Web Site of the Week: Geni.com
Posted by: Christine Bulson
Geni.com is one of the best genealogy websistes and has a free basic service. David Sacks (also of PayPal fame) launched the site in 2007 with the mission of connecting and preserving the family. Users enter names, addresses and biographical information about themselves and their ancestors and relatives. From this information a family tree is created which may be viewed by other relatives up to fourth cousins. An enhanced service, Geni Pro is available for $4.95 a month which provides advanced searching and matches to other trees. The site has a privacy policy in which only people in the family can log into the tree and relatives may be blocked from viewing individual profiles. Minors under 13 are never searchable by anyone who isn’t on the tree. Geni.com is a great way to make and keep up-to-date a family tree.
