I’ve had a MyHeritage membership since 2011 when they acquired WorldVitalRecords.com from Paul Allen. Goodness – that’s over a decade. When I heard of the acquisition, I immediately saw the value in a membership, as even back then they had about 20 million family trees on their website, many of which were made by people in Europe. Think being able to contact cousin in the “old country!” I continue to use the site on a regular basis, and consider it essential to my genealogy research.
You might wonder why you need a MyHeritage subscription when you already have one for Ancestry. I have both, and here’s a quick reason why. They have different family tree databases, different records in many cases, and different searches. Here’s a super-current example: I couldn’t locate my brother, Herbert Neil Meitzler in the 1950 census using Ancestry’s AI generated Index. I thought he lived in Seattle, Washington, but I didn’t know the exact place. I tried a search for him in the MyHeritage AI generated Index, and found him at his place of residence, age 19, occupation florist. You may find the opposite in some cases. I’ve always said that you should check every index available when searching for ancestors. I took my own advice this time!
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I’m again excited to share an exclusive offer for GenealogyBlog and Genealogy Newsline readers: 50% off the ultimate subscription to MyHeritage, offer ends, Tuesday, 5/31/2022. |
For the next few days only, I’m pleased to offer you an amazing 50% discount on the MyHeritage Complete plan — the best plan for discovering family history. This will include unlimited use of MyHeritage’s brand-new feature DeepStory, which makes your photos speak! |
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Full disclosure: Leland K Meitzler receives a portion of the sale when a reader clicks on any of the above links and makes a purchase. Thanks for your support.