There’s just a few more days until we head to the largest genealogy event in the world! RootsTech 2025 will take place on March 6-8, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah and will be both in-person and online. This year RootsTech has some exciting keynote speakers including Emmy-winning singer Rachel Platten, Olympic and Paralympic gold medalists Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall, and activist and author Ndaba Mandela, who is the grandson of Nelson Mandela. See… Read the full story

One of the challenges of building and maintaining the World Family Tree is balancing personal preferences within a shared, collaborative environment. A perfect example of this is how names are displayed on Geni. From surnames in all caps to displaying birth surnames instead of last names, Geni’s flexible Name Preferences settings offers you the chance to view profile names exactly how you want them without imposing your preference on others.  Today we’re excited to take… Read the full story

Today we are excited to announce that wikitext formatting in discussions and inbox messages is now available to Geni Pro subscribers. If you have a Geni Pro account, you can now customize the format of your discussion and inbox messages, and include hyperlinks and images! This feature has been available to Geni curators for a while and we are happy to finally give access to this handy feature to all Geni Pro users.  Discussions When… Read the full story

Today many people around the world celebrate Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival. Rooted in centuries-old traditions, this vibrant holiday marks a fresh start, inviting prosperity and good fortune in the new year. Based on the lunar calendar, the date of the holiday varies slightly each year, typically falling between late January and mid-February. Each year of the 12-year Chinese zodiac calendar is represented by an animal –… Read the full story

Before the new year begins, we are taking a look back at 2024 on Geni and reflecting on what a great year we had. From reaching 190 million profiles in the World Family Tree to connecting and meeting new and old genealogy friends, it was a fun and exciting year indeed! We did a lot of work behind the scenes to make Geni run even better. Early in the year we began sending new Source… Read the full story

Does music run in your family tree? For many legendary musicians, a love for music and talent is a family affair, passed down from one generation to the next. From classical composers to contemporary rock stars, some of history’s most iconic musicians belong to families with rich musical roots. Below we’ll explore a few these fascinating lineages in Geni’s World Family Tree and see how musical talent has shaped entire generations. The Bach Family German… Read the full story

Geni will be performing scheduled site maintenance starting at 5:00pm PST on November 5, 2024 and lasting approximately 20 minutes. During this time, the Geni website will be unavailable. We’ll do our best to complete the maintenance quickly and return to normal service as soon as possible. Many thanks for your patience. The Geni Team

Do you like to hear ghost stories? This spooky season, we’re highlighting the Ghosts of North America genealogy project on Geni. This project brings together historical figures whose spirits are said to roam some of the most notable sites across North America. Let’s take a closer look at a few of these spectral personalities who may still walk among us in the shadows. Hiram Mills Perkins Image: Lawrence Sun American, July 20, 1922 / OldNews.com… Read the full story

We’re back from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where we had the opportunity to attend the 44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. The conference was held August 18-22 in the City of Brotherly Love. The exhibit hall was open for the entire conference and attendees made good use of their time visiting the Geni table. We were happy to grant extended walkthroughs of the website to help users better understand how they can make use of all… Read the full story

Soon Geni will be heading to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. The conference will take place August 18 – 22 with a jam-packed schedule every day. Come find us at the Geni table in the conference exhibit hall. We’ll be eager to chat and help answer any questions you may have about Geni. The IAJGS conferences are one of our favorites because we get to spend lots of one-on-one… Read the full story