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Bugs Bunny and Judy Hopps Connection Feature: Rabbits. Play this week's Connection Game. See if you are closer to Bugs Bunny (Mel Blanc) or Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin). Then collaborate and compete to make the first, shortest, or longest weevil-free and verified connection.

Last week: Dune 1984 vs. 2024 featuring Zendaya and Sting.

Previous features:

[more examples of profiles]

 
Magazine Cover "WikiTree is a great, collaborative, global family tree site for genealogists of every level from every part of the world." —Family Tree Magazine UK, November 2023

"Before WikiTree, I was skeptical and discouraged about big one-single-trees because there were (are) so many errors, but WikiTree is different because it's collaborative, genial and there are people available to help resolve any issues." — Roberta Estes, blogger

"It's been wonderful to experience how collaborative genealogy in WikiTree makes all of us better genealogists. Collaboration on our shared ancestors encourages us to share information and to hold each other to high standards." —Ellen Smith, member since 2014

 

Audrey Hoppes Member of the Week: Cemeterist and Appalachia Project member Audrey Hoppes [interview].

"I believe knowing where we come from is very important and whatever I can do to help other people find out more about their family history is essential work."

Travis Dykhoff Member of the Week: Travis Dykhoff [interview] coordinates the North Dakota Project.

"I started using WikiTree and really enjoyed it because of the level of moderation and volunteerism. I was tired of seeing multiple family trees on one site with conflicting information."

[more of our wonderful wikitreers]

GenealogyTV did a video tour: "How to Use WikiTree."

For another member's perspective, see the "Welcome to WikiTree" video series.

Here's a member's introduction in verse: "One tree, two tree ...".
Ancestry DNA

Top 25 family names yesterday:

  1. VANDERMERSCH (155)
  2. SMITH (99)
  3. WILLIAMS (75)
  4. CAVALLINI (61)
  5. MEACHAM (54)
  6. BROWN (51)
  7. ANDERSON (49)
  8. DESPRES (44)
  9. MALLON (41)
  10. JOHNSON (41)
  11. JONES (39)
  12. CASKEY (39)
  13. WICHLAND (39)
  14. JACKSON (35)
  15. THOMPSON (35)
  16. WIES (34)
  17. MILLER (34)
  18. WILSON (33)
  19. THOMAS (33)
  20. HALL (30)
  21. THERIAULT (29)
  22. WALKER (28)
  23. SURGUINE (27)
  24. COLLINS (26)
  25. TAYLOR (26)

Browse all the top surnames with their top contributors.