Comments on: Building your family tree with Geni http://terrychay.com/blog/article/building-your-family-tree-with-geni.shtml You tell that other boy, not to touch the woodwork... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:22:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-bleeding-edge hourly 1 By: tychay http://terrychay.com/blog/article/building-your-family-tree-with-geni.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-24018 tychay Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:54:11 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/building-your-family-tree-with-geni.shtml#comment-24018 @Ben: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tychay/227815621/" title="Photo Sharing" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/70/227815621_0dfc579224_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="_D200157_DxO_raw" /></a> The wood thing on the bottom is the family tree on my mother's side, tilted sideways. @Ben:

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The wood thing on the bottom is the family tree on my mother’s side, tilted sideways.

]]> By: Ben Ramsey http://terrychay.com/blog/article/building-your-family-tree-with-geni.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-23984 Ben Ramsey Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:13:01 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/building-your-family-tree-with-geni.shtml#comment-23984 Nevermind my privacy concern... I found this in their Help docs: Who can see my profile and my family tree? Your profile and tree are private, so only other members of your tree can see them. Nevermind my privacy concern… I found this in their Help docs:

Who can see my profile and my family tree?
Your profile and tree are private, so only other members of your tree can see them.

]]> By: Ben Ramsey http://terrychay.com/blog/article/building-your-family-tree-with-geni.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-23983 Ben Ramsey Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:04:57 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/article/building-your-family-tree-with-geni.shtml#comment-23983 I really like the concept, and I think I'll try to get my grandparents to sign-up and add to it (since I'm interested in my family history). I find it amazing that you can trace your roots back 800+ years! I wish I could do the same. My main complaint with the system is primarily with their concept of traditional family values. That is the father/mother of a child must be a "spouse" (current, former/late, or ex-spouse). There is no option simply for unmarried partners. Also, I'm concerned about privacy. Many systems use either a birthdate or a mother's maiden name for security purposes. Here, I have a family tree that anyone can view, and while I can decline to enter birthdate information (which renders my tree somewhat unhelpful and pointless), it will always give people information on maiden names. Now, it appears that I have to log in to view my profile and tree, but can anyone who has access to the system view your profile/tree, or can only those members of your tree view them? I really like the concept, and I think I’ll try to get my grandparents to sign-up and add to it (since I’m interested in my family history). I find it amazing that you can trace your roots back 800+ years! I wish I could do the same.

My main complaint with the system is primarily with their concept of traditional family values. That is the father/mother of a child must be a “spouse” (current, former/late, or ex-spouse). There is no option simply for unmarried partners.

Also, I’m concerned about privacy. Many systems use either a birthdate or a mother’s maiden name for security purposes. Here, I have a family tree that anyone can view, and while I can decline to enter birthdate information (which renders my tree somewhat unhelpful and pointless), it will always give people information on maiden names. Now, it appears that I have to log in to view my profile and tree, but can anyone who has access to the system view your profile/tree, or can only those members of your tree view them?

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