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Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt Profiles of the Week: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) and Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Which Romantic composer are you most closely connected to?

Peter Falk profile image Last week: Peter Falk, TV's "Columbo," born 16 September 1927.

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Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: "Hey, it's MY birthday!" uploaded by Jaki Erdoes. [more family history photos]

Kathie Forbes Member of the Week: Virginia Project and Native Americans Project member Kathie Forbes.

"The longer I am here the more I value the friendliness, helpfulness, and incredible body of knowledge of WikiTreers. The idea that a random stranger would spend hours poring over a barely-legible 16th century document to find a baptismal record for me is just astounding."

Terri Swift Last week: Terri Swift helps review lines from Gateway Ancestors to the Surety Barons for the Magna Carta Project. She also leads the 5-Star Profile Improvement Team for the Germany Project and recently joined the new Medieval Project.

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"It's been wonderful to experience how collaborative genealogy in WikiTree makes all of us better genealogists. Collaboration on our shared ancestors encourages us to share information and to hold each other to high standards." — Ellen Smith
member since 2014
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Top 25 family names yesterday:

  1. SMITH (94)
  2. WHITE (47)
  3. BROWN (43)
  4. LEE (42)
  5. TAYLOR (41)
  6. DAVIS (40)
  7. CALLAHAN (37)
  8. MILLER (33)
  9. WALKER (33)
  10. WOOD (30)
  11. JOLLIFF (29)
  12. STEPHENSON (28)
  13. TURNER (24)
  14. VINCENT (24)
  15. ELLIOTT (23)
  16. ALLEN (23)
  17. JOHNSON (22)
  18. EAGLE (22)
  19. JAMES (22)
  20. MOORE (22)
  21. SPEYRER (22)
  22. IRVING (21)
  23. JONES (20)
  24. GRANT (20)
  25. CLARK (20)

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Question of the Week Question of the Week: Do you have any ancestors who were musicians?

Last week: If you wrote a novel about your family history what would the title be?

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