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« on: Sunday 08 October 17 19:56 BST (UK) »
   I sometimes come across Wikitree in the course of my browsings. Is it connected to Ancestry? It has a similar look to it.
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Re: Wikitree
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 08 October 17 20:02 BST (UK) »
I don't know whether it is connected to ancestry but it doesn't get very good reviews
http://www.city-data.com/forum/genealogy/2719660-wikitree-experience-reviews.html

In their T and C's they say this
"5. Ownership and Use of Content

License to Interesting.com in User Content. By posting User Content on the Website, you grant, and agree to grant, Interesting.com a license to use, copy, distribute, display, perform, and transmit the User Content you post in connection with Interesting.com's (and its successors' and affiliates') business. You also hereby grant each user of the Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Content through the Website, and to use such User Content as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service. The licenses granted by you in this Section 5 in User Content are non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, sublicenseable, and transferable. "

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Re: Wikitree
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 08 October 17 20:08 BST (UK) »
The company Interesting.com
http://www.interesting.com/

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Re: Wikitree
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 08 October 17 20:43 BST (UK) »
 www.gensoftreviews.com/?p=1247
https://www.geneabloggers.com/review-wikitree
are among other sites containing reviews of WikiTree.
Being a wiki it's collaborative.
It's not connected to Anc. I've seen Anc. often cited as a source of information on a profile.
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Re: Wikitree
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 08 October 17 20:50 BST (UK) »
    Thanks - I just wondered, I have no intention of joining in!
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