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Stolen account and family tree

ANNELIE Elisabeth Molin

April 22, 2016 17:58

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I signed up for an account many years ago and I added all my relatives and made a hugh effort  to do a good job and I added photos of my relatives from my personal family album. I went offline for a while and did not log on and when I came back this Simon Andreas Schönbeck had stolen my account. I am so mad I am about to explode. I want my family tree account back. I can prove it is my family tree since I have all the original paper copy photos, he have none.

 another that has made himself moderator of my account is Knut Stangenberg together with Simon Andreas Schönbeck.

I demand to get my family tree for Molin and Schönbeck back in my name, and I demand to get it NOW! What kind of site is it that allow such of handling? I just went offline a while and when I come back all of my information is in another persons name. Give it back to med PROMPTLY!

 

My grandma Olga for example photo is her old ID photo. I have the original. https://www.geni.com/people/Olga-Elisabeth-Bodin/6000000001432219467

All of these persons in this family tree I HAVE BUILDT and I DEMANT to get it back.

anneliemolin at hotmail.com current address / I may have used these addresses for adding this family tree annelie at knuten.com (closed e-mail address not in used any longer) or anmoweb at hotmail.com (still in use).

I have written to you before about this issue and you have not even answered my messages. I am not happy my account, my information and my photos that is my property are stolen. Fix this NOW!

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  Jeff, Geni Curator April 22, 2016 20:59

  Annelie, I can easily connect you back into that tree where you'll have access.  But let's talk about what you'll get and if that will be sufficient, because you're making a lot of demands here.  If I merge you in, you'll have full access to your family tree within the family group (4th cousins and closer) and likely beyond with ancestors.  You can add profiles, pictures, update profiles, merge, etc.  But, Geni is a collaborative tree - there is no "my tree" on Geni.  It's a shared tree.  Now, maybe Simon added some of these profiles (he added your profile for instance in 2008, before you joined) or maybe, for others, they were transferred to him when you left Geni, which can happen (we want someone that can be responsive to other users).  Different people can add the same profiles and the duplicates get merged into one tree.  So maybe he created a tree and you created a tree and they were merged into a single tree, where he became manager because you left.  Whatever the situation, I don't want to place you into a nice collaborative family tree if you're going to start beating everyone up for "stealing" your tree and your photos and demanding it all back.  So put your demands aside, as I don't have to fix anything.

  If you want access and can work collaboratively, that I can grant.  If you want to own it, then I'll abstain from assisting.

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  ANNELIE Elisabeth Molin April 23, 2016 08:01

  I was not added in 2008 by him, I added myself, then somehow he overtook my whole account, I tried to log in but was not allowed. Why I do not know. Then I had to  create a whole new account to even be able to access to contact you. I added some near relatives to the new account but I lack will to continue sine I have already added my whole ancestery back to the 1600's at the Schönbeck side of the family when Simon Andreas Schönbeck stole my tree. It is not ok to claim another persons account without their knowledge and asking me if it is ok. I am related in direct line down by my mom and my grandmother.

  Since I lost my work completely I think you should give it back. I do not deserve this treatment after had done so much work helping to add to your site. Add me.

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  ANNELIE Elisabeth Molin April 24, 2016 10:01

  There were a function before long time ago, I do not know if it is still there, but there were a choice for taking an account that was not logged in for a while. I guess this Simon Andre Schönbeck used it to take over my account. I am not dead, I had not left the account for good, I only had to do other things in life too. I think it is really bad of you to let others apply for and take over other peoples accounts when they are not dead and have not granted it. It is like stealing. You would not like if someone applied for your accounts either it is e-mail, membership accounts or any other account and take steering and credit for what you have done. I am sure. I do not appreciate to have been outruled. I was not asked if it is ok. I used several hours and months to gather all this information, phoning tax offices, searching online data sources for relatives, an now he have taken over and with your blessing. How you behave and let people take over things is really outrageos. And I am not pleased with how you treat me.

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  Geni Support Team April 25, 2016 19:02

  Hi Annelie,

  I have contacted you privately so we may assist you in accessing your original account again. Jeff is a volunteer Geni Curator and he was trying to explain what Geni is about since it is a collaborative genealogy website (http://help.geni.com/entries/466599-What-is-Geni-). We do show your Geni profile was originally added on Geni by your relative Simon Schonbeck and he had sent you an invitation to join Geni in October 2008. 

  When users are inactive on Geni there is an option for other Geni users to report inactive users as an 'Abandoned Tree'. The following actions are taken when resolving an Abandoned Tree report: 

  • Deceased profiles outside of the user’s Family Group are made public
  • For private profiles within the user’s Family Group, management is transferred to the nearest active relative in their Family Group
  • If a close relative cannot be found, then management of these private profiles will not change

  This information can be found in our FAQ here: http://help.geni.com/entries/20475503-What-is-an-abandoned-tree- 

  For future reference, please know that if you are having issues logging into your Geni account you may contact us at subscriptions@geni.com which can be found in our FAQ here: http://help.geni.com/entries/515502-How-do-I-update-the-email-address-on-my-Geni-account-if-I-no-longer-have-access-to-that-email-addres