I got a preview of the new Record Detective™ at a breakfast sponsored by MyHeritage Saturday morning. I was impressed with the technology, and look forward to testing it in real-life situations with my own family database in the next few days. Watch for further reporting from me on the subject. Following is their news [...]
The following release was post on the MyHeritage Blog: We’re proud to announce that the entire collection of U.S. Federal Censuses is now available on MyHeritage. These censuses span every decade from 1790-1930 and complement the existing 1940 U.S. Census, which you can search for free on MyHeritage. The collection is the nation’s largest and most [...]
It’s not been all that long ago that I was writing about MyHeritage’s acquisition of WorldVitalRecords. I was excited about that merger, which has proved to be a good move for both MyHeritage as well as WorldVitalRecords. The headquarters of MyHeritage and WorldVitalRecords were worlds apart – with MyHeritage based near Tel Aviv, Israel, and [...]
The following is a Press Release from New Heritage: MyHeritage releases breakthrough Record Matching technology for family history Discoveries made easy: Millions of MyHeritage users to automatically receive relevant newspaper clippings and historical records, adding color to their family history PROVO, Utah & LONDON & TEL AVIV, Israel – September 19, 2012: MyHeritage, the world’s [...]
PC World Magazine posted an online review of Family Tree Builder, by MyHeritage. Here is an excerpt: Editorial Review of Family Tree Builder Genealogy software Family Tree Builder is a helpful research tool for people who find it a daunting task to figure out the best way to link together all the information they collect [...]
I’ve had a membership to WorldVitalRecords.com since the beginning of that website. I went to work for Everton’s in 2006, and they had a relationship with World Vital Records, allowing WVR to scan books and magazines in the Everton collection to be posted on the World Vital Records site. In all the time I worked [...]
A few days ago, I got a call from Mark Olsen, who works for MyHeritage.com, and its subsidiary, WorldvitalRecords.com. Mark told me that they had a new SuperSearch™ that would search across the MyHeritage sites, and affiliated data. MyHeritage SuperSearch™ is a powerful search engine, searching for historical records across over more than 4 billion [...]
Both Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.com have made major progress this week in posting of Indexes to the 1940 Census. The following info includes indexes that are currently being posted the night of Thursday, June 28-Friday June 29, 2012. Ancestry.com Ancestry.com – As of tonight (Thursday-Friday June 28-29) the following sites can be searched by name at [...]
The following was received from MyHeritage: World’s largest family network unveils new mobile experience for searching historical records, including the 1940 U.S. Census, on iPhone, iPad and Android PROVO, Utah & LONDON & TEL AVIV, Israel – April 5, 2012: MyHeritage, the most popular family network on the web, today announced the ability to search [...]
As you most likely already know, MyHeritage was the first company to have all images of the 1940 Census fully available on their website. They did it in about 48 hours. MyHeritage will be exhibiting and presenting in person and live over the Internet at the Houston Family History Expo on Friday, April 6 and [...]
MyHeritage clearly won the race to get the 1940 census up – and they are now busy producing indexes. See the following news release: PROVO, Utah & LONDON & TEL AVIV, Israel – April 4, 2012: To satisfy the great demand for the 1940 U.S Census, MyHeritage, the most popular family network on the web, [...]
I just got off the phone with Gilad Japhet, the CEO of MyHeritage.com. He was calling from near Tel Aviv, Israel. He was calling about the fact that they now have 60% of the 1940 U.S. Census images posted on their websites (this was of as 2:20 MDT). They have already begun indexing, starting with [...]
MyHeritage.com has partnered with Family Tree DNA in order to offer DNA services. See this article from the MyHeritage.com blog: NEW: MyHeritage DNA tests for genealogy! MyHeritage is proud to take genealogy to the new millennium by offering a revolutionary technology for advancing family history research — DNA testing — at affordable prices. Your ancestors [...]
The following news release was received from Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage.com: World’s largest family network introduces new mobile experience for connecting families to their past and sharing special moments in the present PROVO, Utah & LONDON & TEL AVIV, Israel – December 15, 2011: MyHeritage, the most popular family network on the web, announced today [...]
I’ve known for some time now that FamilyLink, and it’s subsidiary, WorldVitalRecords.com had been sold. As a data provider, I was asked to sign paperwork allowing my data to transfer, and keep my mouth shut. However, I didn’t know who bought the company. I just got a call from one of my friends at FamilyLink [...]
