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  1. We are a community of genealogists working together to grow an accurate single family tree using DNA and traditional genealogical sources.
  2. Modern family history is private. As you go back in time the privacy controls open up.
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New & Notable in the Community

Profile of the Week Profile Image Profile of the Week: "The Kingfish" Huey Long (1893-1935) from the Louisiana Families Project.

Last week: Jazz legend Duke Ellington (1899-1974).   [gallery of profiles]

Community Clean-Up Challenge Clean-Up Challenge of the Week: Errors in locations.

 
Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Gordon and John Shoeman.   [gallery of photos]

Member of the week profile image Member of the Week: Sarah Rojas leads the Arborists who seek out duplicate profiles and help WikiTreers with merges. "I love helping people and figuring out problems," she says.   [gallery of members]

 
 

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A member's poem for WikiTree: One tree, two tree ....


"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. WHITE (82)
  2. WILLIAMS (66)
  3. FARRINGTON (55)
  4. SMITH (53)
  5. WOODS (47)
  6. BROWN (42)
  7. MILLER (39)
  8. HALL (36)
  9. HIPPISLEY (34)
  10. ROBINSON (33)
  11. ALLEN (33)
  12. BAKER (33)
  13. RUSSELL (30)
  14. HAYNES (29)
  15. HOWARD (28)
  16. SCOTT (27)
  17. MOULTON (27)
  18. ZEEL (27)
  19. DAVIS (26)
  20. CLARK (26)
  21. MASSINGHAM (26)
  22. MCKEEVER (25)
  23. POPP (25)
  24. PENDLETON (24)
  25. SCURKO (24)

See our top contributors and surnames for last month.

Question of the Week

Question of the Week: Do you change your research focus when the seasons change?

Last week: Have any of your ancestors been victims of natural or man-made disasters?

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