June 2010

Profile of the Day: Robert Byrd http://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Carlyle-Byrd/6000000009198264074

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Alexander Skarsgård http://www.geni.com/people/Alexander-Skarsgård/6000000009189245747

Profile of the Day: Denis Leary http://www.geni.com/people/Denis-Leary/6000000009189117417

Profile of the Day: Monica Bellucci http://www.geni.com/profile/index/6000000009075659181

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Ennio Morricone http://www.geni.com/people/Ennio-Morricone/6000000008771866292

Is Dracula an ancestor of Robert Pattinson? http://www.geni.com/people/Vlad-Tepes/6000000002447338054

Profile of the Day: Robert Pattinson http://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Pattinson/6000000007966488778

Profile of the Day: David Beckham http://www.geni.com/people/David-Beckham/6000000009145719203

Geni's user base is truly international, with family trees extending around the globe. Our largest tree connects users from Israel to Estonia, from Norway to Malaysia, and just about everywhere in-between. Over half of our users come from outside of the United States, even though Geni has only been available in English – until now. A few weeks ago we invited a small group of users to use our new translation tools to translate Geni…. Read the full story

Profile of the Day: Nicolas Cage http://www.geni.com/people/Nicolas-Cage/6000000000769302404

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Tom Cruise http://www.geni.com/people/Tom-Cruise/6000000008052817842

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: José Saramago http://www.geni.com/people/José-Saramago/6000000009091744067

Profile of the Day: Ansel Adams http://www.geni.com/people/Ansel-Adams/6000000002966447793

Profile of the Day: Dakota Fanning http://www.geni.com/people/Dakota-Fanning/6000000008772312839

Today's highlighted profile is Coco Chanel http://www.geni.com/profile/index/6000000008953394470 Are you related to one of the 105 people in her tree?

Update 9:55 PDT: Geni is back up. We will update this post as we monitor for further issues. Geni is experiencing technical difficulties. Server issues began around 9:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time. Our engineers have deployed a fix and the site should return momentarily.

This Father’s Day, give the gift of family history from Geni. Our personalized options make great gifts for all the dads in your life. Personalized Family Tree Poster:  Because your family tree is already on Geni, sending a poster takes just  a few minutes. Personalize his poster with your choice of designs and colors. Each includes up to five generations of relatives, and can be express-shipped directly to nearly anywhere in the world. Give Dad… Read the full story