January 2008

Did you know that your Family group determines whose stories you see in your Family News? Adding additional people to your Family group is a great way to stay in touch with them. Let’s see how to easily view who is in your Family group and add the people you want. View your Family group You can view who is currently in your Family group by selecting the ‘My Family’ list view. Click the My… Read the full story

The response to the new Timeline and Events features on Geni has been tremendous. You may have noticed stories about your family creating new events in your Family News; perhaps you have added some events to your own Timeline. Here are a few quick tips to help you get the most out of this feature: 1. Add yourself to events: Wherever you see an event click on the name of the event to view the… Read the full story

We know that many of you already have a ton of photos on other photo sharing sites, and you would like an easy way to share these photos with your Family on Geni. We would like to find out which photo site(s) you would already use so we can determine which sites to support. Please let us know by taking our latest poll. <a href ="http://www.polldaddy.com" >polls</a> – <a href ="http://www.polldaddy.com/p/236592/" >Take Our Poll</a> Discuss… Read the full story

One year ago today Geni.com was launched to the public. The entire Geni Team would like to thank all of our users for a tremendous year – your feedback has been vital in helping us develop Geni into the product it is today. In one year Geni has grown from an easy to build family tree to the best way to find and stay in touch with your family online. What better way to reflect… Read the full story

In our continuing series of Guest Bloggers who are introducing subjects of interest to the Genealogy Community, we welcome Diane Haddad, Managing Editor of Family Tree Magazine who gives tips for interviewing Grandparents. When I was 8 years old, my teacher sent my class home with a list of questions and instructions to ask an older relative about his or her life. I called my grandma, told her “you’re the oldest person I know,” and… Read the full story

One of the goals of Geni is to make it easier to stay in touch with your family. The new Latest News feature is a quick and easy way to keep your family updated. Your Latest News will appear as an update on your Family’s News page. You can post your Latest News in two places: Home: Just enter your update into the text box (shown below) and click the ‘post news’ button. Profile: You… Read the full story

UPDATE: We are back up. You can now access the community sites The Geni community sites are down temporarily for maintenance. This is only the community sites, you can continue to access your Geni account. The following sites will be affected: Help (FAQ) Forum Wiki This post will be updated when we return. In the meantime, why don’t you take our latest poll.

Now that you have had a few days to play with the new features we released last week, we’d love to hear which new feature is your favorite. Please let us know by taking our latest poll. <a href ="http://www.polldaddy.com" >online surveys</a> – <a href ="http://www.polldaddy.com/p/215359/">Take Our Poll</a> Discuss this story

The Home tab is your new hub to view your latest Family News, Inbox, and Calendar on Geni. Family News Family News is your new way to keep up with your family and all of their activity on Geni. Family News displays all the recent activity in your Family group – new birthdays, photos, events, comments, discussions, changes to your tree, and more. You can also share your latest news with your family by quickly… Read the full story

The Timeline, located within the profile, is a new feature that shows a visual history of the events in a person’s life. Each event lives on its own page containing additional information, photos, attendees, and comments about that event. It is easy to create new events and add them to your Timeline as well as the Timelines of family and friends who were there. As a result, you, your family, and your friends can collaborate… Read the full story

Many of our users have asked for additional ways to share their Geni Tree with others. In addition to printing your tree and inviting your relatives to join your tree, there are now three new ways you can share your tree: GEDCOM Export: You can export your tree as a GEDCOM file. GEDCOM is a standard file format used to save, transfer, and transport genealogical information. Exporting a GEDCOM file will allow you to save… Read the full story

Profile Enhancements Recent Activity – The new Recent Activity profile module displays the most recent activity by that person. For unclaimed profiles the Revision History module will display the most recent updates for that person. Use the view all link for a full list of activity. Family Module – The Family module on the profile now displays the person’s Immediate Family, Ancestors, and Descendants in addition to their Family group. Additional Fields – Baptism (Date… Read the full story

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