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Our mission is to grow a single, worldwide family tree that will make genealogy free and accessible for everyone.
WikiTree is designed to balance privacy and collaboration so that everyone can share the same family tree.
We privately share profiles of modern people with our close family members.
As we go back in time, the trust circles for ancestor profiles grow wider and wider. Collaboration on these deep ancestors is between distant cousins who are serious about genealogy.
Because all the profiles are connected on the same system the process is creating a single family tree that will eventually connect us all and thereby make it free and easy for anyone to discover their roots.
Participation is based on a simple nine-point Wiki Genealogy Honor Code. Everyone is invited to enjoy the fruits of the tree, but contributing members must take the mission and Honor Code seriously.
Everything is free. There are no "premium" memberships. See the Community Membership page for more info.
WikiTree was started by Chris Whitten and is hosted by Interesting.com, Inc.
The site first opened in 2008. It has been steadily growing and improving since then. The community improves the content. Chris and the team improve the technical infrastructure and tools. We do this by working with community members to discover what they need to further our shared mission — and have fun doing it.
This is a low-cost operation. We do not have a budget for advertising, customer service, or just about anything else for that matter. This way we can cover the expenses of hosting the website through modest ads on public pages.
We have made a public pledge to keep WikiTree free.
See also: Press Release Archive, WikiTree FAQ, Q&A Forum.
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