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Free Space pages are wiki pages for supplementing your family history. They can be used to profile anything of significance such as a special pet, a meaningful event, a school you attended, a family heirloom .... They're "anything pages".
Thank you for volunteering to help grow our World Wide Family Tree.
You are now a member of the WikiTree Community. Please note we are trying to build one Collaborative Tree which means one profile per person. It is important to ensure no duplicates are entered as you add any Profiles to WikiTree.
Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work in progress so dont forget to read and sign our Honor Code. This is what keeps WikiTree a friendly and helpful community. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions.
I am an engineer looking to learn about my family's heritage. I have read your mission statement and agree with the nine rules. I have completed a certain amount of work on my recent history andhope that I can add to the work that has already been done in my various lines of lineage.
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2. Our help pages, top right, have all sorts of useful information.
If you would like to contribute, click the volunteer button and leave a comment here on your profile to let our greeters know. You should include a little bit about how you plan to contribute to the tree.
Good luck growing your branches, and thanks for offering to help with our shared tree :)
I see you edited a profile for a “Living Lapham”. Do you know there is a Lapham Name Study on WT?
If you are interested please let me know.
Stay well, Jennifer Lapham
Congratulations, you have now been a WikiTree member for one month! Here are a few ways to dive in even deeper:
Let me know if I can be of help.
Carole Partridge, WikiTree Mentor
Just checking in with a few quick tips:
Free Space pages are wiki pages for supplementing your family history. They can be used to profile anything of significance such as a special pet, a meaningful event, a school you attended, a family heirloom .... They're "anything pages".
Not sure what to include in a profile? Check out our Biography Ideas and Styles and Standards help pages.
Lastly, sometimes you'll run into unresponsive profile managers. We have a process for resolving those unfortunate situations.
If you have any questions, please ask!
Alison ~ WikiTree Mentor
Thank you for volunteering to help grow our World Wide Family Tree.
You are now a member of the WikiTree Community. Please note we are trying to build one Collaborative Tree which means one profile per person. It is important to ensure no duplicates are entered as you add any Profiles to WikiTree.
Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work in progress so dont forget to read and sign our Honor Code. This is what keeps WikiTree a friendly and helpful community. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Happy Hunting,
Jess
I noticed you uploaded a GEDCOM; thank you so much!
The help pages give lots of information about the process, good to start with this page, some information on importing a GEDCOM'.
Here's a link to a good step-by-step explanation of the process, including screenshots that you might find helpful.
- Bryan
A couple suggestions to get you started:
1. Feel free to ask a question at our G2G forum .
2. Our help pages, top right, have all sorts of useful information.
If you would like to contribute, click the volunteer button and leave a comment here on your profile to let our greeters know. You should include a little bit about how you plan to contribute to the tree.
Good luck growing your branches, and thanks for offering to help with our shared tree :)