Pat (Maas) Kauffman

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I am interested in your Smith family. Do you have a Smith immigrant ancestor to America?

Welcome! We are so glad you are here! We have a Smith One-Name-Study to assist you with your general research and genetic genealogy: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Smith_Name_Study

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Shirley

i have been doing research on ancestry.com and would like to merge my information into wikitree. The Smith family connection goes back to 1541 and much of it matches what is already here. The Solem/Dokken connection does not seem to be available (norwegian) I have a "paper" tree but is in norwegian :-)

I noticed you uploaded a GEDCOM. Here's a link to great information about GEDCompare, the process of adding a GEDCOM to WikiTree, that you might find helpful.

If you have any brick walls, collaboration might help bust through. 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

The help pages give lots of information about the process, best to start with 'Before you import a GEDCOM'.

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