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January 8, 2013:
WikiTree
is proud to announce its new GEDMatches
tool, open to all genealogists. This tool enables anyone with a
GEDCOM
to compare their family tree with the worldwide family tree being
grown by the WikiTree community.
GEDMatches does an
automatic search for each individual in a GEDCOM (up to 5,000
individuals). Each one is compared with the names and dates of the
4.3 million people in the shared tree. Suggested matches are
presented in a convenient, sortable table.
The genealogist can
compare each suggested match side-by-side with the person in their
GEDCOM. If it appears to be a match they can post a comment on the
WikiTree profile or send a private message to the profile manager.
To use GEDMatches, a
genealogist simply has to register
as a temporary guest member and
then upload
their file. The report will be
ready within about 10 minutes. There is no commitment to participate
on WikiTree or contribute any data to the project.
There is no catch.
Temporary guest memberships and GEDMatches reports are automatically
deleted unless the member volunteers to be a contributing Wiki
Genealogist and signs the Wiki
Genealogist Honor Code. If they do
become a full member and want to import their GEDCOM, GEDMatches
enables them to do it without creating duplicates on the shared tree.
GEDMatches, along with
every other feature and function on WikiTree, is completely free.
About WikiTree:
Growing since 2008, WikiTree.com is a 100% free shared family tree
website that balances privacy and collaboration. Community members
privately collaborate with close family members on modern family
history and publicly collaborate with other genealogists on deep
ancestry. Since all the private and public profiles are connected on
the same system this process is helping to grow a single, worldwide
family tree that will eventually connect us all and thereby make it
free and easy for anyone to discover their roots. See
http://www.WikiTree.com/.
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That sounds great - I'm going to go try it out.
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