Yeah, I think that WikiTree probably the closest thing to a federated genealogy platform that currently exists. While the website is only “free as in beer” (and not “free as in speech”), most of the genealogy data is free in both senses.
I haven’t closely compared WikiTree to other sites, but I WikiTree definitely favours quality over quantity. Adding new profiles might be a bit more cumbersome, but part of that is due to intentional steps to avoid the creation of duplicate profiles for the same person, and to encourage accurate sourcing.
The current worst drawback of WikiTree (in my opinion) is that it tends to be fairly English-centric, which has limited my progress on some branches of my tree. Despite this, WikiTree is still my preferred genealogy platform, and there have been gradual efforts to address the language issues.
Yeah, I think that WikiTree probably the closest thing to a federated genealogy platform that currently exists. While the website is only “free as in beer” (and not “free as in speech”), most of the genealogy data is free in both senses.
I haven’t closely compared WikiTree to other sites, but I WikiTree definitely favours quality over quantity. Adding new profiles might be a bit more cumbersome, but part of that is due to intentional steps to avoid the creation of duplicate profiles for the same person, and to encourage accurate sourcing.
The current worst drawback of WikiTree (in my opinion) is that it tends to be fairly English-centric, which has limited my progress on some branches of my tree. Despite this, WikiTree is still my preferred genealogy platform, and there have been gradual efforts to address the language issues.