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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 17,499,164 profiles (3,990,297 with DNA test connections) edited by 537,411 genealogists from around the world.
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Profile of the Week Profile Image Profile of the Week: John Wayne (1907-1979), iconic hero of the Hollywood Western.

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Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: William Merrill leading his troops.   [gallery of photos]

Member of the Week profile image Member of the Week: Dave Rutherford helps defend our shared tree as a Ranger and volunteers with the Canadian and UK projects. "I have been astonished at the number of folks who have contacted me over the years [because of WikiTree]. And not just distant cousins. I've heard from historians, museum curators, professors and old friends of people who I've profiled .... I have heard from people on every continent (except Antarctica of course). I've worked with folks from Chengdu, China to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Every day is a new adventure. I don't know who I will hear from when I turn on my computer!"   [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. SMITH (73)
  2. DOUGLAS (47)
  3. WILLIAMS (43)
  4. MARTIN (38)
  5. BROWN (37)
  6. MILLER (37)
  7. HIGLEY (34)
  8. DAVIS (34)
  9. ROBERTS (34)
  10. JOHNSON (32)
  11. MONTGOMERY (31)
  12. CARSON (30)
  13. SKEOCH (30)
  14. PERINE (28)
  15. LANGDALE (27)
  16. ADAMS (27)
  17. BUXTON (26)
  18. HUGHES (26)
  19. HOWARD (25)
  20. ALLEN (24)
  21. MOORE (24)
  22. EVANS (24)
  23. THOMPSON (23)
  24. WARD (22)
  25. JONES (22)

See our top contributors and surnames for last month.

Question of the Week

Question of the Week: Did any of your family participate in opening the American West?

Last week: Do you have Latin American roots?

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