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MyHeritage

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

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MyHeritage

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  1. MyHeritage www.myheritage.com

  2. 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)

  3. Organise, find and share Statistics • 60 million members • 848 million profiles • 20 million trees • 130 million photos • 210+ countries

  4. Members

  5. 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

  6. 38 languages

  7. Maps

  8. Search all trees

  9. Create a family website

  10. Family tree (Modern view)

  11. Classic view

  12. 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

  13. Smart Matches Receive by email Access through your Family Tree Home page

  14. Consensus matches

  15. Rejecting matches

  16. Search other websites Search 1500 databases simultaneously

  17. Search other websites

  18. Family photographs

  19. Tag photographs

  20. 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!

  21. Slideshows • Share • Choose album • Select effects

  22. Charts and books

  23. Memory game

  24. Statistics

  25. Timeline

  26. Timebook

  27. 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

  28. Subscription options

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