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  1. Our community uses DNA and traditional genealogical sources to grow an accurate single family tree.
  2. Privacy controls enable us to integrate modern family history.
  3. Extraordinary protections ensure that our shared tree will never be lost.
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Our tree includes 18,648,675 profiles (4,572,739 with DNA test connections) edited by 567,740 genealogists from around the world.
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Profile of the Week Profile Image Profile of the Week: Novelist and screenwriter Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) from the England Project.

Profile of the Week Profile Image Last week: Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), the first man to walk on the moon. [more profile examples]

 
Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Ann Douras. [more family history photos]

Community Clean-Up Challenge Community Clean-Up Challenge: Problematic dates. Thousands of people in our shared tree appear to have lived for over 115 years, or were born before their parents, or were married after death. These might be simple typos, but a thinking genealogist needs to investigate each one. Will you join our challenge to see how many we can fix by Monday?

Member of the Week profile image Member of the Week: Fran Weidman enjoys sourcing — she was the top-scorer in the 2018 Source-a-Thon — and connecting people to our global tree. "I love being a part of the England Project and have met so many wonderful people that share the same passion." [more genealogists]

 
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. SEEVER (70)
  2. SMITH (68)
  3. TRUE (55)
  4. JOHNSON (47)
  5. WILSON (43)
  6. ROWLAND (38)
  7. WRIGHT (37)
  8. DEVLIN (36)
  9. VANDERWERF (34)
  10. WHITE (33)
  11. ALTEMUS (31)
  12. GRIMM (31)
  13. MAY (30)
  14. ROBERTS (29)
  15. SCOTT (28)
  16. TAYLOR (28)
  17. CLARK (27)
  18. MITCHELL (27)
  19. WILLIAMS (27)
  20. THOMAS (26)
  21. HAYES (26)
  22. SEDDON (25)
  23. THOMPSON (25)
  24. ASHBURN (24)
  25. KALTENHAUSER (24)

See our top contributors and surnames for last month.

Question of the Week

Question of the Week: Have any family members been elected to an office or position?

Last week: What is your favorite old family photo? [more featured questions]

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