tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post375620827135570226..comments2023-04-03T08:07:44.584-04:00Comments on Welcome to Genealogy By Ginger!: Geni.com - It's not Just Me AfterallGinger Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17453442334718861407noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-67781286789453246322013-08-05T01:48:48.952-04:002013-08-05T01:48:48.952-04:00Hello to all,
I made the mistake of joining Geni, ...Hello to all,<br />I made the mistake of joining Geni, yes l know I was stupid! I should have checked other links to see what others thought of Geni, I entered my Family Tree which went back hundreds of years I never gave anyone permission to merge my Treeyet this so called curator merged my Tree and then gave copies to over 50 people who have nothing to do with my Famil Tree, he then made changes and took over my Tree all without my permission.<br />I emailed complained etc, they blocked my right to make changes edit, all because I went in and removed the names and dates on my tree so they can no longer view the names etcon my Tree, they were furious, my happy.<br />The only down side is all of these other people have copies made by that very rude curator.<br />I am still waiting for an apology from them regarding the unauthorized merge.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-52513214194153634692011-11-16T16:56:51.649-05:002011-11-16T16:56:51.649-05:00Tim yes I was very upset by the whole thing. In fa...Tim yes I was very upset by the whole thing. In fact I exchanged several emails with geni.com as they had initially asked me to try their service out while it was still in beta back in 08. I started getting notifications that so and so was taking over a profile or making changes and I got worried. I am a free user as well. Now I do not want to reclaim my tree because I do not know who changed what. I'm still mad about it all.Ginger Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453442334718861407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-34549917198502182182011-11-16T16:47:11.972-05:002011-11-16T16:47:11.972-05:00First time I've been bit by the bait and switc...First time I've been bit by the bait and switch of the online behemoths.. there is something wrong with my data entries being used by the collective when I entered the data to begin with.. and then not being able to reference the data that I entered. <br /><br />All a business model, but I was never even sent an email to tell me this was happening. I haven't had an email from them since May, and those were all about telling me who's birthday and anniversary it was.<br /><br />I feel pretty jilted. Not at all excited about signing on, that's for sure.Tim Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411070860432450603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-44844693775505314102011-11-16T15:16:18.373-05:002011-11-16T15:16:18.373-05:00Hi Tim, Your tree will probably still be there, bu...Hi Tim, Your tree will probably still be there, but it has probably been modified and "taken over" by now - meaning someone has taken over ownership of it...you may still be a co-owner. But to my knowledge, you cannot tell who made what changes to the profile or when. It's very frustrating.Ginger Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453442334718861407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-23385934194597582932011-11-16T13:41:07.171-05:002011-11-16T13:41:07.171-05:00I had been away from Geni after I had entered a ba...I had been away from Geni after I had entered a basic tree that dated back to 850AD. I logged on today to the message that I can only see 100 people and to find my tree went dead above my great great grandfather! If I sign up for pro, will all that data come back?<br /><br />TimTim Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411070860432450603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-6319412041206311902011-08-18T09:33:25.690-04:002011-08-18T09:33:25.690-04:00Thanks Greta, they can have at it I guess. I just ...Thanks Greta, they can have at it I guess. I just feel bad for my family who have entered information on their in-laws and their children. Information that I never even got out of geni.com which I would have liked to have had!Ginger Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453442334718861407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-77007966362997354472011-08-17T21:46:16.039-04:002011-08-17T21:46:16.039-04:00Very interesting to hear from someone who recogniz...Very interesting to hear from someone who recognized the problems early on. I love collaborative research, but not collaborative trees and especially anything that remotely smacks of a One World Tree. Sorry to hear that people are messing with your tree.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-89444495850404480772011-08-17T21:09:53.562-04:002011-08-17T21:09:53.562-04:00Yes, I think they will be losing a lot of customer...Yes, I think they will be losing a lot of customers with these new changes. It is already evident in the increase in traffic at other places like wikitree.com. Thanks for reading and commenting :-)Ginger Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453442334718861407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-46525907494983938512011-08-17T19:38:46.431-04:002011-08-17T19:38:46.431-04:00I upgraded to Pro just before this happened. I am ...I upgraded to Pro just before this happened. I am NOT AT ALL happy with this. I don't have a big tree there, so I don't think I will worry. It can just sit there and change the way anyone wished to change it. I am "disacknowledging" this tree. I won't be going back to Geni.com.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551274264418341175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-43681615380358665502011-08-17T16:14:55.675-04:002011-08-17T16:14:55.675-04:00Yep, me too.Yep, me too.Elizabeth O'Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191827688514996520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-39967181172902783662011-08-17T15:04:20.274-04:002011-08-17T15:04:20.274-04:00Hi Amy, I am always surprised to see that my famil...Hi Amy, I am always surprised to see that my family members are still looking at the site. I've kind of left it as "don't ask don't tell" for now and let them decide what they want to do. They might find the Universal Tree aspect to be a valuable tool. Hmm...so a kegger partying fool you were huh? Learn something new every day!Ginger Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453442334718861407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-37866207251437074352011-08-17T14:46:55.858-04:002011-08-17T14:46:55.858-04:00Ginger, I agree with you. I am very frustrated and...Ginger, I agree with you. I am very frustrated and embarrassed that I have to explain these new Geni developments to my family when I was the one who convinced them to join in the first place.Amy Coffin, MLIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612044786240692282noreply@blogger.com