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Profile of the Week Profile Image Profile of the Week: Prohibition-era gangster George "Machine Gun Kelly" Barnes (1900-1954).

Profile of the Week Profile Image Last week: Baseball legend Babe Ruth (1895-1948).

Previously: American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804).   [gallery of profiles]

 
Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Charles Henry Cortright.   [gallery of photos]

Challenge of the Week: Investigate discrepancies between WikiTree and Find A Grave.

Member of the Week profile image Member of the Week: Amy Utting is active in the Irish Roots and New Zealand projects, recently became a Mentor, and investigates suggestions for cleaning up our shared tree as a Data Doctor. "Not only do I get a great sense of satisfaction from helping cleaning up what I can, but it's also immensely satisfying for my OCD."   [gallery of members]

 
10th Anniversary
 
"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

Top 25 family names yesterday:

  1. BERRY (86)
  2. SMITH (71)
  3. MILLER (61)
  4. PLOUFFE (55)
  5. LEDFORD (51)
  6. GOSNELL (50)
  7. RUCKER (44)
  8. WILLIAMS (44)
  9. THOMAS (42)
  10. BROWN (38)
  11. TURNER (37)
  12. CARPENTER (37)
  13. FRANK (36)
  14. VINCENT (34)
  15. BAREFOOT (34)
  16. BRUMLEY (33)
  17. PARR (32)
  18. BUFKIN (32)
  19. TAYLOR (32)
  20. JOHNSON (32)
  21. THOMPSON (30)
  22. CLARK (28)
  23. DAVIS (28)
  24. WHITMIRE (28)
  25. LEE (28)

See our top contributors and surnames for last month.

Question of the Week

Question of the Week: What family memories are you making this summer?

Last week: What's an interesting nickname in your family?

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