Community family Tree

Hi Private User

Yes, that's a good technique: geographically based families where you find the connections.

May I suggest using a Geni project to help organize?

Pro users can create tree "branches." Make a sibling to yourself, disconnect from parents, and you've started the separate tree.

Thanks Erica, for your prompt response.

My concern is when I am starting the data collection, I will end up with some of the family data still unconnected. I may have to consult some elderly persons who are aware of the interconnection on a later day, in a community function.

Is there anyway I can still keep this data inside Geni (unconnected), but link them later. Can you describe in a few lines, what should be my approach (apart from keeping this data in a document for later use). Does Pro allow such data logging?

Regards...

Thanks Erica Howton, after I became a pro member (trial), understood your explanation.

Currently, I find the relation of the member, generate the branch up to that level and invite him/her by mail. Also make him/her the family member. Merge his/her tree with mine.

However in this tree I saw many members as <private><surname>. Realised that these were added by other managers in his/her tree. Planning to make them also family members. Is there any way I can see only the first and last name in all the branches managed by me or others?

I have requested persons to enter only first,last names, circa and place of birth, to maintaain privacy as well as help in linking by consulting aged persons who will be aware of these relations.

Is there any better way?
Also how do I find out the total members in the whole tree formed by this method. Diffrerent managers see different no.s in the tree (either in statistics, lists or export forest)? What is the logic?

Regards...

Anchit Gupta suggestions?

I'm bad at math & stats. I'm going to invite you to an add on application that can help with charting.

Do enter data as completely as possible & encourage use of Geni defaults for privacy: living defaults as private, deceased as public. Family group members see living: individual setting determine how far horizontally they apply. http://www.geni.com/company/privacy