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Joshua Slocum Profile of the Week: Joshua Slocum (1844-1909), the first person to sail around the world alone.

Last week: Comedian Graham Chapman (1941-1989) of Monty Python fame. [more profile examples]

Henry VIII Connection Anchor: Henry VIII, King of England from 1509 to 1547.

 
Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Jean and Richard Erdoes camping. [more family history photos]

Member of the Week profile image Member of the Week: Amy Gilpin is a Project Coordinator for the Irish Roots Project and a Team Leader for the Global Cemeteries and Categorization projects. "I work with an amazing group of people here on a regular basis. They are friendly, encouraging and helpful and it's unlike any other genealogy site I've ever participated in."

Member of the Week profile image Last week: Janet Wild is one of our friendly Greeters and she's active in the England and Irish Roots projects. She is the Team Captain for the Sandringham Strollers in the upcoming Spring Clean-a-Thon (April 26-29). Janet loves the "collaboration, sharing and support from other members" on WikiTree. [more genealogists]

 
 
"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. SMITH (63)
  2. GLOECKLER (62)
  3. JOHNSON (43)
  4. BROWN (37)
  5. MILLER (36)
  6. COLLINS (36)
  7. ROGERS (33)
  8. KENNEDY (32)
  9. SCOTT (31)
  10. WILLARD (30)
  11. PIERCEY (30)
  12. THOMPSON (29)
  13. HOLLINGSWORTH (29)
  14. JUDD (29)
  15. PLOUFFE (29)
  16. JONES (28)
  17. TAYLOR (28)
  18. YOUNG (28)
  19. KOHNECKE (28)
  20. CHRISTENSEN (27)
  21. WILSON (27)
  22. HARRIS (27)
  23. RAUCH (27)
  24. KELLY (27)
  25. GREEN (26)

See our top contributors and surnames for last month.

Question of the Week

Question of the Week: If you were going to write your own epitaph, what would it be?

Last week: What traits do you see being passed from generation to generation in your family? [more featured questions]

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