#collaborativegenealogy — Public Fediverse posts

❓#QuestionOfTheWeek Have you ever photographed headstones at a cemetery? 🪦

Tell us about your experience. Was it a single ancestor you'd been searching for, or a systematic sweep of an entire cemetery? Did you run into unreadable stones, and how did you handle them? Any surprises — a name you didn't expect on a family plot, or a burial that contradicted what the paper trail said?

https://youtube.com/shorts/D74HEsZt8ZE

And if this is an activity you enjoy, consider volunteering with our Cemeterist Project, which coordinates the photographing and documenting of cemeteries and connects those images to profiles: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Cemeterist

Share your answer: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2071252

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate #Cemetery #GraveyardRabbit #LocalHistory

🌳 Genealogy is better together!
#GenealogyCollaborationHour TODAY at 5 PM ET w/ @azurerae
Work on projects, get help, share finds & enjoy friendly company
Everyone is welcome & it is free to join
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2068561
#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate #CollaborativeGenealogy

Coffee's on & the slides are ready!
Talking @wikitree for surname researchers for The Surname Society
TODAY 8am PT / 4pm BST
FREE
Hope to see you there
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2066016
#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate #CollaborativeGenealogy

🌳 Tune in at 10am ET for another #SaturdayRoundup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGtTS8PcEzI

#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate 45M+ profiles 16M+ DNA connections 17+ years collaborating

#CollaborativeGenealogy

#WikiTreeMeetOurMembers: Antonia Reuvers
We're celebrating Antonia this week for her awesome contributions to our #CollaborativeGenealogy community. 👏
Read more about her WikiTree journey: https://wikitree.com/g2g/2068425
#WonderfulWikiTreers

🌳 2658 new connections. One week. One incredible team. Thank you to every #CollaborativeGenealogy volunteer who grew connections out 7° from Jen Shaffer during #WTChallenge 8
Highlights 👉 https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2070105
#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

No need to swipe right! #FridayDateNight is hunting profiles with no dates
Join us today, 4 pm ET
Everyone welcome — no date required.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Friday_Date_Night
#CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

🌳 WikiTree Member Q&A Session: TODAY at 8pm ET
✔️ Navigating the website
✔️ Creating and maintaining profiles
✔️ Growing your family branches

Details: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2065801

#CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

Project Showcase: Data Doctors
This project was started on WikiTree in 2016 and has 845 members
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Data_Doctors
#CollaborativeGenealogy

🎬 REVEAL DAY! Tonight at 8pm ET #WTChallenge 8 we share everything our #CollaborativeGenealogy volunteers found within 7° of Jen Shaffer
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHoHyu3TvB0
#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

#OnePlaceWednesday showcase: Coloma, Wisconsin
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Coloma,_Wisconsin_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy

🧩This Week's #ConnectionCheckers International Left Handers Day 🤚

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hp8wGrh11ow

We're celebrating International Left Handers Day (August 13). See which of this week's notable lefties is closest to you on our "Big Tree" — Sir Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Helen Keller, Judy Garland, Lewis Carroll, Barack Obama, Nicole Kidman, and more.

Then verify your connection. On August 18, three members join the Connection Checkers Hall of Fame: shortest verified path, longest verified path, and most connection steps verified.

Join us, even if you don't know where to begin — the full list and how to play are in the post.

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2068646

#LeftHandersDay #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

#OneNameTuesday showcase: Denny
Almost 4k Denny profiles. Countless connections. One collaborative effort. This is the power of One Name Studies on WikiTree! 🌟
https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Project:Denny
#OneNameStudy #CollaborativeGenealogy

📢 Registration is NOW OPEN for The #WTChallenge 9!🌳
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CpGM8lYUlEg
Join us 10-17 Sep for a week of #CollaborativeGenealogy for special guest, Justin York

🌳Ready to grow the tree?
🔗 Register: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2068539

#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

❓#QuestionOfTheWeek Do you have any left-handers in your family? 🤚

https://youtube.com/shorts/qhOEX5fY6tY

Handedness clusters in families but resists simple inheritance models — twin studies point to a modest genetic contribution rather than a single decisive gene. Which makes it exactly the kind of trait worth collecting anecdotally across a family tree.

Tell us about the left-handers in your family:

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2068403

#CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate #LeftHanded #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #FamilyStories

🌳 Genealogy is better together!
#GenealogyCollaborationHour TODAY at 5 PM ET
Work on projects, get help, share finds & enjoy friendly company
Everyone is welcome & it is free to join
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2065616
#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate #CollaborativeGenealogy

🌳 Tune in at 10am ET for another #SaturdayRoundup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCwz2SWzPKM

#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate 45M+ profiles 16M+ DNA connections 17+ years collaborating

#CollaborativeGenealogy

#WikiTreeMeetOurMembers: John Tyner
We're celebrating John this week for his awesome contributions to our #CollaborativeGenealogy community. 👏
Read more about his WikiTree journey: https://wikitree.com/g2g/2065585
#WonderfulWikiTreers

No need to swipe right! #FridayDateNight is hunting profiles with no dates — and so is this week's Data Doctor Challenge.
Join us today, 4 pm ET.
Everyone welcome — no date required.
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2065672
#CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

🔍 LIVE TODAY at 9AM Eastern; Ask Aleš
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbtkfsZWOws
Join Greg Clarke and Aleš Trtnik, big data expert, as he answers your questions about his FREE WikiTree Plus tool!
🔗 https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2066110
#CollaborativeGenealogy #AskAleš

Four German genealogists, unpaid and unrelated to me, spent their evening on my brick wall. One kept going for 17 months after everyone else went home. That's the part of @wikitree you can't buy.

https://countrygirlgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/08/MyGermanBrickWallBroken2024.html

#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate #CollaborativeGenealogy

🎉 Final day!
Join our #WTChallenge 8 wrap‑up: Noon ET
One week of #CollaborativeGenealogy increasing connections for Jen Shaffer
Thank you to everyone who pitched in!
👉 https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2052802
#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

Project Showcase: California
This project was started on WikiTree in 2016 and has 296 members following the tag
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:California
#CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

#OnePlaceWednesday showcase: Avalon, California
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Avalon,_California_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy

🧩This Week's #ConnectionCheckers California, the Golden State ⛏️

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cINYxdI8IgI

Eureka! We've struck genealogical gold — this week's game features notables from California.

First, see which of these Golden State notables is closest to you on our "Big Tree":

Marilyn Monroe — actress, singer, and model, one of the most enduring icons of Hollywood's Golden Age
Leland Stanford — industrialist, philanthropist, and politician; founder and namesake of Stanford University
James Beckwourth — credited with discovering the Beckwourth Pass, a new Gold Rush route into central California
Leo Fender — inventor and founder of Fender, whose guitars became the preferred instruments of countless rock musicians
Robert Frost — Pulitzer Prize-winning poet known for his depictions of American life
Bruce Lee — Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, and founder of Jeet Kune Do
George Lucas — producer, director, and screenwriter behind Star Wars and Indiana Jones
Louis Meyer — co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Motion Picture Studio
John Muir — conservationist and naturalist
Olivia Newton-John — singer, songwriter, actress, and activist, best known as "Sandy" in Grease
Pio Pico — businessman and the last Mexican governor of California before the Mexican-American War
Levi Strauss — founder of the denim company that developed blue jeans, first intended as work-wear

Second, verify your connection. On August 11, three members will be entered into the Connection Checkers Hall of Fame: the shortest verified path, the longest verified path, and the most individual connection steps verified — including those verified by helping others.

Please join us, even if you don't know where to begin. Start by posting an answer with a link to a connection you'll try to verify, then post updates as you go. If you get stuck, ask — others are glad to help.

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2065798

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #California #CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

🔥 #WTChallenge 8 winding down!
47 members have made over 4k profile edits, growing connections for Jen Shaffer
Incredible #CollaborativeGenealogy everyone - let's make a final push before we wrap!
👉 https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2052802
#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

#OneNameTuesday showcase: Lavelle
Almost 1k Lavelle profiles. Countless connections. One collaborative effort. This is the power of One Name Studies on WikiTree! 🌟
https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Project:Lavelle
#OneNameStudy #CollaborativeGenealogy

Spending this week on the #WTChallenge, collaborating with other members to grow connections out to 7° for Jen Shaffer.

For one week, WikiTree members collaborate on connections for a guest — adding profiles, adding sources, and finding interesting stories.

Dig in with us through 6 August: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2052802

How it works: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:WikiTree_Challenge

#CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

📍 Halfway there!
#WTChallenge 8 is at the midpoint and Jen Shaffer's connections keep reaching across the globe
Plenty of profiles still waiting for a researcher
Never a bad time to jump in 👉 https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2052802
#CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

🌳 Genealogy is better together!
#GenealogyCollaborationHour TODAY at 5 PM ET
Work on projects, get help, share finds & enjoy friendly company
Everyone is welcome & it is free to join
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2062800
#WhereGenealogistsCollaborate #CollaborativeGenealogy