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This week's Black History Connection Checkers genealogy game features Booker T. Washington. To play, first add your missing family members until you connect to the "Big Tree."
- African-Americans often face a terrible genealogical brickwall created by slavery. Our big-hearted US Black Heritage Project has already created the single largest database of connected African-American families ... but there is so much more to do. You can help!
- MyHeritage is offering 50% off their full-featured plan — just $149.50 instead of $299 — and giving $75 of your payment to support WikiTree (at no extra cost to you) if you subscribe by February 16 using this link.
 Are you a Newt (new WikiTreer) or long-time member still feeling lost? Nobody has to find their way through the WikiTree forest on their own. WikiTreers help each other.
- Ask a question about WikiTree or about your genealogy or introduce yourself in G2G, our Genealogist-to-Genealogist forum, or live chat on Discord.
- Ask live via Zoom tomorrow (Thursday) @ 8pm ET (1am UTC).
- Deutsch? Der Stammtisch ist morgen (Donnerstag) @ 19:30 MEZ.
- Jonathan Mills ("retired pastor, computer nerd, and avid genealogist") has started a YouTube video series on WikiTree. Check out "WikiTree for Beginners: Why This Free Genealogy Site is Different."
- Send a free & advertisement-free Valentine's Day vintage postcard.
- Question of the Week: Do you have a favorite couple in your family tree?
- The first Winter Olympics were 100 years ago. Join the challenge to create profiles for Gold Medal winners from Austria, Britain, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
- The
Latin America,
México, and Spain projects are seeking new members.
- Any roots in India?
- Help link-up unconnected WikiTree profiles whose corresponding Find A Grave memorials are connected.
- One Name Studies — projects organized around a surname — are one of the most popular ways to collaborate on WikiTree. Look for a "WikiTree Project" button here or check the index for any surname. If there isn't an active project to join, start one!
 WikiTreer of the Week interview: Lisa Christensen. Lisa is currently "reconstructing enslaved families (and their descendants) who lived in Union County, Kentucky" with the US Black Heritage Project.
"I had helped friends research their African-American ancestors and was very familiar with the unique frustrations .... The most helpful sources for genealogical research on enslaved families have been ignored and buried for too long."
Top Contributors to WikiTree Profiles in January
#1 Elaine (Weatherall) Martzen.
#2 Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill.
#3 Stuart Awbrey.
#3 Sandy (Craig) Patak.
#4 Nan (Lambert) Starjak.
#4 Liz (Noland) Shifflett.
#4 Stephanie Ward.
#4 Sheena (Templeton) Tait.
#4 Coen Jacob Dijkgraaf.
#4 I. Speed.
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