Weekly WikiNews (18 Jan 2017)

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Hi WikiTreers!

Here are a few things happening around the community this week:

• Profile of the Week: Chocolatier Domenico Ghirardelli (1817-1894) from the California Gold Rush Project.

• Meet our Member of the Week: South African Roots Project co-leader Ronel (Van Heerden) Olivier. See how you are connected to Ronel!

• Question of the Week: Do you follow genealogy blogs?

• Can you read any other languages? If so, put your translation skills to good use! Become a language volunteer.

• GEDmatch DNA test kits now link to WikiTree for genealogy.

• Have you wondered how WikiTree differs from FamilySearch? See this G2G discussion where WikiTreers are sharing their thoughts on it.

• Congratulations to Karen Brubaker on receiving a Super Star from Michael Stills – keep up the great work!