GenesReunited.co.uk Review
Joining Fee:
It is free to view the site contents and use the family tree maker software . However if you want to contact other members of GenesReunited.co.uk it costs £9.95 for six months.
Features of Genes Reunited:.
- GenesReunited.co.uk gives you the opportunity to search through a database of 500 million names to build your particular family tree.
- Registering on GenesReunited.co.uk is free. Once a member you will have access to all the drop down menus including:
- Family Tree. This opens in a new window with your name automatically entered at the top of the page. You then have the option to add partner, child, sibling, father and mother. You simply click any of these and add the relevant information. If you don't have the information required you can type in "unknown" or if you don't know the date of birth you can tick the "circa" box. You can actually see the tree building at the top of the page.
- Search Trees. Type in the name of a relation to discover if they appear in other trees on GenesReunited.co.uk Then send the tree-owner a message to discover a connection.
- Search records. Simply enter the name of a relative to search millions of historical records including:
- Census records from 1841 to 1901.
- Births, marriages and deaths.
- Military records including WW1 and WW2 deaths.
- Hot matches. GenesReunited.co.uk has a search engine which can match the relatives in your family tree with those in all the other family trees registered in the site. An email is sent every 14 days showing a list of members who may share your ancestors.
- Messages. Send and receive messages privately from other members. If you want to keep details of living relatives confidential you can tick a box in "account details" so that the information is not accessible to all members.
- Community. This contains:
- Success stories which is just that really. Members share their success stories about relatives they've found through Genesreunited.co.uk.
- General topics. This is really just a chatroom where members talk about their lives and exchange views about just about everything. Not really relevant if you're building a family tree!
- Chat. Really this is a waste of time to a serious genealogist.
- Records office. Members can help each other out with visits to local records offices and post their findings on this page.
- Tips Board. This can be a really useful place to exchange experiences with other members, asking questions about any problems you may be having and offering advice and tips whenever you can.
- Trying to find. Members can post names of lost relatives here in an effort to locate them. Other members reply with various information which may or may not prove to be helpful but it's certainly worth a try.
- History. Similarly names can be posted here in an effort to locate them.
- Surname information. Members can locate ancestors here by surname. There are 100 pages of requests here leading us to believe that this is a popular page with the members of Genesreunited.co.uk
- Help centre. A dedicated support team promises to answer all emails within 2-3 working days.
- GenesReunited.co.uk offers the opportunity to talk to a genealogy expert online via Web Chat. Members can also read previously asked questions and answers affording them an opportunity to acquire information via other people's experiences and problems.
Performing a Search on GenesReunited:
A basic search to GenesReunited.co.uk allows you to search by the following parameters:
- Forename
- Surname
- Birthplace
- Year of birth
Editor's Verdict:
GenesReunited.co.uk is a sister site of Friends Reunited. It has a friendly approach and the building of a family tree should be an enjoyable and rewarding experience. The Hot Matches feature is particularly good. Of course the law of averages dictates that the list of members sent by email every 14 days is less than likely to contain the name of one of your ancestors but, who knows, you may strike lucky and anyway it's a very good place to start. If you are one of the fortunate ones you may suddenly find you have dozens of ancestors to add to your tree through some obscure relative whose name turns up on the list.
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