New & Notable
Profile of the Week: Bob Saget (1956-2022), star of Full House and host of America's Funniest Home Videos. Which comedian is most closely connected to you?
Last week: Sidney Poitier (1927-2022), the first African American and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Which 1960s leading actor is most closely connected to you?
Previously:
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Featured Family Photo: "Together with Nana Doris Lee Stewart." Photo uploaded by Noliwe Hill.
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Connect-a-Thon: Our marathon family connections event is this weekend, January 14-17.
The 2022 WikiTree Challenge: One tree ... one guest ... one week ... what can we discover? Watch the fun
video. Challenge 1 (January 5-12) was for
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. Challenge 2 (January 20-27) is for
Paul Gilmartin, best known as the host of
Dinner and a Movie on TBS.
Member of the Week: Joan Hollander, a coordinator for our Netherlands Project. She loves that WikiTreers "are so friendly and willing to help. We all are here with the same goal. To grow and improve our tree." Her advice to new members:
"Check if there is a project for the area you are interested in. They can help you get started and provide you with the correct guidelines."
Last week: Gina Jarvi volunteers "just about every day" to help the US Black Heritage (USBH) Project. She guides new volunteers through the USBH Path Program.
"I am so impressed and so grateful for the community here. I have only encountered gracious assistance and patience during my newbie stage (which I am still in)."
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"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
