July 2010

A relationship pathway is the list of people and relationships that connect you to another person in your tree. All Geni users can view the relationship pathway between close relatives. One benefit of upgrading your account to Geni Pro is enhanced relationship paths. These are paths to more distant relatives, friends, historical figures, and celebrities. We’re giving away enhanced relationship pathways to all Geni users for the month of August. To find a path between… Read the full story

We’re excited to introduce revisions, a new way to track changes to your tree and discover new collaborators. A preview release of revisions is available today for all Pro users. Revisions are built on an entirely new technology that will enable some great features in the future, including the ability to undo changes to your tree and compare different versions of profiles. Today you can view a list of revisions for a tree or profile…. Read the full story

Profile of the Day: Steve Martin http://www.geni.com/people/Steve-Martin/6000000009405011962

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Beyoncé Knowles http://www.geni.com/people/Beyoncé-Knowles/6000000007543975282

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Mark Birley http://www.geni.com/people/Marcus-Birley/6000000008871777333

Profile of the Day: Chelsea Clinton http://www.geni.com/people/Chelsea-Clinton/6000000003220301015

Profile of the Day: Eminem http://www.geni.com/people/Eminem/6000000009389428221

Profile of the Day: Bob Marley http://www.geni.com/people/Bob-Marley/6000000008744437747

Update: We're back! We're performing some maintenance tonight around 8pm PST. There is a chance that the site may be down briefly around this time. We'll keep this post updated.

Profile of the Day: Hugh Hefner http://www.geni.com/people/Hugh-Hefner/6000000008076080196

Profile of the Day: Mariska Hargitay http://www.geni.com/people/Mariska-Hargitay/6000000009318013408

Profile of the Day: Leonardo DiCaprio http://www.geni.com/people/Leonardo-DiCaprio/6000000009019102421

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Angelina Jolie http://www.geni.com/people/Angelina-Jolie/6000000002742902340

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Julia Roberts http://www.geni.com/people/Julia-Roberts/6000000004293508470

Profile of the Day: Andrew Lloyd Webber http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-Baron-Lloyd-Webber/6000000009255743180

Profile of the Day: Louis XVI of France http://www.geni.com/people/Louis-XVI-of-France/6000000000843362199

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Bettie Page http://www.geni.com/people/Bettie-Page/6000000009130260995

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Jayne Mansfield http://www.geni.com/people/Jayne-Mansfield/6000000009318085261

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Marilyn Monroe http://www.geni.com/people/Marilyn-Monroe/6000000005395646559

Profile of the Day: Oscar Hammerstein http://www.geni.com/people/Oscar-Hammerstein/6000000006769686604

Profile of the Day: Gene Hackman http://www.geni.com/people/Gene-Hackman/6000000008797336360

10:30PM PST UPDATE: We're back! 10:15PM PST We're having some unexpected difficulties right now, but we expect the site to be back in a few minutes. We'll keep this blog post updated.

Profile of the Day: Ringo Starr http://www.geni.com/people/Ringo-Starr/6000000009265739129

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Henry Mancini http://www.geni.com/people/Henry-Mancini/600000000925469819

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Audrey Hepburn http://www.geni.com/people/Audrey-Hepburn/6000000008452405532

Profile of the Day: Thomas Jefferson http://www.geni.com/people/President-Thomas-Jefferson/6000000003849466047

Update: The maintenance took less time than expect. We're back!  Geni.com will be unavailable tonight at 7PM PST for about 30 minutes. We'll keep this blog post updated.

We’ve created this short video to explain how Geni uses collaboration to make it really easy to find new relatives and build your family tree. If you want to explain how Geni works to your family or friends, just send them this video!