For those of you who have created Medieval Duplicates: Geni can be confusing, because it's not like other genealogical sites. You do not have to enter into Geni, all the ancestors you know, because a great many of them will already be there. Once you connect the nearest ancestors you can into the tree, you are connected to all the early ancestors who are already in Geni.
As a rule of thumb, it's probable that if you have a profile before 1600, it's in the Geni tree already.
Since the goal here is to create one world tree, we all work at having one profile per person. That means that all the duplicates have to get dealt with.
Did You Know:
* Geni uses blue boxes (& blue circles on tree view) to let you know that there may be a duplicate of the profile you've created. It can be difficult to find the early duplicates on Geni, because often the spelling of a profile from before 1600 can have several variant spellings. If you have trouble finding duplicates for early profiles, please contact one of the Medieval Curators. The list of curators, by geographic area, is here: https://www.geni.com/projects/Geni-Curators/9960. As a rule of thumb, it's probable that if you have a profile before 1600, it's in the Geni tree already.
Medieval Curators working on this project include:
Private User -- specializing in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England, and France, from 800- 1500
Harald Tveit Alvestrand-- specializing in the Scandinavian saga eras (pre-1000)
Justin Durand -- specializing in fictitious genealogies (pre-1500)
Sharon Doubelll - specializing in Charlemagne & Medieval Scotland
*Instead of creating duplicates of the historical profiles on the medieval part of the tree, just use the top right pop-down menu to Request Management. Or, if you have information that differs from what you are seeing in the tree, you can contact the managers -- or the curator, if it is a Master Profile -- or start a public discussion from the profile itself. (Please be aware, though, that the quality of your sources will matter to your argument! There is an enormous amount of misinformation on the web, and personal trees that are on the web, without sources to back them up, are not in themselves reliable sources.)
* Remember. however, that if you're in the World Tree, & Geni shows a relationship line between you & that profile, it is already part of your tree. Once you connect the nearest ancestors you can into the World tree, you are connected to all the early ancestors who are already on the Geni World Tree.
* If the historical area interests you, there is usually a project that you can join to participate in research & help keep the line correct. The Medieval Europe Project [https://www.geni.com/projects/Medieval-Europe/3198] provides a list of all the Medieval projects.
