October 2010

Recently, when we introduced Curators, we noted that Geni’s mission is to create a shared family tree that connects all of our users. We wanted to share a little bit more about what this vision means and how we are going to get there. For centuries, people have studied their family history in order to document their ancestors and find new relatives. However, there has never been a great way to share the results of this… Read the full story

A few weeks ago we introduced following, a great way to control your notifications and keep track of the users, profiles, and now projects you’re interested in. Although following does not have any privacy implications (you don’t gain any additional access to profile information by following a profile), some users were not comfortable with people they don’t know following their close relatives. Even though this did not in any way violate the privacy of these… Read the full story

Projects were first introduced a couple of weeks ago as a way to organize groups of profiles, usually around a specific family, surname, place or event. Users have found some really interesting uses for projects, and almost 200 projects have already been created. Today we’re introducing the following enhancements to projects: Project Discussions Every project now has its own list of discussions. Use the Project Discussions link to view a list of threads related to… Read the full story

A few weeks ago we introduced Projects, a way for Geni Curators to create collections of profiles. Some great projects have been created, from “Mayflower” Passengers and US Civil War Notables, to Extraordinary Women of the Middle Ages and Early Normans c.790-1066. Today we’re opening up projects to all users. Before you start a new project, please review the list of current projects to make sure that there isn’t already a similar project. You can… Read the full story

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

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Laurence Olivier http://www.geni.com/people/Laurence-Olivier/6000000008681103755

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Errol Flynn http://www.geni.com/people/Errol-Flynn/6000000008708537102

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: John DeLorean http://www.geni.com/people/John-DeLorean/6000000009999174448

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Tom Bosley http://www.geni.com/people/Tom-Bosley/6000000007292967455

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Belinda Carlisle http://www.geni.com/people/Belinda-Carlisle/6000000009387037737

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Barbara Billingsley http://www.geni.com/people/Barbara-Billingsley/6000000009387491746

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: John von Neumann http://www.geni.com/people/John-von-Neumann/6000000002591543079

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Alan Turing http://www.geni.com/people/Alan-Turing/6000000000688677702

Today we’re introducing following, a new way to organize the profiles that interest you, control your notifications, and invite people you know to Geni. Following a profile is as easy as clicking the follow button. Click it again to unfollow the profile. Following a profile does a few things: You’ll receive updates about the profile on your home page. You’ll be added to the list of followers on the profile – this is a great… Read the full story

As your tree grows and merges with other trees, you may find some profiles in your tree that have duplicates in their immediate family. For example, when you merge two profiles that each have a complete set of kids, you'll need to merge the kids together. In these cases, you should use the resolve duplicates option under the node's more menu to quickly merge them. We've made some changes to this process. After you drag duplicate… Read the full story

Madonna and Sarah Palin are cousins! See how they are related! http://geni.com/5ntzX

Madonna and Hillary Clinton are cousins! See how they are related! http://geni.com/7BBvt

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is related to Sarah L. Palin. Check out their relatives! http://geni.com/XpgRj

President Obama and Sarah Palin are cousins! Who would have thought it? View their relationship here http://geni.com/QPxhF

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Al Gore http://www.geni.com/people/Albert-A-Gore-Jr-45th-Vice-President-of-the-USA/6000000003626809721

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Robert E. Lee http://www.geni.com/people/General-Robert-E-Lee/6000000003089506774

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Christopher Columbus http://www.geni.com/people/Cristobal-Colon/6000000003773798984

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Hillary Rodham Clinton http://www.geni.com/profile/6000000001961459395/events/6000000001961474295

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: President Bill Clinton http://www.geni.com/people/William-J-Clinton-42nd-President-of-the-USA/6000000001961474289

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: President Jimmy Carter http://www.geni.com/people/James-E-Carter-39t…h-President-of-the-USA/6000000001962458192

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Seán Lennon http://www.geni.com/people/Seán-Lennon/6000000010094434941

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: John Lennon http://www.geni.com/people/John-Lennon/6000000003638168340

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Simon Cowell http://www.geni.com/people/Simon-Cowell/6000000008321962404

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Arnold Schwarzenegger http://www.geni.com/people/Arnold-Schwarzenegger/6000000008025347849

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Javier Bardem http://www.geni.com/people/Javier-Bardem/6000000009785811441

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Madonna http://www.geni.com/people/Madonna-Ciccone/6000000002743726754

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Daniel Baldwin http://www.geni.com/people/Daniel-Baldwin/6000000007024151366

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Nicky Hilton http://www.geni.com/people/Nicky-Hilton/6000000007324117225

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Uma Thurman http://www.geni.com/people/Uma-Thurman/6000000009544569172

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Groucho Marx http://www.geni.com/people/Julius-Groucho-Marx/6000000006817887105

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: George Harrison http://www.geni.com/people/George-Harrison/6000000008408115384

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Harry S. Truman http://www.geni.com/people/Harry-S-Truman-33rd-President-of-the-USA/6000000000264958780

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Teddy Roosevelt http://www.geni.com/people/Theodore-Teddy-Roosevelt-26th-President-of-the-USA/6000000002262321210

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Mahatma Gandhi http://www.geni.com/people/Mohandas-Gandhi/6000000003922874202

Today we’re rolling out an enhanced version of the profile page to all users. After weeks of testing various versions with a small group of users, we’re ready to share the latest version with all of our users. The cosmetic changes, outlined below, make it easier to find the information you’re looking for on a person’s profile. Here is an overview of what changed: Basics Immediate Family can now be collapsed or expanded. Nicknames and… Read the full story

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: Ansel Adams http://www.geni.com/people/Ansel-Adams/6000000002966447793

One of Today’s Highlighted Profiles: President Benjamin Harrison http://www.geni.com/people/Benjamin-Harrison-23rd-President-of-the-USA/6000000004133198123