Hi WikiTreers, Welcome to a new installment of “Meet our Members.” It’s time to get to know another awesome member of our community: Meet Tara. Tara Wildes became a Wiki Genealogist in December 2016.  She loves participating in our challenges and coordinates the Wildes One Name Study. What are some of the surnames you are researching? Wildes, Walker, Anderson, Wood, Kato, Rouse, Bowen, Lanier What are some of the locations you are researching? I focus on the Wiregrass Region of the Southern United States, but do not limit research to that area. I go where the records take me.   ..read more

Hi WikiTreers, Welcome to a new installment of “Meet our Members.” It’s time to get to know another awesome member of our community: Meet Lucy. Lucy Robinson became a WikiTreer in May of 2017.  She’s a Data Doctor, Connector and Sourcerer and also participates in our Germany Project. What are some of the surnames you are researching?  I’ve been trying to find out anything about the Wilsons from North Georgia. They are a mixture of Brewers, Underwoods & Harringtons/Herringtons. Wilson is my maiden name and the one I’m having the most trouble with. I’m fascinated with my 10th grea ..read more

Hi WikiTreers, Welcome to a new installment of “Meet our Members.” It’s time to get to know another awesome member of our community: Meet Jaki. Jaki Erdoes has been active on WikiTree since 2016. She participates in our Palatine Migration, Hungary and Scotland projects as well as our quarterly marathons and 52 Photos Challenge. What are some of the surnames you are researching?  There are so many!  But primarily, on my maternal line, Sternbergh, Dodds, Hazen, Lane, Votey/deVotie/Vauxtie, Van Brunt, Schuyler, Printup, Pierce. On my father’s side, mostly Elsass, Schrom, Glass, Baumhor ..read more

Hi WikiTreers, Welcome to a new installment of “Meet our Members.” It’s time to get to know another awesome member of our community: Meet Don. Don Howard became a WikiTreer in April 2019.  He loves finding new cousins and is active as a Sourcerer and in our Germany and Notables projects. What are some of the surnames you are researching? Howard, Dorsey, Goodnight, Loving, Turnbough, Dugger, Lopez, and Ranalli. What are some of the locations you are researching? Maryland (Colonial times), Deep South, Kentucky, Missouri, Nuevo Leon (Mexico) and Abruzzo, Italy. When and how did you get inte ..read more

Hi WikiTreers, Welcome to a new installment of “Meet our Members.” It’s time to get to know another awesome member of our community: Meet Claire. Claire Nava became a WikiTreer in February of 2015.  She is an enthusiastic Greeter and a sleuthing Data Doctor. What are some of the surnames you are researching?  Nava, Chapel (long a, please), McNabb, Van Schoonhoven, Gage. What are some of the locations you are researching? Currently, I am researching extended family in colonial America – New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont.  When and how did you get interested in gene ..read more

Hi WikiTreers, Welcome to a new installment of “Meet our Members.” It’s time to get to know another awesome member of our community: Meet Brad. Brad Cunningham became a WikiTreer in March of 2019. He participates in several England Project teams and sourcing is one of his favorite activities. What are some of the surnames you are researching? Well, there are so many, but I guess if I had to name a few, I’ve been looking into Clark, Worth, Hussey, Swain lately.  They are all early settlers of Nantucket & Massachusetts Bay.  Then I’m always working on DeBeck & Dow wh ..read more

Hi WikiTreers, Welcome to a new installment of “Meet our Members.” It’s time to get to know another awesome member of our community: Meet Sarah. Sarah Mason became a WikiTreer in September of 2017.  She’s quite active in many of our projects, particularly as a Connector, Data Doctor and Project Coordinator in the Scotland and Nebraska projects. What are some of the surnames you are researching? Mason, Gore, McGannon, Stewart/Stuart, Peniska, Micklam, Jimerson, Sharp(e), Lynch, Cain, Mosely, Becker, Dietrich What are some of the locations you are researching? I am currently the Project Co ..read more

Hi WikiTreers, Welcome to a new installment of “Meet our Members.” It’s time to get to know another awesome member of our community: Meet Mark. Mark Sutherland-Fisher became a WikiTreer in July of 2017.  He is very active as a Project Coordinator in our Scotland Project. What are some of the surnames you are researching? Sutherland, Mackenzie, Drummond, Waddell, Fisher and Postlethwaite What are some of the locations you are researching? The Scottish Highlands for most of my maternal ancestry and the Counties of Westmorland, Cumberland and Lancashire in England for most of my paternal an ..read more

Hi WikiTreers! Wow, what a wonderful WikiTree-ing weekend! You guys are amazing! Another successful marathon has come and gone.  Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2020 Spring Clean-a-Thon.  It’s one of our favorite things when the community comes together and works hard on bettering our Tree! This year we cleared 158,784 suggestions in 72 hours! Quite an accomplishment – we beat last year’s total of 132,554 AND the previous year’s of 152, 253.  That makes this our best Clean-a-Thon yet! Here are some highlights from the event: Top 5 Teams by Total Tree Nuts ..read more

Hi WikiTreers, Welcome to a new installment of “Meet our Members.” It’s time to get to know another awesome member of our community: Meet Jackie. Jackie Prentice became a WikiTreer in May of 2019. She is a Cemeterist and a Project Coordinator for our Scotland Project.  She also participates in the Military and War and England projects. What are some of the surnames you are researching? I am researching from Liverpool, Lancashire, England: Campbell, Cowley, McCoys (no Hatfields) McGarry and Ruddock. From Scotland: Prentice, Hogg and Hiddlestone. What are some of the locations you are rese ..read more