Thread by @DavidDobie2

I often talk about using the #WikiTree website to record my #FamilyHistory research. Here’s a thread for #AncestryHour with some reasons why I ❤️ @WikiTreers. [1/17]

I’ve spent hours researching my #FamilyHistory, but don’t have anyone to leave it too. #WikiTree provides a place to record information for others to read and critique (now and in the future). #AncestryHour [2/17]

I won’t be around for ever, so I need somewhere that my #FamilyHistory research will survive long after I’ve gone. #WikiTree provides that. It’s free, so no need to worry about subscription fees when I’m not around to pay them. #AncestryHour [3/17]

#WikiTree won’t last for ever, either, but they have a serious plan about preserving the records long-term: wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Prot…. #AncestryHour [4/17]

#WikiTree places great importance on citing sources. It’s helped me become a better genealogist as I want my research to stand-up to scrutiny: wikitree.com/wiki/Help:How_…. #AncestryHour [5/17]

#WikiTree’s "Honour Code" explains what’s expected of contributors and is a requirement on those who participate at a higher level on the tree: wikitree.com/wiki/Special:H…. #AncestryHour [6/17]

Forget sites that try to do the work for you, with hints or shaky leaves — they have their place — but #WikiTree is different: a free place to record your #FamilyHistory research to share with others. #AncestryHour [7/17]

A single world-wide tree sends shivers down the spines of some #genealogists, but I believe #WikiTree is more likely to attract family historians with some experience behind them. #AncestryHour [8/17]

Every change to every profile on #WikiTree is recorded and can be reviewed and reversed. You get an alert to any change made to a profile you set-up or adopt. #AncestryHour [9/17]

Here’s an example of a recent #WikiTree biography — one I produced about my great great grandfather, John Ligertwood Jr (1833–1925): wikitree.com/wiki/Ligertwoo…. #AncestryHour [10/17]

‘Free-space’ profiles on #WikiTree enable you to add all sorts of information which relates to people you are researching. I’ve used it to explain a group of farms associated with my ancestors: WikiTree.com/wiki/Space:Bro…. #AncestryHour [11/17]

#WikiTree even caters for #OneNameStudies — My (currently very small) #MoggachOneNameStudy now has a home there at wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Mog…. #AncestryHour [12/17]

There‘s a very active members’ forum on #WikiTree: wikitree.com/g2g/questions. It’s amazing to see how experienced users help others. There are even volunteer mentors: wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Cont…. #AncestryHour [13/17]

#WikiTree is on Twitter too, of course. You can follow their account at @WikiTreers. #AncestryHour [14/17]

Full disclosure: I ❤️ #WikiTree so much that I volunteer some time to be a member of their Ambassadors’ Project: wikitree.com/wiki/Project:A…. #AncestryHour [15/17]

Hope you have found this thread useful. If you have never heard of #WikiTree, here’s where to start: wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Abou…. #AncestryHour [16/17]

Maybe the Tweets weren’t quite in the right order, but now I’m done, let’s ask @threadreaderapp to unroll this thread, for those who’d prefer to read this as a web page. #AncestryHour [Ends]