May 2008

Geni is looking for a customer service representative to help us serve our growing user base. If you are interested or know anyone who may be, you can find the job description on our jobs blog.

One of the biggest advantages of using the Internet for genealogy research is the ability to exchange information with other researchers or interested parties. To share genealogical information, genealogists often transfer electronic documents containing genealogical information. The most common way to do this is to send that information as a GEDCOM file. What does GEDCOM stand for?GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication. When saved, transferred or shared, this data usually takes the form… Read the full story

As Geni continues to add additional features, teachers are discovering that Geni is a great tool for students to learn more about themselves and their family through a fun and interactive medium. Sally Goerner, a sixth grade language arts teacher in Longmont, Colorado, describes her experience and those of her students while using Geni. Our sixth grade students are working on a memoir project called, “Writing Your Life.” There are many options available to students… Read the full story

Update: And we are back. Update (11:49PM Pacific): We expect the site to be back in about two more hours. Update: We are now down for maintenance. We don’t expect to be back for a few hours. I’ll keep this thread updated. Update: Looks like we are on for tonight. The site will be down for a few hours around 7PM PT tonight. We plan on performing some maintenance next Tuesday, May 13th, around 7PM… Read the full story

We are excited to announce that you can build your Geni tree from your GEDCOM file! Geni is now the easiest and best way to share your research with your family. Importing your GEDCOM is easy: Go to the GEDCOM Import page. Fill out the form and upload your GEDCOM file. Indicate who you are in your file. You’re done! Geni will import your GEDCOM file and build your tree for you. You can begin… Read the full story

This Sunday, May 11th, is Mother’s Day in the United States. Just in time for the celebration we have added custom gifts to help our user’s show their love for the mothers in their life. Visit the Mother’s Day Gift page to send Mom a message and one of these special gifts: This Sunday we will send the recipient a link to view your gift and message. We hope this helps make the day more… Read the full story

National Genealogical Society Conference Kansas City, Missouri May 14-17,  2008 Are you going to the NGS Conference this month?  Come visit the Geni Team at booth #225.  We’d love to meet you there and hear your Geni stories, suggestions for our site, show you our latest features or just chat with you.