May 2009

With the recent enhancements to hot matches users are finding more and more duplicate profiles and potential tree merges. Now merging confirmed matches is as easy as finding them. Look for the new ‘merge profiles’ link in your hot match results. This link will give you a new side by side merge preview so you can confirm that both profiles are for the same person. Unlike the ‘move this person’ feature in the tree, merging… Read the full story

There are now over 15 million profiles connected on one Geni tree. As trees continue to grow and connect to each other, the distinction between users who are ‘connected’ and ‘not connected’ is becoming less important. We’ve enhanced search to reflect this trend towards one tree that connects everyone. Geni users can now use search to find any profile on Geni whether or not they are connected yet. This will help you find relatives that… Read the full story

Hot matches are the quickest way to grow your family tree. Use hot matches to: * Compare your tree to over 50 million profiles to find duplicates * Save time adding new branches to your family tree * Connect with other users that share common relatives We recently added immediate family name matching to increase the relevance of hot matches. Matches are now based on first name, last name, maiden name, birth year, death year,… Read the full story

We’ve added options to the Advanced Search interface to help you find profiles that previous searches may have overlooked. The first option lets you search names using soundex or metaphone to find profiles with alternate spellings. Each uses a different matching technology, so you can try the same search with each to see what works best for your particular search terms. Next is the Match blank years option. When you enter a year search term,… Read the full story

Since we released our Advanced Search feature, we’ve used it to power a number of features to help you find duplicate profiles and new branches of your family tree. First we made it easy to search for similar profiles. We improved on that by showing your profile hot matches on every profile. Then we added matches on new profiles to let you know when you were adding a profile that may already exist on Geni…. Read the full story

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