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6 February 2012

'My GeneaNet' Menu Has Been Redesigned

The 'My GeneaNet' menu has been redesigned to be more intuitive.

You can access this drop-down menu at the top right of every GeneaNet pages.

You have quick access to commonly used features and it now includes a direct access to your Online Family Tree.

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30 January 2012

Share GeneaNet Pages with Family and Friends

Click the double-arrow icon at the top right of the screen to quickly and easily share GeneaNet pages with family and friends on Facebook and Twitter, and to add pages to your bookmarks list.

The icon is grey if page sharing is not allowed. This is the case for pages reserved for Club Privilege members and other paying pages.

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23 January 2012

Add a Slideshow of Family Pictures and Links to your Favorite Persons in your GeneaNet Online Family Tree

Club Privilege members can add up to 8 pictures that will be displayed in a slideshow in the home page of their Online Family Tree. These pictures can be linked to the page of an individual in the family tree.

Every GeneaNet member can add up to 8 Favorite Persons in the home page of their Online Family Tree to create a quick access to their individual page. Club Privilege members can also create a quick access to the charts and lists, and they can create two groups to organize their Favorite Persons.

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16 January 2012

GeneaNet - New Search Options: 'Nearby Places' and 'Name of Parents'

Two new search options have been added for GeneaNet Club Privilege members: 'Nearby Places' and 'Name of Parents'.

The 'Nearby Places' option allows you to automatically extend the search to places which are close to the selected one.

The 'Name of Parents' option allows you to easily search for families in the GeneaNet database.

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9 January 2012

New 'Keep Me Logged In' GeneaNet Option

The new 'Keep me logged in' GeneaNet option allows you to log in once to the web site, so that on future visits to the web site login will not be required.

With this new feature, you can sign in once with your GeneaNet username and password, and click the 'Keep me logged in' checkbox. Then, on any future return to the web site, you will already be logged in. You will not have to sign in again until you click the 'Log Out' link or you delete cookies in your web browser.

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2 January 2012

The GeneaNet 'Email Alert by Individual'

GeneaNet has a powerful feature called 'Email Alert by Individual'.

The 'Individual Alert' and the 'Cross-Database Alert' have been merged in a single Email Alert so GeneaNet Club Privilege members can now receive accurate emails that aggregate the latest entries by name (with alternate spelling), first name (with alternate spelling), place, year, occupation and spouse.

And these Email Alerts can be automatically generated from the data in their Online Family Tree!

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26 December 2011

GeneaNet: Geolocate your Pictures of Headstones and Memorials on Google Maps

You can geolocate your pictures of headstones and memorials on Google Maps.

Just enter the name of the city/town and the street address to automatically geolocate your pictures.

Then, you and other members can search for a picture and easily view the nearby headstones and memorials on Google Maps.

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20 December 2011

'Friend' and 'Wizard' Access Rights Have Changed

'Friend' and 'Wizard' Access Rights have changed so they will now be used to give access to both your GeneaNet profile and your Online Family Tree (GeneWeb).

All the persons who had 'Friend' or 'Wizard' Access Rights must now have a free GeneaNet account.

Words have changed too:

- 'Friend' is now 'Guest' : Private data in your family tree is available (read only) to 'Guests'.
- 'Wizard' is now 'Admin': 'Admins' can edit your genealogy data.

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13 December 2011

'Friend' and 'Wizard' Access Rights Will Change

'Friend' and 'Wizard' Access Rights will change so they will now be used to give access to both your GeneaNet profile and your Online Family Tree (GeneWeb).

Words will change too:

- 'Friend' will be 'Guest' : Private data in your family tree is available (read only) to 'Guests'.
- 'Wizard' will be 'Admin': 'Admins' can edit your genealogy data.

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12 December 2011

GeneaNet: Upload and Import a GEDCOM File

As seen last week, you can use our easy and intuitive family tree software to manually build your GeneaNet Online Family Tree.

But if you are using a personal genealogy software, you may want to upload and import a GEDCOM file to GeneaNet. Here's how to do it:

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5 December 2011

Build your GeneaNet Online Family Tree: Tutorial

Our easy and intuitive family tree software comes with full screen mode, auto-completion feature for places, slideshow of family pictures, attached digitized documents, a family book editor, and much more.

Everyone can easily build its Online Family Tree with GeneaNet!

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28 November 2011

New: Edit your Places in your GeneaNet Online Family Tree (GeneWeb)

You can now easily edit your places in your GeneaNet Online Family Tree (GeneWeb).

Edit a place name and this will automatically update this name in your entire family tree!

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GeneaNet: Join Us on Facebook!

Join us on Facebook and be part of the GeneaNet community!

Get the latest updates and information about the GeneaNet services.

Join a community of genealogy enthusiasts to comment and share about GeneaNet, your family history research and genealogy in general.

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21 November 2011

The GeneaNet 'Individual Matches'

The GeneaNet 'Individual Matches' allow you to automatically search for individuals that may match with any of your ancestors in the GeneaNet database!

This powerful feature is reserved for GeneaNet Club Privilege members.

Other GeneaNet members can search for 'Individual Matches' in the Archival Records and Indexes but not in the collaborative family trees.

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14 November 2011

GeneaNet: Upload Archival Records and Attach Them to Your Online Family Tree

Did you know that you can upload Archival Records and attach them to your Online Family Tree?

And you can also attach Archival Records uploaded by other GeneaNet members.

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7 November 2011

Add a Slideshow of Family Pictures and Links to your Favorite Persons in your GeneaNet Online Family Tree

Club Privilege members can add up to 8 pictures that will be displayed in a slideshow in the home page of their Online Family Tree. These pictures can be linked to the page of an individual in the family tree.

Every GeneaNet member can add up to 8 Favorite Persons in the home page of their Online Family Tree to create a quick access to their individual page. Club Privilege members can also create a quick access to the charts and lists, and they can create two groups to organize their Favorite Persons.

Continue reading...

31 October 2011

New: The GeneaNet 'Email Alert by Individual'

GeneaNet has launched a new powerful feature called 'Email Alert by Individual'!

The 'Individual Alert' and the 'Cross-Database Alert' have been merged in a single Email Alert so GeneaNet Club Privilege members can now receive accurate emails that aggregate the latest entries by name (with alternate spelling), first name (with alternate spelling), place, year, occupation and spouse.

And these Email Alerts can be automatically generated from the data in their Online Family Tree!

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24 October 2011

New GeneaNet Menu Section

We are working on improving the Online Family Tree access rights and a new section has been added to the GeneaNet menu.

This section contains four items: 'Family Tree Root' to enable/disable the display of the family tree root (Sosa #1) on your family tree home page, 'Places not Mapped' to view/edit places that cannot be geolocated by Google Maps, 'Access Rights' to set some 'Wizard' access rights, and 'Surname Prefix' to display prefix before/after the main part of the name.

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10 October 2011

New: Direct Ancestors Now Marked in the GeneaNet Online Family Tree Search Results List

Some of you were disappointed that the Online Family Tree (GeneWeb) search results list didn't clearly show the direct ancestors of the GeneaNet member.

The direct ancestors are now marked in the search results list so you can easily find them.

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3 October 2011

GeneaNet: New Features in the Headstones & Memorials Database

Some new features have been added to the Headstones & Memorials database.

You can now zoom in and out, rotate the picture and adjust brightness, and you can download and save the original image file.

Headstones and memorials are valuable resources for genealogists so don't hesitate to upload and share your own pictures!

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