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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 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]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiibMgcX0AAJt0v.jpg "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]")
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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]
Here’s an example of a recent #WikiTree biography — one I produced about my great great grandfather, John Ligertwood Jr (1833–1925): https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ligertwood-21. #AncestryHour [10/17]
#WikiTree won’t last for ever, either, but they have a serious plan about preserving the records long-term: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Protecting_Our_Shared_Tree. #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: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:How_to_Get_Started_with_Genealogy#Source.2C_Source.2C_Source. #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: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Honor_Code. #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]
‘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: https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Space:Broadmuir. #AncestryHour [11/17]
![‘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: https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Space:Broadmuir. #AncestryHour [11/17]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiicYkPWAAIL5PR.jpg "‘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: https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Space:Broadmuir. #AncestryHour [11/17]")
#WikiTree even caters for #OneNameStudies — My (currently very small) #MoggachOneNameStudy now has a home there at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Moggach_Name_Study. #AncestryHour [12/17]
