Some favorite subjects
Some of my favorite wikipedia subjects:
Why I'm here
I had been aware of wikipedia for most of its first ten years, but not being a web-surfer, I had virtually no familiarity with the various articles. However, as a school teacher, I spend some of my summers dabbling in genealogy which I've been doing for forty plus years. In the summer of 2010 I stumbled upon the wikipedia article about my ancestor, William Arnold (settler), and saw that it was all wrong. It did cite sources--sources that had been disproven a century ago. I was compelled to rewrite the article, and made my first edit on 16 Aug 2010. Since that time I've written, expanded, edited, and approved a growing number of articles, and enjoy just browsing through the good and featured articles on many topics.
I've lived and worked in Maryland since 1995, but my parents hailed from New England, and this is where most of my ancestors lived after sailing from Europe in the early 1600s.Sarnold17 (talk) 12:27, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
Goals
Expand articles on:
Work: Gorton, Coddington, Ant. Cont., Sally, Brown, Williams, Colony, Holmes? Ward? Charter, Coggeshall, Greene
Create articles on:
- George Denison (settler), early settler of Stonington, CT
- Peter Ayrault, leader of French Hugenot settlement in Rhode Island
- James Sands, relative of William Hutchinson (Rhode Island judge), built house for Anne Hutchinson in New Netherland; an early settler of Block Island
- Richard Tew, founder of Tew family in Rhode Island; father of Deputy Governor Henry Tew
- John Rose (judge), early judge of Washington County, Rhode Island
- Mawney House, only house in Frenchtown, Rhode Island to survive until 20th century
- Elm Grove Cemetery, the largest cemetery in North Kingstown, RI
- Gilbert Updike, founder of Updike family in RI
- Daniel Updike, RI Attorney General
Still a lot more to do...Sarnold17 (talk) 16:10, 6 November 2010 (UTC)