Add Profile to a Special Project That is not Linked to My Tree

Don’t link any profile to you artificially to add to project.

See https://help.geni.com/hc/en-us/articles/229705887-How-can-I-add-pro...

You may add any public profile that you manage or collaborate on to a project. If you are not a manager or collaborator, a request is sent to the profile manager(s) to add the profile to the project. Simply select "Invite to Project" via the Actions button to send a request.

If you don’t get a response after a reasonable time frame, ask a curator to add for you. Note: only public / deceased profiles can be added to geni projects.

One can always start an unrelated tree from Research > Create a branch and then add it a Geni project.

https://www.geni.com/family-tree/create_branch

But expect you’ll hopefully quickly encounter profile duplicates already on geni - which Is exactly the situation you want. So you need to do it slowly / carefully.

I can relate to what you’re saying, and this is how I handle it, because I’m acutely aware of same name / not the same person issues.:)

Let’s say there’s a Yoder cousin I’m interested in finding out how I’m related. If I search just on the surname, , geni gives me 27,205 results. Well, that’s impossible. :):). But it does suggest that I should be able to “hook in”.

So I’ll create a branch, small family group, add to project, and then use SmartMatch and FamilySearch to look for grandparents. This always seems to work out (eventually). I index separate “”line starter families” to avoid more duplication and show the tree tops.

I think other people may have different strategies, and I’m interested in hearing them.

If you can narrow the parameters, perhaps you can construct a list in your managed profiles.