The MyHeritage Treasure Trove: An Overview of all MyHeritage Products and Features for Family Historians
One of the popular RootsTech presentations was an informative and entertaining overview of MyHeritage by its Chief Genealogist, Daniel Horowitz. It was a great introduction to one of FamilySearch’s big partners! By uploading your family tree to MyHeritage, the program will do the research for you to expand and deepen your family tree in unique ways, so why not do it?
One of the features I was most excited about was the way their automated Record Detective™ is constantly working in the background, to update, and re-update every time new matched people or records are found, or you add any bit of information to your tree, with no extra effort on your part!
The first point Daniel made was the excitement you will experience when you first create an account with MyHeritage. After entering a few bits of information, connections will be made that will visually populate your very own story and tree providing instant engagement with their Instant Discoveries.
The first point Daniel made was the excitement you will experience when you first create an account with MyHeritage. After entering a few bits of information, connections will be made that will visually populate your very own story and tree providing instant engagement with their Instant Discoveries.
Daniel Horowitz The Presentation
Heritage has an interface that will feel familiar to anyone who has been building their family tree on FamilySearch or another tree software/website. So if it has all the same basic features, why “branch out” to another service?
MyHeritage boasts a deep and rich international record set and features, including:
Heritage has an interface that will feel familiar to anyone who has been building their family tree on FamilySearch or another tree software/website. So if it has all the same basic features, why “branch out” to another service?
MyHeritage boasts a deep and rich international record set and features, including:
- Record collections from 35 countries
- 40 languages
- International dictionary of names
- Use of “fuzzy” comparisons rather than soundex matching that most other sites use which usually eliminate many international spellings of names.
- More than 1.7 Billion records
- More than 27 Million trees
- 75 million users your data can be compared/connected to
- More than 200 Million pictures
- Technology to make their Smart Matches™ and Record Matches™ behind the scenes with other family trees, doing the research for you, which you can opt to accept or not.
- Country flags show up in search results
- You get to decide who sees your tree
- Smart Matches™ suggest connections to relatives and shared ancestors with easy communication tools to get in touch with other MyHeritage.
Horowitz announced a soon to be released new feature that will be a member success story area – where members can upload a video telling about some family history breakthrough they have had on MyHeritage. Inspiring stories can infuse new life into your family research efforts as well as bring a new generation into the family history arena.
They also have a mobile app for android tablets (and soon one for iPads) so you can research and record on the go!
MyHeritage is especially suited for sharing with other family members.
So, after RootsTech, I will be excited to get started with my own MyHeritage account!
They also have a mobile app for android tablets (and soon one for iPads) so you can research and record on the go!
MyHeritage is especially suited for sharing with other family members.
So, after RootsTech, I will be excited to get started with my own MyHeritage account!
One of the features I was most excited about was the way their automated Record Detective™ is constantly working in the background, to update, and re-update every time new matched people or records are found, or you add any bit of information to your tree, with no extra effort on your part!
Click on "Insltant Discoveries for a helpfuls short video The first point Daniel made was the excitement you will experience when you first create an account with MyHeritage. After entering a few bits of information, connections will be made that will visually populate your very own story and tree providing instant engagement with their Instant Discoveries.
Horowitz announced a soon to be released new feature that will be a member success story area – where members can upload a video telling about some family history breakthrough they have had on MyHeritage. Inspiring stories can infuse new life into your family research efforts as well as bring a new generation into the family history arena.
Horowitz announced a soon to be released new feature that will be a member success story area – where members can upload a video telling about some family history breakthrough they have had on MyHeritage. Inspiring stories can infuse new life into your family research efforts as well as bring a new generation into the family history arena.
They also have a mobile app for android tablets (and soon one for iPads) so you can research and record on the go!
MyHeritage is especially suited for sharing with other family members.
MyHeritage is especially suited for sharing with other family members.
So, after RootsTech, I will be excited to get started with my own MyHeritage account!