More on Geni.com and My Genealogical Family Tree

Late last year I started a family genealogy tree on Geni.com and blogged about what exactly Geni is.

Recently my parents were in town visiting and my dad and I sat down for a couple of hours at Geni.com, armed with an old genealogical tree that I had roughly put together about 20 years ago. My intention was to get the remaining tree fleshed out with correct names, spouses, and any other information my dad might have. Both my parents are in their 80s and since many branches of our family tree are estranged or otherwise not talking, it was pretty important that I get this information while my parents are still around.

I often talk to people whose parents are in their 50s and they say they don’t need to worry about those things now, there’s plenty of time. Well, I am here to say that you can never rely on time or memory to serve you when you think you’ll be ready. I’m really glad that I had taken the time 20 years ago and put that genealogical chart together since my dad’s memory was weak on so many of the details. The chart served to remind him and in some cases, serve as the primary source of information since he just didn’t remember.

So as I write this, I now have 113 people on my Geni.com family tree.