September 2010

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Kyle Richards http://www.geni.com/people/Kyle-Umansky/6000000010083381946

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Kim Richards http://www.geni.com/people/Kim-Richards/6000000010083276176

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Justin Timberlake http://www.geni.com/people/Justin-Timberlake/6000000002467903213

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Britney Spears http://www.geni.com/people/Britney-Spears/6000000009327338693

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Pompey the Great http://www.geni.com/people/Geaus-the-Great-Pompeius/6000000005933238750

It is hard to believe it has been 7 years since Johnny Cash passed away. We will forever love this music legend's songs. Which is your favorite Johnny Cash song? Could it be "Ring of Fire", "Folsom Prison Blues" or "A Boy named Sue" -or are there too many to name? http://www.geni.com/people/Johnny-Cash/6000000000315787220  

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: M. Night Shyamalan http://www.geni.com/people/M-Night-Shyamalan/6000000009403934519

Profile of the Day: Jessica Capshaw http://www.geni.com/profile/index/6000000008754520152

Profile of the Day: Bristol Palin http://www.geni.com/people/Bristol-Palin/6000000001224978059

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: George Clooney http://www.geni.com/people/George-Clooney/6000000009658225847

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: J.R.R. Tolkien http://www.geni.com/people/J-R-R-Tolkien/6000000008428906004

One of today’s Highlighted Profiles: James MacArthur http://www.geni.com/people/James-MacArthur-adopted/6000000009920253626

One of today’s Highlighted Profiles: Jack Lord http://www.geni.com/people/Jack-Lord/6000000009807306167

Profile of the Day: Alanis Morissette http://www.geni.com/people/Alanis-Morissette/6000000003869956064

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Agatha Christie http://www.geni.com/profile/index/368026093200007369

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Padma Lakshmi http://www.geni.com/profile/index/6000000009868165305

"Our mission is to solve the problem of genealogy (the question of how everyone is related) by creating a family tree of the whole world." – Geni CEO David Sacks, January 12, 2007, days before Geni launched to the public. The goal of Geni has always been to create a shared family tree, so our users around the world can meet new cousins and discover how they relate to historical figures and celebrities. Recently we've… Read the full story

We just released the following updates: Single field date entry This has been available as an option in tree preferences for some time. We have made it the default way to enter dates in the tree. Instead of dropdown menus, you can enter the date naturally as "January 7th" or "1/7/2010" and so on. You can choose the old way of entering dates in your tree preferences if you prefer. International date formats are also… Read the full story

Profile of the Day: Sophie Dahl http://www.geni.com/people/Sophie-Dahl/6000000009912299684

Geni users are increasingly working together to merge their common ancestors and find new relatives. We’ve made a couple of changes to make it easier to find and communicate with other users.  First, a user’s public activity, such as adding a public document or editing a public profile, will always appear in their recent activity. You will only see private activity, such as uploading a private photo, if you are in the user’s Family. This… Read the full story

Profile of the Day: Fridtjof “Fred” Kavli http://www.geni.com/people/Fred-Kavli/6000000009869560611

Profile of the Day: Charlotte Rampling http://www.geni.com/people/Charlotte-Rampling/6000000009413815140

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Profile of the Day: Justin Bieber http://www.geni.com/people/Justin-Bieber/6000000009680146505

Profile of the Day: Jack Kerouac http://www.geni.com/people/Jack-Kerouac/6000000003870595813

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Iman http://www.geni.com/people/Iman/6000000009774662902

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Paul Cézanne http://www.geni.com/people/Paul-Cézanne/6000000009776573424

Profile of the Day: Frank Lloyd Wright http://www.geni.com/people/Frank-Lloyd-Wright/359887443050007456