2011
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Profile of the Day: Jane Austen
Profile of the Day: Jane Austen http://www.geni.com/people/Jane-Austen/6000000001319623144
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Genealogy on Facebook
Did you know that Geni is on Facebook? Well, now you do. Up to this point, our page was main just links to the blog, but that is changing now that I’m here to handle social media. We’ll be doing cool give aways, feedback questions, and Q & As exclusively on the Facebook page in the coming weeks and months. We want you to feel connected to Geni because our greatest resource is you. Are… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Vincent van Gogh
Profile of the Day: Vincent van Gogh http://www.geni.com/people/Vincent-van-Gogh/6000000007292432351
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Company Man, Geni Fan
Now that I’ve got my sea legs here at Geni, and since I’ve told you all what I do, I think it’s important to explain a little bit about why I care so much about Geni and the genealogy community. I am deeply vested in Geni succeeding well into the future, and that’s why I’m here. I want Geni to grow and get better because I am a user, and I’ve been one long before… Read the full story
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Welcome to the Geni Offices — How the World Family Tree Gets Made
Ever wanted to know what the Geni offices were like? Now you can find out. Here is some footage from our office as well as photos of most of our employees. Enjoy, and please leave feedback on what you’d like to see here on the Geni blog.
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Family Tree Tuesday – Grace Kelly
American actress Grace Kelly is widely considered one of the greatest screen legends in the history of cinema. Kelly starred in several films by Alfred Hitchcock, including Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, her last collaboration with the director. Kelly’s father John Brendan Kelly, Sr. was an accomplished oarsmen, winning three Olympic Gold Medals, and a self made millionaire. Her other notable relatives include her uncles, Walter C. Kelly, a prominent vaudeville star, and George… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Helena Bonham Carter
Profile of the Day: Helena Bonham Carter http://www.geni.com/people/Helena-Bonham-Carter/6000000010880136940
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The Geni Team is a Little Bit Bigger
Hey, everyone, I’m Grant Brünner. As of today, I am officially part of the Geni Team. I’ll be working with all of you as the Community Evangelist. What, exactly, does that mean? Well, here is what I’ll be doing in the next couple of months: Going out, and meeting with fellow genealogists at Genealogy Conferences. Writing articles for the blog. Talking to current users of Geni. Interacting with the genealogy community on the whole. Creating… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Johann Sebastian Bach
Profile of the Day: Johann Sebastian Bach http://www.geni.com/people/Johann-Bach/6000000008174402366
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Featured Project: The Hollywood Walk of Fame
The entertainment industry has provided the world with film, television and music for decades. In 1958, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce began honoring those individuals who have made significant contribution to the media with stars on Hollywood Blvd. at Highland Avenue. Since then, over two thousand stars have been placed on the Walk of Fame recognizing individuals, both living and deceased, for their accomplishments. The goal of the Hollywood Walk of Fame project is to make… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: James Cameron
Profile of the Day: James Cameron http://www.geni.com/people/James-Cameron/6000000006775291802
Genealogy Research »
Clues in Historic Maps
Historic maps can offer you a wide variety of clues and new leads to investigate. A great genealogical tool, maps help us to locate our ancestors and follow their path as they moved. Maps let you visualize where your ancestors lived, went to school, traveled, worked and buried. In your research, keep in mind that the names of locations and boundaries change quite often over time. There are several resources you may use to help… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Jennifer Lopez
Profile of the Day: Jennifer Lopez http://www.geni.com/people/Jennifer-Lopez/6000000010073347173
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Enhancements for Documents and Sources
Can you tell it’s been a busy week at Geni? Today we released several big changes on the site, including some additional revision features and a new interface to help you keep track of the various discussions you follow. Perhaps the biggest changes in this release are for documents and sources. These updates will make it much easier for users to add/manage documents, including easier features to mark a document as a source for important… Read the full story
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More Revisions
Revisions are important way to track changes to profiles, trees, and more on Geni. In addition to tree revisions and profile revisions, we’ve added three new lists of revisions to provide greater visibility and accountability. Home Page Revisions Tab You can now view revisions for everything you follow, from profiles to projects, by clicking on the revisions tab on your home page: Make sure you follow the profiles, projects, and surnames you’re interested in to… Read the full story
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Discussions Enhancements
Keeping track of all of the discussions you follow can be difficult. Today we released some features to make it significantly easier to stay updated on your discussions of interest. “Discussions I Follow” The new default view for discussions will contain a list of all discussions you follow, sorted by most recent activity. All discussions you follow will be included in this list: public discussions, private discussions, project discussions, and any discussions where surnames that… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Howard Hughes
Profile of the Day: Howard Hughes http://www.geni.com/people/Howard-Hughes-Jr/6000000002447355588
Family Tree Tuesday »
Family Tree Tuesday – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yesterday the U.S. celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Observed on the third Monday of January each year, the holiday honors and remembers Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an iconic figure and leading activists of the United States Civil Rights Movement. King used nonviolent methods to successfully protest racial discrimination in federal and state law. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial discrimination through civil… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Christian Bale
Profile of the Day: Christian Bale http://www.geni.com/people/Christian-Bale/6000000009288226305
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Friday Fun in the Geni Office
Amos is related to Kevin Bacon! Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Featured Project: The Silent Era
Today we feature the Silent Era project, which is dedicated to the people who have made a significant contribution to silent films. These people include actors, directors and writers. Films made between 1894-1929 contained no sound, therefore actors used exaggerated body language and facial expressions to convey emotion. Live music featured at each showing was essential in conveying the atmosphere and giving the audience vital emotional cues. Here’s a preview of the profiles included: D.W. Griffith –… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Lewis Carroll
Profile of the Day: Lewis Carroll http://www.geni.com/people/Lewis-Carroll/6000000010530727333
Genealogy Research »
Searching Through Old Newspapers
You may be thinking that your ancestor wasn’t famous or “important” enough to get their name mentioned in the press. However, you might be surprised at what you can find about your ancestor in print. Let’s take a closer look at where you can find information in old newspapers to further your genealogical research. Birth/Death Notifications, Marriage Announcements These types of announcements were very common to print and it’s very likely you may find your… Read the full story
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2011 Genealogy Conferences
Updated 1/24/2011 to include conferences in the United Kingdom. Updated 3/16/2011 to include AAHGS. I was doing some preliminary conference planning yesterday and I wasn’t able to locate a reliable list of genealogy conferences for 2011. Since I was making the list for myself, I decided to turn it into a blog post (and project) for the benefit of anyone else who is looking for a similar list. Please use the comments below if there… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Charlie Chaplin
Profile of the Day: Charlie Chaplin http://www.geni.com/people/Charlie-Chaplin/6000000010764089543
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Interview with Geoffrey Trowbridge
This week we interviewed Curator, Geoffrey Trowbridge . Geoffrey, you have been a Geni user for about a year now. In this short amount of time, you have added well over 16,000 profiles and have become a Geni Curator. What has this experience been like for you? Silly as it may seem, I first discovered Geni.com while searching for a means of displaying my pedigree chart on my Facebook profile. (Sadly, Facebook no longer allows… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: David Nelson
Profile of the Day: David Nelson http://www.geni.com/people/David-Nelson/6000000000608117275
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Family Tree Tuesday – Nicolas Cage
Oscar winning actor Nicolas Cage comes from one of Hollywood’s most legendary families. Born Nicolas Kim Coppola, Cage changed his name early in his career to avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola. Cage’s cousin, Sofia Coppola became the first American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for her film, Lost in Translation. His aunt Talia Shire is also an Oscar-nominated actress and producer…. Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Amelia Earhart
Profile of the Day: Amelia Earhart http://www.geni.com/people/Amelia-Earhart/6000000010573720607
Monday Recap »
Monday Recap for January 10, 2011
We’re not halfway through January and everyone is gearing up for conferences already! Here are this week’s links: The Genealogy Sphere The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant (The Family Curator) – Please pass this link along to anyone student genealogists you know. RootsTech 2011 Announces Lineup of Keynote Speakers (We Tree) – We’re only a month out! Options for Becoming a Credentialed Genealogist (About.com) – I bet there’s somebody who’d be proud of… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: David Bowie
Profile of the Day: David Bowie http://www.geni.com/people/David-Bowie/6000000008762972867
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Featured Project: Prominent Scientists: (i) Exact Sciences & Natural Sciences
Featured Project: Prominent Scientists: (i) Exact Sciences & Natural Sciences http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Scientists-i-Exact-Sciences-Natural-Sciences
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Profile of the Day: George Washington
Profile of the Day: George Washington http://www.geni.com/people/George-Washington-1st-President-of-the-USA/6000000008211776777
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Discovering Your Female Ancestors
If you are trying to trace your female ancestors, chances are you’ve hit some road blocks and difficulties locating them in documented records. Before the 20th century, law and tradition focused record keeping primarily on the male head of the household. Unfortunately for us, this means women are often missing from official records, making their genealogy all the more difficult to trace. Here are a few other places you can search for your female ancestors:… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Thomas Edison
Profile of the Day: Thomas Edison http://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Edison/6000000002447264491
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A New Merging Enhancement
Today we released a new enhancement to the merge center: the ability to filter the profiles. The feature is very simple to use. Above the merge center on the right, you’ll now see a Viewing: drop-down menu. This drop-down provides the ability to filter the profiles in the merge center by various Projects, as well as a few options that are specific to the individual user. The My Relatives option displays only your relatives in… Read the full story
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Interview with Jason Wills
This week we interviewed New Zealand genealogist, Jason Wills. He is a Pro user and very active in the Geni community. You have been using Geni for a little over a year and a half now. What brought you to Geni and how has your experience been thus far? When I first joined Geni i was not aware of tree merging and thought it was just like any other Genealogy site so I did not… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Robert Duvall
Profile of the Day: Robert Duvall http://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Duvall/6000000000265564284
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Family Tree Tuesday – Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer and journalist. During World War I, Hemingway drove ambulances for the Red Cross until he was wounded. He was later a part of the 1920s expatriate community in Paris, which included other notable writers such as Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot. He, along with others of his generation, are referred to as the “Lost Generation.” Coined by Gertrude Stein and popularized by Hemingway… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: T. S. Eliot
Profile of the Day: T. S. Eliot http://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Eliot/6000000002154366217
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Monday Recap for January 3, 2011
We were off last week due to the holidays here in the states. Below you’ll find lots of links from the end of December to start your new year! The Genealogy Sphere 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy: Thanks for Playing (We Tree) – The conclusion of a great series by Amy Coffin. GeneAwards 2010 (Tamura Jones) – Geni was awarded the GeneAward for Most Improved Product of 2010 by one of the more astute tech-genealogy… Read the full story
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Profile of the Day: Ludwig van Beethoven
Profile of the Day: Ludwig van Beethoven http://www.geni.com/people/Ludwig-van-Beethoven/6000000009471443790