2010

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

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

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

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