Member of the Week: Kenneth Evans is active in the Australia Project and leads the Australian Generals Team in the Military and War Project.

"Most people have a story. ... Building sourced biographies, and accurate and attractive profiles, gives me immense satisfaction."

Last week: Cathryn Hondros helps with the Appalachia Project and started a free-space project on the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

"My favorite feature is the open collaboration. Because WikiTree is a public, crowd-sourced, universal family tree, an individual's private research or items from personal collections can be shared for the benefit of all."

[more members & member quotes]

GenealogyTV did a video tour: "How to Use WikiTree."

For another member's perspective, see the "Welcome to WikiTree" video series.

Here's a member's introduction in verse: "One tree, two tree ...".

"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

"Before WikiTree, I was skeptical and discouraged about big one-single-trees because there were (are) so many errors, but WikiTree is different because it's collaborative, genial and there are people available to help resolve any issues." — Roberta Estes, blogger