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Toni Morrison profile image Profile of the Week: Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, who died August 5 of last year.

Alexis de Tocqueville profile image Last week: Politician, political scientist and historian Alexis de Tocqueville, born 29 Jul 1805, from the France Project.   [more examples of profiles]

 
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Photo of the Week: Ronnie Clawson, uploaded by Terri (Clawson) Swift. [more family history photos]

Laurie Giffin Member of the Week: Laurie Giffin leads the Atlantic Canada Team and volunteers her language skills on le Portail Francophone and bilingual categorization. Here's why she loves our single family tree: "We all save a lot of time and effort when we build on each other's research. I have met so many wonderful people, and have learned so much more about my ancestors than I could ever have achieved alone."

Alexandra Carter Last week: Alexandra Carter is active in the Canada and Dutch Roots projects. "My favorite thing about WikiTree is the community. .... don't be afraid to reach out to the community for help, because they'll generously give it!"   [more members & member quotes]

 
 
"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
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Top 25 family names yesterday:

  1. SMITH (96)
  2. BROWN (65)
  3. SONNER (53)
  4. BAILEY (52)
  5. JONES (50)
  6. JOHNSON (49)
  7. MARTIN (48)
  8. MURER (48)
  9. TAYLOR (47)
  10. WILLIAMS (44)
  11. THOMPSON (43)
  12. SCHWITTER (41)
  13. WILSON (39)
  14. LANCASTER (35)
  15. WHITE (34)
  16. RATHBONE (31)
  17. ROBINSON (31)
  18. DAVIS (31)
  19. RANDOLPH (31)
  20. KUHN (30)
  21. MCAULIFFE (30)
  22. BABCOCK (29)
  23. LEGLER (29)
  24. YOUNG (28)
  25. JACKSON (26)

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Question of the Week Question of the Week: Have you found your immigrant ancestors?

Last week: Are there nurses in your family tree?

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