General Chat

To all of our members, A few weeks ago I posted a thread to let you know about upcoming changes to the look of the site and the introduction new functionality. I'm excited to tell you that we are less than a week away from launching the new version. The new look may take a little time to get used to but don't worry we have kept all of our great features and have even added some new ones. The family tree and message boards have also been improved. I will post something closer to the launch time. We hope you enjoy the new version! Best, Michelle

Here is the site update posting from a few weeks ago. Genes Reunited site update A few months ago we announced that we will be updating the site to reflect the look of Friends Reunited. This is process and will be released in the next few weeks. In addition to those changes we are adding a Contact Centre which will store sent and received messages as well as your contacts. (Which means if your email address goes invalid you won't lose any GR messages) For those of you who have been asking for 'easy view' of your membership status, you’ll be happy to know this is on the way. We are also making improvements to the contact messages which will make it easy for members to respond to ancestor/tree enquiries by offering a quick ‘auto reply’ option (of course you can still type in a personal reply). This isn’t the end of the improvements. We will be adding NameX, an enhanced version of Soundex, to our searching facility in near future. This will allow you to search on surname/forename variations increasing the chance of a connection. The team here is working hard to incorporate all of your feedback and suggestions for GR. Please continue to send your comments to us! Very best, Michelle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Michelle Thats great news!! Can't wait to see all the new changes. A big thanks to all at Genes as I know the things we imagine to be quick and easy to implement have probably taken you all months of hard work and sleepless nights Zoe

brilliant - cant wait to see the new look :-))

Can't wait all excited now.Looking forward to seeing what you have done. Jan

Thank you for letting us know Michelle. Looking forward to it. Christine

michelle thankyou for letting us know cant wait to see new look site susie

thanks michelle,look forward to it.melinda

Thanks Michelle Im sure the new site will look great Elaine x :o)))

Standby to countdown: 10,000, 9,999, 9,998, 9,997, 9,996, 9,995, 9,994, 9,993, 9,992, 9,991, 9,990, 9,989, 9,988.... Looking forward to blast off.

Look forward to the new design Val

Many, many thanks for your support and kind words. We are a small team and this is big accomplishment for everyone involved including our members. One of the things we've done is to pull the family tree out to a seperate window. This may take some getting used too but the feedback from testing was very positive that this was an improved experience. We are very very excited! Very best to all of you, Michelle

well done to the team....michelle,is there any chance of us being able to download..smilies..as you know putting something in text form,can often be taken the wrong way. bryan.

Michelle, Although I was reasonably happy with the old site, I am looking forward to the new one. Thanking you and the team for all your hard work. June

oh I will miss the start as I am going on HOLIDAY !!!!!

Michelle & Team - well done, lets hope l can understand it,derrr brain that l am!!! lol Jude sarf wales

hi michelle i look forward to seeing the changes, sandra