Transcript MyHeritage - Unlock the Past

• Based near Tel Aviv in Israel
• Founded in 2005
• Acquired a number of similar sites
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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)
Statistics
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60 million members
848 million profiles
20 million trees
130 million photos
210+ countries
Family tree builder v 5.1
• To date over 27 million
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downloads
Easy to use
Impressive array of options
for free software
Some features require the
premium version
• 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
Receive by email
Access through your
Family Tree Home page
Search 1500
databases
simultaneously
• 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!
• Share
• Choose album
• Select effects
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