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  1. Our community uses DNA and traditional genealogical sources to grow an accurate single family tree.
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Profile of the Week Profile Image Profile of the Week: Pilgrim leader William Brewster (abt. 1566-1644) from the Mayflower Project.

Profile of the Week Profile Image Last week: Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) from the French Roots Project. [more profile examples]

 
Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Bill Fowler and one of his beloved horses. [more family history photos]

Community Clean-Up Challenge Clean-Up Challenge of the Week: marriage data, e.g. 3,416 people on our shared tree appear to have married before they were born.

Member of the Week profile image Member of the Week: Skye Driggs. She's currently transcribing church records and creating profiles for people in her ancestors' Polish/Ukranian village. "This is the first time I broke out of my comfort zone ... In piecing together this great big puzzle, I have found more generations of ancestors."

Member of the Week profile image Last week: Gigi Tanksley is active in the Westward Ho!, Southern Colonies and Louisiana Families projects. "Everyone has something valuable to contribute to WikiTree no matter who they are or what their background is."

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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
member since 2014

Top 25 family names yesterday:

  1. FROMAN (64)
  2. SMITH (58)
  3. WILLIAMS (44)
  4. BROWN (42)
  5. JONES (40)
  6. BALLARD (38)
  7. JENNINGS (38)
  8. DUNBAR (37)
  9. TAYLOR (36)
  10. WILSON (34)
  11. DAVIS (33)
  12. MILLER (33)
  13. HANNA (33)
  14. REXILIUS (32)
  15. LEWIS (28)
  16. HOTZ (27)
  17. MCKEE (27)
  18. BARLOW (27)
  19. WADDELL (26)
  20. HART (26)
  21. KENNELLY (25)
  22. SWEENY (25)
  23. HARRIS (24)
  24. WALKER (24)
  25. HILTON (24)

See our top contributors and surnames for last month.

Question of the Week

Question of the Week: What has researching your ancestors made you thankful for?

Last week: How do you honor the veterans in your family? [more featured questions]

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See our Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) community forum for more.