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Since the defeat of the Third Reich in 1945, Germany has compensated victims of the holocaust to the tune of about 92 billion dollars. A porton of the compensation was earmarked for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany. Continue reading Gilad Japhet’s MyHeritage.com is Matching Holocaust Descendents with the Holocaust Victims Claims Conference List
UPDATE: During the past week I’ve gotten many new documents, documentation and additional records added to my database! While confirming records pushed to me by the new “Record Match” at MyHeritage, I keep getting new records that the “Record Detective” Continue reading More Discoveries With MyHeritage Record Match – Last Chance for Special Offer – Ends at Midnight MDT Friday
A couple of weeks ago, while at the NGS Conference in Las Vegas, I wrote briefly, and posted a news release about technological breakthroughs made at MyHeritage.com. Since the conference, I’ve taken the opportunity to upload my genealogy database of Continue reading My Excellent Adventure with Record Matches at MyHeritage.com
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 Continue reading MyHeritage Launches Record Detective™ to Accelerate Family History Discoveries
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 Continue reading MyHeritage: All US Census Records Now Available!
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 Continue reading MyHeritage Now Acquires Geni and Gets 25 M $ in Investor Capital
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 Continue reading My Heritage’s New Technology
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 Continue reading PC World Reviews Family Tree Builder
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 Continue reading Using the MyHeritage Family Trees Now Found on the World Vital Records Site
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™ Continue reading MyHeritage’s New “SuperSearch”
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 – Continue reading Major Changes in the 1940 Census Indexed States!
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: Continue reading MyHeritage Releases Mobile App For On-The-Go Discoveries
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 Continue reading MyHeritage to Exhibit at the Houston and Albuquerque Family History Expos
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 Continue reading MyHeritage Publishes All 1940 US Census Images
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 Continue reading 1940 US Census: MyHeritage Publishes 2 Million Images & Unveils the First Indexed Records for Free Searches