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WikiTree-35: Please invite a cousin, forward this email, or share the animated intro to WikiTree.   Community News This week we're featuring Country Music stars, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry. To play Country Music Connection Checkers, first add your missing links until you connect with Johnny Cash and 37,875,931 others on our "Big Tree." If your family tree had a theme song, what would it be? The Friday Date Night heroes have reached a huge milestone: they've added dates to 300,000 profiles that previously had none. Join them on Zoom this Friday at 4pm EST, 9pm UTC, or anytime on Discord. Starting tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 20), AncestryDNA will be offering their lowest price ever: $29 DNA tests. Ancestry will also be offering 50%-off gift memberships. (If you order through these links, you'll be helping WikiTree at no additional cost to you.) Greg Clarke's fan chart app is a virtual feast for family historians. Play around with it: Tree Apps for Southern Pioneers Project WikiTree (select "FAN CHART" and "GO") Join Greg and other volunteer developers for a Tech Talk on Zoom Monday, Nov. 24. Bring your questions and suggestions. It's perfect for "advanced beginners" but everyone is welcome. Are you interested in improving the profiles of Mayflower passengers and their early descendants? The Vietnam War Project is reorganizing and needs volunteers. The India Project is also seeking members. Our next collaborative research challenge will benefit George Morgan, co-host of The Genealogy Guys Podcast podcast. Come help! This week's clean-up collaboration: reference tag errors — little problems that prevent source citations from displaying properly. The 1776 Project is hosting a watch party for Ken Burns' The American Revolution every night this week. WikiTreer of the Week interview: Margaret Meredith, a member of the Tennessee and Appalachia projects. "I'm excited for the 1776 Project. ... I want to make sure every soldier who lived and/or died in my county is recorded on WikiTree." —Margaret There's a Link Builders' Cubicle Party Tuesday, Nov. 25.   Top Contributors to WikiTree Profiles in October #1 Russell Butler. #1 Chris Whitten. #1 Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts. #1 Stuart Awbrey. #1 Azure Robinson. #1 Sandy (Craig) Patak. #1 Jen (Stevens) Hutton.   More WikiTree contributors. Watchlist Edits 13 Nov 2025 12:00: Sandy (Craig) Patak added Elaine (Weatherall) Martzen as manager for profile of Southern Pioneers.Thank Sandy for this To make your own contributions, start at your profile or family tree.

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