❓#QuestionOfTheWeek Did anyone in your family serve in World War II? 🎖️
The Greatest Generation sacrificed so much — and their stories deserve to be remembered. This week on WikiTree, we're asking you to share what you know about family members who served in WWII. Whether they were soldiers, nurses, pilots, or support personnel, we want to hear about them.

Join the conversation, share their stories, and connect with others researching the same history.

▶️ https://youtube.com/shorts/QVL2T89d5zg
💬 https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2039944
#QuestionOfTheWeek #CollaborativeGenealogy #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WorldWarII #WWII #MilitaryHistory #WikiTree

Wow, I'm really late for breakfast and work, but therefore, I managed to finish writing the first draft for the profile of Christian (von) Bank, who had died in #Hinterzarten in 1629 and might have emigrated there from #Vorarlberg in the 16th century already. It's still a bit raw, but I would like to brag with it anyway. Feel free to point out typos, wrong words etc. (or edit them directly).

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Von_Bank-76

#WikiTree #Genealogy

🧩This Week's #ConnectionCheckers is all about Auto Racing!

🎬 https://youtube.com/shorts/V-ybMZtpd9s

The Indianapolis 500 just crossed the finish line, so we're revving up a motorsports-themed genealogy challenge! 🏁🏎️

How close are YOU to Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Sr., Richard Petty, Carroll Shelby, Bruce McLaren, Gilles Villeneuve, or any of this week's remarkable racing legends — including pioneering women drivers like Kay Petre and Clärenore Söderström — on the WikiTree Big Tree?

🔗 Play here → https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2037463

New players welcome! Just post your connection below and the community will help you verify it. Three players will be added to the Connection Checkers Hall of Fame on June 2!

#ConnectionCheckers #CollaborativeGenealogy #Genealogy #WikiTree #AutoRacing #FamilyHistory

❓#QuestionOfTheWeek — Do you have any Midwestern roots in your family tree? 🌾

Did your ancestors settle in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin? We'd love to hear their stories!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7OyJMHU4x9c
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2037107

#QuestionOfTheWeek #CollaborativeGenealogy #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FamilyTree #WikiTree #MidwestGenealogy

❓#QuestionOfTheWeek Do you have any adoptions in your family? 🚼

Adoption can add beautiful complexity to a family tree — and raise fascinating research questions. Join the conversation on WikiTree's G2G genealogy forum!

👉 https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/2034567
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wwpQn24fb4c

#WikiTree #Genealogy #CollaborativeGenealogy #FamilyHistory #Adoption #OpenSource

Nach fünf Monaten ist es mal wieder Zeit für ein Update.

Bei der Übertragung der Daten in WikiTree bin ich ganz gut vorangekommen. Aktueller Sachstand wie gewohnt hier: https://familie-stern.de/familie-stern-wikitree/

Dabei wurden wieder kleinere Bugs und Ergänzungen im Datenbestand vorgenommen, die in der aktuellen Internet-Datenbank und in GEDBAS bereits enthalten sind.

Mehr: https://familie-stern.de/news/2026-05-17-update-wikitree-genealogie-datenbank/

#Genealogie #Familienforschung #Ahnenforschung #FamilieStern #WikiTree #GEDBAS

❓#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

What if every family tree in the world was connected? 🌳

Not owned by a corporation. Not locked behind a paywall. Just one shared tree — built by people who care, free for everyone, forever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KeViqgADOA

That's the mission behind WikiTree. Since 2008, a passionate community of genealogists and history lovers has been working together to build a single, accurate family tree for all of humanity. No fees. No premium tiers. No catches. Just volunteers dedicated to getting history right — sourcing their research, collaborating with distant cousins, and weaving families together across borders and centuries.

This Mother's Day, think about the mothers in your family — the ones you know, and the ones lost to time. They deserve to be remembered. They deserve to be found.

Your family is part of this story. 💛

👉 Head to WikiTree and start finding your place in it.

#WikiTree #Genealogy #MothersDay #FamilyTree #FreeGenealogy