Which Are You?

1. Family Historian or Genealogist

If nobody has thanked you for it lately, let us. Thank you. You rock. You've honored the memory of those who have come before you and done a service for those who will come after you.

"I've used other services including Ancestry.com, Footnote.com, etc. but none were as easy and accessible for sharing and collaboration." — Jay Byrne

WikiTree is a way for you to leverage the work you've done and share it with others.

• Connect your research with that of distant relatives on our shared family tree.
• Make it easy for family members to enjoy the fruits of your labors, and to add their own tidbits, memories, photos, and comments.
• Fish for new information from the WikiTree community and Google searchers.
• Help ensure your valuable research won't be lost.
• Download a GEDCOM at any time for safekeeping or to upload elsewhere.

You can keep copyrights, get the credit you deserve for your research, and maintain the privacy you need for your family.

If your tree is already digital — on another website or in family tree software — adding it to WikiTree is super easy. You can export a GEDCOM and upload it here.

If your tree isn't digital yet ... well, you've known for years that this day was coming. WikiTree makes it easy to enter it all one step at a time.

Register here. We need good genealogists as part of our community.

2. Family Member of a Genealogist

For you, WikiTree is cake.

"We had a very enjoyable Sunday morning here in Dublin with my brother & his family & our Mum & Dad going through all the family tree, memories, photos etc. The snow & ice were left behind outside as we all got warm & fuzzy inside!" — Jane from Ireland

If you ...

• Received an e-mail invitation: If you haven't already, follow the link in the e-mail message to create a password. This will give you access to private family versions of pages.
• Were told about WikiTree by a family member or friend: The best thing is for them to send you an invitation. This way you'll be on their family tree and have access to private information.
• Googled your name or a family member's name: If there's protected information that you want to view, click to send a Private Message to the Profile Manager.

Self-appointed family historians like us don't expect everyone in our families to become active genealogists. Part of the enjoyment of family history is just knowing that our family members can access and appreciate it. But as you browse WikiTree, it would be great if you help fill in blanks you see, correct any errors, and maybe post an occasional personal memory or photograph to enrich our family members' profiles.

See our Help section for more information or post a message on our friendly genealogy-to-genealogist (G2G) Q&A forum. You can also e-mail a team member or post on Facebook community page. Our goal is to make WikiTree easy enough to learn as you use it. If something is confusing, we want to know.