Genealogy Reaches Top 50 Status

Genealogy is popular - we all know that! But genealogy still generally gets overlooked by the mainstream media unless it has something to do with the roots of the latest politician-du-jour. I'd like, however, to send a hearty congratulations to Geni, which made this year's Time Magazine list of the top 50 websites of 2008.

From the Time Magazine Web site:

“For an exercise that's all about family, researching your genealogy can be an oddly lonesome affair, filled with long hours spent sifting through records and making awkward phone calls to far-flung relatives. But Geni turns tree-building into a collaborative effort: the free site gives you the basic tools for diagramming your ancestry, and it also lets you invite others to contribute. If you're serious about tracing your lineage, you'll probably still click on stalwarts like Ancestry.com, Family Search and the USGenWeb Project for their vast digital archives, but Geni makes it easier — and more fun — than ever to create and share your family tree.”

You can view the entire list, including current poll results here.