don't want, and click remove from watch list, and boom, they're gone. You're not on the trusted list, and you're not on the as a profile manager. Remember, you have to have WBE, though, to do that. So keep that in mind. But did you guys notice something? I have been begging for this, and I will tell you that one of the people that helped create it and allowed me to bug him to death is in the audience. His name is Flo, and Ian, big shout out to Ian. Who doesn't know Ian by now as well. So if you notice this little thing called suggestion. So how many times have you gone to your watch list to try and remove people that worked on the THON, but you got to open the profile to look at it to see if there's an error first. Like Darren had mentioned, you got to keep them for a while to make sure there's no errors. So let me tell you what happens with a THON. When you have a THON and you create something today or tomorrow, Friday or Saturday, it will show up in the database errors list on Tuesday. I'm talking about East Coast time. So then you fix any errors you have, and if you're going to ditch your profiles, then you ditch them at that time. But the ones you're working on Sunday and Monday, you got to wait to the following Tuesday to make sure there are no errors on it. And if you choose not to keep the profile, then you can ditch it just like I did. But before, we just have to click on each in every profile, look to see if there was an error. And it was a lot of work. And some people get a little tired of that. Now look at this, really cool. So now there are three things that you can come to your watch list for, especially after a THON. You notice this little four degree, this tells me that this person's four degrees within my circle, my CC7s. Maybe I want to keep them because of degrees, who knows? Or it's a great-granduncle. Maybe I'm keeping great-granduncle. And this is a question that I've been asking my project all week. Do I want to keep great-granduncles? I don't know, I'm still debating that. So you guys tell us. Do you guys want to keep your great-granduncles or do you just want to keep that direct line? Do you want to keep the name? Maybe if you're working on a name or place, it's a tough decision. And then look down here, it's showing you there. I love this, I love this. So thank you, Ann, and thank you, Flo, for doing this. This allows you, after a thawne, after everything's going through the Alessia's database error report, if you have an error, you can work on it and then fix it and keep the profile or ditch it. Really, really, really easy to do. But I also love how it shows the distance and the people. And if you don't- What I like about that is not so much knowing how somebody's related to me, but knowing who's not related to me. Those are the ones that I really don't need hold on to, but I'm always afraid to delete them because I think, oh, I don't know if I'm related to them or not. And then you'd have to click on the profile to see and waste all that time. And sometimes even then, if you're not related, you have to click through a lot of profiles before you figure out that you're not related. You do. And you're seeing like right here, I'm not related to all these people. So here's where it's tricky for me because I do have the Bonner One Name Study and they are my beloved Bonner family, so I tend to keep them. So this whole table shows you place, and name, distance, your relationship, and also if there are errors. Lots of good things to work on. And if you don't want them, you just click. And then at the very top, there's that big remove button. Pretty easy. Thank you again to Ian and Flo. I believe and Flo cracked me if I'm wrong. I believe that Ian worked on the table for the distance in relation and Flo worked on the suggestions to get it all through. But I do need to tell you guys very quickly and keep this in mind if you don't remember, reach out to us. You do need to have WBE. You need to come up to your WBE options and turn it on. So go to the other very last thing and just go all the way down to the bottom. Take your cursor all the way down to the bottom and you'll see table filters and sorting. And there you go, add distance and relationship. Really, really easy to do. Okay, so I like that idea, David, that it shows you who you're not related to. So then you can ditch as well. Now I've got questions for you guys. Are you guys ready? So we normally ask some questions to everybody in the chat, but also everybody that you're seeing here, they don't know the questions either. So we're gonna dive in there. This will be very interesting. So what we're gonna play and I want everybody to answer, give us your answer as well. Feel free to let us know if you have any experience with any of these questions. This is gonna be historical. Would you rather? So the very first thing, would you rather sail with Christopher Columbus on his first voyage or explore the Silk Road with Marco Polo? That's an easy one. Oh, go ahead, David. I'm not getting on a boat. Ooh. Back then, if you're not getting on a boat now, you definitely don't want to get on a boat. So is it Christopher Columbus or Marco Polo, Tania? The Silk Road. That's me too. Yes, definitely. Kathy? Christopher Columbus. Really? And Darren? I would have to say probably Marco Polo as well. I was curious to see which one you would say. So what's everybody saying? It looks like we've got a good mix of Columbus, so forth. We've got a few coming through. And don't think the word is relevant. About half. I know. I'm a little surprised. I kind of thought everybody would say Columbus. So I'm a little bit surprised at that. Okay. And you know, this is not a Saturday round, though. Yeah, there's no spreadsheet. Yeah, great idea. Greg's asleep. This is the mute me, Howard. Okay, so the next question. So would you rather participate in the moon landing or in the invention of the internet? Oh, easy for me, internet. No, I do the moon landing. Moon landing. I'd go for the moon landing, too. See, this was a tough one for me. The moon landing was hard, y'all. They almost didn't make it. See, I don't understand the internet. I understand the moon. So you don't understand the internet, but you understand squeezing yourself in a tiny castle with barely any breathing. No bathroom. Being shot up somewhere. That's true. And I've seen one of those landing capsules at the museum. Going up wasn't nearly as scary. I think it's coming down. I agree. This is funny. I don't know. It looks like a lot of people that are picking the moon. Picking the moon. You're picking the moon. Interesting. Okay. So the next one. Would you rather witness the unveiling of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel or the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg? We're talking about art in pain or, you know, printing press. You know, all the books we read. Sistine Chapel. I'm going to go rogue. I would have liked to have watched them paint the Sistine Chapel. You want to see it as it's happening. Yes. He's painting up there. So are we talking printing press or chapel? What's everybody out there saying? This was another one too, because I kept thinking you put the printing press, all my beloved books, you know, and I'm like the Sistine Chapel. Who can do that? So this was a tough one for me. Is there some way we can reverse the chat with the connect-a-thon dates? I can't see all of you and write at the same time. Carol, where are we writing? Maybe that's what we should do tomorrow. Everybody has to write an essay, you know? I hate it, yes. Nobody like that in school. And I agree. This is a good excuse for traveling. I was going to say Karen's comment. This is a good excuse for traveling. Okay, so then the next one. Would you rather be a gladiator in the Roman Coliseum or a philosopher in Athens during the Golden Age? Oh, that one's easy for me too. When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up to be a philosopher and I would just sit in a big chair and give people advice. Oh! You were one of those fun kids, weren't you? No, I can't seem to help being a philosopher. I wanted to give advice. Okay, what about you guys, Darren? I can't seem to be a philosopher, so I'd have to be a gladiator. I know, now I've got the song too in my head, the gladiator, gladiator. So, Tania? I would say philosopher because that was one of my unexpected courses that I enjoyed a lot in college. And one of my favorite books is Sophie's World, which is a journey through all the different philosophers over the decades, over the centuries. So, philosopher. Now, but as a kid, did you give advice? No, no, no, no. No, I did not. I would give advice to my parents, but it didn't always go so well. I can see that V turned around. Cathy, what about you? Gladiator. Gladiator right now for the adventure. Gladiator all the way. This is funny. So, you guys are, I think, philosophers winning. Yes. See, with me, I just state and think my chances would be good as a gladiator. You know, I didn't mind the swords and stuff, but you know, the big arena and stuff just wasn't my style. It's just not my style. I like this. And my family, people switch sides and argument it together. It's just not my style. I love it. That's true. I'm a philosopher. I like living. This is great. That's the next. Okay. So would you rather be a code breaker working at Bletchley Park during World War Two or a nurse on the front lines? Code breaker. Code breaker. That was quick. Really quick. So everybody's code breaker, right? Now, I got, I know we have a couple nurses in the chat. So I'm really curious to see if they say code breaker or nurse. Because if they say code breaker, then we know we picked the right thing. I'll say one nurse, one for both. Anybody else that sees big code breakers? Yeah. Okay. Carol, I was waiting on you. Oh, nurse and code breaker. Wow. I knew Carol was a nurse. You got to answer as you could work the front lines as a nurse and then be the code breaker as well. That would be fun. Okay. So would you rather be present for the signing of the Declaration of Independence or witness the fall of the Berlin Wall? So would you rather see a country being born by a document or being born by a document or being born because they tore down the barriers? Tough one. I would say Berlin Wall. I would say Berlin Wall. No, see, you can watch that on TV. I'd see the signing of the Declaration of Independence. You can see that on TV too. Oh, no. Mr. Berlin Wall by one day. And I would tell you, this one was, this one was the Berlin Wall. Oh, no. Mr. Berlin Wall by one day. And I would tell you, this one was a little particular for me because I lived in Berlin for a couple of years. And believe it or not, I can't decide on this one because I think they were both equally worthy in such different ways. I'd be Berlin Wall because pretty much the Declaration of Independence has no meaning for me. Yeah. I don't know Yankee on the American side. I'll say that's what ASEAN says, setting up the Federation of Australia. Yep. So I think, Bill in your country. This one has been, I'm thinking that most of you all are picking, signing the Declaration. Okay. So this one, I got two more left guys and then we'll do the prize drawings. So remember relatives, type in relatives, plural for the prize word. You still have time. So would you rather be a knight jousting in a tournament or a scholar translating ancient text in a monastery, a silent monastery? Oh. Scholar. Scholar. Are you a knight jousting or are you a silent monk? A knight jousting. Okay. We need to hang out with Kathy. She likes all of the adventure. I know this is kind of how I feel knight because I just can't be silent. I like this. Scholar silence is gold. And then Christine, I got to agree. This is tough. But it's so tough. I could do that. Okay. So one more. This is the silly question. And it's not really historic unless it's in your own family or you plan to become a ghost. So you guys ready for this one? Would you rather be a friendly ghost to your descendants or whoever inhabits your house after you? Or would you rather be a beetle juice type of ghost? Kasper. Your descendants. I'm a friendly ghost. What do you guys think, Darren? Everybody's friendly. Friendly ghost. I would be a beetle juice without doubt. I think my daughter would be a beetle juice. I would like to be beetle juice, but then I'd feel really bad afterwards. But you can give them advice. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. It depends on my wife. A friendly ghost. Friendly. This is funny. So thanks guys for playing along. We always have a couple of questions just to get those who have been with the morning all the way through to midnight with us hanging out. Those are halfway in between and those who just woke up. We hope we gave you a good start to go. You've got one last chance to type in relatives and let's bring up the screen. And I guess I should give you guys the rules, too. For those of you who haven't watched The Hangouts before this one today, for this thong, there are a couple of new rules. If you have won a prize through any type of drawing situation that includes my bingo show, David's bingo show. If you won a prize in the past six months and if you won a prize at the last thong, which was the source of thong. So if you won a prize at the last source of thong or any time since, which we can do in a drawing type of situation, you cannot win again for another six months or to the next thong if you're doing a source of thong. So everybody right? Let's see who gets it. Oh, this is the exciting part. Kara, Kara, Kara, Kara. Congratulations. That's you. We'll keep your information. We will get in touch with you about what the prize is. I have no clue what the prizes are. Kathy, do you know what the prizes are? Sonia, do you know what the prizes are? I don't know what they are. I have no idea. I do know one thing. It will say wiki tree on it. I do know. So congratulations, Kara. Thanks for playing along, guys. And do you guys have anything you want to share before we go? Happy connecting, everybody. Happy connecting, happy connecting. I know this will be back in a few hours. Yeah, I would say, you know, usually I used to do the 4 a.m. with Kathy and a Lesh. And then I stopped doing the 4 a.m. so I could actually do something called sleep. But... Sleep is on your right head. I'm filling in for Lesh in about what? Three and a half hours. And I believe, Darren, you're going to be there. David, you're going to be there. Kathy, you're going to be there. Sonia, you're going to be there. I'm not going to be there. I might be in the chat, but I'm not going to be there. We'll see. So some of us will see you at the next one. And at the 4 a.m., for those of you that usually do not attend that one or, you know, decide to do it, it's usually a little bit more techie and give a little bit more tips and things like that. Lesh is real good about that. So I will try to do my best to take his place. And that's just for this one. He'll be back at 4 a.m. for the next two. But anyway, that will be it. So everybody, have fun. Get back to connecting. Enjoy. And we will see you throughout the day, every four hours during the hangout. Bye, everybody. Bye. If I can get the stream going. There we go.