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During this time, the Geni website will be unavailable. We’ll do our best to complete the maintenance quickly and return to normal service as soon as possible. Many thanks for your patience. 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This spooky season, we’re highlighting the Ghosts of North America genealogy project on Geni. This project brings together historical figures whose spirits are said to roam some of the most notable sites across North America. Let’s take a closer look at a few of these spectral personalities who may still walk among us in the shadows. Hiram Mills Perkins Image: Lawrence Sun American, July 20, 1922 / OldNews.com… <a class="read-more" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/featured-project-ghosts-of-north-america-111757.html"><span>Read the full story</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="clearfloat"> <h3 class="cat_title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/community" rel="category tag">Community</a> »</h3> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/iajgs-2024-conference-recap-111608.html" rel="bookmark">IAJGS 2024 Conference Recap</a></h2> <div class="meta">Posted August 30, 2024 by Amanda | <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/iajgs-2024-conference-recap-111608.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="111608 https://www.geni.com/blog/?p=111608">No Comment</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/iajgs-2024-conference-recap-111608.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to IAJGS 2024 Conference Recap"> <img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_5371-150x150.jpg" class="front-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" title="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_5371-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_5371-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_5371-120x120.jpg 120w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> </a> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="like-share"> <div><fb:like href="https://www.geni.com/blog/iajgs-2024-conference-recap-111608.html" send="true" width="55" show_faces="false" layout="box_count"></fb:like></div> <div><g:plusone size="tall" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/iajgs-2024-conference-recap-111608.html"></g:plusone></div> </div> <p>We’re back from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where we had the opportunity to attend the 44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. The conference was held August 18-22 in the City of Brotherly Love. The exhibit hall was open for the entire conference and attendees made good use of their time visiting the Geni table. We were happy to grant extended walkthroughs of the website to help users better understand how they can make use of all… <a class="read-more" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/iajgs-2024-conference-recap-111608.html"><span>Read the full story</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="clearfloat"> <h3 class="cat_title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/community" rel="category tag">Community</a> »</h3> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/geni-is-heading-to-iajgs-2024-111533.html" rel="bookmark">Geni is Heading to IAJGS 2024</a></h2> <div class="meta">Posted August 9, 2024 by Amanda | <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/geni-is-heading-to-iajgs-2024-111533.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="111533 https://www.geni.com/blog/?p=111533">No Comment</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/geni-is-heading-to-iajgs-2024-111533.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Geni is Heading to IAJGS 2024"> <img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IAJGS-conference-logo_blog-150x150.png" class="front-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" title="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IAJGS-conference-logo_blog-150x150.png 150w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IAJGS-conference-logo_blog-100x100.png 100w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IAJGS-conference-logo_blog-120x120.png 120w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IAJGS-conference-logo_blog.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> </a> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="like-share"> <div><fb:like href="https://www.geni.com/blog/geni-is-heading-to-iajgs-2024-111533.html" send="true" width="55" show_faces="false" layout="box_count"></fb:like></div> <div><g:plusone size="tall" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/geni-is-heading-to-iajgs-2024-111533.html"></g:plusone></div> </div> <p>Soon Geni will be heading to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. The conference will take place August 18 – 22 with a jam-packed schedule every day. Come find us at the Geni table in the conference exhibit hall. We’ll be eager to chat and help answer any questions you may have about Geni. The IAJGS conferences are one of our favorites because we get to spend lots of one-on-one… <a class="read-more" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/geni-is-heading-to-iajgs-2024-111533.html"><span>Read the full story</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="clearfloat"> <h3 class="cat_title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/featured-project" rel="category tag">Featured Project</a> »</h3> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/featured-project-paris-2024-summer-olympics-111514.html" rel="bookmark">Featured Project: Paris 2024 Summer Olympics</a></h2> <div class="meta">Posted August 2, 2024 by Amanda | <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/featured-project-paris-2024-summer-olympics-111514.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="111514 https://www.geni.com/blog/?p=111514">No Comment</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/featured-project-paris-2024-summer-olympics-111514.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Featured Project: Paris 2024 Summer Olympics"> <img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/paris_france-150x150.jpeg" class="front-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" title="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/paris_france-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/paris_france-100x100.jpeg 100w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/paris_france-120x120.jpeg 120w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> </a> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="like-share"> <div><fb:like href="https://www.geni.com/blog/featured-project-paris-2024-summer-olympics-111514.html" send="true" width="55" show_faces="false" layout="box_count"></fb:like></div> <div><g:plusone size="tall" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/featured-project-paris-2024-summer-olympics-111514.html"></g:plusone></div> </div> <p>Have you been watching the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics? Athletes from all around the world have come together in Paris, France to compete for the gold. In celebration of this year’s Olympic games, we’re highlighting the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics genealogy project. You can bring your love of genealogy and your enthusiasm for the Olympics together and collaborate with others to build the family trees of this summer’s Olympic athletes. Collaborators have been hard at… <a class="read-more" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/featured-project-paris-2024-summer-olympics-111514.html"><span>Read the full story</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="clearfloat"> <h3 class="cat_title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/fun-with-genealogy" rel="category tag">Fun with Genealogy</a> »</h3> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/look-whos-related-taylor-swift-post-malone-and-more-from-the-tortured-poets-department-111302.html" rel="bookmark">Look Who’s Related: Taylor Swift, Post Malone, and More From the Tortured Poets Department</a></h2> <div class="meta">Posted May 16, 2024 by Amanda | <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/look-whos-related-taylor-swift-post-malone-and-more-from-the-tortured-poets-department-111302.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="111302 https://www.geni.com/blog/?p=111302">No Comment</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/look-whos-related-taylor-swift-post-malone-and-more-from-the-tortured-poets-department-111302.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Look Who’s Related: Taylor Swift, Post Malone, and More From the Tortured Poets Department"> <img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/typewriter_desk-2-150x150.jpeg" class="front-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" title="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/typewriter_desk-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/typewriter_desk-2-100x100.jpeg 100w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/typewriter_desk-2-120x120.jpeg 120w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> </a> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="like-share"> <div><fb:like href="https://www.geni.com/blog/look-whos-related-taylor-swift-post-malone-and-more-from-the-tortured-poets-department-111302.html" send="true" width="55" show_faces="false" layout="box_count"></fb:like></div> <div><g:plusone size="tall" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/look-whos-related-taylor-swift-post-malone-and-more-from-the-tortured-poets-department-111302.html"></g:plusone></div> </div> <p>Taylor Swift recently kicked off the European leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour with a fresh new era added to the setlist in honor of her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department. Before the start of her Paris concert, MyHeritage shared with the world Swift’s connection to French royalty, the former King of France, Louis XIV. The interesting path can be traced through Geni’s World Family Tree, which shows that Swift and the Sun King… <a class="read-more" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/look-whos-related-taylor-swift-post-malone-and-more-from-the-tortured-poets-department-111302.html"><span>Read the full story</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="clearfloat"> <h3 class="cat_title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/fun-with-genealogy" rel="category tag">Fun with Genealogy</a> »</h3> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/the-story-of-titanic-survivor-violet-jessop-111215.html" rel="bookmark">The Story of Titanic Survivor Violet Jessop</a></h2> <div class="meta">Posted April 15, 2024 by Amanda | <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/the-story-of-titanic-survivor-violet-jessop-111215.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="111215 https://www.geni.com/blog/?p=111215">No Comment</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/the-story-of-titanic-survivor-violet-jessop-111215.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Story of Titanic Survivor Violet Jessop"> <img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Violet_Jessop-150x150.jpeg" class="front-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" title="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Violet_Jessop-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Violet_Jessop-100x100.jpeg 100w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Violet_Jessop-120x120.jpeg 120w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> </a> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="like-share"> <div><fb:like href="https://www.geni.com/blog/the-story-of-titanic-survivor-violet-jessop-111215.html" send="true" width="55" show_faces="false" layout="box_count"></fb:like></div> <div><g:plusone size="tall" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/the-story-of-titanic-survivor-violet-jessop-111215.html"></g:plusone></div> </div> <p>April 15 marks the anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Every year the public’s imagination is captured by the infamous ship along with its harrowing stories of survival and loss. Amongst one of the crew was stewardess Violet Jessop, who would experience more than one maritime disaster in her lifetime. She remarkably survived not only the sinking of the Titanic, but also a second disaster at sea on the HMHS Britannic only a… <a class="read-more" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/the-story-of-titanic-survivor-violet-jessop-111215.html"><span>Read the full story</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="clearfloat"> <h3 class="cat_title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/community" rel="category tag">Community</a> »</h3> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/rootstech-2024-recap-111084.html" rel="bookmark">RootsTech 2024 Recap</a></h2> <div class="meta">Posted March 7, 2024 by Amanda | <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/rootstech-2024-recap-111084.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="111084 https://www.geni.com/blog/?p=111084">No Comment</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.geni.com/blog/rootstech-2024-recap-111084.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to RootsTech 2024 Recap"> <img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4954_blog-150x150.jpeg" class="front-list-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" title="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4954_blog-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4954_blog-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4954_blog-600x600.jpeg 600w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4954_blog-768x768.jpeg 768w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4954_blog-100x100.jpeg 100w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4954_blog-120x120.jpeg 120w, https://www.geni.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4954_blog.jpeg 1512w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> </a> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="like-share"> <div><fb:like href="https://www.geni.com/blog/rootstech-2024-recap-111084.html" send="true" width="55" show_faces="false" layout="box_count"></fb:like></div> <div><g:plusone size="tall" href="https://www.geni.com/blog/rootstech-2024-recap-111084.html"></g:plusone></div> </div> <p>We’re back from Salt Lake City, Utah, where we just spent a few fun-filled days at RootsTech, the largest genealogy conference in the world. We had a busy booth throughout the conference. Geni curator Benjamin Schoenbrun helped to staff the booth and he had great luck connecting attendees to the World Family Tree. The conference was bustling with people eager to learn the latest in genealogy. 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