Introducing the Curator Team

my question is, do I get a t-shirt?? I enjoy playing hooky from writing performing merges and researching our ancestors. I have learned far more about history which has enhanced my script.
I so admire all those of you who collaborate, are members of the "Pool" and work together on the "big tree" as Curators. I have already seen improvments.
I am not necessarily asking to become a Curator as much as a request to collaborate if I don't already.
To everyone else who takes the time to look, read, research, learn, help, collaborate, innitiate, respond and work together, thank you, all. We are building something historical within history.
@ Daniel Levy, is this why I found Attila the Hun an ancestor? His wife/ concubine was a Burgundian princess or as the research has led me. It still amazes me.

Daniel, I noticed that there are some Russian-language genealogy sites that are starting to emerge,but of course require Russian language to follow. These might provide additional sources of information for the Slavic groups you described, particularly as our little time-consuming hobby of finding our "old dead relatives" picks up in that part of the world.

Mongols didn't reach as far as to Finland. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090517015739AAuaEhO

I procrastinated way too long about introducing myself, so please forgive me for resurrecting a dead thread...

Hello! I want to thank the other curators who nominated me to join the group. I work as the IT manager for the Elkhart (Indiana) Public Library, so I spend way too much time online with extensive genealogical databases at my fingertips. :-)

My areas of interest are not restricted to any one particular family, region or era, but I have done extensive work on many families in north-central Indiana, which (perhaps unavoidably) includes many Amish and Mennonite families that migrated from PA->OH->IN.

I have also dabbled a bit in the ancient lineages, and have tried to tie together many of the semi-historical (or mythological) profiles across various cultures in ways that make sense both chronologically and biographically.

Last but not least, I've developed a keen interest in modern celebrity connections, and I have worked on many of the living celebrity profiles on Geni to tie them into the "big tree."

Onward, brave souls!

Welcome Geoffrey,
I am happy to have you on the team.

I know you've been working in the Midwestern families -- I keep coming across you as my ancestors move westward from VA to the Midwest and beyond.

It's amazing how many of the curators are IT professionals. I will be turning to all of you for help. I am barely literate.

Geoffrey,

Maria is quite competent on a computer, don't let her fool you. You do, however, have one of my fantasy jobs: I have put off going for an MLS.

Greetings from New York City.
Erica

Private User thanks for creating the master profiles for Sultan Sharif Ali and Sayid Hasan i.e. ali/hasan project

I deleted the original post introducing the first 12 curators at the request of a curator who did not want his/her information publicly searchable now that these discussions are google-able. I invite each of the other original curators who would like to repost their information to do so here.

Still waiting for the t-shirts promised on page 3.

Maria: I think you should all demand flowing robes, as interest... :)

Where is the current list of curators, documenting their areas of interest and expertise, including languages?

http://wiki.geni.com/index.php/Curators_on_Geni

Thanks, Erica.
It would be helpful if curators were required to complete their Areas of Focus and their Languages fields in the table whose link you provided.

Duly noted and curators reminded.

Just reviewed mine and it's still okay.

I've updated my information and realized I wasn't on this discussion. So, I apologize if I've missed anything.

Post deleted by Private User on Dec 18, 2010 at 9:39 AM

Haha, I can't believe I haven't posted here yet. I swear I thought I already did. I was Curator #9, I believe. I'm a software developer from Huntsville, Alabama (I work on Asterisk (http://asterisk.org) and related projects). I work a lot in the early American immigrants lines as well as the ancient Anglo-Saxons and other Western European royals.

Areas of focus: Stephen Gates (immigrant to USA) family - descendents and ancestors; early PA settlers; KS settlers; some English/Irish/Scots areas, usually no farther back than 1500.

Languages: English; rusty French

I guess I haven't introduced myself yet. Ben M. Angel, civil engineer (currently between jobs), traveler (some would say wanderer), and curator, currently based in Valparaiso, Chile. I also write for an English-language Chilean publication.

I started using Geni mostly to organize what my family knew of its tree and to insert all the pieces into a timeline of interesting historical events that I had been compiling, mostly as hobby. Then I started finding lineages that others had researched but my family knew nothing about. As a result, I ended up discovering a tree that spanned nearly 2000 years before finally getting merged into Geni's big tree - something with which at first I wasn't overly pleased about, but which led to my greatest learning experience in genealogy: defending one's own research.

My areas of interest related to my own tree have been the Huguenots, the Pilgrims, New Mexico history, the Old West in general, American Civil War, American Revolution, Anglo-Normans, early French Royalty, early Russian Royalty, Frankish nobility (Carolingian and Merovingian), and late Rome (both Roman side and Barbarian side). Areas of interest outside my tree relate to South American (and in particular Chilean) history, the Great Game (the contest between England and Russia over Central Asia in the 1800s, and any of the events that contributed to its start), the Puritans of Massachusetts in general (including the Salem witch trials - well, any witch trial really, doesn't have to be limited to New England), and other major events involving locales in which I've lived and worked in (Philippines, Middle East, Trans-Caucasus, Ukraine and Belarus, etc.).

As you can tell, I've a great love for history, and an interest in the stories of the profiles I work with. To me, you can't really disconnect the two.

Languages: English is my native language. I've 3 years of university study in Russian, and can carry out simple conversations in that language. I've one year of German study, but that was many years ago. I am currently trying to learn Spanish - and doing my best to get used to Chilean linguistic quirks (with all its dropped consonants and odd slang). I can give basic greetings in smatterings of other languages (Polish, Ukrainian, etc.).

I'm always willing to help where I can.

I am a new Curator on Geni.com I am a retired Army Staff Sergeant, and am presently a Reverend of The Universal Life Church, The Monastery.
I have been my Family's Genealogist for around 5 or 6 years. I inherited the family tree from my Uncle Edwin Caulk who was a well known Genealogist. He published many books using the name Gerald Caulk and many of those books are still available through the Church of The Later Day Saints.
I moved my tree to Geni.com because I liked the concept of having one tree that is connected to everyone else's tree and sharing the info with other family members is so easy.
I have a wide area of interest since my family tree seems to spread over most of the globe and I still haven't connected all of my legs to the main tree yet!
My Native Tongue is American English and I picked up a working knowledge of German from my wife's family after I married her while stationed in Germany.
I'm looking forward to working with everyone on Geni.

Welcome, Marvin.

Glad to have you on board, Marvin!

So glad to have your help, Marvin. Welcome to the curating team.

I am new curator.
My interest is to study the genealogy of the Baltic-German and Russian nobility.

Peter

congrats to Peter Trefilov and Marvin :-)

welcome

I'd be VERY interested in anything you can find on Carl Dahlgrn - he fled Sweden to St. Petersburg.

Carl Theodor Dahlgren (1749-1798) were bookshops and
Secretary of St. Petersburg.

Carl Theodore Dahlgren

@peter Trefilov
Here's to us new kinds on the block!

kids

Welcome Peter!