If you click your green tags it will show you member's who are also following that tag, if you tag shows only you on the list then the tag needs to be revied or split into two tags, you can have 20. Add green tags for family and other surnames, only use surnames as the system is based on surnames. You can also add tags for locations or interests - explore the project link for these. Tags link you to the community sourcing & research options, to add more tags (you can have 20) go to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Following You can find more information about tags here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tags
Please avoid the use of abbreviations as they can mean different things in different countries, always use the full words, Also please ensure you create profiles that are sourced see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources too learn more about sourcing
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Welcome, Rob! You are now a Family Member! :) I hope you enjoy this site as much as I do, as it is a lot of fun and there are tons of great people collaborating.
First, make sure you check out our New Member How-To pages. They will save you time learning our system: Member How-To pages.
Let me know if you have any questions. I'm here to help!
Just checking in with you to see how it is going, I hope you found the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:New_Member_How-To and links useful. We want to help you learn about the site and the community, so if or when you have questions, ask in our G2G forum https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/ or click REPLY below this message, to ask me
If you click your green tags it will show you member's who are also following that tag, if you tag shows only you on the list then the tag needs to be revied or split into two tags, you can have 20. Add green tags for family and other surnames, only use surnames as the system is based on surnames. You can also add tags for locations or interests - explore the project link for these. Tags link you to the community sourcing & research options, to add more tags (you can have 20) go to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Following You can find more information about tags here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tags
Please avoid the use of abbreviations as they can mean different things in different countries, always use the full words, Also please ensure you create profiles that are sourced see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources too learn more about sourcing
Have a look and explore https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Projects to see which project might be helpful for your research
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First, make sure you check out our New Member How-To pages. They will save you time learning our system: Member How-To pages.
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