On November 28, I received the announcement that Geni is joining the MyHeritage family. Part of the announcement was that merging is now free. How do I do that?
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Jeff, Geni Curator Best place to start is probably the Merge Center. http://www.geni.com/list/tree_matches
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Bob Lynn I have gone to Tree Matches several times. When I click on one of the profiles, I get a window asking me to sign up for the Pro edition. That doesn't sound like "free" matching to me.
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Jeff, Geni Curator I think they still might be working on it. I'll ask in the curator discussion and let you know.
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Bob Lynn Thanks, Jeff.
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Vikas Mathur I got the same mail yesterday and it did mention that these features are available immediately. However, when I try the merge (via merge center or otherwise), it asks me upgrade to one of the paid options. This is extremely disappointing specially since the mail was signed by Geni CEO, Noah Tutak and one would expect it to be factualy accurate in every respect. So much for the initial excitement that Geni is once again starting to think about the users who helped it grow by building large trees in the early days :-( :-(
For reference, here is the text from that mail:
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Here are some of the benefits that you’ll see immediately:
- Unlimited profile adding is now free – All users can add as many profiles as they’d like to their tree without upgrading to a paid account. No more limits to the size of your tree.
- Merging is now free – All users can now merge duplicate profiles in their tree (privacy and permission rules still apply). This is great if your tree has been merged with another tree, or if you’d like to connect to the World Family Tree.
- Relationship paths are now free – Discover your relationship to historical figures and celebrities, even very distant relatives.
- Free family tree chart downloads – All users can now download a high quality chart of their family tree to their computer at no charge. These are great for sending to relatives or for printing at home as beautiful tree posters.
- No ads - We’ve removed ads for all users for a cleaner interface with less distraction.
- More privacy – living people who have not joined Geni will become private and will not be searchable on Google.
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Artem Goutsoul I completely agree, this is quite disappointing. After reading the mail and expecting to find all these great features enabled, nothing has changed :(
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Jeff, Geni Curator It appears you may be confusing tree matches with merging. Tree matches are still a Pro feature. You should be able to merge profiles for free if you go to Requested Merges in the Merge Center, drag-and-drop in the tree, or do it manually by clicking 'Actions' on the profile and select 'Merge This Profile.' Here's an FAQ explaining how to merge http://help.geni.com/entries/469660-how-can-i-merge-my-tree-with-a-relative-s-tree Also, keep in mind privacy and permission rules still apply.
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