Weekly WikiNews (25 January 2017)

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Hi WikiTreers!

Family History Photo of the Week Nominee

Here are a few things happening around the community this week:

• Profile of the Week: Nobel Peace Prize winner and author Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) from the Holocaust Project. Check your connection here.

• Meet our Member of the Week: Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum moderator and 1776 Project co-leader Michael Stills.

• Michael will be interviewed in this week’s WikiTree LiveCast video chat. Join us on YouTube on Saturday. You can also watch last week’s LiveCast with Jayme Arrington on the Sourcerers Challenges and Saturday Sourcing Sprints.

• Question of the Week: What do you do when you find a “black sheep” in your family?

• A new design for Research Note Boxes better highlights when profiles are unsourced, represent people who may never have existed, have roughly estimated dates, etc. Here’s an example.

• Don’t miss out on upcoming events – check out the new WikiTree Calendar.

• Is your surname part of a One Name Study? If not, maybe consider starting one!

Answer 1

I LOVE that picture!