Lindsay Snider

Welcome! We are so glad you are here! Please let me know if you are interested in joining our WikiTree DNA Project: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:DNA or our FamilyTreeDNA.com public page at https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/wiki-tree/about

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Hi! I see that you've uploaded a large gedcom to WikiTree, with a lot of people who are may already be here ("Suggested Matches"). I recommend that you add your parents manually, then your grandparents, all by hand, not using a gedcom. Then you might add some of their siblings. This would give you an opportunity to work a bit in WikiTree before you have 1,000 or more profiles to work on from your gedcom. When you add a gedcom and some of your people are already on WikiTree, and you correctly skip them, you end up having to go back and manually reconnect parents and children. If you don't skip them, then you have duplicates that have to be merged. In the long run it's often best to enter people manually. If you're still set on using a gedcom I suggest you limit it to 50 or fewer people. Kay

Hi again!

You are now a confirmed member of WikiTree! Thank you for volunteering,? and we hope that you will find relatives here on WikiTree. If not?,? we hope that you will add them to our shared tree?.

Have fun, enjoy the site and don't forget to ask for help if you need it! WikiTree members are always eager to offer guidance to a fellow genealogist.

Come join in on the question of the week on our g2g forum at: What's your favorite family heirloom?

If you need additional help, our Mentors Project is a great bunch of volunteers who will be glad to assist you with WikiTree-specific problems.

Thanks, Dorothy

Hi Lindsay

Welcome to WikiTree! The initial email from us has helpful links that will get you started on WikiTree, which is not like any genealogy site you’ve ever used.

WikiTree is different because our goal is to have one profile per person, and that means we all work together as one collaborative team!

What brings you to WikiTree? Do you have research you’d like to share? Are you interested in how your family fits into the big tree? When you confirm your email address, you’ll have an opportunity to volunteer and tell us about your genealogical interests with your tags.

Once you volunteer, one of our Greeters will be happy to confirm your membership, and you’ll be on your way!

Welcome to the family! We’re really glad you’re here.

Dorothy, Wikitree Greeter.