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  • Family Tree Magazine Names Geni to 101 Best Websites
    The September 2008 issue of Family Tree Magazine named Geni.com to it's list of 101 Best Websites for 2008. "An alternative to investing in shrink-wrapped software, Geni was picked by PC Magazine as one of the best free online applications... read more
  • Geni in Time's 50 Best Websites 2008
    Time Magazine June 16, 2008 For an exercise that's all about family, researching your genealogy can be an oddly lonesome affair, filled with long hours spent sifting through records and making awkward phone calls to far-flung relatives. But Geni turns... read more
  • 2008 Artistry of Genealogy Awards
    Business Wire Mar 28, 2008 The 2008 Artistry of Genealogy Awards (AGA) were announced today by The Photo preservation Center (PPC) to showcase outstanding genealogy websites and recognize excellence in preserving family history through genealogy. Read the rest of the... read more
  • Good UI Design: Make It Easy, Show Me You Care
    Read, Write, Web March 26, 2008 ...uses a few examples to make his point: one, Geni an online family tree creation tool lets users make a family tree as soon as they visit the web site. Read the rest of... read more
  • Sign Up Forms Must Die
    A List Apart | For People Who Make Websites March 25, 2008 We are pleased to present an excerpt from Chapter 13 of Luke Wroblewski’s forthcoming book Web Form Design: Filling In the Blanks (Rosenfeld Media, 2008). — Ed. I’ll... read more
  • Is Shrink Wrapped Software Dead?
    Time Magazine March 17, 2008 Learning about your heritage is fun for the whole family on Geni.com, which lets you invite relatives to help flesh out the family tree. Since all data are stored on Geni's central servers, anyone you've... read more
  • One of the Best Free Sofware Apps
    PC Magazine March 2008 Share your genealogy with everyone in the family. They can contribute more individual profiles until your family tree is complete. read more
  • I Dream of Geni
    Sarasota Magazine - January 13, 2008 A couple of weeks ago my cousin Andrew from Atlanta e-mailed me an invite from a Web site service called Geni. The invitation asked me to register and offered me the opportunity to build... read more
  • All hail to top 10 Web's throne
    The Star Ledger - January 1, 2008 Geni: Existing Web sites often retooled themselves to add a "social networking" component in 2007, a year notable for the elevation of Facebook to near Google-like stature. With Geni, the Web got an... read more
  • Online Sites Offer Peek Into The Past
    Forbes.com - December 31, 2007 One of the earliest "Web 2.0" family tree start-ups is Geni.com, which launched in January 2007 and has since received $11.5 million in venture capital (valuing the company at $100 million) and attracted nearly 1... read more
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