How to use WikiTree

If you don't see what you're looking for here, don't spend too much time looking. Just e-mail us with your questions.

Contents 1 Getting Started 2 Adding Information 3 Changing and Deleting Information 4 Collaborating with Family and Friends 5 Maintaining Privacy 6 Some Inspiration 7 Some Background Stuff 7.1 Something I didn't know where else to put 8 E-mail the Webmaster

Getting Started

First, login. Then you can click the "My Nav Page" link at the top or bottom of any page for a personalized guide to getting around WikiTree. Or read on.

Create pages for people, places, or things by clicking this "New Profile" link.

You can search to see if a person is already on WikiTree but you don't have to. Our system automatically does a search for possible matches when you create a new profile.

Adding Information

This is a "wiki" site, which means pages are constantly being edited and improved.

• Adding biographies, personal memories, and comments.

• Adding images and documents.

• Adding links to the body of pages and biographies.

• Adding headlines, lists, etc. inside biographies.

• Adding sources, citations, and references.

• Adding additional spouses.

• Fishing for information about family mysteries.

Changing and Deleting Information

Most info on a profile can be edited by clicking the "Edit" tab.

• Changing e-mail addresses.

• Deleting profiles or accounts.

• Merging profiles when there are duplicate pages for the same person or place or thing, e.g. if you and your sister independently created pages for your mother and now you need to combine them.

• Moving accounts when someone accidentally registered using the name of a family member or historical figure instead of their own name.

Collaborating with Family and Friends

• Here's how to invite people to join you on WikiTree.

• To enable someone to collaborate with you on a page, click the "Trusted List" tab on the profile and add their e-mail address.

Maintaining Privacy

• Most information about living people and their nuclear relatives is protected so that you need to be on the Trusted List just to see it.

• You can tell at a glance whether information is protected with our privacy color codes.

• More Q&A on Trusted Lists.

• More Q&A on privacy and our official privacy policy.

• Tips for extra privacy.

Some Inspiration

• Ideas for biographies.

• Ideas for memories.

Some Background Stuff

• About WikiTree

• Sitemap for all of WikiTree.

• Some miscellaneous Q&A.

• The WikiTree Glossary including the meaning of Activity Feed, Profiles, Trusted List, Watchlist, Wiki, and WikiTree ID.

Something I didn't know where else to put

• Printing a family tree.

E-mail the Webmaster

WikiTree is still in "beta testing". This means we're still adding new features and rapidly improving the site. It also means that some things aren't as user-friendly as they could be, and will be ... because of feedback from users like you.

If you don't quickly find an answer to your question above, e-mail me personally. Your questions, comments, and suggestions help us improve WikiTree for future users.

Chris Whitten
Webmaster
chris -- at -- wikitree.com (replace the "-- at --" with "@")