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Belated #3GoodThings
- managed to actually quit work a bit earlier
- tried out a frozen microwave meal that actually was quite ok (except for the portion size)
- managed to include citations from the the French site #MatchID to the browser extension #WikiTreeBEE and saw some people from #WikiTree being happy about it

#ThreeGoodThings

Belated #3GoodThings
- managed to actually quit work a bit earlier
- tried out a frozen microwave meal that actually was quite ok (except for the portion size)
- managed to include citations from the the French site #MatchID to the browser extension #WikiTreeBEE and saw some people from #WikiTree being happy about it

#ThreeGoodThings

Belated #3GoodThings
- managed to actually quit work a bit earlier
- tried out a frozen microwave meal that actually was quite ok (except for the portion size)
- managed to include citations from the the French site #MatchID to the browser extension #WikiTreeBEE and saw some people from #WikiTree being happy about it

#ThreeGoodThings

Belated #3GoodThings
- managed to actually quit work a bit earlier
- tried out a frozen microwave meal that actually was quite ok (except for the portion size)
- managed to include citations from the the French site #MatchID to the browser extension #WikiTreeBEE and saw some people from #WikiTree being happy about it

#ThreeGoodThings

Belated #3GoodThings
- managed to actually quit work a bit earlier
- tried out a frozen microwave meal that actually was quite ok (except for the portion size)
- managed to include citations from the the French site #MatchID to the browser extension #WikiTreeBEE and saw some people from #WikiTree being happy about it

#ThreeGoodThings

On 16 October 1882, Mathias Haisz https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haiss-30 filed a petition for liquidation in #Birmingham. I wonder, if there are any files left from back then in some archive?

CC @RobertJackson58585858

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WikiTree

On 16 October 1882, Mathias Haisz https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haiss-30 filed a petition for liquidation in #Birmingham. I wonder, if there are any files left from back then in some archive?

CC @RobertJackson58585858

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WikiTree

On 16 October 1882, Mathias Haisz https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haiss-30 filed a petition for liquidation in #Birmingham. I wonder, if there are any files left from back then in some archive?

CC @RobertJackson58585858

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WikiTree

On 16 October 1882, Mathias Haisz https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haiss-30 filed a petition for liquidation in #Birmingham. I wonder, if there are any files left from back then in some archive?

CC @RobertJackson58585858

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WikiTree

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:
- had a nice meeting with a professional from the neighborhood, who will hopefully soon install solar panels on our terrace
- released for small features for the #WikiTree browser extension (some enhancements for #ConnectAThon stat pages and the ones shown at https://github.com/wikitree/wikitree-browser-extension/pull/678)
- accidentally had a second go at the frozen #pizza I never wanted to buy again, because it was so much effort cutting away the burned places last time; this time, with exactly the same time, there were basically no burns

#ThreeGoodThings #Balkonkraftwerk

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:
- had a nice meeting with a professional from the neighborhood, who will hopefully soon install solar panels on our terrace
- released for small features for the #WikiTree browser extension (some enhancements for #ConnectAThon stat pages and the ones shown at https://github.com/wikitree/wikitree-browser-extension/pull/678)
- accidentally had a second go at the frozen #pizza I never wanted to buy again, because it was so much effort cutting away the burned places last time; this time, with exactly the same time, there were basically no burns

#ThreeGoodThings #Balkonkraftwerk

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:
- had a nice meeting with a professional from the neighborhood, who will hopefully soon install solar panels on our terrace
- released for small features for the #WikiTree browser extension (some enhancements for #ConnectAThon stat pages and the ones shown at https://github.com/wikitree/wikitree-browser-extension/pull/678)
- accidentally had a second go at the frozen #pizza I never wanted to buy again, because it was so much effort cutting away the burned places last time; this time, with exactly the same time, there were basically no burns

#ThreeGoodThings #Balkonkraftwerk

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:
- had a nice meeting with a professional from the neighborhood, who will hopefully soon install solar panels on our terrace
- released for small features for the #WikiTree browser extension (some enhancements for #ConnectAThon stat pages and the ones shown at https://github.com/wikitree/wikitree-browser-extension/pull/678)
- accidentally had a second go at the frozen #pizza I never wanted to buy again, because it was so much effort cutting away the burned places last time; this time, with exactly the same time, there were basically no burns

#ThreeGoodThings #Balkonkraftwerk

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:
- had a nice meeting with a professional from the neighborhood, who will hopefully soon install solar panels on our terrace
- released for small features for the #WikiTree browser extension (some enhancements for #ConnectAThon stat pages and the ones shown at https://github.com/wikitree/wikitree-browser-extension/pull/678)
- accidentally had a second go at the frozen #pizza I never wanted to buy again, because it was so much effort cutting away the burned places last time; this time, with exactly the same time, there were basically no burns

#ThreeGoodThings #Balkonkraftwerk

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- looks like a half fifth #Guth cousin registered on #WikiTree
- received scans to military lists from 1662 from my favorite professional genealogist
- bought a pool for the outside #birds - it's actually the "saucer" of a big flower pot and was very cheap

#genealogy #ThreeGoodThings

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- looks like a half fifth #Guth cousin registered on #WikiTree
- received scans to military lists from 1662 from my favorite professional genealogist
- bought a pool for the outside #birds - it's actually the "saucer" of a big flower pot and was very cheap

#genealogy #ThreeGoodThings

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- looks like a half fifth #Guth cousin registered on #WikiTree
- received scans to military lists from 1662 from my favorite professional genealogist
- bought a pool for the outside #birds - it's actually the "saucer" of a big flower pot and was very cheap

#genealogy #ThreeGoodThings

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- looks like a half fifth #Guth cousin registered on #WikiTree
- received scans to military lists from 1662 from my favorite professional genealogist
- bought a pool for the outside #birds - it's actually the "saucer" of a big flower pot and was very cheap

#genealogy #ThreeGoodThings

Belated #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- looks like a half fifth #Guth cousin registered on #WikiTree
- received scans to military lists from 1662 from my favorite professional genealogist
- bought a pool for the outside #birds - it's actually the "saucer" of a big flower pot and was very cheap

#genealogy #ThreeGoodThings

There is one I won't tell you about, but I've still found #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- a bit more energy than on the previews Saturdays
- managed to clean up the old #WikiTree profile of my great-grandfather Joseph #Zähringer https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Z%C3%A4hringer-31
- wrote an email to our local adult education center ( #Volkshochschule), asking them, if they are as democracy supporting as they claim and would post on #Mastodon (additionally to Meta platforms)

#ThreeGoodThings

There is one I won't tell you about, but I've still found #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- a bit more energy than on the previews Saturdays
- managed to clean up the old #WikiTree profile of my great-grandfather Joseph #Zähringer https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Z%C3%A4hringer-31
- wrote an email to our local adult education center ( #Volkshochschule), asking them, if they are as democracy supporting as they claim and would post on #Mastodon (additionally to Meta platforms)

#ThreeGoodThings

There is one I won't tell you about, but I've still found #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- a bit more energy than on the previews Saturdays
- managed to clean up the old #WikiTree profile of my great-grandfather Joseph #Zähringer https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Z%C3%A4hringer-31
- wrote an email to our local adult education center ( #Volkshochschule), asking them, if they are as democracy supporting as they claim and would post on #Mastodon (additionally to Meta platforms)

#ThreeGoodThings

There is one I won't tell you about, but I've still found #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- a bit more energy than on the previews Saturdays
- managed to clean up the old #WikiTree profile of my great-grandfather Joseph #Zähringer https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Z%C3%A4hringer-31
- wrote an email to our local adult education center ( #Volkshochschule), asking them, if they are as democracy supporting as they claim and would post on #Mastodon (additionally to Meta platforms)

#ThreeGoodThings

There is one I won't tell you about, but I've still found #3GoodThings for yesterday:

- a bit more energy than on the previews Saturdays
- managed to clean up the old #WikiTree profile of my great-grandfather Joseph #Zähringer https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Z%C3%A4hringer-31
- wrote an email to our local adult education center ( #Volkshochschule), asking them, if they are as democracy supporting as they claim and would post on #Mastodon (additionally to Meta platforms)

#ThreeGoodThings

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Was awarded Gold Status on the #WikiTree profile for my ggf William Frederick Ogden https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-5087
2 Got some info on my 2xggf's Dutch military record from someone in the Dutch #Genealogy FaceBook group
3 Ordered a new pair of Hokas, which should take some pressure of my arthritic knee

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Was awarded Gold Status on the #WikiTree profile for my ggf William Frederick Ogden https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-5087
2 Got some info on my 2xggf's Dutch military record from someone in the Dutch #Genealogy FaceBook group
3 Ordered a new pair of Hokas, which should take some pressure of my arthritic knee

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Was awarded Gold Status on the #WikiTree profile for my ggf William Frederick Ogden https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-5087
2 Got some info on my 2xggf's Dutch military record from someone in the Dutch #Genealogy FaceBook group
3 Ordered a new pair of Hokas, which should take some pressure of my arthritic knee

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Was awarded Gold Status on the #WikiTree profile for my ggf William Frederick Ogden https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-5087
2 Got some info on my 2xggf's Dutch military record from someone in the Dutch #Genealogy FaceBook group
3 Ordered a new pair of Hokas, which should take some pressure of my arthritic knee

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Was awarded Gold Status on the #WikiTree profile for my ggf William Frederick Ogden https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ogden-5087
2 Got some info on my 2xggf's Dutch military record from someone in the Dutch #Genealogy FaceBook group
3 Ordered a new pair of Hokas, which should take some pressure of my arthritic knee

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Made some recommended changes to my ggf's #WikiTree profile in hopes of getting a Gold Standard
2 Posted on the Dutch #Genealogy group about my 2xggf's Dutch military service record
3 Got our Costco shopping done

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Made some recommended changes to my ggf's #WikiTree profile in hopes of getting a Gold Standard
2 Posted on the Dutch #Genealogy group about my 2xggf's Dutch military service record
3 Got our Costco shopping done

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Made some recommended changes to my ggf's #WikiTree profile in hopes of getting a Gold Standard
2 Posted on the Dutch #Genealogy group about my 2xggf's Dutch military service record
3 Got our Costco shopping done

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Made some recommended changes to my ggf's #WikiTree profile in hopes of getting a Gold Standard
2 Posted on the Dutch #Genealogy group about my 2xggf's Dutch military service record
3 Got our Costco shopping done

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 Made some recommended changes to my ggf's #WikiTree profile in hopes of getting a Gold Standard
2 Posted on the Dutch #Genealogy group about my 2xggf's Dutch military service record
3 Got our Costco shopping done

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 The guys came and replaced 4 broken posts on the back part of our fence
2 1 hour of swimming laps followed by 1 hour of artritis aquatics
3 Got "actionable" feedback on one of my profiles up for Gold Standard on #WikiTree

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 The guys came and replaced 4 broken posts on the back part of our fence
2 1 hour of swimming laps followed by 1 hour of artritis aquatics
3 Got "actionable" feedback on one of my profiles up for Gold Standard on #WikiTree

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 The guys came and replaced 4 broken posts on the back part of our fence
2 1 hour of swimming laps followed by 1 hour of artritis aquatics
3 Got "actionable" feedback on one of my profiles up for Gold Standard on #WikiTree

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 The guys came and replaced 4 broken posts on the back part of our fence
2 1 hour of swimming laps followed by 1 hour of artritis aquatics
3 Got "actionable" feedback on one of my profiles up for Gold Standard on #WikiTree

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 The guys came and replaced 4 broken posts on the back part of our fence
2 1 hour of swimming laps followed by 1 hour of artritis aquatics
3 Got "actionable" feedback on one of my profiles up for Gold Standard on #WikiTree

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 #Genealogy Found a surprise Dutch military record for 2xggf. Who knew? I can figure out the printed parts on the pre-printed form but I'm gonna need help deciphering the handwriting in Dutch

2 Added a pair of Dutch 4xggp's to #WikiTree

3 Worked on getting a refund on tickets for an event we can't attend

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 #Genealogy Found a surprise Dutch military record for 2xggf. Who knew? I can figure out the printed parts on the pre-printed form but I'm gonna need help deciphering the handwriting in Dutch

2 Added a pair of Dutch 4xggp's to #WikiTree

3 Worked on getting a refund on tickets for an event we can't attend

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 #Genealogy Found a surprise Dutch military record for 2xggf. Who knew? I can figure out the printed parts on the pre-printed form but I'm gonna need help deciphering the handwriting in Dutch

2 Added a pair of Dutch 4xggp's to #WikiTree

3 Worked on getting a refund on tickets for an event we can't attend

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 #Genealogy Found a surprise Dutch military record for 2xggf. Who knew? I can figure out the printed parts on the pre-printed form but I'm gonna need help deciphering the handwriting in Dutch

2 Added a pair of Dutch 4xggp's to #WikiTree

3 Worked on getting a refund on tickets for an event we can't attend

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

1 #Genealogy Found a surprise Dutch military record for 2xggf. Who knew? I can figure out the printed parts on the pre-printed form but I'm gonna need help deciphering the handwriting in Dutch

2 Added a pair of Dutch 4xggp's to #WikiTree

3 Worked on getting a refund on tickets for an event we can't attend

I'm speaking! 🎤

The Surname Society⁩ is hosting me for a free online webinar: Collaborate, Connect, Discover — @wikitree ⁨for Surname Researchers.

📅 Saturday, 15 August 2026
🕓 4:00 PM BST / 11:00 AM EDT / 8:00 AM PDT
💻 Online, and free

I'll be showing how WikiTree's collaborative tree helps you find researchers working your surname, uncover new family links, and grow a one-name study. Also, I'll be sharing about WikiTree's Surname Collaboration Scores.

Whether you're brand new to genealogy or have decades behind you, come along.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborate-connect-discover-wikitree-for-surname-researchers-tickets-1993029092667

More detail on G2G: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2066016

#WikiTree #Genealogy #OneNameStudy #SurnameResearch #FamilyHistory

I'm speaking! 🎤

The Surname Society⁩ is hosting me for a free online webinar: Collaborate, Connect, Discover — @wikitree ⁨for Surname Researchers.

📅 Saturday, 15 August 2026
🕓 4:00 PM BST / 11:00 AM EDT / 8:00 AM PDT
💻 Online, and free

I'll be showing how WikiTree's collaborative tree helps you find researchers working your surname, uncover new family links, and grow a one-name study. Also, I'll be sharing about WikiTree's Surname Collaboration Scores.

Whether you're brand new to genealogy or have decades behind you, come along.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborate-connect-discover-wikitree-for-surname-researchers-tickets-1993029092667

More detail on G2G: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2066016

#WikiTree #Genealogy #OneNameStudy #SurnameResearch #FamilyHistory

I'm speaking! 🎤

The Surname Society⁩ is hosting me for a free online webinar: Collaborate, Connect, Discover — @wikitree ⁨for Surname Researchers.

📅 Saturday, 15 August 2026
🕓 4:00 PM BST / 11:00 AM EDT / 8:00 AM PDT
💻 Online, and free

I'll be showing how WikiTree's collaborative tree helps you find researchers working your surname, uncover new family links, and grow a one-name study. Also, I'll be sharing about WikiTree's Surname Collaboration Scores.

Whether you're brand new to genealogy or have decades behind you, come along.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborate-connect-discover-wikitree-for-surname-researchers-tickets-1993029092667

More detail on G2G: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2066016

#WikiTree #Genealogy #OneNameStudy #SurnameResearch #FamilyHistory

I'm speaking! 🎤

The Surname Society⁩ is hosting me for a free online webinar: Collaborate, Connect, Discover — @wikitree ⁨for Surname Researchers.

📅 Saturday, 15 August 2026
🕓 4:00 PM BST / 11:00 AM EDT / 8:00 AM PDT
💻 Online, and free

I'll be showing how WikiTree's collaborative tree helps you find researchers working your surname, uncover new family links, and grow a one-name study. Also, I'll be sharing about WikiTree's Surname Collaboration Scores.

Whether you're brand new to genealogy or have decades behind you, come along.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborate-connect-discover-wikitree-for-surname-researchers-tickets-1993029092667

More detail on G2G: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2066016

#WikiTree #Genealogy #OneNameStudy #SurnameResearch #FamilyHistory

I'm speaking! 🎤

The Surname Society⁩ is hosting me for a free online webinar: Collaborate, Connect, Discover — @wikitree ⁨for Surname Researchers.

📅 Saturday, 15 August 2026
🕓 4:00 PM BST / 11:00 AM EDT / 8:00 AM PDT
💻 Online, and free

I'll be showing how WikiTree's collaborative tree helps you find researchers working your surname, uncover new family links, and grow a one-name study. Also, I'll be sharing about WikiTree's Surname Collaboration Scores.

Whether you're brand new to genealogy or have decades behind you, come along.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborate-connect-discover-wikitree-for-surname-researchers-tickets-1993029092667

More detail on G2G: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2066016

#WikiTree #Genealogy #OneNameStudy #SurnameResearch #FamilyHistory

@curatedjenny
Although, it's only free of charge and very far from open source, I'm mainly working with #WikiTree online, since it reminds of Wikipedia. I love the blank canvas on which you can write extensive biographies as well as research notes with theories, dead ends and explanations, which is the more accurate source and why. I regularly download a GEDCOM and the uploaded pictures, to have it secured just in case.

@curatedjenny
Although, it's only free of charge and very far from open source, I'm mainly working with #WikiTree online, since it reminds of Wikipedia. I love the blank canvas on which you can write extensive biographies as well as research notes with theories, dead ends and explanations, which is the more accurate source and why. I regularly download a GEDCOM and the uploaded pictures, to have it secured just in case.

@curatedjenny
Although, it's only free of charge and very far from open source, I'm mainly working with #WikiTree online, since it reminds of Wikipedia. I love the blank canvas on which you can write extensive biographies as well as research notes with theories, dead ends and explanations, which is the more accurate source and why. I regularly download a GEDCOM and the uploaded pictures, to have it secured just in case.

@curatedjenny
Although, it's only free of charge and very far from open source, I'm mainly working with #WikiTree online, since it reminds of Wikipedia. I love the blank canvas on which you can write extensive biographies as well as research notes with theories, dead ends and explanations, which is the more accurate source and why. I regularly download a GEDCOM and the uploaded pictures, to have it secured just in case.

From the category of "how did I end up HERE?": On #WikiTree, we use official location names at the time of the event. The #WikiTreeBEE browser extension will try to retrieve those for a given date from #Wikidata. I started recording forced laborers from #Poland, who had to work in my Black Forest home-town. I generated the location name and had it checked by the ladies from WikiTree's Poland Project. We (all neither Polish, nor #Polish speakers) discuss, if the Russian Empire, to which Poland belonged back then, should be translated as "Imperium Rosyjskie" or "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie". The tendency is towards the latter. But Polish #Wikipedia has their article titled as the other one, so I'm reluctant on any Wikidata edits in the other direction. Then I discover, that half of the talk page https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskusja:Imperium_Rosyjskie is actually about having the name shifted towards the other one. The last line of the talk page delivers a (for me) sufficiently convincing reason: the Polish constitution of 1815 uses the other expression. So now, I pulled myself together and added "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie" as "Official Name" in "Polish" to Wikidata and stated the constitution as reference. Let's see, if I get away with it.

#genealogy #rabbithole #opendata

From the category of "how did I end up HERE?": On #WikiTree, we use official location names at the time of the event. The #WikiTreeBEE browser extension will try to retrieve those for a given date from #Wikidata. I started recording forced laborers from #Poland, who had to work in my Black Forest home-town. I generated the location name and had it checked by the ladies from WikiTree's Poland Project. We (all neither Polish, nor #Polish speakers) discuss, if the Russian Empire, to which Poland belonged back then, should be translated as "Imperium Rosyjskie" or "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie". The tendency is towards the latter. But Polish #Wikipedia has their article titled as the other one, so I'm reluctant on any Wikidata edits in the other direction. Then I discover, that half of the talk page https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskusja:Imperium_Rosyjskie is actually about having the name shifted towards the other one. The last line of the talk page delivers a (for me) sufficiently convincing reason: the Polish constitution of 1815 uses the other expression. So now, I pulled myself together and added "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie" as "Official Name" in "Polish" to Wikidata and stated the constitution as reference. Let's see, if I get away with it.

#genealogy #rabbithole #opendata

From the category of "how did I end up HERE?": On #WikiTree, we use official location names at the time of the event. The #WikiTreeBEE browser extension will try to retrieve those for a given date from #Wikidata. I started recording forced laborers from #Poland, who had to work in my Black Forest home-town. I generated the location name and had it checked by the ladies from WikiTree's Poland Project. We (all neither Polish, nor #Polish speakers) discuss, if the Russian Empire, to which Poland belonged back then, should be translated as "Imperium Rosyjskie" or "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie". The tendency is towards the latter. But Polish #Wikipedia has their article titled as the other one, so I'm reluctant on any Wikidata edits in the other direction. Then I discover, that half of the talk page https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskusja:Imperium_Rosyjskie is actually about having the name shifted towards the other one. The last line of the talk page delivers a (for me) sufficiently convincing reason: the Polish constitution of 1815 uses the other expression. So now, I pulled myself together and added "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie" as "Official Name" in "Polish" to Wikidata and stated the constitution as reference. Let's see, if I get away with it.

#genealogy #rabbithole #opendata

From the category of "how did I end up HERE?": On #WikiTree, we use official location names at the time of the event. The #WikiTreeBEE browser extension will try to retrieve those for a given date from #Wikidata. I started recording forced laborers from #Poland, who had to work in my Black Forest home-town. I generated the location name and had it checked by the ladies from WikiTree's Poland Project. We (all neither Polish, nor #Polish speakers) discuss, if the Russian Empire, to which Poland belonged back then, should be translated as "Imperium Rosyjskie" or "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie". The tendency is towards the latter. But Polish #Wikipedia has their article titled as the other one, so I'm reluctant on any Wikidata edits in the other direction. Then I discover, that half of the talk page https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskusja:Imperium_Rosyjskie is actually about having the name shifted towards the other one. The last line of the talk page delivers a (for me) sufficiently convincing reason: the Polish constitution of 1815 uses the other expression. So now, I pulled myself together and added "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie" as "Official Name" in "Polish" to Wikidata and stated the constitution as reference. Let's see, if I get away with it.

#genealogy #rabbithole #opendata

From the category of "how did I end up HERE?": On #WikiTree, we use official location names at the time of the event. The #WikiTreeBEE browser extension will try to retrieve those for a given date from #Wikidata. I started recording forced laborers from #Poland, who had to work in my Black Forest home-town. I generated the location name and had it checked by the ladies from WikiTree's Poland Project. We (all neither Polish, nor #Polish speakers) discuss, if the Russian Empire, to which Poland belonged back then, should be translated as "Imperium Rosyjskie" or "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie". The tendency is towards the latter. But Polish #Wikipedia has their article titled as the other one, so I'm reluctant on any Wikidata edits in the other direction. Then I discover, that half of the talk page https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskusja:Imperium_Rosyjskie is actually about having the name shifted towards the other one. The last line of the talk page delivers a (for me) sufficiently convincing reason: the Polish constitution of 1815 uses the other expression. So now, I pulled myself together and added "Cesarstwo Rosyjskie" as "Official Name" in "Polish" to Wikidata and stated the constitution as reference. Let's see, if I get away with it.

#genealogy #rabbithole #opendata

The #WikiTree API is now returning 202 responses for everything. I guess it's some scraping-protecting that they're doing. Perhaps I need to add authentication to my script.

The #WikiTree API is now returning 202 responses for everything. I guess it's some scraping-protecting that they're doing. Perhaps I need to add authentication to my script.