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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 950 Send Message	Gai	Report	8 Nov 2015 06:39
	So what is the job of the Community Manager again? It's been so long since I've seen one on the boards I've forgotten ;-) So here is a suggestion - why don't we hold a vote as to which long standing member becomes the new Community Manager and managers the boards. There are so many members on here who would be ideal for the position and would do a far better job. :-D
	Researching: Moreman's of Mangotsfield, Matchett's of Ireland & Essex, Craddock's of Scotland & Manchester
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	6 Nov 2015 19:02
	Unlikey that I will be renewing my sub as this site is a disgrace.
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 6,427 Send Message	°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°	Report	26 Oct 2015 09:41
	My subs are also running out soon and I can find no reason to renew
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 1,562 Send Message	BeverleyW	Report	26 Oct 2015 07:28
	Nobody's interested in running this site properly any more; one more reason why I have unticked the 'renew' box. My sub is fast coming to an end.
	Researching: Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,009 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	25 Oct 2015 20:06
	well, one more staff member has seemingly left and gone to another company entirely. I guess they are still "discussing the future direction that GR should take" meanwhile, the members keep the Boards going :-)
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	25 Oct 2015 13:14
	Not been on for weeks and I see nothing has been done.
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	22 Aug 2015 21:25
	That just means they will avoid answering direct questions by email rather than on the boards. So back to square one.
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 1,562 Send Message	BeverleyW	Report	22 Aug 2015 20:42
	By asking that complaints and questions be sent and dealt with by email, the staff are making sure that they aren't on public view ;-)
	Researching: Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	20 Aug 2015 21:46
	http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/announcements/thread/1354326 A complete and utter waste of time posting this on Announcements Board. The Community Manager does not do anything on the boards. Why do you keep suggesting that the Team will answer questions - NO they just avoid any direct questions as they have done for many years. Get the Home Page sorted out instead of wasting time posting stupid announcements
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	19 Aug 2015 16:53
	Sometime last year, it changed to DC Thomson Family History and since then to FindMyPast. The company information on the GR site has not been changed yet. If you look on the Brightsolid site there is no mention of GR.
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	19 Aug 2015 12:36
	Really when did that happen as they still show as being part of Brightsolid
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	19 Aug 2015 08:59
	Don't forget GR no longer comes under the Brightsolid group.
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	18 Aug 2015 22:50
	Is David Gilbey still the Commercial Director of Brightsolid?
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,009 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	11 Aug 2015 00:15
	they ARE short staffed .......... they have never had a very large staff, and the best experts have been moved over to FMP.
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 6,427 Send Message	°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°	Report	11 Aug 2015 00:09
	There are plenty of unemployed who would be glad of a job if GR are short staffed
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	10 Aug 2015 22:59
	They always seem to be short staffed whether it is holiday season or not
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	10 Aug 2015 21:50
	It is the holiday season, they are bound to be short staffed at the moment. :-) ;-)
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	10 Aug 2015 19:45
	No surprise that nothing has been done Homepage has not been altered as still showing AA Genes Extras - waste of space No new competitions Book Club nothing for two months And worst of all no sign of the Community Manager :-P
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: August 2014 Posts: 6,166 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	29 Jul 2015 13:15
	Another thorny issue is the 'marked as answered' tag Anyone with half a brain can see that in its present format it is simply ridiculous.
	Researching: To add feedback, use the white box below, headed 'ADD YOUR REPLY'. Do NOT, please, click on my name unless asked to do so. Do NOT use 'marked as answered' unless your query has been FULLY resolved It is NOT there to indicate that you have sent a message to anyone who posts on the thread, or that you have posted a response on the thread
Member Since: August 2014 Posts: 6,166 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	28 Jul 2015 15:25
	Nothing is being done about anything........and isn't likely to be, as far as can be deduced I couldn't actually care less about so-called special offers.....they are a waste of time Much better offers on Groupon and Amazon Local - and they can be relied on. My wish would be for the site to be purely a genealogy forum.............and for it to WORK as it should. No point in offering 'tools' which are useless. Perhaps we should all be contacting the Trading Standards Office............
	Researching: To add feedback, use the white box below, headed 'ADD YOUR REPLY'. Do NOT, please, click on my name unless asked to do so. Do NOT use 'marked as answered' unless your query has been FULLY resolved It is NOT there to indicate that you have sent a message to anyone who posts on the thread, or that you have posted a response on the thread

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