Ruth Van Alstine

Hi!

Congratulations, you've been a WikiTree member for a month! We're glad you're here. A few quick 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, Merging and Templates.

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.

And we're always looking for volunteers to assist in different ways.

As always, I'm here to help!

Eowyn

Hi Ruth! Now that you've had a bit of time to enjoy WikiTree, here are a few more features you may find useful:

Ideas on what to include in a profile can be found on the Bio Ideas and Styles and Standards help pages.

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, please ask!

~Lianne, WikiTree Mentor

Hi Ruth ,

Thank you for joining WikiTree. As a WikiTree Mentor I am available to answer any questions or help solve any issues you may be having.

How To Use WikiTree is a good place to start. It is a step-by-step-guide to WikiTree basics. Our Forum is searchable or you can post a question there. The Help Index is also an important place to find how to do most tasks.

It is very important that no duplicate profiles are created in WikiTree. Please read this page for clues on avoiding profile duplication.

Feel free to ask me via my profile page if you have any questions ~Terry~

Ruth, you need to email the gedcom specialist . [email address removed]

I do not know what happened as I do not process gedcoms.

Ruth, in WikiTree, no one can make changes to your family tree unless they are on your trusted list. That means they have to request you to put them on your family profiles. With famous or historical people over 200 yrs. old , we have http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Projects (the Project protections) as we have one profile per person only, merge all the managers together

Maggie

Welcome aboard to Wikitree, Ruth

If you need any help getting started, make sure to read How to use WikiTree for Yourself. We do emphasize Sources at WikiTree as well as dates and locations as you build your family tree here . Thank you and if you have any questions , please feel free to ask . Maggie

I have been working on my families genealogy for about 5 years now. I really love it and look forward to helping others, and expanding my genealogy tree as well. I would appreciate it if you would contact me before making changes to my family tree, as I am trying very hard to not have undocumented information in it.

Thank you for visiting WikiTree as a guest !

To give you an idea on how WikiTree works, we have an introductory WikiTree video that a member created. If you decide you would like to join our collaborative genealogy community, please read the Honor Code, post a comment here on your profile and we would be glad to add you to our wikitree community. Maggie N