Guthrie Name Study
Bringing a focus to the Guthrie profiles on WikiTree with the Guthrie Name Study.
There are numerous paid and free sites out there for family historians to document their Guthrie ancestry, and each one has its pros & cons. Like other free sites using a collaborative tree methodology, WikiTree profiles are created and shared with all users. Only one active profile of an individual is permitted. No multiple profiles, and if one is added accidentally, it should be merged. One person : One story. Each profile has a manager and invited “trusted” individuals, but anyone can add facts, research, and importantly, sources. In many cases these are linked sources taking you directly to the document or site of the supporting data.
The Guthrie DNA Project and its companion site, Guthrie Genealogy, continue to identify lineages within specific Family Groups, collect resources and documentation, and assist Guthrie descendants with the interpretation of their DNA results. The research tree associated with the project is my personal Ancestry.com “Ann’s Ancestors and Guthrie Research” tree. Over the last two decades it has expanded to include every Guthrie lineage in the project representing over 1000 participants, and nearly 150,000 people. Since many of our project members do not have Ancestry access, they’re missing out on the documents and details associated with the tree.
With that in mind key Guthrie profiles and connections are monitored across several genealogy platforms in an attempt to weed out many obvious relationship errors and mistaken identities. These copy/paste errors create a domino effect across multiple sites that make it easy to incorporate data without the expectation of identifying a source.
WikiTree includes a “Guthrie Name Study” that has been underdeveloped and idle for quite some time. Now, it includes Research Pages for Guthrie Origin Theories, many of the Guthrie cadet branches, and other content. There are links to the index of existing WikiTree Guthrie profiles. Consider adding your own family line or further developing existing profiles. The study’s Research Pages need profiles created for some of the major Guthrie Family Groups. There are plenty of ways to contribute including focusing on your own family line.
Ann,
Per your note above, I visited your Ancestry website page. I was shocked to see your lineage in Sumner County, Tennessee. For many years my home town was Hendersonville in Sumner County. My dad and I built our home and barns on a farm there. My parents are buried in Hendersonville. My best friend was from Bethpage. Did you grow up in that area??
Thanks again for all that you do for we Guthries.
Mike Guthrie
My grandfather died when my father was a teenager. He moved to Mississippi to live and work with his uncle for a short time before joining the US Army. He met and married my mother while stationed in Newfoundland. They spent their time stationed in various locations in Virginia and West Germany before retiring to Texas. My memories of Tennessee are summer visits to the farm on Dry Fork Creek until it was sold, and later to Gallatin to visit my grandmother. I definitely remember driving in and around Hendersonville. It is a small world and we Guthries are everywhere! I have a co-worker here in San Antonio whose mother’s maiden name is Guthrie, although she is from an unrelated group.