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Geni Debuts New Service, Geni Plus

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West Hollywood-based Geni is expanding the number of paid tiers of its service, saying Tuesday evening that it has launched a new tier of its service, Geni Plus. The family tree and family history site said the new Geni Plus family tree research service is aimed at "casual genealogists", and will cost $4.95

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Geni Opens Service For Institutions

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Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy site, said Thursday that it has launched a new program to allow institutions like public libraries and genealogical societies with full access to the site. Geni said that local libraries and organizations are eligible to apply for the accounts. READ MORE>>.

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Geni Acquisition Opens Up Service For Users

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The acquisition today of Los Angeles-based family tree and genealogy site Geni has one big benefit: its users now have full access to the service, without having to pay for premium features. Geni.com also said that it will now let users download free family trees to their computer at no charge, and remove ads completely from the site.

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Geni Acquisition News Takes Down Service For Hours

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That big acquisition of Los Angeles family tree site Geni had an unwanted side effect: it took down the site for nearly five hours, Geni reports. Geni said it suffered unexpected downtime, starting at 7 a.m. Thursday morning, running until 10:40 a.m., READ MORE>>.

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Geni Signs Up For DNA Testing

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Burbank-based family tree software developer Geni --which is now part of MyHeritage--said late Thursday afternoon that it has added DNA testing to its service, letting its users test their DNA for a more accurate family tree. Geni also said it would use the DNA results to help for matching previously unknown relatives.

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Geni Enhances Service

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West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni.com said Friday that the firm has made a number of updates to the firm's services. Geni is backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. Tags: geni genealogy family tree web2. READ MORE>>.

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Geni Hints At iPhone App

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Los Angeles-based Geni.com , the online family tree site, hinted this morning that it is about to release an iPhone application for the service. In a post on its blog, Geni said it was working on the "Next Stage of Genealogy" and showed a brief YouTube video with what appeared to be a Geni application running on an iPhone.

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