
A to Z of Help Topics
The purpose of this project is to make it easier to find help in projects on Geni. The list is a simple one - subject following by a link to the project where information can be found. The subject matter to be included is not confined to help with GENI. There is a lot of help in Geni projects, but locating it isn't always easy! This project's aim is to fix that problem!!
See also
Geni Help
Geni Help Portal
Please expand the list as necessary by adding to it in Alphabetical order using Key-Words! The projects which have been "indexed" here are linked to this project and listed at the bottom of the project.
TIP When visiting the linked projects use "Find" to locate the topic as they are sometimes part of fairly lengthy projects.
Getting Involved
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Working with Projects
Wicked Wiki
Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images which gives a great deal of assistance.
See the discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going!
‘’’Help: Cheatsheet’’’
Subject or key-word followed by link to help Project
A
- About - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- About information - formatting - Geni Basics Start Here
- About Revisions - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Abbreviations - Abbreviations & Acronyms for Genealogy - The Accepted
- Accessing the Search Window - Searching
- Acronyms - Abbreviations & Acronyms for Genealogy - The Accepted
- Add Document - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Actions Menu - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Add a new event - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Add Family - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Add immediate family - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Add Photo ( On Node) - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Add Photo (from Profile) - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Add Photo (to projects) -
- Add sources - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Add to Family Group - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Add to Project -
- Adding a Manager (to profile) - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Adding a Manager to Project - Research and projects - basics start guide
- Adding a Profile - Geni Basics Start Here
- Adding a Profile (to projects) -
- Adding a Profile (to Documents) "Tagging" - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Adding a Profile (to Photos) "Tagging" - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Adding Sources in Tree View - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu - see Actions - Tree view
- Adoption -
- Adoption Portal
- New on Geni: Adoption (Not a project)
- Advance Preferences - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Ancestor Graph - HistoryLink
- Ancestor Report - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
B
- Birth surname appended - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Birth surname instead of last name - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Birth surname inserted before last name - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Block this User - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Bookmarklet - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Browse Albums - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
C
- Cannot merge this profile with his father - Tree Repairing
- Cannot Set Parents - Tree Conflicts
- Cannot Set Parents - Tree Repairing
- Central Single Parents - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Changing Parents - Tree Conflicts
- Changing Relationships - Tree Conflicts
- Click to 'flip' nodes - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Collaborating - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Collaborators (Project) - Working with Projects
- Compare changes - revisions - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Compare Profiles - Merge Guide
- Conflict icon - Tree Conflicts
- Conflict Triangle - Tree Conflicts
- Conflicting Data - Data Conflicts
- Contact Profile Managers - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Convert Photos to Documents - GENI TIP BLOG 25th Oct 2016
- Create a new document - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Creating a new project - Working with Projects
- Creating and Editing Projects - Working with projects : Step by Step
D
- Data Conflicts - Data Conflicts
- Data Entry - Data Entry Standards for Genealogists & Research
- Data entry Fields - Data Entry Standards for Genealogists & Research
- Data Entry Standards - Data Entry Standards for Genealogists & Research
- Dates - Common Genealogical Mistakes Made
- Dates - working with - Geni Basics Start Here
- Default Project Photo - Working with Projects
- Delete Profile - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Descendant Reports - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Discussions - Etiquette and guidelines Geni Discussion Best Practices
- Discussions - Project - Working with Projects
- Discussion (Start) - Geni Basics Start Here
- Discussions Tab - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Display birth surname as entered - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Display birth surname in CAPS - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Display birth surname in parenthesis - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- DNA Tab - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Do not display birth surnames - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Do not guess last names - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Document Bookmarklet - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Documents - Media Tab - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Drag and Drop - Merge Guide
- Duplicate fathers and multiple wives - Tree Conflicts
E
- Edit Profile - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Edit Project - Working with Projects
- Event Photos - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Export GEDCOM - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
F
- Family Tree Chart - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Fields - Data Entry Standards for Genealogists & Research
- Find (in large ~Documents or Projects)- Research and projects - basics start guide
- Follow - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Formatting "About" information - Geni Basics Start Here
- Formatting Project Text - Working with Projects
G
- GEDCOM -
- GEDCOM (Export) - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Genealogical Mistakes - Common Genealogical Mistakes Made
- Genealogical Reference/Help (South Africa) - South African Genealogical Reference Centre
- Genealogical Reference/Help (United Kingdom} - British and Irish Genealogical Reference Centre
- Generations to Display - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Glossary of Geni Terms - Glossary of Geni Terms
- Guestbook - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
H
- History Link Project - HistoryLink
- History Link - Geni Basics Start Here
- History Search Tool - HistoryLink
- Horizontal Tree Layout - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Hypertext Link - Working with projects : Step by Step
I
- ID number - Merge Guide
- Identify People - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Ignore display name - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Image - Placing within a Project - Embedded Image Test Project
- Invite People to your Tree - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Invite to Project -
L
- Layout Options - Tree - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Link Address - Merge Guide
- Link address location - Merge Guide
- Linking - Merge Guide
M
- Manager Options - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Map these people - Merge Guide
- Mark Deceased - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Master Profiles - Geni Master Profile
- Master Profiles - merging - Merge Guide
- Matches - Matches
- Matches - Merge Centre - Matches
- Matches from Profile View - Matches
- Matches from Tree View - Matches
- Media Tab - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Memories - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Merge carousel - Merge Guide
- Merge Case studies - Merging - Case Studies and Examples
- Merge Centre -
- Merge Issues - Data Conflicts
- Merge Nearby duplicates - Merge Guide
- Merge Nearby duplicates - Tree Conflicts
- Merge Successful - Tree Conflicts
- Merge this person - profile page - Merge Guide
- Merging - Merge Guide
- Merging from Matches - Merge Guide
- Merging Private Profiles - Merge Guide
- Mis-matches Matches
- Mistakes - Common Genealogical Mistakes Made
- Move this person - Tree view - Merge Guide
N
- Name Entry - Geni naming conventions - data entry
- Name Preferences - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Names Only Layout - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Naming Conventions - Geni naming conventions
- Nearby Merge issues - [https://www.geni.com/projects/User-Tutorial
-Data-Conflicts/37473 Data Conflicts]
- Neutral Colour Backgrounds - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
O
- One father multiple wives - Tree Conflicts
- Open profiles in new tab - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Overview - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Overview history - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Overview Revisions - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
P
- Parents are Duplicates - Tree Conflicts
- Patent Conflicts - Tree Conflicts
- Person wrongly connected on tree - Tree Conflicts
- Personal Merge Centre - Data Conflicts
- Photos - Media Tab - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Photos - Resizing - GENI TIPS - BLOG
- Pictures Only Layout - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Post a New link - (Document) Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Print your tree - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Private Profiles - What Profiles are Private? Not a project - Geni help
- Profile (from tree view) - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Profile Elements - Geni Master Profile best practices
- Profile Images - Guidelines - Provenance and Images
- Profile Tabs - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Projects -
- Geni's Project Plaza - Geni's Project Plaza
- Research and projects - basics start guide
- Working with Projects
- Project Templates - Working with Projects
Q
- Quick Search - Searching
R
- Recalculating Relationships - Working with Relationships
- Refreshing Relationships -
- Related Projects (to project) - Working with Projects
- Relationship Display - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Relationship Path -
- Relationship - Recalculating Working with Relationships
- Relationships - Working with - Working with Relationships
- Relinquishing Management - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Remove Photo from Project - Working with Projects
- Remove from Project - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Removed Matches - Matches
- Removing a Manager - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Removing Relationships - Tree Conflicts
- Report (Profile) - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Report (User) - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Report Deceased - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Request to Collaborate - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Requesting a Merge - Merge Guide
- Requesting Management - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Research this Person -
- Research - Research and projects - basics start guide
- Research this Person - Searching
- Resize Photo - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu GENI TIPS - BLOG
- Resolve Conflicting data - Data Conflicts
- Resolve Duplicates - Merge Guide
- Resolving Tree conflicts - Tree Conflicts
- Reverse RTL names - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Review Merge - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Revisions Tab - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
S
- Search (Geni) at MyHeritage - Searching
- Search (Geni) using Google - Searching
- Search Window - Searching
- Searching large Documents or projects - Research and projects - basics start guide
- Searching for Existing Projects - Working with Projects
- Searching (Geni) - Searching
- Searching Projects - Searching S5
- Select a loaded document - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Select values - revisions - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Send a Gift - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Send a Gift in Memory - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Send a Gift - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Set profile photo - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Show email prompt - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Show middle names - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Show Photos - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Show suffixes - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Show Yellow Arrows - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Simple Uploader - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Sitewide name Preferences - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Software - Genealogical Software - Genealogy Software overview
- Sources - Working with sources
- Sources Tab - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Splitting the tree - Tree Repairing
- Stacking tray - Merge Guide
- Stacking Tray - Tree Conflicts
- Standard Tree Layout - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Standardization of Geni Naming Conventions - Coalition for the Standardization of Geni Naming Conventions
- Start a Discussion - Geni Basics Start Here
- Stop Collaborating - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
T
- Tagged - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Tagging a Photo/Image -
- Tagging to a Discussion - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Tagging documents - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Timeline Tab - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Timeline - world history Geni World History Timeline
- Transferring Management - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Tree (focus person) - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Tree Conflicts - Tree Conflicts
- Tree conflicts - tree view - Tree Conflicts
- Tree Display Preferences - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Tree Matches - Matches
- Tree Repairing - Tree Repairing
- Triangle - Tree Conflicts
- Two different pairs of parents - Tree Conflicts
U
- Upload a new document - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
V
- Vertical Tree Layout - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Videos - Media Tab - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Videos (adding to project) - Working with Projects
- View additional help (tree view) - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- View Claimed Family - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- View conflicts from a merge just done - Data Conflicts
- View Conflkicts outstanding on a profile - Data Conflicts
- View Direct Ancestors only - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- View Completed Merge details - Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- View full screen - Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- View Profile - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- View Tree - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- View Tree - User Tutorial - Basic Techniques 2. Actions Menu
- Viewing Existing tree conflicts - Tree Conflicts
- Viewing Revisions Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
W
- Walking the Path - Working with Relationships
- Wiki playground - Playground for the Wiki'ds
- Wikicode - Wicked Wiki
- Wikitext - Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images
- Wills - Common Genealogical Mistakes Made
- Working with Dates - Geni Basics Start Here
"Indexed Projects"
- Abbreviations & Acronyms for Genealogy - The Accepted
- Adoption Portal
- British and Irish Genealogical Reference Centre
- Coalition for the Standardization of Geni Naming Conventions
- Common Genealogical Mistakes Made
- Data Entry Standards for Genealogists & Research
- Embedded Image Test Project
- Genealogy Software overview
- Geni Discussion Best Practices
- Geni Basics Start Here
- HistoryLink
- Geni Master Profile best practices
- Playground for the Wiki'ds
- Provenance and Images
- Research and projects - basics start guide
- South African Genealogical Reference Centre
- Merging - Step by Step guidelines to merging duplicate profiles.
- Merging - Case Studies and Examples
- Searching
- Matches
- Data Conflicts
- Tree Conflicts
- Tree Repairing
- Basic Techniques 1. Viewing Preferences
- Basic Techniques 3. Profile Tabs
- Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images
- Geni World History Timeline
- Geni's Project Plaza
- Wicked Wiki
- Working with Projects
- Working with projects : Step by Step
- Working with Relationships
- Working with sources