based near tel aviv in israel founded in 2005 acquired a number of similar sites gencircles 2007...
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MyHeritage
www.myheritage.com
History• Based near Tel Aviv in Israel• Founded in 2005• Acquired a number of similar sites• GenCircles 2007 (Pearl Street Software)• Kindo 2008 (London)• Online Social Networking 2010 (German)• ZOOF 2010 (Dutch)• Polish family network 2011
• Voted a Top website for sharing & storing family research (Family Tree Magazine 2011)
Organise, find and share
Statistics• 60 million members
• 848 million profiles
• 20 million trees
• 130 million photos
• 210+ countries
Members
Build your tree
Family tree builder v 5.1• To date over 27 million
downloads
• Easy to use
• Impressive array of options for free software
• Some features require the premium version
38 languages
Maps
Search all trees
Create a family website
Family tree (Modern view)
Classic view
Privacy
• As with other social networking sites you need to manage your privacy settings• The options are:
Public site – all information open though living individuals masked as Private for guests
Private site – accessible only to members Mixed site – private information restricted to
members
Smart Matches
Receive by emailAccess through your Family Tree Home page
Consensus matches
Rejecting matches
Search other websites
Search 1500 databases simultaneously
Search other websites
Family photographs
Tag photographs
Family events
• Can be notified automatically by email
• Prompt for important family events• However, in our case only Eric’s side of
the family gets events listed – the wife’s tree misses out!
Slideshows
• Share
• Choose album
• Select effects
Charts and books
Memory game
Statistics
Timeline
Timebook
Latest news
MyHeritage has acquired World Vital Records – its seventh and largest acquisition
• Announced eight days ago – full integration by 2012
• MyHeritage now has access to over 3 billion historical records
• Marks a significant move into the US• Of importance to Australian and New
Zealand researchers is that World Vital Records also holds about 35 million records for Australasia
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