Now that you have had a little time to try WikiTree, there are a few more features you may find useful.
Ideas on what to include in a profile can be found in Styles and Standards, including some tips on writing biographies.
If you need to describe an event, an heirloom or a location relevant to your research, you may like to learn about Free Space Profiles.
Lastly, sometimes you'll run into unresponsive profile managers. We have a process for resolving those unfortunate situations.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask via my profile page. _____
Matt~ WikiTree Mentor
Welcome to our community, Michael. It's wonderful you've decided to research your family heritage for the benefit of your children.
Our Honor Code, G2G message forum, help pages, search features, and many other useful links can be accessed from the menus on the upper right corner of most pages.
VERY IMPORTANT:
The more documents, sources, dates, and locations you provide on the profiles you create, the stronger your branches and our mutual global tree will be. If you don't know the correct date, please estimate using before or after.
Thank you for helping in our mission to build a global tree with only ONE profile per person.
When I was young, my family's background didn't mean much to me. I tuned out my parents when they would talk about our relatives. Now that I have my own children, I want to leave them a legacy of where they came from, so when they have their own children, they won't have to hunt and search for their roots. I'm proud to join WikiTree and help in any manner that I can.
Michael, we appreciate all the help we can get. Our GEDCOM FAQ pages may come in handy as you go through the GEDCOM process.
GEDCOMs aren't required to be a member, though. You're welcome to volunteer by manually adding to the tree so don't let getting through the GEDCOM procedure hold you back.
If you click the volunteer button, one of us will be happy to confirm you. :)
A few employees and a whole lot of volunteers are working together to create a FREE global family tree with only one profile per person. If you'd like to help us by adding your family branches or help to grow the tree in some other way, please select the volunteer button and leave a statement informing us of your interest in our project.
Now that you have had a little time to try WikiTree, there are a few more features you may find useful. Ideas on what to include in a profile can be found in Styles and Standards, including some tips on writing biographies. If you need to describe an event, an heirloom or a location relevant to your research, you may like to learn about Free Space Profiles. Lastly, sometimes you'll run into unresponsive profile managers. We have a process for resolving those unfortunate situations. If you have any questions, feel free to ask via my profile page. _____ Matt~ WikiTree Mentor
Our Honor Code, G2G message forum, help pages, search features, and many other useful links can be accessed from the menus on the upper right corner of most pages.
VERY IMPORTANT: The more documents, sources, dates, and locations you provide on the profiles you create, the stronger your branches and our mutual global tree will be. If you don't know the correct date, please estimate using before or after.
Thank you for helping in our mission to build a global tree with only ONE profile per person.
Hope you enjoy WikiTree!
- Michael Roseman
GEDCOMs aren't required to be a member, though. You're welcome to volunteer by manually adding to the tree so don't let getting through the GEDCOM procedure hold you back.
If you click the volunteer button, one of us will be happy to confirm you. :)
A few employees and a whole lot of volunteers are working together to create a FREE global family tree with only one profile per person. If you'd like to help us by adding your family branches or help to grow the tree in some other way, please select the volunteer button and leave a statement informing us of your interest in our project.
You're welcome to ask a question at G2G forum.
Our Honor Code helps to keep us friendly. Hope you'll join us. :)