{"id":981,"date":"2007-08-06T15:35:56","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T15:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/corp\/uncategorized\/los-angeles-tim"},"modified":"2007-08-06T15:35:56","modified_gmt":"2007-08-06T15:35:56","slug":"los-angeles-tim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/corp\/press\/los-angeles-tim\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertilizing the family tree on Geni.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/news\/newmedia\/la-ca-webscout5aug05,1,6311402.story?coll=la-entnews-newmedia&amp;ctrack=6&amp;cset=true\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"LATimes\" alt=\"LATimes\" src=\"http:\/\/geni.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/08\/06\/latimes.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px; WIDTH: 208px; HEIGHT: 49px\" \/><\/a> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/news\/newmedia\/la-ca-webscout5aug05,1,6311402.story?coll=la-entnews-newmedia&amp;ctrack=6&amp;cset=true\"><em>Los Angeles Times (LATimes.com) &#8211; August 5, 2007<\/em><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Geni&#8217;s basic mechanism is simple: To get started, you create a profile for yourself including your name, region, date of birth and a photograph &#8212; just like a profile on MySpace or Facebook. Then, beginning with your immediate family, you fill in as much of your tree as you can. Inviting relatives to join in can help provide missing links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Times (LATimes.com) &#8211; August 5, 2007 Geni&#8217;s basic mechanism is simple: To get started, you create a profile for yourself including your name, region, date of birth and a photograph &#8212; just like a profile on MySpace or Facebook. 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