On Wed, 27 May 2009 21:47:10 -0400, Huntersglenn <[email protected]> wrote: >Geni.com was brought to my attention when I received an e-mail from them >that basically stated that I'd been included on someone's tree, and they >provided a link for me to see that tree. Only when I clicked on the >link, it was to find that in order to see the tree, I had to sign up >with Geni.com. I was able to contact the person who supposedly added me >to her tree, but she couldn't come up with a reason as to why she'd put >me on there - she is definitely not related to me in any way. I wrote >an e-mail to Geni.com, expressing my displeasure over being 'tricked' >into joining their site and requesting that they remove my name from >that tree and their site. They assured me that they would do so, but >I've never checked back to see if it happened. > >I found those tactics to be slightly underhanded, and promised myself >that I would never use them. I've had a comment on my blog from someone from Geni.com, offering to help me fix the problem, but in view of other peoples' negative experience described here I'm not sure that it's worth the bother. It seems rather similar to the My Heritage site, and possibly uses the same or similar software. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk