Community News
- We've blown past another milestone: 44 million ancestor and cousin profiles!
Do you have any Welsh roots?
- The Wales Project is hosting a live chat this Friday, January 23. Get Welsh research help, help others, or just get to know the group.
- The Connecticut and Louisiana projects are seeking new members.
- The US Presidents Project has launched its America250 initiative. Ten more volunteers are needed to take responsibility for a presidential family.
→ Also see the 1776 Project's 2026 activities.
- Together we added 80,000 relatives in last weekend's Connect-a-Thon! 674 WikiTreers participated ... 245 added more 100 ... 10 topped 1,000. Top connectors: Danita Zanrè, Anastasia Beckwith, H Hillier, Allan Entwistle, Antonia Reuvers. Top teams: Discord Detectives, Mighty Oaks, Appalachia Roots, Team Roses, Flying Dutchmen. Winner: Free genealogy.
- Among this week's technical improvements:
WikiTreer of the Week interview: Diane Matthews, a member of the Wales and New York projects.
"The Wales Project could always use help with sourcing and making corrections based on the Data Doctor errors/warnings."
→ Join the Wales Project now.
- The England Project is one of WikiTree's largest and most collaborative groups. New members are matched with an Orphan Trail guide for one-on-one mentoring.
"The Orphan Trail helped me no end when I was getting started. Being in Australia, I would not have had a clue where or how to find digital records about my family in England — or how to cite them or organise my findings." —Susie Officer
Top Contributors to WikiTree Profiles in December
#1 Elaine (Weatherall) Martzen.
#2 Sandy (Craig) Patak.
#2 Abby (Brown) Glann.
#3 Liz (Noland) Shifflett.
#3 Russell Butler.
#4 Steven Harris.
#4 Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill.
#5 Stephanie Ward.
#5 Linda (Carruth) Peterson.
#5 Kathy (Stuewe) Zipperer.
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