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Elon Musk Profile of the Week: Tech entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk. Which automotive pioneer is most closely connected to you?

Sitting Bull Last week: Lakota Chief Sitting Bull, whose DNA was recently used to connect descendants. Which notable Native American is most closely connected to you?

Previously:

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Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: "Hal with one of the birds." Photo uploaded by Bill Sims. [more family history photos]

500 Brick Walls Broken The WikiTree Challenge: 500 Brick Walls Broken for Guest Stars!

See what our community discovered about the roots of our special guest star Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., host of PBS TV's "Finding Your Roots," and dozens of other leading genealogists in our special WikiTree Challenge.
 

Maureen Wilkins Member of the Week: Maureen Wilkins is one of our friendly Greeters and leads the Shropshire Team in the England Project.

"I became a WikiTree Greeter in Oct 2020 and love helping new members find their way around within WikiTree's many branches. There are so many nooks and crannies that every day I find a new feature that I've never seen before."

I. Caruso Last week: I. Caruso is translating WikiTree Help pages into German for the Germany Project and leading an effort in the Italy Project to create categories for all Italian towns.

[more members & member quotes]

YouTube video See GenealogyTV's new video tour: "How to Use WikiTree."

For a deeper look, see the "Welcome to WikiTree" video series by a member.

A member's introduction in verse: "One tree, two tree ...".

This week's G2G themes:

  • Profile accuracy: Strength. Choose a profile that fits the theme and checks its accuracy.
  • Family photos: Warmth. Share a photo from your family collection.
Share just this week, or share every week to earn badges.

 
"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
[more members & member quotes]

Top 25 family names yesterday:

  1. HICKMOTT (107)
  2. SMITH (60)
  3. BROWN (58)
  4. WIDDOWSON (49)
  5. KING (48)
  6. LEUZINGER (43)
  7. GREEN (43)
  8. HILL (39)
  9. MOORE (36)
  10. STOOP (35)
  11. WOOD (30)
  12. LEAVY (29)
  13. TABOR (29)
  14. CLARK (28)
  15. CROSSLEY (28)
  16. AMES (28)
  17. BARTLETT (27)
  18. REED (27)
  19. GUTIERREZ (27)
  20. JOHNSON (25)
  21. SCOTT (24)
  22. BAKER (24)
  23. CROSS (24)
  24. RUSSELL (24)
  25. KNIGHT (23)

Browse all the top surnames with their top contributors.

Question of the Week Question of the Week: Any words of wisdom passed down in your family?

Last week: Has researching your family history made you thankful?

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