Wiki Tree Reviews

(based on 14 reviews)

79 of 146 people found this review helpful

All previous reviews I agree with, but we may disagree on different levels. My home tree Is My Heritage, the best.

Wiki tree has people going in and changing information that you have entered and known to bee correct, then they send you and email to thank a person for changing that information. Correct info great. (Even thou it could be wrong).

I don't like to be told to put my family on face book, If they want to join that's up to them. I'm not a member of face book, my business is mine not yours or whether you agree with me or not. I believe in serious genealogy and it's not found on social media.

Use Wiki tree for what it's mean to be used for, a free helpful too (TO build a tree)l I think a lot of the people are really trying to make good contributions Stay with your good intentions.it's up to you to try it or not, no matter what I say.

In summary, I would recommend Wiki Tree to a friend.

85 of 167 people found this review helpful

The best thing is that it is free. It intends to be a global tree that everybody collaborates on, but after years it still has many thousands of entries that have no sources and lead to nowhere. It is active, and most members seem to have good intentions. Note that if you register the ads go away.

It is extremely hard to navigate if you need to look for information or help. The main menu system has like 60 options and I'm not kidding. It seems to have people just constantly add help and other pages on top of ones already there making it complicated and repetitious and difficult to use. The search function is basically useless for the site and for the community message board called G2G. That message board is a strange one, not like others I'm used to. On this one, like Jeopardy, every topic starts in the form of a question and since the search function is so weak it seems some of the same topics are repeated over and over again even in the space of just a few days. It's difficult to read and follow.

As others have said, there are no reference sources or actual... (Read the full review)

In summary, I would recommend Wiki Tree to a friend.

104 of 198 people found this review helpful

WikiTree is one global, crowd-sourced, ever-improving family tree. Unlike other sites, members don't create their own family trees; they contribute to a single tree that may one day include us all. The WikiTree community is on a mission to grow The Free Family Tree â

In summary, I would recommend Wiki Tree to a friend.

174 of 365 people found this review helpful

Wikitree is a bit different to the majority of Genealogy websites out there. It is based on collaboration between members. The idea is to load your family on to the site, either manually or via a GEDcom upload. Then start the process of merging with other common profiles. A merge creates one profile that is shared between the original profile managers.

I have family trees on several Genealogy sites but I find Wikitree is the most satisfying in that the community is strong and supportive and the process is all about a common family tree.

Obviously the greatest feature is that it is free. Also profiles can be locked down to varying degrees of allowable access and therefore privacy is very strong where needed, ie living persons. It is also building very interesting project groups, for geographical areas, for one name studies, for historical events etc.

If there is a negative it is that it cannot find information for you relating to a particular person. Being free it has no ability to obtain records etc, like the expensive paid sites.

As at mid 2015 there are 10.5 million profiles on the site and growing fast, also there are 257,170 genealogists registered.

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In summary, I would recommend Wiki Tree to a friend.