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The Genes Reunited of olden days was great. However, since they've made a stack of money and altered everything, in my opinion the site is slow to load and sometimes you cant save changes to your... more

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  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 KateHurst

    Member since 21/05/2008

    Reviews written: 340

    4 Stars Web designers don't make Genes Reunited good, it's the users 16/05/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great community spirit, easy enough to search for names

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Hopeless support, ease of use depends on your browser

    Long on advice, support from other users and fresh ideas, but short on genealogical records and technical support - Genes Reunited has had me as a member since about 2005 and I'm still there! One feature it took me a while to locate but wouldn't be without (Genes don't do a lot to praise the people that - in my opinion - really keep the site going, the members) - are the message boards. In a relatively recent reorganisation, the site has finally sectioned the "Chat" board into actual threads so it is no longer one long, incomprehensible mass of replies from one member to another. For £9.95 a ... more
  • 46 of 46 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Lizamabug

    4 Stars Fancy Tracing Your Roots? 04/01/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to Make Connections, Low Fees, Free Software

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Appalling Customer Services

    Genes Reunited is a sister website of Friends Reunited, a website that helps old school friends trace one another. It's one of the most useful genealogy websites I've come across to date. Shortly after the birth of my son a little over a year ago, I stumbled across this site via Friends Reunited. My then Father-In-Law had already talked about researching his family tree and with the arrival of my new baby I decided it would be a good idea to trace my roots. With most of my family not on speaking terms I thought the task might prove at least very difficult if not impossible but Genes Reunited ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 werewolf

    Member since 13/10/2001

    Reviews written: 112

    4 Stars Genius for genes 02/08/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages ability to contact other researchers

    Disadvantages Disadvantages expensive if adding more than 1 tree, information can be copied

    Genes Reunited.co.uk is a website originally set up by the Friends Reunited people and is for those people who are tracing their family trees. www.genesreunited.co.uk is free to join - but if you want to email other researcher it is £9.95 per year (this can be paid as Single Membership or as Continuous Membership) and is a pay per view site for other items such as census. You can add your family tree on here too, and there are some records to search as well as other people's trees, which you may not be able to access without paying the above fee. Single Membership is where you pay a one off ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bonsi6337

    4 Stars Find family members easily 10/02/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great if you dont own a family tree builder programme

    Disadvantages Disadvantages have to pay for full membership (but not that much)

    I first came across this site about 6 months ago when i started to research my family tree. Most of my research is being completed on line as its easier than trying to drag 2 toddlers to a library where they would run riot and wreck the place! With the wealth of information on the web i thought that i would see what sites were available to contact others who may be researching their family trees to see if it was possible to find relations that we previously did not know. For anyone who has heard of Freinds Reunited, this site has been developed by the same people and is along the same ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    d4ve

    3 Stars Genes Reunited 27/03/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Large Site with a lot of UK users

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Software it uses is not the most reliable

    I have been using Genes Reunited as a member for about 5 months now. Although I have found it useful and you will see below that I have "recommended it to potential buyers" it is fair to say I am not as enthusiastic about it as some of the other reviewers I have seen. It could be far better than it currently is. They have improved their software since I have started using it however there are still a number of irritating flaws. I notice only today they have launched Version 5 (lets hope it is an improvement on previous efforts). One of my biggest bugbears is the "Hot Matches" feature. This is ... more

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