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This Project is for the Descendants of Edmund Littlefield of Wells, Maine. We will document their Geni profiles, merge together duplicates, and clarify any ambiguities.
General Note
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Sources
- The Littlefield Family Research Page
- Helene's Genes
- "Littlefield" in Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
- "Littlefield" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. The Society, 1913 - New England. Vols. 37-52 (1883-98) include section: Genealogical gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters.
- "Littlefield" in Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 4. William Richard Cutter. Lewis historical Publishing Company, 1908 - Boston (Mass.)
- The Littlefield DNA Project - Patriarch Page
- The Littlefield DNA Project - Y Search results R-M269
Project Notables
Best Practices for Geni Data Entry
- Geni is a powerful application that is several things at once, but at core, it is a database with a visual and dynamically shifting on line diagram: the tree.
Naming Conventions for Colonial America
Make sure the name fields of the Master Profiles include first name, middle name, last name, maiden name if known, otherwise blank, suffix for Sr., Jr., etc. In the display name field only add titles such as Gov. or Dr. preceding.
For example
FN Reuben MN (blank) LN Coffin MN (blank)
Display name is Captain Reuben Coffin
Places
The United States did not exist until 1789 and the United Kingdom was formed in 1707. Please be careful about using autocomplete. It is better to use the "place" field and type out the place name. Use place names such as England and South Carolina and spell out the country name with historical accuracy.
For example
Colonial America: Charleston, South Carolina
The Geni Master Profile
Overview tab
It makes it easier to read a profile if the "about me" information is filled out in this fashion:
- (vitals, summary)
- (parents)
- (marriages)
- (children)
- (weblinks)
- (biography)
- (notes)
- (references)
- (citations)
- example profile: Stephen Hopkins, "Mayflower" Passenger
Media tab
Documents
The media tab of the MP should be used for documentation files. Websites, biographies, census reports, image files -- the richer we make the profile, the more historically and genealogically accurate and meaningful it will be.
- Use Projects to upload and store Documents.
- "Tag" Profiles to distribute and attach Documents to multiple profiles.
Sources tab
-- Adding a source validates the MP, and creates a "timeline" for each life represented by a profile. The more information we add, the more detailed and accurate.
-- Original source data includes: birth certificates, census reports, immigration records, ship rosters, obituaries, marriage licenses ....
Works Cited
- Citation data (MLA format is good) should be noted for each source. If someone else can't replicate research, it's not acceptable.
- Instant citation makers on line:
Suggested Reading
Please insert in alphabetical order by last name of author, and provide URL link if available online
- Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins Littlefield
- Wikipedia Littlefield (surname)
- Steve Condarcure's New England Genealogy Index Search Littlefield