Congratulations, you've been a WikiTree member for a month! We're glad you're here. A few tips to help you dive in even deeper:
Check out Beyond the Basics of WikiTree for a guide on some of our more advanced features such as Projects, Categories, and Merging.
We're very active on our social sites and we have an excellent blog where you'll find our monthly newsletter as well as tips, interviews with our members and guest posts from others in the genealogy community.
As always, I'm here to help if you have any questions!
Because WikiTree has only one profile for each person, the further back you go in your ancestry, the more likely cousins will find you and help out. ANY Wiki Genealogist can edit "Open" profiles (over 200 years old = open). There's also a brickwall tag in the G2G forum: brickwall
Sources are very important, so please be sure to include the sources used, on each profile you add.
It is a good idea to enter a few of your ancestors manually, to get used to how WikiTree works. Then, you could upload a small portion of your tree, with a gedcom, to see how that works. There is always editing needed after a Gedcom import, so fewer profiles makes the task easier.
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.
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.
Our help pages, also top right, have all sorts of useful information.
Welcome as a guest to WikiTree! We're growing a worldwide family tree, striving for ONE collaborative profile per person.
To Start: 1. Our Honour Code is a very important part of why our community is such a friendly place to grow your family tree so please take some time to read it.
2. Feel free to ask a Question at our G2G Forum. Our help pages, menu top right - have very useful information.
Want to join us? Click the volunteer Button and leave a message here on your profile saying that you would like to contribute. -
Newbie on this site and would love to help grow the WikiTree by listing our family line from the Philippines.
This site would be a very good portal in sharing the information of genealogy /family line/ blood connection that I still know of. Of course with the help of information source that I will gather from one relatives to another.
In my country, genealogy was not been given importance by most which I really felt sad. Immediate family indeed matters however knowing your roots and where -from whose line you came from is something that also will help me and the coming generation to look back and forward to.
Congratulations, you've been a WikiTree member for a month! We're glad you're here. A few tips to help you dive in even deeper:
Check out Beyond the Basics of WikiTree for a guide on some of our more advanced features such as Projects, Categories, and Merging.
We're very active on our social sites and we have an excellent blog where you'll find our monthly newsletter as well as tips, interviews with our members and guest posts from others in the genealogy community.
As always, I'm here to help if you have any questions!
Guy ~ WikiTree Mentor
Thank you for signing the Honor code. Collaboration, accurate information and good sources are the basis for a great WikiTree.
By signing the Honor Code you're telling others you are a responsible Wiki genealogist.
Feel free to ask me via my profile page if you have any questions.
Have a nice journey on Wikitree,
Guy - Wikitree Mentor / Leader
Now that you have had a little time to try WikiTree, there are a few more features you may find useful.
Ideas on what to include in a profile can be found in Styles and Standards, including some tips on writing biographies.
If you need to describe an event, an heirloom or a location relevant to your research, you may like to learn about Free Space Profiles.
Lastly, sometimes you'll run into unresponsive profile managers. We have a process for resolving those unfortunate situations.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask via my profile page.
Guy ~ WikiTree Mentor
Because WikiTree has only one profile for each person, the further back you go in your ancestry, the more likely cousins will find you and help out. ANY Wiki Genealogist can edit "Open" profiles (over 200 years old = open). There's also a brickwall tag in the G2G forum: brickwall
Sources are very important, so please be sure to include the sources used, on each profile you add.
It is a good idea to enter a few of your ancestors manually, to get used to how WikiTree works. Then, you could upload a small portion of your tree, with a gedcom, to see how that works. There is always editing needed after a Gedcom import, so fewer profiles makes the task easier.
How are you? I'm Shirley, a WikiTree Mentor. Hope you're enjoying our site.
How To Use WikiTree is a good starting point, and the Help Index is an important place to find out how to do most tasks.
If you have pre-1700's ancestors to add please read our Pre-1700 profiles info. Do you have Royal Ancestors? Rather than create duplicate profiles for them, please contact the EuroAristo Project to discuss connecting your family line to their profiles.
And I'm here to help too, just ask!
Shirley ~ 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.
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.
Our help pages, also top right, have all sorts of useful information.
Happy Hunting,
Jess
Welcome as a guest to WikiTree! We're growing a worldwide family tree, striving for ONE collaborative profile per person.
To Start: 1. Our Honour Code is a very important part of why our community is such a friendly place to grow your family tree so please take some time to read it.
2. Feel free to ask a Question at our G2G Forum. Our help pages, menu top right - have very useful information.
Want to join us? Click the volunteer Button and leave a message here on your profile saying that you would like to contribute. -
Happy Hunting,
Jess
Newbie on this site and would love to help grow the WikiTree by listing our family line from the Philippines.
This site would be a very good portal in sharing the information of genealogy /family line/ blood connection that I still know of. Of course with the help of information source that I will gather from one relatives to another.
In my country, genealogy was not been given importance by most which I really felt sad. Immediate family indeed matters however knowing your roots and where -from whose line you came from is something that also will help me and the coming generation to look back and forward to.