Catherine Auvil says she often has doubts about the authenticity of some of the sources.

WSJ: Using Wikis and Other Forms of Group Research, Family Historians Are Making Surprising Connections

After finding other long-hunter descendants on an Appalachian Heritage list-serve she subscribed to, Ms. Auvil formed her own group of long-hunter descendants.

WSJ: Using Wikis and Other Forms of Group Research, Family Historians Are Making Surprising Connections

Ms. Auvil turned her genealogy obsession into a group history project.

WSJ: Using Wikis and Other Forms of Group Research, Family Historians Are Making Surprising Connections

At Auvil Fruit, an apple and cherry grower in Orondo, Wash.

FORBES: The Ozone Solution

At Auvil Fruit, an apple and cherry grower in Orondo, Washington, operations manager Walter Hough says the company used to lose up to 20% of its fruit to mold and spores as it sat in cold storage for up to eight months.

FORBES: Magazine Article

After reading a page on WeRelate.org about Daniel Boone, one of the most famous long hunters, Ms. Auvil says she found a wiki page link to a Kentucky state surveyor and friend of a brother of a Tennessee senator who was a friend of the man who adopted her fifth great-grandfather after his own father was murdered.

WSJ: Using Wikis and Other Forms of Group Research, Family Historians Are Making Surprising Connections