Alan Ehrlich is absolutely right about GENI. It is wrong to describe it as a genealogical site because its information is so often wrong. It is a very good site to discover “Mishpochah”. If I

With regard to fixing mistakes on Geni, if the profile managers do not respond, go to the Discussions page at https://www.geni.com/discussions and the first one listed should be "ATTENTION Curators,

Hi Maybe you know this sources already, but maybe they are interesting for others too. Passengers Manifests / Border Crossings are online on Library and Archives Canada and/or familysearch. Canadian

I share the frustrations expressed but here is my perspective. My tree at GENI allows me to get notices about new possible connections and comments upon existing ones...I don't "use" it as my main

I grew up in University City, MO, USA, a suburb of St Louis with a large Jewish population. One of my classmates in the l950s was a girl named Zeta Zlepper. Yes. In those days, pupils were arranged

Hi Molly, I've checked out Pier 21's records, and they've been very enlightening! Thanks so much for the recommendation. Best regards, Geoff Chester Liepaja, Latvia

There is so much misinformation about Geni from people who don’t really use it. The critic Alan Ehrlich, for example, has added just 34 profiles on Geni. Geni is as good as we all make it. For

I added the marriage record to his Geni profile. https://www.geni.com/people/Heinrich-Goldner/6000000014548406203 Randy Schoenberg Los Angeles, CA

Good morning from Brooklyn, I am sharing my DNA success story from this weekend, notwithstanding both endogamy and pedigree collapse in my family ancestry. I tested family members a few years ago on

I have had someone do the same thing. He has my great-great grandfather from the paternal Finkelstein side of my family in his tree as well as my great-grandparents, all of their children and the

Jessica, First this is a common problem with Ancestry or MyHeritage, if you have a public tree. Secondly, unless your family was ultra-wealthy or famous, any genealogical information that is out

I have noticed the term "Color" used in Late 19th century and Early 20th Century birth records of New York City. Since I have only seen two such records up close for my relatives, I can't make general

Yes, this is a problem. Early in my genealogy journey, I posted my family tree on geni.com. That turned out to be a big mistake. It was latched onto (hijacked) by other people who added individuals to

Those with ancestors from the Kraichgau region of Baden may be interested in a Mohel book that I recently came across on the website of the National Library of Israel at

The Militärseelsorge is the military chaplain. It would appear from Andreas Schwab's post that they were married by a Jewish military chaplain. Stephen Katz Researching: KATZ (Novograd-Volinskiy,

You may want to try the cemetery and funeral home. Jewish ones don't always keep more records but the non Jewish cemeteries and funeral homes usually do have information. I am guessing you hare

Hi, I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. I would like to know the bride and groom’s ages and the names of their parents. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Peter wrote: "Geni has the big advantage over Ancestry or MyHeritage for Jewish families, in being accessible to anyone, and potentially being corrected and added to by any other user, and

I have one who has taken part of my tree and made their own version of events afterwards. I also of my relatives are my HALF relative on throughlines on Ancestry, because somebody has popped the wrong

Thanks to everyone who replied to my question. It seems that ultimately there is little that can be done to make corrections if the tree creator doesn't want to. Jessica Schein