❓#QuestionOfTheWeek — Do you have Appalachian roots?🌄
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tu-J5US-1Vc

The misty hollows and ridge-top farms of Appalachia sheltered families for generations — and their stories are woven into one of America's most distinctive regional cultures. Whether your ancestors came through the Great Wagon Road, settled the Blue Ridge, or farmed the coal country of West Virginia and Kentucky, those mountain connections run deep.

Do you have Appalachian roots? Where from — and any surprising connections you've uncovered?

Share your story and join the conversation on WikiTree's G2G community forum. You might even find cousins you never knew you had! 🌿

Also, be sure to check out the WikiTree Appalachia Project, and join a live chat this Thursday or Saturday for Appalachian Research Get-to-Know parties.

👉 https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2031660

#CollaborativeGenealogy #Genealogy #Appalachia #FamilyHistory #AppalachianRoots #WikiTree #AncestryResearch #FamilyTree

🌳 WikiTree New Member Q&A Session - June 2025 🌳
Join us for our monthly WikiTree New Member Q&A session on Sunday, June 22 at 11am EDT/3pm UTC

This live session is perfect for new WikiTree members seeking help with:
Navigating the website
Creating and maintaining profiles
Growing your family branches

Meeting Details: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1898101
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🌳 WikiTree New Member Q&A Session - June 2025 🌳
Join us for our monthly WikiTree New Member Q&A session on Thursday, June 12 at 8pm EDT/12am UTC

This live session is perfect for new WikiTree members seeking help with:
Navigating the website
Creating and maintaining profiles
Growing your family branches

Meeting Details: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1898101
#CollaborativeGenealogy #WikiTree #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #AncestryResearch

#3GoodThings

1. Sharing family photos with a newly discovered first cousin through #AncestryResearch
2. A fine dinner with my family
3. Settling in to watch "It's a Wonderful Life"

@littlealex

Actually, #Blackstone bought #AncestryCom back in 2020. The latest news on the subject is:

" #Blackstone Inc. defeated a proposed class action alleging that its $4.7 billion acquisition of Ancestry.com resulted in the disclosure of protected genetic information of #Ancestry users, in violation of the #IllinoisGeneticInformationPrivacyAct." [Bloomberg Law News, 01 May 2023]

They originally tried to leverage that data when #Covid first hit.

#GeneticGenealogy #DNAtesting #Genetics #GeneticData #23andMe #GedMatch #AncestryDNA #AncestryResearch #Genealogy #FamilyTrees #BlackstoneGroup

https://diggingintoyourfamilytree.wordpress.com/2020/08/07/why-you-should-care-that-ancestry-com-just-got-bought-by-blackstone/

breaking through a a brick wall on my #AncestryResearch has me like. Turns out I have a #Suisse history.

https://tenor.com/view/happy-gary-excited-gif-13056105

Also hi followers! I'm Jam, a Black Non-Binary Neurodivergent tech person who also loves the following: #popculture #music #woodturning #whiskey #whisky #distilling #comics #movies #animation #music #musicproduction #history #ancestryresearch and a slew of other things (including #theater too)!

If these fit any of your interests, stick around!!