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Irish Families Researched by Geni Users This project has been created on request from the Geni users who are researching Irish families. This will replace the current Roll-Call Irish families researched discussion as this is becoming too difficult to read through . The names will be where possible listed with a place name and with a link to the profile of the person who is also researching th...
New Beta Imminent Great news. We'll send out an email with all the details. It will be a little rough around the edges, but I am sure you can handle that. This will be a small, very specific test for next week until the 1st of February or so. We have added a TON of new formats. We want to ensure our reading and writing is working great. So here's what we'll happen. You will be limited...
This project aims to gather together the Geni profiles for all of the notable figures who have been featured on the genealogical television program Who Do You Think You Are? The program has been broadcast in dozens of countries and has many national versions, all of which are included in this project. Who Do You Think You Are? When you add a profile for someone featured on the program, plea...
Come collaborate and share your knowledge of spurious pedigrees. Add links; add profiles; identify wishful thinking, leaps of fancy, mistakes since corrected but still in circulation ... and outright scams. from Fraudulent Genealogy by Lisa South, Certified Genealogist There are many reasons that people create fraudulent genealogies: 1. Family members that are trying to hide something...
Meet some eminent genealogists , prominent pedigree website creators and exceptional family tree Bloggers who are on Geni . Please feel free to contribute additional geni members who are genealogy specialists with websites, or blogs to this project. Your assistance with this project would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Project Photo ------------------------------ ------- ...
A list of the areas on the tree that Geni Curators work in, by location. Geographical regions Regions are those set-forth by the United Nations. For a full listing, please visit here . Africa Eastern Africa June Barnes : Zambia and Zimbabwe Alastair Honeybun : Zimbabwe Middle Africa Alastair Honeybun : Rhodesia Pam Karp : Rhodesia Northern Africa Sharon Doubell :...
As part of our ongoing effort to provide excellent customer service to Geni users, we have moved to a new platform for our Help Center . This new platform should provide for better access to the information that will help you with any issues that you may run into using Geni. If you have a question about how to use the site or about an issue that may affect other users, please ask it in the kn...
Project Norwegian Ancestry - information There are 5 million Norwegians living in Norway today (2012) and somewhere between 5 and 15 million Americans with Norwegian ancestry. Since most Norwegian-Americans do not speak Norwegian this project aims to explain Norwegian genealogy and practices relevant for genealogy and Geni.com in particular. We have a project "Introduksjon til Geni co...
Welcome to the Geni research volunteers project Please feel free to apply to join this project, and/or follow the project. If you have research interests and abilities and like helping others on Geni, this is the project for you. The purpose of this project is to provide a central location for Geni users to list the areas of the world family tree where they have particular expertise, know...
Purpose: Project to determine which geni.com profiles have been involved in a large number of merges. Please include profiles that have 100+ managers or more by adding them to the project. Possible Uses: Performance benchmark tests Researching collaborative genealogy trends Possible profiles that need profile locking or curator following. Draw attention to geni.com's goal of one p...
This project relates to cleaning up copy-paste dumps from external websites on historical profiles. We will be developing guidelines for how to do this in the near future, in the meantime please add profiles with copy-paste issues to this project. Am excellent template for how to write up an "About" narrative is provided by Erica Howton here: Erica's Master Profile Cheat Sheet, notes in...
Identify personal links to history by comparing your ancestors to Geni projects . HistoryLink will compare your direct ancestors (and their siblings) to projects on Geni that focus on historical or famous individuals. It will list any matches found, the relation, and what projects they belong to. It can also search for master profiles, problem profiles, and can create a simple visualization o...
Jewish Ancestry Research Guide This Directory is an overview of Jewish themed projects on Geni. We hope you will find what you are seeking. For another comprehensive directory, please also see Jewish Genealogy Portal: A Guide to Jewish Projects and Resources on Geni . Please feel free to list your project with us. - Use Geni Projects "Search Box" for links that do not work International...
This is to be a reference tool - this is what I have found - on these subjects and a litttle more - New Quirk Hash marks in names - DO NOT use has marks in between varitions of names for given, middle and surnam such as Jane/Janie or Jane\Janie McKee/Mc Kee/McKay/McKie Reason one genealogy program I have found (PAF5) now use the data entry system of one line and dema...
Links and sources for USA research If you have a usefull link to a source or other related material please add it to the list below Passenger and immigration sources New York passenger records from 1888-1925 New York Passenger records from 1820-1890 Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of Boston, Massachusetts 1820-1943 Immigrant ships transcribers Guild Searching for Ships i...
Curators, please don't forget to add your projects, thank you. The aim of this project is to collect and identify curator projects so that geni members will be better able to see which curators are serving in the area of their particular interest. As the project progresses, links under the subjects will be better sub-categorized. Click "Related Projects" on right for more comprehensive ...
To investigate and cleanup images which may or may not actually depict the purported subject. Profile Images, Guidelines Standing Guidlines Best Practices for Image Use: The following are guidelines to help determine best practices for profile pictures. 1) If possible include a photograph of the person. You should upload pictures that you have taken yourself, or where you have permi...
The Big Tree is Geni slang for the largest tree on Geni. New users, and even long-time users, are sometimes unsure about the differences between working in the Big Tree versus working in standalone trees. If this page doesn't answer your questions, please start a project discussion. Big Tree versus Standalone Trees The original purpose of Geni was to create a World Tree, connecting everyo...
Working with Projects Officially, projects are collections of profiles, typically tied together with a project overview page. Projects can be created for a surname, an event, or a topic - anything that connects a number of profiles together. Unofficially, projects can be used also to provide portals for regional genealogy projects, information about genealogical standards, tutorials, and ju...
Don't fabricate facts! Don't fabricate facts! Place or date unknown LEAVE IT BLANK. or enter as such - Place assumed by other given facts - enter as eg: Parents place of KNOWN marriage place other siblings KNOWN birthplae Place of residence pre Census Records Date should be left blank or listed as: est - estimated bef - before aft - after betw - between or if assum...
This project aims to collect all the profiles of people listed in "A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland" By Sir Bernard Burke, 1899. This book is freely viewable (and searchable) at: A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland By Sir Bernard Burke If you have a profile for one or more people listed in this book, please follow the proj...
This project sets out advice on how to create an effective project, including information on layout, style, and how to make a project clear, precise and relevant to the reader. The following guidelines have borrowed heavily from Wikipedia and modified for use on Geni. If you support the guidelines of this project, please join as a collaborator. General Projects should normally adhere to t...
Looking for volunteers who look for relations/duplicates of these profiles to connect with existing trees. Curators can find more driftwood here
It was a requirement to register full details of a child’s birth within 21 days. Failure to do so invoked a fine and in rural areas particularly, the 21 day deadline for registering births was frequently disregarded. In order to avoid payment of the fine the dates of birth were adjusted to comply with the deadline. Where Church records give the dates of birth these are generally more accurate t...
This project is made to help descendants of Werpachowski - Verpachovskis - Verpakovskis to find out more about the origins of the surname and see how are they related. Šis projektas sukurtas tam, kad Werpachowski - Verpachovskis - Verpakovskis palikuonys galėtų sužinoti daugiau apie pavardės kilmę ir kaip šie palikuonys yra susiję.