We have a fairly large family tree on geni.com (>1000 members) and it has been cobbled together over the years from several researchers working around the world. At this point several people in the world are working on extending it, but we have capability limitations. Even though it is supposedly one tree, there are many instances of 'private' information on people who are in the tree. Sometimes whole branches are private making it difficult to confirm existing information. The managers of the tree don't always reply to requests for access. My question is why is the information in the tree private even though it is part of my tree and lineage? Is it possible to somehow unhide it and view this information?
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Jeff, Geni Curator Yury, it could be a couple reasons, but take a look at the privacy model. https://www.geni.com/company/privacy
Normally, you'll be able to see private profiles within your family group, which is usually 4th cousins and closer (inlaws to another degree). https://www.geni.com/account_settings/family If you go beyond that, then you run into the privacy restrictions. Your branch is actually connected into the world tree, so you're connected to 90 million people. You're relation to me: "Yury Gregory Persits is your third cousin once removed's husband's first cousin once removed's wife's third cousin twice removed." But we have to maintain privacy in the tree, so beyond your family group, it gets restricted when you're looking at private profiles - you can't see my private tree. You have the ability to extend a family group invitation to additional Geni members, which would allow you to view their profiles. Collaboration allows you greater access to edit their public profiles. If someone is within your family group and you still can't see their profiles, they may have blocked you. If the profiles you're talking about are ancestor profiles, such as born before 1850, then let Curators know and we can make them public. https://www.geni.com/discussions/142108
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