Pierce Conversion Project

Duplicate Page Titles

The following families had duplicate page titles. The last family imported overwrote the first one. Descendants of both now point to the same page.

Steps to correct:

1. Identify unique page titles (list to the side here)
2. Move existing page to the unique title for the current information on the page
3. Grab the other page's info from the history of the page and create a new page with the appropriate unique title
4. Edit the two parent pages to link to the correct two children pages
5. Review all pages linking to the old page title (now a redirect page) and update the links on those pages to the correct new page titles
6. When all links to the old page have been handled, remove the old page (the redirect)

• Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1712-?) :C96
• Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1712-?) :C292

These are really not two separate individuals. Pierce gives families for both, but C96 died unmarried, and C292 had the wife of C96 and the children of both. Since none of the children of C96 are carried forward, just the two sons of C292, nothing need be done with the descendants of C292, whose lineages are correct. Andaleen created the page for C292, which is actually correct, so if we do anything, it would be a merge from the imported page into Andaleen's work.

• Family:Whitney, Jonas (1699-1770) :C104
• Family:Whitney, Jonas (1699-1770) :C145

C145 apparently died young. The narrative there about his career belongs to C104, whose wife and children are correct. Since Pierce gives C145 no children, there is no issue with the lineages of descendants. Just merge C145's account into C104's page, which was created by Andaleen.

• Family:Whitney, Josiah (?-?) :C1587

C1587 is actually identical to Family:Whitney, Josiah (1752-1837), of the fifth generation, whose page was created by Andaleen. Just merge C1587's account into Andaleen's page.

• Family:Whitney, Nelson (1826-?) :C3275 - No Descendant Pages
• Family:Whitney, Nelson (1826-?) :C6595 - No Descendant Pages

• Family:Whitney, William Henry (1840-?) :C3660 - No Descendant Pages
• Family:Whitney, William Henry (1840-?) :C4523 - No Descendant Pages

• Family:Whitney, William Harrison (1840-?) :C4377
• Family:Whitney, William Harrison (1840-?) :C7053

• Family:Whitney, John (1834-?) :C4992
• Family:Whitney, John (1834-?) :C6579

Exact Duplicate

These families had the same page title AND the same link number. Since both of these men are in the 5th generation and were not imported, the potential problems lie with their descendants. This needs further investigation.

• Family:Whitney, Aaron (1740-1817) :C355 Actually on p. 81-83, This should actually be Squire Timothy⁵ Whitney son of Jonas⁴ Whitney.
• Family:Whitney, Aaron (1740-1817) :C355 Actually on p. 83-84, son of Jonas⁴ Whitney.

Lineage Breaks

These families have breaks in their lineages. This is probably due to an error-page link in the lineage of the person with generation number 1.

James

Note: This break was done intentionally! This James' parentage has not been identified. A note should probably be added to James' page and all superscripts from his and his descendants removed.

• Orlando² Whitney (James¹, )
• Daniel² Whitney (James¹, )
• Jazamiah² Whitney (James¹, )
• Boylston³ Whitney (Orlando², James¹, )
• Asaph S.³ Whitney (Daniel², James¹, )
• Calvin³ Whitney (Daniel², James¹, )
• Hiram³ Whitney (Daniel², James¹, )
• Orlando³ Whitney (Jazamiah², James¹, )
• Orange³ Whitney (Jazamiah², James¹, )
• Dr. Lambert³ Whitney (Jazamiah², James¹, )
• Alonzo Asaph⁴ Whitney (Asaph S.³, Daniel², James¹, )
• Henry A.⁴ Whitney (Calvin³, Daniel², James¹, )
• Roswell O.⁴ Whitney (Calvin³, Daniel², James¹, )
• Charles W.⁴ Whitney (Calvin³, Daniel², James¹, )
• Augustus⁴ Whitney (Hiram³, Daniel², James¹, )
• George F.⁴ Whitney (Orange³, Jazamiah², James¹, )

Abraham

• Benjamin² Whitney (Abraham¹, )
• Melvin Stow³ Whitney (Benjamin², Abraham¹, )
• Peleg Tallman³ Whitney (Benjamin², Abraham¹, )
• Joseph Davis³ Whitney (Benjamin², Abraham¹, )
• Hezekiah Whittemore³ Whitney (Benjamin², Abraham¹, )

Jacob

Jacon was 5th generation, so only his descendants are affected.

• Samuel L.² Whitney (Jacob¹, )
• James M.² Whitney (Jacob¹, )
• Christopher A.² Whitney (Jacob¹, )
• Bernard King³ Whitney (Samuel L.², Jacob¹, )
• Andrew D.³ Whitney (Samuel L.², Jacob¹, )
• Jacob W.³ Whitney (Samuel L.², Jacob¹, )
• Abram Hinckley³ Whitney (James M.², Jacob¹, )
• Benjamin³ Whitney (Christopher A.², Jacob¹, )
• Col. Jophanus Henderson⁴ Whitney (Abram Hinckley³, James M.², Jacob¹, )
• Dr. Charles Alvano⁴ Whitney (Benjamin³, Christopher A.², Jacob¹, )

Nathan

Nathan is 5th generation, so he wasn't imported.

• Abiezer Holbrook² Whitney (Nathan¹, ) - FIXED
• John Godfrey² Whitney (Nathan¹, )
• Elias Scott² Whitney (Nathan¹, )
• David White³ Whitney (Abiezer Holbrook², Nathan¹, ) - FIXED
• Rev. Wilson³ Whitney (John Godfrey², Nathan¹, )
• Capt. Alfred C.³ Whitney (Elias Scott², Nathan¹, )

William Hopkins

• George Irwin² Whitney (William Hopkins¹, ) - His page and all related parents & descendants have been FIXED

George Fenn

• George Herbert² Whitney (George Fenn¹, )
• Charles William² Whitney (George Fenn¹, )

Overwritten Family Data

These families have the data for the wrong family.

• Family:Whitney, Abner (1807-1888) contains the information for Zachariah Leach Whitney
• and potentially others not yet identified

Families To Import

Please list any additional families (from generations 5, etc.) which still need to be imported here:

Fifth Generation:

1. Family:Whitney, Henry (1746-b1788) C328, who Pierce alleges is in the fifth generation, but his family actually belongs to C874 (not imported), and his lineage is (Benjamin, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), so he is in the sixth generation.
2. Family:Whitney, Isaiah (1735-1818) (Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John) C475
3. Family:Whitney, Abraham (1748-1833) (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John) C488
4. Family:Whitney, Elijah (1754-1834) (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John) C490
5. Family:Whitney, Isaiah (c1756-1841) (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John) C489
6. Family:Whitney, Matthias (1747-a1790) (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John) C556
7. Family:Whitney, David (1764-1830) (Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John) C560
8. Family:Whitney, Rufus (s1751-1801) (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John) C568
9. Family:Whitney, Joseph (1753-1832) (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John) C565
10. Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1755-1801) (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John) C541
11. Family:Whitney, Matthias (1757-1851) (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John) C566
12. Family:Whitney, Cornelius (1761-1831) (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John) C564
13. Family:Whitney, Joshua (1769-1817) (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John) C569
14. Family:Whitney, Joshua (1750-1821) (Joshua, David, Joshua, John) C583
15. Family:Whitney, David (1757-1850) (Joshua, David, Joshua, John) C586
16. Family:Whitney, Samuel (1759-1814) (Solomon, David, Joshua, John) C601
17. Family:Whitney, Tarball (1763-1850) (Solomon, David, Joshua, John) C602
18. Family:Whitney, Solomon (1766-1854) (Solomon, David, Joshua, John) C603
19. Family:Whitney, Benjamin (1743-?) (Joshua, Joshua, Benjamin, John) C231 (Generation change) - ROBERT - Lineage seems to differ on the imported page - TIM - Yes, but it's wrong. Ben was son of Joshua, Jr., not of his father Joshua, Sr.
20. Family:Whitney, Isaac (1770-a1817) (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John) C680 - DONE

Merged Pages

• Family:Whitney, Myron (1826-1888) contains information for both his family as well as the family following it in Pierce. This was caused by him not having a SPAN tag in the original file (Check online Pierce transcription).
• and potentially others not yet identified

Other Minor Issues

The following 'minor' issues can be listed here for future bot cleanup.

• Some dates didn't get converted.
• Bold wives name(s)
• Add wife's name to Children of line (if only 1 wife)
• Convert place categories to include counties
• Children names can be links to errors page
• Childrens' surnames are wrong for two families which had name changes
• Hyphenation not always working - caused by links, fix manually
• b. -> born replacement is too aggressive - fix manually
• Surnames such as Mcpherson now have the incorrect case