Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage
I found Geneanet useful for finding German ancestors who lived near the French border or in the Duchy of Lorraine. In most of Europe, borders shifted many times over the centuries. Also, during the time of the German Holy Roman Empire, there were French enclaves and exclaves in German states, principalities etc. John From: Chris Hill Sent: Monday, September 09, 2019 4:31 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage It might be French based but it does cover Europe better than the others. Regards Chris >From my Motorola G6+ On Sun, 8 Sep 2019, 19:15 Cindy Custer, wrote: Geneanet is a French site – no good for German research! From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Andrew Robbie Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2019 2:11 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage Thanks Chris – very useful. Good sharing! Andrew P.S. I’m always learning, so should share… Israelian IsraeliJ From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2019 6:56 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage Hi On the very bottom line where there are the three people you can specify as shortcuts. Double-click on the 1 before the first name - don't think it is the right click but my PC is currently down. It will show you the stats and a few options. Does not seem to be in the help index, or not obvious. MyHeritage is Israelian, as I recall, and probably started with good European links, but has grown to try and match Ancestry. FindMyPast is UK based and good for UK information, and has been extending to cover the ex-UK colonies and USA. GenealogyBank seems to be USA only in terms of content. FamilySearch is the LDS site and is very strong on USA and Europe, and growing elsewhere, with the target of building a single tree for the world (which FindMyPast has also suggested for UK based on users trees). The other sites are obviously Ancestry which good for USA, UK, Europe, Canada, Australia and NZ. Genealogist is a UK site and Geneanet is a European site. My biggest issue is that all have some common information and then each have different collections of various information, so you need to search through many of them, certainly in the UK. Regards Chris From my Motorola G6+ On Sat, 7 Sep 2019, 22:34 Andrew Robbie, wrote: Chris/Cathy/et al, Curious – where exactly is that hints status info? Chris mentioned “right click on the 1 button in the bottom right line” – which ‘1’ button on which window/view is that on? Images are appreciated, even if not recommended on this forum… J And regarding these services, who can chime in regarding their usefulness in certain regions, periods, etc. of research? I know mileage may vary based on your lineage and study geos/timelines… My take MyHeritage: Seems to be merged/merging with FamilySearch now… FamilySearch: I like the -XXX unique numbering system, and Legacy’s Family Search tool (accessed from the D icon) that helps manage and merge Legacy records with Family Search. I must admit, I don’t see many hits in this category anymore, maybe since I have all my FS IDs covered now. Others’ opinions? FindMyPast: Mainly advertises as UK and NAM, but I find most of my hits only come from UK. I need Australia and New Zealand hits also. Anyone got other perspectives? GenealogyBank: does show info in config that this is mostly American history for past 300 years (this is useful to know before subscribing). I do not subscribe to this service currently. I do find that it shows many hundreds of hits, maybe due to simply name match (no dates considered) but are these hits useful? Also, no Canada hits despite advertising US and Canada coverage. Anyone got any other observations? Thanks, Andrew ROBBIE From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2019 5:58 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage Hi Yes, I asked the question about the speed of Hints appearing or not, after I reset my tree to reset the Hints list. The first response was that the Hints list is not the list of individuals in the tree, mine was 3,000 vs 11,850, but it is driven by the number of individuals that you have opened in the Family or Pedigree views. That has become obvious to me over the last couple of weeks and the list is now 4,187 long. The other response was on the speed in which they are processed. My stats, right click on the 1 button in the bottom right line, now show My Heritage: Pending 1655 Waiting 2146 Processed 386 GenealogyBank : Pending 537 Waiting 3056 Processed 595 FindMyPast :Pending 0 Waiting 1 Processed
Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage
It might be French based but it does cover Europe better than the others. Regards Chris >From my Motorola G6+ On Sun, 8 Sep 2019, 19:15 Cindy Custer, wrote: > Geneanet is a French site – no good for German research! > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On Behalf Of *Andrew Robbie > *Sent:* Sunday, September 08, 2019 2:11 PM > *To:* 'Legacy User Group' > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > > > Thanks Chris – very useful. Good sharing! > > > > Andrew > > > > P.S. I’m always learning, so should share… Israelian IsraeliJ > > > > > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On > Behalf Of *Chris Hill > *Sent:* Saturday, September 7, 2019 6:56 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > > > Hi > > > > On the very bottom line where there are the three people you can specify > as shortcuts. Double-click on the 1 before the first name - don't think it > is the right click but my PC is currently down. It will show you the stats > and a few options. Does not seem to be in the help index, or not obvious. > > > > MyHeritage is Israelian, as I recall, and probably started with good > European links, but has grown to try and match Ancestry. > > > > FindMyPast is UK based and good for UK information, and has been extending > to cover the ex-UK colonies and USA. > > > > GenealogyBank seems to be USA only in terms of content. > > > > FamilySearch is the LDS site and is very strong on USA and Europe, and > growing elsewhere, with the target of building a single tree for the world > (which FindMyPast has also suggested for UK based on users trees). > > > > The other sites are obviously Ancestry which good for USA, UK, Europe, > Canada, Australia and NZ. Genealogist is a UK site and Geneanet is a > European site. > > > > My biggest issue is that all have some common information and then each > have different collections of various information, so you need to search > through many of them, certainly in the UK. > > Regards > > Chris > > From my Motorola G6+ > > > > On Sat, 7 Sep 2019, 22:34 Andrew Robbie, > wrote: > > Chris/Cathy/et al, > > > > Curious – where exactly is that hints status info? Chris mentioned “*right > click on the 1 button in the bottom right line*” – which ‘1’ button on > which window/view is that on? Images are appreciated, even if not > recommended on this forum… J > > > > And regarding these services, who can chime in regarding their usefulness > in certain regions, periods, etc. of research? I know mileage may vary > based on your lineage and study geos/timelines… > > > > My take > > > > *MyHeritage*: Seems to be merged/merging with FamilySearch now… > > > > *FamilySearch*: I like the -XXX unique numbering system, and Legacy’s > Family Search tool (accessed from the D icon) that helps manage and > merge Legacy records with Family Search. I must admit, I don’t see many > hits in this category anymore, maybe since I have all my FS IDs covered > now. Others’ opinions? > > > > *FindMyPast*: Mainly advertises as UK and NAM, but I find most of my hits > only come from UK. I need Australia and New Zealand hits also. Anyone got > other perspectives? > > > > *GenealogyBank*: does show info in config that this is mostly American > history for past 300 years (this is useful to know before subscribing). I > do not subscribe to this service currently. I do find that it shows many > hundreds of hits, maybe due to simply name match (no dates considered) but > are these hits useful? Also, no Canada hits despite advertising US and > Canada coverage. Anyone got any other observations? > > > > Thanks, > > Andrew ROBBIE > > > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On > Behalf Of *Chris Hill > *Sent:* Saturday, September 7, 2019 5:58 AM > *To:* Legacy User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > > > Hi > > > > Yes, I asked the question about the speed of Hints appearing or not, > after I reset my tree to reset the Hints list. > > > > The first response was that the Hints list is not the list of > individuals in the tree, mine was 3,000 vs 11,850, but it is driven by the > number of individuals that you have opened in the Family or Pedigree views. > That has become obvious to me over the last couple of weeks and the list is > now 4,187 long. > > > > The other response was on the speed in which they are processed. My > stats, right click on the 1 button in the bottom right line, now show > > > > My Heritage: Pending 1655 Waiting 2146 Processed 386 > > GenealogyBank : Pending 537 Waiting 3056 Processed 595 > > FindMyPast :Pending 0 Waiting 1 > Processed 4186 > > > > Pretty well, the FindMyPast responses are immediate, while MyHeritage > and GenealogyBank are delayed. I was told that MyHeritage has put delays on > how fast it will process them, presumably as a way of controlling the load > on its servers. One question is 'what does Waiting mean' - has Legacy > flagged it as
Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage
Geneanet is a French site – no good for German research! From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Andrew Robbie Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2019 2:11 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage Thanks Chris – very useful. Good sharing! Andrew P.S. I’m always learning, so should share… Israelian Israeli:) From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2019 6:56 PM To: Legacy User Group mailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage Hi On the very bottom line where there are the three people you can specify as shortcuts. Double-click on the 1 before the first name - don't think it is the right click but my PC is currently down. It will show you the stats and a few options. Does not seem to be in the help index, or not obvious. MyHeritage is Israelian, as I recall, and probably started with good European links, but has grown to try and match Ancestry. FindMyPast is UK based and good for UK information, and has been extending to cover the ex-UK colonies and USA. GenealogyBank seems to be USA only in terms of content. FamilySearch is the LDS site and is very strong on USA and Europe, and growing elsewhere, with the target of building a single tree for the world (which FindMyPast has also suggested for UK based on users trees). The other sites are obviously Ancestry which good for USA, UK, Europe, Canada, Australia and NZ. Genealogist is a UK site and Geneanet is a European site. My biggest issue is that all have some common information and then each have different collections of various information, so you need to search through many of them, certainly in the UK. Regards Chris >From my Motorola G6+ On Sat, 7 Sep 2019, 22:34 Andrew Robbie, mailto:andrew.rob...@comcast.net> > wrote: Chris/Cathy/et al, Curious – where exactly is that hints status info? Chris mentioned “right click on the 1 button in the bottom right line” – which ‘1’ button on which window/view is that on? Images are appreciated, even if not recommended on this forum… :) And regarding these services, who can chime in regarding their usefulness in certain regions, periods, etc. of research? I know mileage may vary based on your lineage and study geos/timelines… My take MyHeritage: Seems to be merged/merging with FamilySearch now… FamilySearch: I like the -XXX unique numbering system, and Legacy’s Family Search tool (accessed from the D icon) that helps manage and merge Legacy records with Family Search. I must admit, I don’t see many hits in this category anymore, maybe since I have all my FS IDs covered now. Others’ opinions? FindMyPast: Mainly advertises as UK and NAM, but I find most of my hits only come from UK. I need Australia and New Zealand hits also. Anyone got other perspectives? GenealogyBank: does show info in config that this is mostly American history for past 300 years (this is useful to know before subscribing). I do not subscribe to this service currently. I do find that it shows many hundreds of hits, maybe due to simply name match (no dates considered) but are these hits useful? Also, no Canada hits despite advertising US and Canada coverage. Anyone got any other observations? Thanks, Andrew ROBBIE From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2019 5:58 AM To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage Hi Yes, I asked the question about the speed of Hints appearing or not, after I reset my tree to reset the Hints list. The first response was that the Hints list is not the list of individuals in the tree, mine was 3,000 vs 11,850, but it is driven by the number of individuals that you have opened in the Family or Pedigree views. That has become obvious to me over the last couple of weeks and the list is now 4,187 long. The other response was on the speed in which they are processed. My stats, right click on the 1 button in the bottom right line, now show My Heritage: Pending 1655 Waiting 2146 Processed 386 GenealogyBank : Pending 537 Waiting 3056 Processed 595 FindMyPast :Pending 0 Waiting 1 Processed 4186 Pretty well, the FindMyPast responses are immediate, while MyHeritage and GenealogyBank are delayed. I was told that MyHeritage has put delays on how fast it will process them, presumably as a way of controlling the load on its servers. One question is 'what does Waiting mean' - has Legacy flagged it as being ready to ask or has it actually been sent but not responded, which would ask the question of what happens if the response back is made while Legacy is closed and does Legacy
Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage
Thanks Chris – very useful. Good sharing! Andrew P.S. I’m always learning, so should share… Israelian Israeli:) From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2019 6:56 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage Hi On the very bottom line where there are the three people you can specify as shortcuts. Double-click on the 1 before the first name - don't think it is the right click but my PC is currently down. It will show you the stats and a few options. Does not seem to be in the help index, or not obvious. MyHeritage is Israelian, as I recall, and probably started with good European links, but has grown to try and match Ancestry. FindMyPast is UK based and good for UK information, and has been extending to cover the ex-UK colonies and USA. GenealogyBank seems to be USA only in terms of content. FamilySearch is the LDS site and is very strong on USA and Europe, and growing elsewhere, with the target of building a single tree for the world (which FindMyPast has also suggested for UK based on users trees). The other sites are obviously Ancestry which good for USA, UK, Europe, Canada, Australia and NZ. Genealogist is a UK site and Geneanet is a European site. My biggest issue is that all have some common information and then each have different collections of various information, so you need to search through many of them, certainly in the UK. Regards Chris >From my Motorola G6+ On Sat, 7 Sep 2019, 22:34 Andrew Robbie, mailto:andrew.rob...@comcast.net> > wrote: Chris/Cathy/et al, Curious – where exactly is that hints status info? Chris mentioned “right click on the 1 button in the bottom right line” – which ‘1’ button on which window/view is that on? Images are appreciated, even if not recommended on this forum… :) And regarding these services, who can chime in regarding their usefulness in certain regions, periods, etc. of research? I know mileage may vary based on your lineage and study geos/timelines… My take MyHeritage: Seems to be merged/merging with FamilySearch now… FamilySearch: I like the -XXX unique numbering system, and Legacy’s Family Search tool (accessed from the D icon) that helps manage and merge Legacy records with Family Search. I must admit, I don’t see many hits in this category anymore, maybe since I have all my FS IDs covered now. Others’ opinions? FindMyPast: Mainly advertises as UK and NAM, but I find most of my hits only come from UK. I need Australia and New Zealand hits also. Anyone got other perspectives? GenealogyBank: does show info in config that this is mostly American history for past 300 years (this is useful to know before subscribing). I do not subscribe to this service currently. I do find that it shows many hundreds of hits, maybe due to simply name match (no dates considered) but are these hits useful? Also, no Canada hits despite advertising US and Canada coverage. Anyone got any other observations? Thanks, Andrew ROBBIE From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2019 5:58 AM To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage Hi Yes, I asked the question about the speed of Hints appearing or not, after I reset my tree to reset the Hints list. The first response was that the Hints list is not the list of individuals in the tree, mine was 3,000 vs 11,850, but it is driven by the number of individuals that you have opened in the Family or Pedigree views. That has become obvious to me over the last couple of weeks and the list is now 4,187 long. The other response was on the speed in which they are processed. My stats, right click on the 1 button in the bottom right line, now show My Heritage: Pending 1655 Waiting 2146 Processed 386 GenealogyBank : Pending 537 Waiting 3056 Processed 595 FindMyPast :Pending 0 Waiting 1 Processed 4186 Pretty well, the FindMyPast responses are immediate, while MyHeritage and GenealogyBank are delayed. I was told that MyHeritage has put delays on how fast it will process them, presumably as a way of controlling the load on its servers. One question is 'what does Waiting mean' - has Legacy flagged it as being ready to ask or has it actually been sent but not responded, which would ask the question of what happens if the response back is made while Legacy is closed and does Legacy reissue the request. Looking at the stats dynamically I can see that both the Waiting and Processed values increasing while the Pending is decreasing. In terms of responses, while writing this email over 10 minutes, I can see that My Heritage has processed another 5 requests and GenealogyBank
