Chris I. Whitten

Mr. Chris I. Whitten

Born 1970's.

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Chris is the founder of this website, WikiTree. Previous to this he created WikiAnswers (aka "FAQ Farm", 2001-2007) and Free-Market.Net (1995-2001).

You can e-mail chris@ (wikitree.com). However, if you have questions, please first see How_to_use_WikiTree and the WikiTree Help section. If you don't find your answer there, post on our "G2G" Q&A forum, our Facebook page, tweet #WikiTreeOnline or contact the WikiTree team.

Biography

Chris grew up in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, with his mother Donna and brother Ted. His father Ted and step-mother Vicki were in the nearby town of Ashby.

In 1989 he graduated from Fitchburg High School and started at Lyndon State College in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. After two years in the small business program there he transferred to New York University to study economics. He graduated from NYU in 1993.

After college he stayed in New York City and worked as the managing editor of a mail order book catalog called Laissez Faire Books. Before Amazon.com this was the only source for many unusual books on libertarian philosophy and free-market economics. In 1994, he started experimenting with the Internet to sell books for Laissez Faire. The e-mail update list he created there was one of the first of its kind.

In 1995 Chris left his job to create a libertarian community and networking site called Free-Market.Net: The Freedom Network (FMN). This site has been called "the mother of all libertarian websites" for its early work in promoting usage of the Internet among free-market organizations and individuals.

In 1997 he created a non-profit organization in Chicago called The Henry Hazlitt Foundation to be a home for FMN and its newer sister sites including libertarian.org, ifeminists.com and Bureaucrash. The foundation grew to employ five people full-time and more than a dozen people part-time.

In 2000 Chris met Megan McClellan who was finishing her math degree at the University of Chicago.

In 2001 Chris retired from his non-profit work to be more entrepreneurial again. And to pay off his student loans.

In 2002 Chris created FAQ Farm, which later became WikiAnswers and then Answers.com. It is a collaborative question and answer site where users can ask a question about anything and other users help answer them. The Q&As become permanent resources so that the same question never has to be asked twice.

In 2004 Chris moved back from Chicago to New York City. Megan was offered a job on Wall Street. The next year, in 2005, Megan was offered a job in London and they took that opportunity to see Europe.

In 2006 Chris and Megan returned from England. They bought a home in Croton-on-Hudson in northern Westchester County, NY.

Late that year Chris sold his WikiAnswers business. During 2007 he worked with Answers.com to integrate the site into their company and take advantage of the new economies of scale.

In both 2007 and 2008 WikiAnswers was the fastest growing site among the largest US websites. It is now a top 25 website and gets millions of visitors per day.

In 2008 Chris began work on this site, WikiTree.

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On May 23, 2013 Clive Cargill wrote:

can you explain the 'merge' reference : Reginald Thomas Cargill ?

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On May 22, 2013 Judy Gillard wrote:

Hi Chris thanks for the merge I would love more info on the Beatons
thanks Judy

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On May 8, 2013 Peter Beaton wrote:

Thank you Chris,
The Beatons are widespread. I had American relatives, (aunts) but I think all the lines are now ceased.
I will be away from home for the next 3 months. I will contact Wikitree when I return.

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On May 2, 2013 Bobby Phelan wrote:

Thank you Mr. Whitten for post.

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On April 30, 2013 Douglas Hunt wrote:

Thanks for the welcome note!

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On April 25, 2013 Jackie Overland wrote:

Thank you Chris for the "picture comments" answer. I thought I was going nuts. It worked at first then nothing. I am adding pictures to my tree, I will space out the time.

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On April 19, 2013 Trib Triboulet wrote:

Thank you for that Chris!

Trib

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On April 14, 2013 Jennifer Dunn wrote:

Thank you for the warm welcome to the community, Chris! I plan to start uploading Gedcom's ASAP. Can't wait to collaborate!

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On April 13, 2013 Deborah F wrote:

Thank you Chris. My profile is a bit empty right now. I am a bit shy about putting so much personal information out on the web. I predate most of the online genealogy having started my research in the 1990s. When the advent of online sites began I was thrilled to see archival material appear online and to have other researchers with which to discuss things. Sadly online genealogy has become a hot mess filled with sloppy research, no documentation, and "name collectors" who pay a pretty penny to well advertized genealogy sites to pick up a questionably researched family tree. I am really looking forward to sharing data and bouncing around a hypothesis or two with real researchers who have rolled their sleeves up and who have actually visited an archival library.

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On April 8, 2013 Robin Craig wrote:

Thank you for your help with my Dyer family merges. Colonial America/Puritans/Great Migration profiles are proving to be the greatest challenge I have faced on Wikitree, but it has been fun and educational.

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On April 7, 2013 Tim Harbinson wrote:

Thank you Chris, for nominating Allen-9252.jpg for family picture of the week funny thing is that you nominated it the day after I decided to take it down because I found in my fathers photos the original without my Great Grandmother's head cut off... Now I dont want to take it down, but I will still put the whole shot up...

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On April 1, 2013 Terry Wright wrote:

hi chris thanks uderstand now but how do you second a photo is it when you vote on the photo Terry

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On April 1, 2013 Terry Wright wrote:

hi chris i am really excited about being a member for the photo of the week but when i click on to the photo i carnt see where i vote or second a photo TERRY

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On March 22, 2013 Edwin Reffell wrote:

Thank you for explaining why I could not add a living person.

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On March 18, 2013 Peter Kasper wrote:

i m only beginner, so i ll see how goes it here.. how are you?

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On March 3, 2013 Thomas Teters wrote:

Greetings Chris,
I wanted to thank you for editing my ancestors listing. She is related back 8 generations ago in Germany.
" Anna Maria Beckenbach formerly Schmidt ancestors. Born about 1686 in Wunschmichelbach, Hessen, Germanymap
Daughter of Christian Schmitt and Catherina Detloff
Wife of Johann Adam Beckenbach II — married July 28, 1716 in Eiterbach, Hessen, Germanymap
Mother of Johann Adam Beckenbach II, Johann Adam Beckenbach, Eva Maria Beckenbach, Johann Casper Caspar Beckenbach, Georg Adam Beckenbach, Johann Georg Beckenbach, Georg Leonhardt Beckenbach, Anna Barbara Beckenbach, John P. Pickenpaugh and George Peter Beckenbach
Died about 1778 in Fredericktown, Frederick, Maryland "

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On February 28, 2013 Martin Hallett wrote:

Thanks Chris. So many choices, but Wikitree seems a great, community-based option.

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On February 27, 2013 Janice Nelson wrote:

Thank for the kind comment Chris. You certainly sound as though you have done a lot with your young life based on libertarian ideals and the wisdom to know that economics make the world tick! I certainly did not possess that knowledge when I made a career choice. Nonetheless I enjoyed my nursing career and the values it contributed to the person I am today. Although I was born in Canada I now live in Scotland having lived in England and Europe since 1958.
I have more to contribute to this website and look forward to a long relationship with it!

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On February 26, 2013 Jeff Novak wrote:

thanks for the message chris

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On February 26, 2013 Edith Weickenkas wrote:

thanks for your nice and warm welcome ... i try my best sharing ... still got a little problems with the gedcom ... ;)

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On February 19, 2013 Cathy Champion wrote:

I received a series of emails that ended with this: "06:50: Roger Travis edited the Biography for Charlotte MacKrell." He and another person "decided" that Charlotte isn't related to Henry Squire. I have info found on Ancestry to that says otherwise, not from family trees. I sent an email last night to him saying what I have seen about Charlotte but I guess he didn't see it and so deleted all info about her except the fact of her birth. I am very upset in that two people can "think" someone should be taken out of a family and does it "just like that". What about those of us who don't go along with their idea? I guess anyone can delete anything they want now on this site. Can I remove myself from this "group" of people and reattach MY research?

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On February 13, 2013 Deborah Ruth wrote:

Hi Chris, You are welcome to take over Mary Spaeth, if you want. She's on a far-flung branch for me.

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On February 7, 2013 Janet Edwards wrote:

Thanks Chris. I look forward to learning the ins & outs of wikitree. Also to getting my family history online & helping others do the same.

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On January 8, 2013 Jill Gartrell wrote:

Thank you for the add Chris, hopefully we can all help each other grow one BIG Tree!

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On February 1, 2013 Harald Vaessin wrote:

Thank you very much! I look forward to learn how to use the site and hopefully make contribute.
I have a german background and in addition to standard High German am still fluid in "Alemanisch" the dialect spoken in the very south-west of Germany, Elsass, and the german speaking part of Switzerland. This may be of help to some with older document sources from these areas.

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On February 1, 2013 Linda Thomsen wrote:

Thank you for the welcome, Chris. I'll take a while to get to know Wikitree, but already I'm finding it very interesting

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On January 23, 2013 Ray Whidden wrote:

Chris, You suggest that James Whidden - Whidden-12, Whidden-3, Whidden-45 and Whidden-49 be merged but I'm doing my best to add sources and these profiles have additional info with no sources that make them look like another James Whidden, even though they include some common info. Do I contact their caretakers and ask for the profile to be cleaned up/sourced or what? At this point a merge would end up with more problems than solutions. The marriage of James to Mary (Guild) [McNutt] [Lynds] Whidden is shown as 1740 but I have after 1768, making her either the second or third marriage. Prescott records show a James Whidden m. Abigail Prescott and I have evidence a James Whidden married Abigail (unknown) Prescott bef. 1758. Ray Whidden

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On January 21, 2013 Marjorie Kemp wrote:

Thanks for the warm welcome, Chris. I'm just getting started and it's a bit overwhelming, so it was nice to get a personal message.

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On January 13, 2013 Adam Smith wrote:

Thanks Chris!

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On January 13, 2013 Tonya Bernardi wrote:

Thank you for the welcome, Chris

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On January 11, 2013 Cath Gartmann wrote:

Thank you

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On January 10, 2013 Daniel Webb wrote:

Thank you for the welcome, Chris. Very impressed with the site!

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On January 10, 2013 Michael Fitzpatrick wrote:

Thanks Chris!

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On January 5, 2013 Rosey T wrote:

Thank you. I hope to finally find some ancestors.

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On December 19, 2012 Earl Cherry wrote:

Thanks Chris! I'll do what I can. I am looking forward to finding as much of my family's history as I can. If I can help others find theirs in the process, then it's that much better!

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On December 12, 2012 Elaine O'Neill wrote:

Thanks for the welcome, Chris. I'm looking forward to making some family connections.

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On November 7, 2012 Joe Bissett wrote:

Wow! To have all of those updates to one of my files from THE MAN himself!! Thanks Chris. Joe Bissett

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On November 1, 2012 Jacqui Paulson wrote:

Thanks Chris. I hope I can help others and get some info myself also.

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On October 31, 2012 Joseph Jones McAllister wrote:

Thanks for the welcome Chris. I'm a retired Photographer (sorta) who began looking into my father's family back in 2008, with confidence my cousins who preceded me in the endeavor were useless in not being able to get past my great grandfathers birth in 1832 Virginia. Now I'm the dummy who can't get anywhere either. Know the names of my g g grandfather and grandmother, but can find no documentation on him, and little on her other than the census' in 1840 & 1850 when she was already married to J McAllister, and he had probably died, as she was head of household.

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On October 27, 2012 Bruce Kercher wrote:

Thanks for the welcome Chris. I'm a retired legal historian with a particular interest in early Australia. I might be able to help with some queries about convicts in particular.

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On October 19, 2012 Michael Lechner wrote:

Thank you

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On October 12, 2012 Sandy Barnett wrote:

Love all the help. You are truley appreciated

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On October 11, 2012 William Baxter wrote:

Hi Chris, Thanks for your welcome. William

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On October 10, 2012 Wanda Dupuy wrote:

Chris,
Thanks for confirming me as a full member. I look forward to exploring the website and making contributions at some point. You have an interesting and impressive resume!

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On October 9, 2012 Ronald Reish wrote:

I want to get on the trusted list. How do I do it

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On October 5, 2012 Phin Baugher wrote:

Thanks I look forward to adding to this effort.

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On October 5, 2012 Denise Johnson wrote:

Thank you for adding me on WikiTree. I have been a genealogist for 34 years, carrying on the genealogy research of my mother and grandmother. I'm hoping WIKITREE will help me break through a few brick walls that I do have.

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On October 5, 2012 Harvey Weiss wrote:

Hi Chris
Thank you for adding me as a member. I have been working on my family tree for about 15 years and have hit so many brick walls. I am hoping WIKITREE will help me.
Harvey Weiss

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On October 5, 2012 Barry Williams wrote:

I want to add my family tree and do some research.

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On October 5, 2012 Caren Maxwell wrote:

Hi Chris,
Thank you for adding me as a member.

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On October 4, 2012 Rebecca Dyer wrote:

I WAS WONDERING IF SOMEONE WOULD COME UP WITH THIS CONCEPT. I HAD THOUGHT OF ENTERING THE BIOS I HAVE WRITTEN ON WIKIPEDIA - BUT THIS IS BETTER. I HOPE YOUR CREATION IS SUCCESSFUL, HAS STAYING POWER AND REMAINS FREE.
ALL THE BEST, REBECCA

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On October 3, 2012 Lily Holsworth wrote:

This Web site is very well done! Thanks for creating it for all!

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On October 3, 2012 Maria-Mercedes Panqueva wrote:

Hmmm, I don't believe so; not necessarily. In my case, hyphenation was a personal response to how I became addressed in the USA. I wanted people in the USA to call me Maria Mercedes but that did not happen. At least folks now recognize that my name is NOT Maria alone. I did not like to be called Maria OR Mercedes although I have come to accept this some. When I married I became Maria Coppinger. That represented a complete loss of identity to me. To make things worse, my mother-in-law was Marie and our birthdays were very close. Our legal and medical records got mixed up and this lasted almost a decade after she died.

I appreciate your asking, Chris. These cultural and personal differences sure are relevant to genealogy!

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On October 1, 2012 Jim Kimpton wrote:

Thanks Chris

I actually saw the site through Twitter. Which I have also followed

Can you do me a favour and please remove Jim Kimpton who joined in Jan 2012? I have forgotten info about that log in but can provide email address that was possibly used back then

Regards

Jim

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On October 3, 2012 Stephen Sherlock wrote:

Hello Chris, many thanks for helping me join WikiTree. I'll do my best to support it for what it is intended for, family research.

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On October 3, 2012 Jacqueline Cahill wrote:

Thank-you Chris, I will do my best!

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On October 3, 2012 Andre Corbeil wrote:

thanks Chris for the info, I am still looking on how to download my tree in wekitree if it's ok with all I will write in english since it's an occasion for me to practice.

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On October 3, 2012 Sheila Whitehead wrote:

Thank you Chris! What a wonderful resource and a great community!

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On October 2, 2012 Bánk Borzsák wrote:

Hi Chris,
Thank you for my membership!

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On October 1, 2012 Steve Sparks wrote:

Thanks, Chris. I'm looking forward to contributing, learning and helping.

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On September 29, 2012 John Cherry wrote:

Chris, congrats on creating this website. I have been looking for a vehicle to put my extensive family tree on which has been developed from primary sources and I quite like the objectives and ethos of what you have created.
john Cherry
Brisbane, Australia

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On September 28, 2012 Deborah Mueller wrote:

Chris,
Thanks for this website; I'm looking forward to (hopefully) learning some new information.

I also attended Lyndon State but it was wayyy back in 1968 and just for a year. I think it was too isolated for a Jersey girl.

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On September 28, 2012 Anonymous Ward wrote:

Thanks so much Chris. I really think I am going to enjoy this.

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On September 26, 2012 Michelle Becker wrote:

Hi Chris! Thanks for welcoming me aboard.Im very new in this but very eager to learn! Greets from Michelle in Germany

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On July 14, 2012 Edwin Bentley wrote:

Thanks for responding to my request to join WikiTree.
Edwin

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On July 12, 2012 Ray Whidden wrote:

Hi Chris,

I sent an email with summer discounts by FTDNA, share it with anyone you think might like to take advantage of 25% off DNA testing.

I've added my DNA info & will include linkes to FTDNA Whitten project charts. I don't think you should duplicate the likes of y-search.org and mitosearch.org; we should be encouraging others to make use of their info.

Also, I notice the discussion of propagating DNA info up/down family trees, agree it ok to propagate up but propagating down generate a false sense of what the DNA shows which could only correctly be represented by the results of someone at the bottom being tested and propagating that up as appropriate.

Cheers, Ray

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On June 6, 2012 Karen Wilhelm wrote:

Thanks for fixing John J. Elliott's date of birth -- he wouldn't have been much help in the civil war if he'd died in 1812. And thanks for checking out my tree.

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On May 14, 2012 Laura Marchese wrote:

Great to meet you in Ohio. Thanks for the invite

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On April 16, 2012 Therese Hostetter wrote:

I do not know how to invite someone?

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On March 31, 2012 Jean Clubine wrote:

Thank you, Chris for the invitation to join Wikitree. I certainly appreciate it. Jean

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On March 27, 2012 S. Manley wrote:

Thank you so much for answering my request & allowing me to join WiKi. Sue

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On March 27, 2012 Kersti Anear wrote:

Thank-you very much for the invite :)

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On March 27, 2012 Andreas Kurzhals wrote:

Dear Chris, I thank you very much for inviting me. Andreas

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On March 26, 2012 Karen Wilhelm wrote:

Thanks for inviting me to WikiTree. I'll add my family history soon as I get a chance. Karen

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On March 16, 2012 Sun R. wrote:

Thank you for inviting me on. I'm hoping to contribute as well as to ask questions.

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On March 6, 2012 Kim LeBlanc wrote:

Thanks Chris! I'm so excited (and dismayed) to start working :p

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On March 6, 2012 Norazlan Ariffin wrote:

Thanks Chris for the invite! Eager to start.

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On February 27, 2012 Terence Klein wrote:

Thanks Chris- Great Site, Very Helpful!

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On February 13, 2012 Connie Adkins wrote:

Thanks for the invite. Looking forward to checking the site out.

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On February 7, 2012 J. Paul Hawthorne wrote:

Thanks for the invite Chris. I had a blast at RootsTech 2012.

J. Paul Hawthorne
President
The Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego

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On February 6, 2012 Kent Lundquist wrote:

Thanks. I was at RootsTech - must have gotten my email there. Will check the site out.

Kent Lundquist

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On January 21, 2012 Thomas Teters wrote:

Thanks for the profile merge Chris, couldn't have done it without you. Hope Wikitree goes places, we have an 'anti-Geni' group on Facebook and there is quite a bit of action.
OBTW, I got my yDNA tests back, is there a place to publish them on WikiTree?

Just cuz.,
TomT

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On December 30, 2011 Terry Booth wrote:

Chris - thanks for your help. This is a great site.

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On October 13, 2011 Chris Whitten wrote:

Before you post a message here: this isn't the best place for questions about WikiTree. Post on our Facebook group or e-mail us at info -at- wikitree.

On November 27, 2011 Ann Thomas wrote:

Dear Chris,
I can't believe how much WikiTree has grown, since I first joined. You and your staff have made this so, very easy to get organized and carry on your mission for professionals as well as hobbyist.
The more I contribute the more I feel like I know my ancestors,personally, and the more I love my family!
You and the WikiTree family are AWESOME. Thanks again and best holiday wishes for all of you and your families.
Ann-Marie (Micklon) Thomas

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On October 16, 2011 Mark Tucker wrote:

Chris, thank you so much for alowing me a glimpse of your genus, and kindness in sharing your work.

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On September 14, 2011 Tom Whitten wrote:

Chris, Thank You! Noelani C. is my niece and she found some good information, and got me curious. This site is appreciated, and I'm sure took a lot of work! Tom Whitten.

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On August 24, 2011 Ray Whidden wrote:

Hi Chris,
Has any of your family done DNA tests yet? See a memory on my most distant ancestor Samuel about the five DNA tests done on Whidden/Whitten and Whiddon/Whidden. Cheers, Ray

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On July 27, 2011 Kari Lemons wrote:

Hi Chris, I recently hit 700 entries!!. I now have the basic info for most of the people that I want to enter in done. Now I want to go deep on each page and use all the capabilities of the wiki tools. Is there any way that a demo page could be created that uses all the different types of tools available. Then we could cut and paste our way to add features to our pages.
Maybe people could submit a public page for a wiki tools design contest.
I also am wondering if you could add more then 4 generations on the decendent list, I've got 6 that I want to see. thanks Kari

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On July 17, 2011 Wesley Ogden wrote:

I think I'm really gonna like this WikiTree

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On June 8, 2011 Kari Lemons wrote:

Hi Chris, I got your reply about the DNA questions I asked you, while I was sitting on the step of the National Archive. I was in DC and got to spend the day at the archive doing war of 1812 research. What a wonderful thing to get to do as a researcher. I want to go back and do some more, now that I know what I'm doing. But I'm back in California now...:/

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On May 18, 2011 Kari Lemons wrote:

Hi Chris thanks for the personal message, it's nice to see the owner is still closely involved with the site.
I am working on a book for my 25 years of research on my family, and needed a place that several of us can colaborate on the book. I immediately thought wiki and went searching and found your site. It is exactly what I was looking for and some. All of our seperate data is on Ancestry, but here we can work together and join the seperate pieces of the same tree that we have been working on. Our branches have been connected using Y-DNA testing. Do you have any suggestions on how to include the testing results for the line of men the test connects? It would be nice to have a field to check on the males form "DNA test" and them a star would light up on every man affected by the test.

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On May 6, 2011 Monica Palmer wrote:

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the welcome message. I don't just like WikiTree... I love love love it! My two favorite things about it are the different security levels on every single page and item and the "Encyclopedia of You"! Great concepts that make me want to keep adding information! The only thing I see as being a challenge for me is adding source information in my biography. The tags are going to take some getting used to and they don't seem as amazingly user friendly as the rest of the site. Great help section too by the way. Very clear and easy to understand. Alright, I'm done rambling! :) Oops I forgot about the embeddable trees... that will be great on my blog page!

Thanks again!

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On March 26, 2011 Geneadiva Mere wrote:

Chris,

Thank you so much for working on Buena Vista Church!!! Margaret Tull

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On March 10, 2011 Laary Hilary Cemel wrote:

Congratulations on the 1 million, Chris!

May WikiTree continue to grow.

Regards,
Laary

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On February 8, 2011 A Adams wrote:

Thanks, Chris! The photo on my profile page also appeared on my family tree. I thought I was doing someting wrong. But I now realize that WikiTree requires a primary photo, if any, to appear in both locations.

Al

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On February 21, 2011 A Adams wrote:

I uploaded two small files on 02/20/11. The combined files represent a family where the father was the same person for all children but the mother of each child was either the "1st wife" or the "2nd wife".

These files were uploaded to test the capacity of WikiTree to recognize split families and to merge new profiles with existing profiles without rejection or duplication of valid profiles.

Are there any special WikiTree instructions or limitations that speak to split families?

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On February 26, 2011 Noelani C wrote:

Hi Chris,
I messaged you late last year about a possible Whitten connection. I am related to Fred Whitten (possibly Frederick?) and I found out a few things about him. We know that he was born around the 1860's or so. We also know that he had a brother named Henry, and his occupation on his son's birth certificate was listed as a jeweler. I am wondering if you know anything about Fred, or if you think that we could possibly be related. I wish I knew more, but it has been extremely difficult to trace. When I was searching Fred Whittens born about 1860, I found the same family that you have (Samuel and Lydia.) The reason I think we may be related is that this was the only family I found that had both a Fred and a Henry.

[reply on Noelani's page]

On February 19, 2011 Lori Schultz wrote:

I updated the last name of 4 profiles, I spelt the last name in error. It was Hannermen and I corrected it with Hanneman. When I do a search of last names the list still shows the misspelled last name. Why does this list still show the incorrect spelling?

Lori

[reply on Lori's page]

On February 19, 2011 Margaret Harris wrote:

I'm kind of lame at doing badges, but just picked one out and got it on my site, http://familyhistorynews.blogspot.com. Now, I'm wondering if I chose the right badge. When you get a chance, can you take a look and tell me what I earned and which badge I should choose? Thanks.

[reply on Margaret's page]

On February 15, 2011 Lance Parlin wrote:

Was wondering how to add my great uncle as a profile manager to. He has the info that i do not.

[reply on Lance's page]

On February 13, 2011 Ken Danielson wrote:

Is there any way to see more than 5 generations on the family tree? I have some branches of my tree going back over 1000 years, thanks to research my dad spent years on, and its a pain to view it 5 generations at a time.

[reply on Ken's page]

On February 3, 2011 Melissa France wrote:

I have been using Wiki Tree for a little less than one month. I LOVE this site. It is free, easy to use and easy to read. I was at a technology conference today in Cincinnati, and I passed this site on to 2 other people. I need to add a few more details to my tree and then I plan on sending an email to all my family and encourage them to try it out. Thanks for having this available for people like me who want to document family history.
Melissa

[reply on Melissa's page]

On February 2, 2011 Katherine Patterson wrote:

Chris, I carelessly uploaded a duplicate photo. How do I delete it?

[reply on Katherine's page]

On January 28, 2011 Sharon Conner wrote:

Chris,
Thanks for your help in editing my site.

[reply on Sharon's page]

On January 18, 2011 Al Wopshall wrote:

Chris,

The addition of "Profile public view" and "Profile private view" is a good enhancement to show how well the privacy function works.

Thanks, Al

[reply on Al's page]

On January 17, 2011 Katherine Patterson wrote:

Hey! Do you know anyone in Fitchburg named Picard? Just thought I'd ask. It was someone I knew in South America about the time you were born.
Kathy

[reply on Katherine's page]

On January 17, 2011 Katherine Patterson wrote:

Chris,
Is it possible to upload more than one gedcom?
Kathy

[reply on Katherine's page]

On January 14, 2011 Melissa Pedron wrote:

when i go to my family tree, i want to see the tiny icon of the person's image next to their name. how do i make that happen?

[reply on Melissa's page]

On January 11, 2011 Kathy x wrote:

Thanks for the wonderful e-cards and a great site! Just received one of your cards today from a new friend, and look forward to trying out the genealogy services.

Kathy

[reply on Kathy's page]

On January 6, 2011 David Robinson wrote:

Thanks for the badge!

David

[reply on David's page]

On December 21, 2010 Carol Wilkerson wrote:

Chris, thank you so much for your help with my GEDCOM today. It is most appreciated. Happy Holidays to you and your family too.

[reply on Carol's page]

On December 19, 2010 Tricia Haynes wrote:

your site rocks....just started.

[reply on Tricia's page]

On December 19, 2010 Simon Meade wrote:

Thanks for the badge Chris, first one I've had since the Army!

While I'm on to you there is one aspect of Wiki Tree that I've been meaning to ask about.

I'm still not clear what a new 'invitee' 'sees' when they visit. As an example I'm about to invite a niece and will do that by adding her name to the tree and then forwarding an invitation. What will she see of the information currently loaded if I give her no permissions, just the invite?

Cheers, Simon

[reply on Simon's page]

On December 16, 2010 Ray Whidden wrote:

Thanks it was a typo as he was born before they moved to NS

Ray

RE: Samuel b. 1852 chg to 1752

[reply on Ray's page]

On December 15, 2010 Ray Whidden wrote:

Hi Chris,

Just to let you know I've added the tree for Whidden back to NH/1662. Next time will follow down until the Whittens in ME - there are possibly six or so lines.

First clue is some of the names of the siblings are unique and don't show up in our Whidden/ttens. It's only a clue at this point.

Thanks for the info about your work in the libertarian universe. I ran for provincial and federal elections as a Libertarian candidate in the 1970s when I lived in Ontario. I followed both Rand and Brandon after their split and leaned toward Rand in her criticism of the libertarians. Wished she could have seen the result of Reagan's presidency since she was so opposed to him. I try to imagine what her comments would have been to the fall of the Berlin wall and if she would have acknowledged Reagan's role in that.

Are you aware that "Atlas Shrugged" is coming to film about April 2011 (part one of hopefully a trilogy; this one covers the first part of the book ending with Wyatt disappearing)?

Cheers, Ray

[reply on Ray's page]

On December 10, 2010 David Padgett wrote:

Just registered for WikiTree.Recieved email about Padgett-80.That's not me.What do I do now?

[reply on David's page]

On December 9, 2010 Ann Borgers wrote:

Hi Chris,
First thanks for the 1,000 club.
Also, thanks for starting a great site! Stumbled upon it by accident. Hope it grows by leaps and bounds!
Ann

[reply on Ann's page]

On December 9, 2010 L. Horst wrote:

Chris,
Thank you for adding me to the 1000 club, I appreciate it very much. I started out looking for two people, and it took off from there.
I would like to have my name added to the Oct. club list.

Thank you for all your efforts
Larry Horst

[reply on L.'s page]

On December 8, 2010 Robin Webster wrote:

Love your site. How do I put in adopted children? Specifically, I married a widow with two children and I adopted his children.
Robin

[reply on Robin's page]

On November 19, 2010 Noelani C wrote:

Hi Chris,
That would be great! It has been difficult to trace, but I will lay out what I know. Our knowledge basically spans from today's Whittens and ends at Fred Whitten. We know his spouse and her children, but Fred has been this huge mystery that my family has been trying to figure out! :)

[reply on Noelani's page]

On November 4, 2010 Traci Bender wrote:

Thanks Chris...love the site!

Traci Bender

[reply on Traci's page]

On November 2, 2010 Marcale Williams wrote:

chris is there any way possible i can print out the whole family tree chart

[reply on Marcale's page]

On October 25, 2010 Lorrain Leckliter wrote:

I started my research with my grandparents so I have 4 separate family tress. How do I keep them separated? Do I need 4 accounts?

Thanks for all the work you have put into this :)

[reply on Lorrain's page]

On October 20, 2010 Adam Leos wrote:

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the message. It's been a lot of fun piecing together my family tree. It's nice to have it all available online to easily share with my relatives.

Adam

[reply on Adam's page]

On October 20, 2010 Bryan Parra wrote:

Why I can't add cousins to my family tree ? thanks!

[reply on Bryan's page]

On October 15, 2010 Chris Whitten wrote:

To the anonymous user who posted the last comment: If you let me know how to contact you I'll investigate and give you a personal reply. (Actually, the fact that you're not logged-in could be connected with your trouble. We had a problem a couple years back with satellite internet users not being able to maintain their login. Maybe that would apply here? I thought we'd figured out a work-around.)

On October 13, 2010 Megan Young wrote:

Hello Chris,

Thank you for you words of welcome. As of right now I think I got the feel for the site and have no questions at this time, though thank you for offering to answer them. I am excited about finding out more about my family and have already found someone else on here that shares the same line as I do. This is an amazing site.

Thanks Again,
Megan L. Young

[reply on Megan's page]

On September 29, 2010 Ambrose G Pedranti wrote:

Chris, Great site! How can I allow people to view my "tree" without allowing them to make changes? Thank You.

[reply on Ambrose G's page]

On September 26, 2010 Steve Turley wrote:

Chris, thanks for your work on this site. I have a suggestion, which may or may not work for you. I have more my family tree information copiled using the Legacy program because of its very good sourcing information. When I export the information in a GEDCOM file, I think it looses some of the quality of the reference information.

Legacy has the option of producing web pages directly. You can see an example of my output at http://rsturley.net . Would there be a way to use this information directly in wikilink, or would that pose problems?

[reply on Steve's page]

On September 21, 2010 Jess Epps wrote:

I am in a "loop" trying to add my father, because I am a Junior.

[reply on Jess's page]

On September 21, 2010 John Holmes wrote:

Chris,

Thanks for your welcome message posted last night. I entered the names and other data just to feel my way around the site, but the uploaded gedcom file should take precedence over whatever I entered manually. I have about 750 individuals in my file, and use Legacy on my own computer to keep track of my tree. If the gedcom file I uploaded is incompatable with Wikitree, let me know and I can try to import a different type of gedcom that Legacy can export. I don't know what all the different formats are or what the differences may be, but there are several options.

[reply on John's page]

On September 17, 2010 Fran McWilliams wrote:

Chris,
I'm making my family tree, and inadvertantly put somone in the wrong space. How do I delete this person? I've already put her where she belongs, but can't figure out how to delete. Help!!
Fran

[reply on Fran's page]

On September 15, 2010 James Marcher wrote:

Chris,

Thank you for putting time and effort into a free forum for everyone to benefit from.

[reply on James's page]

On September 14, 2010 Keith Albrecht wrote:

Chris,
Thank you for working on the photo problem mentioned in the Discussion section. Now onto another question: I have invited a number of family members to Trusted List and maybe mistakenly told them that once they had accepted they could create their own independent trees. They can. I am on their Trusted List, and can see their tree - but I notice that whereas in my Profile the large tree is also broken down to four independent lines, I can't see their four independent trees. Just think it is a wonderful tool in mine and would help to have access to theirs.
Also, is there a way in which I can automatically make a Trusted a manager for their family line (ancestor - descendent) AFTER they have accepted the invite?

[reply on Keith's page]

On September 13, 2010 Laverne Tornow wrote:

I find this to be a unique,interesting and easy way to share and network on genealogical research. My question is this: I am a member of a genealogy organization that tracks pioneers of our state and counties. Can we utilize this as part of what we do to facilitate others in their search for their roots?

I will happily provide more information by e-mail.

Laverne Tornow
lhtornow@gmail.com

[reply on Laverne's page]

On September 13, 2010 Mary Rosaire Anderson wrote:

Hi Chris,

I dont have any questions yet, but i probably will as i go along. thanks for welcoming me.

sincerely,
mary rosaire anderson

[reply on Mary Rosaire's page]

On September 12, 2010 Wendy McClellan wrote:

Hi Chris,
My cousin (McClellan-50) has joined and I tried to switch management of her father's profile (McClellan-46) to her, but all I did was un-manager myself. Can you fix it? Sorry to trouble you!
Wendy

[reply on Wendy's page]

On September 1, 2010 Lennie Hotz wrote:

Help! I accidentally put a person's husband as her father. Can't figure out how to fix this.

[reply on Lennie's page]

On August 18, 2010 Alaina Raymer wrote:

Actually, yes I do have a question. My sister wants to edit some information I posted. How can she do that?

[reply on Alaina's page]

On August 5, 2010 Rosemary Matthews wrote:

Chris, as you may have noticed I've entered more on my Family Tree recently and invited a few.
The one thing I didn't like in the past about Wiki Tree is I hadn't found a way to see descendant trees, just ancestor trees. But Chris wrote of the little icons next to a name on the Family Tree - clicking on that lets you see an outline descendant tree! Thanks, Chris.
BUT it's great for direct line ancestor lists. Pictures don't show for all the generations available but can be seen by clicking on someone closer to that generation.
So far I'm sticking with entering only those I have photos for... I have so many on my family tree files.
I am making one exception to the photo plan - I'm entering my DAR line back to the revolution because it's documented. How about that.
Rosemary Matthews Ward-92

[reply on Rosemary's page]

On August 8, 2010 Lisa Foltz wrote:

Need help. Made a mistake and ended up with two profiles for same person. Went to delete - - suggests to merge. Tried to merge, won't let me (redirect profile?). Can't figure out how to fix. please help.
lisa foltz

[reply on Lisa's page]

On July 30, 2010 Maddie Ostrand wrote:

Chris, Just wanted to note Lindas death and I think I screwed up by eliminating her as my daughter on my page. Help this old senile grandmother if I'm not too far gone. Maddie

[reply on Maddie's page]

On July 28, 2010 Tom Casey wrote:

Hi Chris,
Thanks for welcoming me. The site has turned from fun to slightly obsessive for me, but I really do enjoy it. If I have any suggestions I will certainly pass them along--as a creative director I love evaluating this type of experience and would love to pass along any ideas I may have.

Great job on this site!

[reply on Tom's page]

On July 27, 2010 Otis Carroll wrote:

Hi Chris, We want our family members to be able to see the family reunion website. How do we get the web address so we can send it in the letters we write to each family member?

[reply on Otis's page]

On July 23, 2010 Ruby Ellis wrote:

Chris,
How do you list someone you were not married to as the parent of your child?
Ruby

[reply on Ruby's page]

On July 10, 2010 Dave Keepes wrote:

Chris,

Do wikitree users a favor and tell them to avoid MyHeritage FamilyTree at all costs. Their software will hijack your browser and re-direct to their cruddy search engine as a default to whatever you were using. A simple "Uninstall" will NOT get rid of the obnoxiousness (one also has to go into "About:config" in Firefox in order to retieve your old search engine and I haven't even seen how to get it out of IE), nor will it show up as malware. Just google "MyHeritage FamilyTree" and the word "Hijack" and see all of the complaints.

[reply on Dave's page]

On July 1, 2010 David McDougle wrote:

Import looks like it worked . Now just have to clean up and merge with existing profiles. No rest for the wicked huh?

[reply on David's page]

On June 30, 2010 David McDougle wrote:

Hey Chris... just uploaded a Gedcom of my primary database. 11,342 individuals, 2,815 surnames.

[reply on David's page]

On June 30, 2010 David McDougle wrote:

Chris, Missed the feature page at the time but looks great and is a fantastic idea.

Did I see something on GEDCOM uploads?!? Point me in that direction!

[reply on David's page]

On June 28, 2010 Thomas Allen wrote:

hey thanks for the welcome, yea, it was amazing how simple it was to use, i have a family tree program with 20,000 people in it, but the main issues has been keeping up with family with here i can add then by email and when they update i can see it, in high school i took a genealogy class and it was a school project now kinda an obsession, lol

[reply on Thomas's page]

On June 15, 2010 Steven Stanley wrote:

Hey Chris, your-welcome. As for this site its great, just need to get it out to more people. Try to surpass other sites.(lol) have a good day.

SGT Steven Stanley.

[reply on Steven's page]

On June 9, 2010 Desiree Tedford wrote:

Thanx Chris. I saw it on here somewhere and took care of it. I appreciate the knowledge tho...

[reply on Desiree's page]

On June 9, 2010 Jamie Stewart wrote:

thanks so much for the welcome. im actually doing this for a school project but will defnitely keep up with it after the project is done

[reply on Jamie's page]

On June 6, 2010 charmarie X wrote:

Hi Chris,
Someone sent me an e-card from this site. I have registered, logged in, and cannot find how to access the e-cards.

Thanks in advance foryour help.

Charmarie

[reply on charmarie's page]

On June 6, 2010 Doug Coldwell wrote:

Chris,

Why does my page stay locked when I try to make it public?

Doug C.

[reply on Doug's page]

On June 6, 2010 Doug Coldwell wrote:

Hi Chris,

I just read your message. I like the edit job you did on my profile. Thanks.

Doug C.

[reply on Doug's page]

On May 30, 2010 Dave Keepes wrote:

Chris, is there any timetable to when Wikitree can be exported to a gedcom file?

[reply on Dave's page]

On May 29, 2010 Elliot Novak wrote:

Hey Chris I got added to Matt Stothart's trusted list for a William Dixon (Dixon-64) but when I follow the link the page comes up and tells me I need to request permission to view the full info for William. Can you fix that?

[reply on Elliot's page]

On May 28, 2010 Elliot Novak wrote:

Thanks for the welcome. Right now I don't have any questions, I'm just waiting to get on some people's trusted lists - I really hope they aren't dead accounts!

[reply on Elliot's page]

On May 26, 2010 Cindy Reilly wrote:

thank you chris this is a wonderful site. i have one improvement though. i usually type in lower case because it is easier. so when i did mine in lower case and my husband did his the right way it messed everything up and saw me as a different person. so if when you enter a name it either only let you do upper case for the first letter or a reminder would come up would be great. thanks again, cindy reilly

[reply on Cindy's page]

On May 24, 2010 Dave Keepes wrote:

That's about half of the tree that I have. Should be close to 1000 entries when I'm done. It goes back 9 generations into the old world country in Bavaria in the mid 1700's.

Kudos for designing and maintaining a site that's very easy to navigate. After I'm through, I'm going to send out to other family members who might have more.

[reply on Dave's page]

On May 21, 2010 Dave Keepes wrote:

Chris, you appear to have done a great job. I have info going back at least 9 generations. Hopefully, I will match up with someone else's inputs. More to come.

[reply on Dave's page]

On May 8, 2010 Nathan Hemby wrote:

Dear Chris, Thank you for asking, but I think I have things figured out. I'm doing this for an english project. My teacher has been researching her family history and offered extra credit to anyone who completed their family tree. She was using this site so I got on in her class and she explained everything to me. This is a truly great site, and I love it!

Thanks,
Nathan

[reply on Nathan's page]

On May 1, 2010 Robyn Berry wrote:

Thank you so much for your kind words Chris. I was impressed with your bio, to say the least, and am looking forward to finding out what our family connection is. I am still in the process of mapping my tree out. Unfortunately the Lions Club has been taking most of my time this last week, but on Sunday I am going to sit down, with a large pot of tea, and get to work.
I hope you and Megan have a wonderful weekend. :)

[reply on Robyn's page]

On April 23, 2010 virginia brant wrote:

On the following page of yours: 14TH INFANTRY REGIMENT NEWSPAPER
published in "ON GUARD" I found my father, called Lt. Col Brandt, actually it is Philip Delano Brant. I have his whole journal/scrapbook from that period of time, the final 6 months of the war in Austria. I am typing up the journal portion of it.
"Philip D Brant,Lt. Co 14th Inf
Men Ulm, Germany,October 1945

31 March First bath (shower) since Dondeville
April 1 met 6 SS Waffen Division Movd (Mountain) near Altenstady
5 May swept woods - [seized bridges at Graben engaged SS troops with automatic weapons. Awarded Bronze Star Medal] motor move to Matzeldorf
6 May move to Neuhofen [Gunskirchen (Kirchweiss) ex Lager Concentration Camp - 6 kilmeters north of Lamback, Austria, carefully hidden.
9 Jan 46 Gen Patten

[reply on virginia's page]

On April 22, 2010 Chris Whitten wrote:

To the person who just posted: Yes, my family is related to John Henry Lorman! Please login and add your tree so we can connect.

On April 21, 2010 Jennifer Margulies wrote:

hI Chris,

Thanks for the welcome note. I saw your Dad and Vicki last week at my grandfather's birthday. Your dad took tons of pictures and said he'd post them on here. I don't think he's done it yet. I think I wrote a message asking to get on your brother's trusted list by accident. Let him know I thought he was your Dad.

Anyways - take care!
Your step-cousin (I guess)
Jen

[reply on Jennifer's page]

On April 10, 2010 Corbin Champion wrote:

No questions at this point about how to use the site. This is awesome. Now getting the family involved. Big family = many new users hopefully. Only thoughts so far is, 1) I will be interested when export tool us working and 2) how is this site paying its bills?

[reply on Corbin's page]

On March 24, 2010 Paul Miniato wrote:

Hi again. I'm no expert, but after my first flurry of entries, I had a couple of thoughts for things that might be useful. 1.) A structured sorted record for adding special events that often have official records such as baptism, confirmation, bar/bat mitzvah, graduation, military service - having event name, place, date, etc. 2.) A structured way to have multiple last names, perhaps with dates - again to match official records. My grandmother had 4 different last names (and she was only married once!) Just a thought. Paul

[reply on Paul's page]

On March 22, 2010 Paul Miniato wrote:

Hi Chris. Nice site. I've posted a lot of what I know about my own family tree so far. A couple of questions - don't bother answering if I should be looking in the Help:
1.) Is there a way to enter dates when only the decade is known, e.g. 1930s - I tried this in some dates and it failed.
2.) Is there a way to dump my entire set of records to a local source as a backup?
Hope it's going well for you.
Thanks,
Paul

[reply on Paul's page]

On January 22, 2010 Daniel Huggler wrote:

Chris,
How do make my family tree creation visible to people searching this site? I can't seem to find where to unlock it.

[reply on Daniel's page]

On January 22, 2010 Daniel Huggler wrote:

Thank you for your creation. You are most helpfull.

[reply on Daniel's page]

On January 3, 2010 Kelly Gottsponer wrote:

Thanks for creating such a wonderful site! So far I LOVE all of the features, but I do have one request...
Is it possible to "delete" an entry? I looked through the help section and tried the instructions there but it didn't quite work. I saw the info for "merge" but I wish that there was a way to simply delete an entry.

[reply on Kelly's page]

On January 2, 2010 Alan Schindler wrote:

Thanks, Chris. I'm having a great time and still have a lot of data to add.

[reply on Alan's page]

On December 15, 2009 Crayton Smith wrote:

Thanks, Chris. So far I al LOVING the site, and have a ton of data to add.

[reply on Crayton's page]

On November 23, 2009 Lisa Flansburg wrote:

I am the daughter of Robert and wanda Flansburg and I am wanting to create a family tree starting with them. Could you help me to do that? Counting my mom and dad there are about 75 to 100 people in our family.

[reply on Lisa's page]

On November 19, 2009 Dee Beach wrote:

I love this site but I am having trouble with it questioning my certainty of my own information...I go in and press that I am certain and resave the info but it always goes back to asking if I am sure on my profile page...any help would be great!

[reply on Dee's page]

On November 12, 2009 Robin Wilson wrote:

Hello! Thank you for creating WikiTree. My family tree creation has been a dream and with this tool, will soon become a reality. One suggestion regarding similar names-make it appear as follows:
John Doe, 1960s, Texas

Add the state or city/state because at some point, you are going to have thousands of John Smith, 1960s. It might help if you had a birthplace rather than having to review all names.

[reply on Robin's page]

On October 3, 2009 Michael Neuroth wrote:

I would like to let other same family names to view or add some info,but do'nt know thier email address's

[reply on Michael's page]

On August 12, 2009 Sharron Nixon wrote:

Hi Chris..no I don't mind if you add Dad to the Iceland page, but he was not in the Army Air Corp., he was in the quartermaster corp., I have other pictures of him that were actually taken in Iceland if you are interested.

[reply on Sharron's page]

On July 27, 2009 Andrea Fields wrote:

Hi,
I got your message.Thanks for the kind message.My mom said she love this website.She trust this website.She said that it was a good thing I joined because i can make friends.I am a big fan of this website.
Andrea Fields

[reply on Andrea's page]

On July 26, 2009 Andrea Fields wrote:

Dear Chris,
I am new here.So far I love this website.I am on this website day and night.This is a very good website I ever joined.I tell all my friends about it. They are thinking about joining.
Andrea Fields

[reply on Andrea's page]

On July 20, 2009 David McDougle wrote:

Chris,
I found out a long time ago that we family history people can be very proud of tracing not only our direct linage but our connections to those who made history.
I'm no different.
My reasons tho maybe a little different. I have been able to find and connect with "lost" branches of my main trees when they find and interconnect with me. I hope the same is true here.

Thanks again for this great new site!

[reply on David's page]

On July 17, 2009 David McDougle wrote:

Chris,

Just an idea...
Would it be possible to add an additional save button above the Bio information? This would be more convenient for those not adding Bio info but just wanting to save the information above.

[reply on David's page]

On July 16, 2009 David McDougle wrote:

Chris,
Great website and idea here. Have tried to figure a way to collaborate with other family members before but this is the way to go.
Only issue I've seen thus far is not having all the profiles in my tree show up either in the search or the index.

[reply on David's page]

On July 9, 2009 Sascha Wittkowski wrote:

Hi Chris. A switch for other languages would be cool. But I'm pretty sure that this has already been suggested. Well besides of that, stick to your principles and don't sell our all souls to the marketing devil ;)

[reply on Sascha's page]

On June 25, 2009 Emily Dain wrote:

Chris, I'm not sure,the fact that McClellan is a family name and that Frank worked for Dain Manufacturing is pretty alluring. I do know that the spelling in my tree has been McClellan, McLellan and McLelland. Also:Hugh McClellan M Lavinia Van Tassell. There was a Nathaniel McLellan 1739 M Jane Warren 1743 & son James McLellan 1765/ daughter Margaret Mary 1784. Margaret Mary M Samuel Dain B1781. They had 7 children including Mary McLellan Dain B 1813. Her brother Nathaniel Dain B 1819 M Eliza Briggs B 1823. 3 children including Frank McLellan Dain Sr in 1855. He married Grace Avery B 1864. etc, etc... There are also James McLellan Dain 1888, John McLellan Suber, Frank Mc Dain Jr. 1891, Frank Mc Dain III 1920, Warren McLellan Reynolds. Will post all I have soon. Emily

[reply on Emily's page]

On April 2, 2009 Marvin Young wrote:

How can I add my "surname" to the list? THANKS

[reply on Marvin's page]

On April 18, 2009 Ross Stevenson wrote:

Hey Chris,

I'm finally getting around to really checking out the site. Very cool. Way to go my friend.

Ross

[reply on Ross's page]

On February 4, 2009 Kala Harriman wrote:

Thanks. Your bio page is great as well. You have done a great job with WikiAnswers! I am addicted! : )

[reply on Kala's page]

On December 20, 2008 Jamie Madison wrote:

Thanks for making such a woderful site. It's really helping put my family tree in order.

[reply on Jamie's page]

On December 18, 2008 Alison Miller wrote:

Hi Chris!
Just recently found your site and am working on my family tree. I'm Addicted!!
Hope you all have a WONDERFUL Holiday season!!
Alison

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