What's happening around WikiTree in May 2024?

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Things going on in May: 

Activities:

• Apr 29-May 6: Question of the Week: Do you have any politicians in your family tree?
• Apr 29-May 6: 52 Ancestors Week 18: Love and Marriage
• Apr 30-May 7: Data Doctors Challenge: Clean up GEDCOM-generated data 
• Apr 30-May 7: Connection Combat - Women of Poetry
• May 2-9: WikiTree Challenge - Randy Seaver
• May 3-5: Weekend Chat
• May 4: Saturday Sourcing Sprint
• May 6-13: Question of the Week - Has mitochondrial DNA helped you?
• May 6-13: 52 Ancestors Week 19 - Preserve 
• May 7-14: Data Doctors Challenge - Improve star profiles
• May 7-14: Connection Combat - ABBA
• May 7-14: Connection Finder - Eurovision Mothers
• May 10-12: Weekend Chat
• May 11: Saturday Sourcing Sprint
• May 13-20: Question of the Week: English roots?
• May 13-20: 52 Ancestors Week
• May 14-21: Data Doctors Challenge: Find-A-Grave connections
• May 14-21: Connection Checkers: Asian and Pacific-Islander notables
• May 16-23: WikiTree Challenge with Judy Muhn
• May 17-19: Weekend Chat
• May 18: Saturday Sourcing Sprint
• May 20-27: Question of the Week
• May 20-27: 52 Ancestors 
• May 21-28: Data Doctors Challenge
• May 21-28: Connection Checkers
• May 24-26: Weekend Chat
• May 24-27: US Black Heritage Weekend Sprint - 5th US Colored Infantry Regiment
• May 25: Saturday Sourcing Sprint
• May 27-Jun 3: Question of the Week
• May 27-Jun 3: 52 Ancestors 
• May 28-Jun 4: Data Doctors Challenge
• May 28-Jun 4: Connection Checkers
• May 30-Jun 6: WikiTree Challenge w/David Allen Lambert
• May 31-Jun 2: Weekend Chat

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Month-Long Challenges:

• 12 Months of Photos 
• Appalachia - Celebrating Mommas and Grannies
• BioBuilders - Any Mother
• Connect Canadian Project Notables - Science and Engineering
• Connectors
• Friday Date Night
• GEDI
• Germany Connectors - Inventors
• Integrators
• Link Builders
• Notables: Sports: Horse Racing Legends 
• Notables: TV Crime Fighters 
• Profile Makeover
• Sourcerers
• US Black Heritage Connecting
• US Black Heritage Project Notables
• US Civil War - Sutler's Challenge
• US Governors - Final 42

You can find brief descriptions of challenges here.

On-Going Events:

• 2024 16 for 16 ChallengePreview/URL
• Black Heritage 1880 Census Project
• Holocaust Project - Auschwitz 2025
• Celebrate Your Ancestors with a Connection to May
• Mothers and Daughters Connection Challenge

Upcoming:

• Connect-a-Thon - Jul 19-22
• WikiGames - Aug 23-25 and Aug 30-Sept 1

You can also subscribe to our Google Calendar to get reminders for many of these events.

What are we missing? Post it as an answer below and we'll get it added.

See also: <April| June>

Your Forest Elf, 

Eowyn

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YouTube/Zoom Events

• May 1: WikiTree Challenge Reveal w/Lianne Kruger (Noon EDT/5pm UTC) YouTube
• May 3: Friday Bingo Spaces (Noon EDT/5pm UTC) YouTube
• May 3: Friday Date Night (4pm EDT/9pm UTC) Zoom
• May 3: Friday Night Bingo (6pm EDT/11pm UTC) YouTube
• May 4: Saturday Roundup (10am EDT/3pm UTC) YouTube
• May 8: Ask Aleš - What Would You Like to Know About WikiTree Plus? (9am EDT/1pm UTC) YouTube
• May 8: Holocaust Project's Auschwitz 2025 Event w/Elaine Martzen (Noon EDT/5pm UTC) YouTube
• May 9: German Stammtisch (1:30pm EDT/6:30pm UTC)
• May 9: New Member Q&A w/Betsy Ko (8pm EDT/1am UTC) Zoom
• May 11: Saturday Roundup (10am EDT/3pm UTC) YouTube
• May 16: WikiTree Challenge Reveal w/Randy Seaver (8pm EDT/1am UTC) YouTube
• May 17: Friday Date Night (4pm EDT/9pm UTC) Zoom
• May 18: Saturday Roundup (10am EDT/3pm UTC) YouTube
• May 20: WikiTree Global Spotlight (1pm EDT/6pm UTC) YouTube
• May 22: German Stammtisch (1:30pm EDT/6:30pm UTC)
• May 25: Saturday Roundup (10am EDT/3pm UTC) YouTube
• May 26: New Member Q&A w/Betsy Ko (11am EDT/4pm UTC) Zoom
• May 31: Friday Date Night (4pm EDT/9pm UTC) Zoom

Answer 1

The US Black Heritage project will have a Memorial Day Weekend Sprint May 24th-27th. We'll be adding military stickers to veterans' profiles and creating profiles for members of the Civil War's 5th US Colored Infantry regiment. The sprint will be open to all WikiTreer's (as always) and we'd especially love some help from anyone who is comfortable with creating military stickers.