August 2010

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Claude Monet http://www.geni.com/people/Claude-Monet/6000000009747798919

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Katy Perry http://www.geni.com/people/Katy-Perry/6000000009745565676

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Jane Lynch http://www.geni.com/people/Jane-Lynch/6000000009774128236

Profile of the Day: Michael Jackson http://www.geni.com/genealogy/people/Michael-Jackson/6000000000782410018

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Jennifer Aniston http://www.geni.com/people/Jennifer-Aniston/6000000000767463152

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Jason Bateman http://www.geni.com/people/Jason-Bateman/6000000009065901069

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Earlier this month we announced that we were giving all users access to enhanced relationship paths for the month of August. Last week we showed you how to find famous relatives in three easy steps. But what if you want to see if two notable figures, such as Barack Obama and James Madison, are related to each other? Here’s how to find the relationship between two profiles: Click the green thumbtack on the top right… Read the full story

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Kim Kardashian http://www.geni.com/people/Kimberly-Kardashian/6000000000782001482

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Stephen Moyer http://www.geni.com/people/Stephen-Moyer-Emery/6000000005350545001

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: http://www.geni.com/people/Anna-Paquin/6000000005350378009#/tab/overview

August is free relationship path month here at Geni. This means that you can find relationship paths to very distant relatives. If you are part of our big tree, there is a good chance that you have some famous relatives. Here’s three easy steps to find your famous relatives:   Go to our list of popular profiles Click on the name of a profile you find interesting (I’m going to see if I’m related to… Read the full story

The ultimate goal of Geni is to create a single, accurate family tree that connects all of our users. A family tree is only accurate when there is a single profile for each person on the tree. When more than one user adds a common relative to the tree, we let them merge the profiles together to create a single profile for that relative. Today we’re announcing a number of enhancements designed to make it… Read the full story

Profile of the Day: Eva Longoria http://www.geni.com/people/Eva-Longoria-Parker/6000000009467030652

Profile of the Day: Konstantin Päts http://www.geni.com/people/Konstantin-Päts/6000000006791404742

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Isabella Rossellini http://www.geni.com/people/Isabella-twin-Rossellini/6000000008763866697

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Ingrid Bergman http://www.geni.com/people/Ingrid-Bergman/6000000009543467102

Profile of the Day: Nelson Mandela http://www.geni.com/people/Nelson-Mandela/6000000008671183222

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Tonight is the second show for Lady Gaga at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Will she excite fans again with her Wizard of Oz inspired show? Are you a Gaga fan? Check out her public profile on Geni: http://www.geni.com/people/Lady-Gaga/6000000007723253626

A few weeks ago we announced the beta release of our revisions feature for Geni Pro users. Over the last few weeks we have monitored performance of the feature and feedback from users. Both have been positive and, as a result, revisions are now available to all users. Revisions are a new way to track changes to your tree and discover new collaborators. Revisions are built on an entirely new technology that will enable some… Read the full story

Profile of the Day: Patrick Swayze http://www.geni.com/people/Patrick-Swayze/6000000006257752242

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Profile of the Day: Andy Warhol http://www.geni.com/people/Andy-Warhol/6000000009543696250

Profile of the Day: Stevie Nicks http://www.geni.com/people/Stevie-Nicks/6000000009268755365

Undoing Deletions We're pleased to announce a long requested feature – when someone deletes a profile you manage, you can now undo the deletion. The email notification of the deletion includes a link to view the list of deleted profiles that you manage. The list of deleted profiles you manage shows you when the profile was deleted, who deleted it, and includes a link to undelete the profile. We hope this helps you maintain the… Read the full story

Profile of the Day: Mark Wahlberg http://www.geni.com/people/Mark-Wahlberg/6000000008331014805

Profile of the Day: Galileo Galilei http://www.geni.com/people/Galileo-Galilei/6000000002348820390