View any of these profiles to see if you're related. And don't forget you can use the "Send this profile" link to post interesting profiles to Facebook, Twitter, or dozens of other services.
View October's 100 popular profiles
View any of these profiles to see if you're related. And don't forget you can use the "Send this profile" link to post interesting profiles to Facebook, Twitter, or dozens of other services.
View October's 100 popular profiles
The new family address book gathers all of your family's contact information into one handy list: email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses. Use the last name index to jump directly to relatives with last names that start with a specific letter.
There are two ways to add more data to your address book. Use the quick edit link in the actions column to quickly add details to one person. If you'd like to quickly add details to more than one person use the add information tab at the top of the list. This puts the list into edit more. Once you are done adding information to that page, use the save changes at the bottom of the list. The best part is your whole family will benefit from the information you've added. Pretty soon your family will have a shared address book!
If there is someone on Geni that is not included on this list, just go to their profile and use the add to family group button. This will add them to your family group and to your address book.
We’ve added two new features to the tree: a five-generation horizontal tree and an advanced add node form.
The horizontal view is an easy way to see a profile’s ancestry in a compact format and it makes tree building much faster. You should not have to wait for a tree redraw after adding a node.
The advanced add node form, which replaces the "more" version of the add node form, allows you to add a node with almost all of the standard profile attributes, including middle name, occupation, place and date of birth/death/burial, and cause of death. You can also add a birth order (this is limited to nodes who already have siblings or parents).
Switch to the horizontal with the chart icon in the lower right of your tree. You may switch between the views at any time. Switch to the advanced add node form by clicking "more fields" in the lower left of an add node form. If you've previously switched to the "more" version, you'll now see the advanced form when you click a yellow arrow. The advanced add node form is the default in the horizontal view.
Thank you to everyone who gave us feedback on the preview of these features. We've added single field location entry to the form, which will make it much easier to enter places of birth, death, and burial. We've also fixed a number of small problems you found.
Also look for the new Top 100 badge. This indicates that the profile is one of the most popular of all Geni profiles. Click the badge to view all popular profiles.
Now you can hide profiles in lists that don't have a Photo, Child, Spouse, Sibling, or Parent. Click twice for the red x and those profiles will be excluded from your list.
Resolve Duplicates
If you find a person in the tree with duplicates in their immediate family, use the resolve duplicates option in their more menu. This will open a mini-tree where you can drag the duplicates on each other to merge them.
Improved Hot Matches
We've added some intelligence to hot matches to reduce the number of false positives. We no longer include matches born after your profile died, or matched that died before your profile was born.
And don't forget, Pro's now get unlimited free gifts.
Discover interesting Geni profiles with the new popular profiles list. View the most popular profiles in your family or in all of Geni, and choose the time period to see who is the most popular recently, all time, or in a specific month.
The most popular profiles in the last week include 1 talk show host, 2 US Presidents, 2 Biblical figures, 6 Kings and Queens, 1 Mayflower passenger, and 1 of the richest men in the world. View popular profiles now to meet some interesting new relatives.
Have you ever wanted to let your friends know about a profile you've found on Geni? Maybe you discovered that you were related to someone famous, or just come across an interesting new relative. Use the new "Send this profile" link on any Shared profile to post the profile on facebook, twitter, or dozens of other services. You can also send the profile as an email message.
After you click the send this profile link, select your favorite service and then add a personal message. Your personal message and a link to the profile will be posted to the service you selected. When your friends view the message they can click on the link to view the full Geni profile for that person.
Here is what your friends will see if you share a profile on Facebook:
We hope you find this useful in sharing your discoveries with others. Let us know what you think.
We've added a new way to find other Geni users also interested in the profiles you browse. When you view a profile you'll notice a new list of users who have recently viewed that profile. You can click their name to view their profile and contact them. If you see someone's name appear a few times on profiles you're viewing, their is a pretty good chance that you are working on the same part of the tree.
If you do not want your name to appear when you view profiles just turn off the "Let users see when I've viewed a profile (Recently Viewed By profile module)" setting on your Permission Settings page. Note that the recently viewed module does not appear on user profiles.
Recently we added name preferences to let users choose how they want names displayed on Geni. Users told us that they missed viewing the full name on profiles so we've changed it back. Now profiles always display the full name, including middle name, last name, and maiden name.
Undo Pending Merges
Users have also told us that they often come across pending merges that they can complete but not undo. This makes it difficult to correct certain mistakes in the tree. We've changed this so that you can always undo a pending merge. You should now see options to complete and undo any pending merge you can view.
Our engineers worked through the night to trace the problem and restore service, and Geni.com was brought back online at 4:30 AM Wednesday morning. At no point was any user data lost.
We are currently investigating the reason for the network failure, and configuring more robust backup systems. Thank you for your patience as we worked to bring Geni back online.
Update 10:30 PM Pacific: The site should be working again for most users. Things should be operating normally again. Visit Geni.com
Update 8:45 PM Pacific: We're experiencing some issues again, we hope to be back real soon.
UPDATE: We're Back!
We're doing some work behind the scenes right now, so you may have issues accessing Geni.com. We'll post an update here when we're done.
Every statistic now includes a link to drill down into that data behind the chart or tag cloud. You can even click on the chart itself to view the profiles for a particular piece of data - a slice of a pie or bar chart or a name in a tag cloud. For example, here is the Country of Birth chart for my blood relatives:
From this chart I can:
These are just some ideas to get you started using this new feature. We'd love to hear how you use it.
Free Family Statistics
In order to give all users more access to the data drill down lists we're giving away all 15 Family Group statistics for free. This includes 12 statistics that were previously available only to Pro users such as Country of Birth, Most Common First Name, and Oldest & Youngest Living. Viewing Statistics for your Blood Relatives and Ancestors is still a Pro only feature.
Free Sort Controls
We've moved the sort controls to the column header and made them available at no charge to all users (sorting was previously a Pro only feature). To sort a column click on the up (ascending) or down (descending) arrow next to the name of the column you want to sort. These sort controls will appear when you move your mouse near the name of a sortable column.
More Compact Advanced Controls
We've updated the advanced controls to improve usability and take less space. Columns, Filters, and Events each have their own section. You can collapse the controls that you don't use as frequently to reduce clutter and keep open the ones that you frequently use. Smaller controls mean that more profiles appear on-screen in your lists.
New Columns
The following columns have been added as options:Add Photos
You can add a profile photo to a profile that doesn't have it directly from a list. Make sure you are on the Edit Profiles tab and then click the add photo link in the Photo column.
All Geni Pro subscriptions (new and existing) now include unlimited virtual gifts at no additional cost. Virtual gifts are a great way to show someone that you care, and can be sent with a birthday or anniversary greeting, or "just because". With subscriptions available for less than three dollars per month (when prepaid), you can save money even if you only send a few gifts a month.