WikiTree Tech Talk January 2026 📅

Tech Talk, hosted by Greg Clark, Kay Knight, and Rob Pavey
Community forum post: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1992388
Original post for questions submission: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1989861
Space page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Tech_Talk_Zoom

WikiTree Browser Extension: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Browser_Extension
WikiTree Sourcer: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Sourcer
BioCheck: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:BioCheckHelp
Tree Apps: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Tree_Apps

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:09 Welcome opening comments & agenda
00:02:31 Update from Jamie Nelson, Team Member
00:04:44 Mock up of Fan Chart w/Adoptive & Biological parents
00:10:30 Example of how to add alternate parent
00:15:56 Update from Ian Beacall on WikiTree Browser Extension (WBE)
00:16:15 WBE Location suggestions
00:27:11 WBE Wikitable wizard
00:34:47 WBE Summary option
00:38:43 BioCheck update from Kay Knight - Feed helper within WBE
00:39:47 Sourcer update from Rob Pavey - three new sites and bug fixes
00:33:22 Sourcer more work on FreeBMD
00:40:47 Questions from participants
00:55:22 Tech Talk Zoom space page
00:56:02 Ending comments
00:56:37 Outro

WikiTree is a site where you can document your family history, collaborate on genealogy research, look into your ancestry and heritage, be fanatics at joining challenges, and search for friendly cousins through DNA matches. Are you looking for your great-great-grandparents? Do you want to know how to research those distant ancestors, find vital records, and more? Have you always wondered how you relate to important people in our history? Check out WikiTree.com and watch the LiveCasts for project information, challenges, and more!

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