Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Anne Lo Forte Willson]

My input on this thread...I am not impressed with MyHeritage's records.
>From what I can tell, they are all copies of what is available elsewhere.
However, I have found more of my Scandinavian family in trees on MyHeritage
than in other places, including pictures and sources...all new information
that someone in Norway posted regarding their family.

Also, I like on MyHeritage that even when the records or trees that are
'Smart' matches show up, I can mark them as a match, but NOT add any
information from the record or tree.  FamilySearch, of course, has only one
tree, and you have to look in the Duplicate finder to find duplicates.
Ancestry gives me hints for individuals in matching trees, but I can't do
anything with them, so I 'Ignore' them and leave them sitting in the
'Ignored Hints' folder, this is a problem for me, because some of the trees
that I 'Ignore' are about my same people, but others are not and Ancestry
has no way to distinguish between the two.  MyHeritage does, because you
can mark them as matches, but not add any information from them.

Sorry, a little convoluted, but I hope you can understand my meaning.

As for a coordinated list of all the records available at each
sitemaking a chart sounds good, but with all the sites continually
adding more records, that's not a task that would be finished any time
soon.

And whoever it was that mentioned most of their research was in Rochester,
NY,  Wow!  You are SO lucky!  Mine is literally all over the world.  I've
learned about a whole lot of different records because of it!



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On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Linda Hodges <lindahodg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If all you are seeing is tree info, you have the hint settings incorrect.
> Switch the check boxes for my heritage, or if you want to see both sets of
> hints check both boxes.
>
> On Sep 6, 2017 6:34 PM, "Jack Earnshaw" <j...@jearnshaw.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> The only hits I get from My Heritage are from people's trees that have
>> copied the data from my web site or GenesReunited.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
>> Behalf Of Sherry
>> Sent: 05 September 2017 16:58
>> To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?
>>
>> In a test for one family member, I had hints for the census, FamilySearch
>> Family Tree (I can get those through FS) and Geni World Family Tree, as
>> well
>> as MyHeritage Family Trees for another member.
>> The FamilySearch Family Trees were pretty common hits.
>>
>> Not getting any record hits, although the site is supposed to have actual
>> records.
>>
>> Sherry
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Philip Solida <psol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry
>> > site records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while
>> > repeating what you already have, would not.
>> >
>> > On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges" <lindahodg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez" <donna...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family
>> trees"?
>> >> Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value to
>> >> the serious family researcher seems dubious.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Donna
>>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Linda Hodges]

If all you are seeing is tree info, you have the hint settings incorrect.
Switch the check boxes for my heritage, or if you want to see both sets of
hints check both boxes.

On Sep 6, 2017 6:34 PM, "Jack Earnshaw" <j...@jearnshaw.me.uk> wrote:

> The only hits I get from My Heritage are from people's trees that have
> copied the data from my web site or GenesReunited.
>
> Jack
>
> -Original Message-
> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
> Behalf Of Sherry
> Sent: 05 September 2017 16:58
> To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?
>
> In a test for one family member, I had hints for the census, FamilySearch
> Family Tree (I can get those through FS) and Geni World Family Tree, as
> well
> as MyHeritage Family Trees for another member.
> The FamilySearch Family Trees were pretty common hits.
>
> Not getting any record hits, although the site is supposed to have actual
> records.
>
> Sherry
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Philip Solida <psol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry
> > site records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while
> > repeating what you already have, would not.
> >
> > On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges" <lindahodg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez" <donna...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family trees"?
> >> Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value to
> >> the serious family researcher seems dubious.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Donna
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Lucy Shore]

Yep and that's more bang for the buck for Ancestry and Newspapers,com --
I'm not sure of the relationship between the two but what I noticed was
last year when renewing my Ancestry membership I was offered a 'bonus' for
a little extra fee I could subscribe to Newspapers,com. Perhaps I didn't
read the offer properly but, when searching Newspapers.com, they found the
article -- but I had to be a full member before I could access said
article. Then, when searching newspapers that I know for a fact were
previously on Ancestry were no longer there...but could be found on
newspapers.com. And so it goes... Not sure which company deserves my money
the most (or least).

If My Heritage can prove to be a little more transparent in their dealings
-- and have access to reasonable resources, it might be a good way to go
although I do find their trees very awkward.

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Dennis Birke <dpbi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree – this is an interesting conversation!
>
>
>
> Subscriptions to Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com strike me as a good
> combination.  Newspapers.com seems to offer a lot that Ancestry.com does
> not have.  You get a lot of “bang for the buck”.
>
>
>
> Do others have recommended combinations of genealogy sites that provide a
> lot of information with minimal duplication?
>
>
>
> *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Scott Hall
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 05, 2017 9:29 AM
> *To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?
>
>
>
> Such an interesting conversation!  It would be very nice if there were a
> side-by-side comparison of each site's catalogs such that you could see
> where the sites overlap and where they are unique.  Perhaps where they are
> unique interests you, perhaps it does not.  I know no place that does this
> for us, and my half-committed attempts to do it myself showed only that its
> a monumental exercise and that the catalogs of each site are not always
> easy or available.
>
> I've been a member of Ancestry for years now, and it remains the most
> complete site out there.  I also use FamilySearch (free!) and recently
> joined Newspapers.com.  One strategy I've though of doing is to rotate my
> memberships -- let Ancestry elapse (not renew) and join MyHertiage.  Use
> that for a year or so, let it elapse, move to the next.
>
> One other thought is to focus on a certain area (e.g. vital records,
> immigration records, newspapers, etc.).  Nearly all lines of my family save
> one come from Rochester, NY, and when looking for obituaries, I did a
> focused review of the catalogs of GenealogyBank, Newspapers.com,
> NewspaperArchive and Ancestry.  I attempted to catalog only the newspapers
> for the counties/cities/towns the Rochester metro area.  From this I knew
> that Newspapers.com was the best site for me to start with.  A similar
> strategy may be employed for other types of records.
>
> Or, if you want to start a project to export each site's catalog and make
> it available to compare and contrast, I'd be willing to help.  :)
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Linda Hodges <lindahodg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Family search has records
>
> Ancestry has records
>
> Find my past has records
>
> My heritage has records
>
> Fold 3 has records
>
>
>
>
>
> YES, they may overlap.
>
> YES, some may have sets others don't.
>
>
>
> Want to see what they have with out paying?
>
>
>
> Use their catalog search to see the record sets they offer.
>
>
>
> Go to your local library/FAMILY History Library.  Most libraries have FREE
> ACCESS, to one or more of the pay sites.
>
>
>
>
>
> We need to understand RECORDS can be found many places, as can trees.
> Yes, tress can be wrong, but so can records. Boops can also be incorrect.
>
>
>
> People lie.  Yes even your ancestors and mine.
>
>
>
> Women were pregnant before marriage.
>
>
>
> Men cheated on their wives and had babies with other women.
>
>
>
> Women cheated on husbands and then said the baby was hubby's.
>
>
>
> Men lied about their age to go to war.
>
>
>
> Both sexs lied about being widowed.
>
>
>
> And the list goes on.
>
>
>
> Use trees as HINTS to point you in a direction you may not have thought
> of.
>
>
>
> All facts found are only as good as the researcher who reported them at
> that time.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2017 9:45 AM, "Philip Solida" <psol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe they do... but are t

Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[DonnaMcR]

Someone has asked for my website address:http://www.gonetotexasgtt.com

Regards,

Donna


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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Sherry]

The FHC on 20th in Bellevue WA also has it.

There's also a Legacy SIG that meets there on the third Thurs of the month
from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.

Sherry

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017, 4:20 PM Bill LaBarge  wrote:

> I live in Monroe WA.  Our library makes a library version of My Heritage
> available to members at no cost.  You can check at your local library to
> see if they also offer a copy to get a feel of what My Heritage offers
> Bill
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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Bill LaBarge]

I live in Monroe WA.  Our library makes a library version of My Heritage
available to members at no cost.  You can check at your local library to
see if they also offer a copy to get a feel of what My Heritage offers
Bill

On Sep 6, 2017 3:58 PM, "Jill A Baty"  wrote:

> Hi I don't mind sharing my family info and hard work with strangers (even
> though I have funded it all too!). It would be a nice feature if there was
> a way to credit the researcher in an obvious way on the various sites that
> allow GEDcom's to be uploaded.  Uploading living info isn't good without
> permission from the living!!
>
> One thing I do is only upload a partial GEDcom with the first couple
> generations.
>
> I would like to figure out the best way, place or site to collaborate on
> the town of Myczkow Poland.  That's why I asked about GoDaddy.  Thanks!
>
> Best Regards,
> Jill
>
> > On Sep 6, 2017, at 6:45 PM, Sherry  wrote:
> >
> > Hah! That's how I hit upon the fact that a cousin had posted my data
> > on his website - a rare name in the family showed up in a search
> > and he posted *all* the living info. He was fine with removing it. But
> > the other person who had taken the info and put it on *his* website
> > was slow to respond to me.  And a friend had a typo in her file -
> > someone she had passed the info on for his own use had put it on his
> > website.
> >
> > I am strongly hesitant to share gedcoms or Family Files with others
> > now I don't think I'd share anything newer than my great
> > grandparents.
> >
> > Sherry
> >
> >
> >> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Jack Earnshaw 
> wrote:
> >> The only hits I get from My Heritage are from people's trees that have
> >> copied the data from my web site or GenesReunited.
> >>
> >> Jack
> >
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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Jill A Baty]

Hi I don't mind sharing my family info and hard work with strangers (even 
though I have funded it all too!). It would be a nice feature if there was a 
way to credit the researcher in an obvious way on the various sites that allow 
GEDcom's to be uploaded.  Uploading living info isn't good without permission 
from the living!!  

One thing I do is only upload a partial GEDcom with the first couple 
generations.  

I would like to figure out the best way, place or site to collaborate on the 
town of Myczkow Poland.  That's why I asked about GoDaddy.  Thanks!

Best Regards, 
Jill

> On Sep 6, 2017, at 6:45 PM, Sherry  wrote:
> 
> Hah! That's how I hit upon the fact that a cousin had posted my data
> on his website - a rare name in the family showed up in a search
> and he posted *all* the living info. He was fine with removing it. But
> the other person who had taken the info and put it on *his* website
> was slow to respond to me.  And a friend had a typo in her file -
> someone she had passed the info on for his own use had put it on his
> website.
> 
> I am strongly hesitant to share gedcoms or Family Files with others
> now I don't think I'd share anything newer than my great
> grandparents.
> 
> Sherry
> 
> 
>> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Jack Earnshaw  wrote:
>> The only hits I get from My Heritage are from people's trees that have
>> copied the data from my web site or GenesReunited.
>> 
>> Jack
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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Sherry]

Hah! That's how I hit upon the fact that a cousin had posted my data
on his website - a rare name in the family showed up in a search
and he posted *all* the living info. He was fine with removing it. But
the other person who had taken the info and put it on *his* website
was slow to respond to me.  And a friend had a typo in her file -
someone she had passed the info on for his own use had put it on his
website.

I am strongly hesitant to share gedcoms or Family Files with others
now I don't think I'd share anything newer than my great
grandparents.

Sherry


On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Jack Earnshaw  wrote:
> The only hits I get from My Heritage are from people's trees that have
> copied the data from my web site or GenesReunited.
>
> Jack

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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Jack Earnshaw]

The only hits I get from My Heritage are from people's trees that have
copied the data from my web site or GenesReunited.

Jack

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Sent: 05 September 2017 16:58
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

In a test for one family member, I had hints for the census, FamilySearch
Family Tree (I can get those through FS) and Geni World Family Tree, as well
as MyHeritage Family Trees for another member.
The FamilySearch Family Trees were pretty common hits.

Not getting any record hits, although the site is supposed to have actual
records.

Sherry


On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Philip Solida <psol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry 
> site records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while 
> repeating what you already have, would not.
>
> On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges" <lindahodg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez" <donna...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family trees"?
>> Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value to 
>> the serious family researcher seems dubious.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Donna

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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Sherry]

In a test for one family member, I had hints for the census,
FamilySearch Family Tree (I can get those through FS) and Geni World
Family Tree, as well as MyHeritage Family Trees for another member.
The FamilySearch Family Trees were pretty common hits.

Not getting any record hits, although the site is supposed to have
actual records.

Sherry


On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Philip Solida  wrote:
> Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry site
> records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while repeating
> what you already have, would not.
>
> On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges"  wrote:
>>
>> My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez"  wrote:
>>
>> Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family trees"?
>> Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value to the
>> serious family researcher seems dubious.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Donna

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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Linda Hodges]

Yes, here is my process.

Search each site for records

Write down the location of each record for each site.

Go to the library/FHL once a week with my list of records and access them
for free. Source them, Download them, and then attach to my tree.











On Sep 5, 2017 11:11 AM, "Dennis Birke" <dpbi...@gmail.com> wrote:

I agree – this is an interesting conversation!



Subscriptions to Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com strike me as a good
combination.  Newspapers.com seems to offer a lot that Ancestry.com does
not have.  You get a lot of “bang for the buck”.



Do others have recommended combinations of genealogy sites that provide a
lot of information with minimal duplication?



*From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On
Behalf Of *Scott Hall
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 05, 2017 9:29 AM
*To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?



Such an interesting conversation!  It would be very nice if there were a
side-by-side comparison of each site's catalogs such that you could see
where the sites overlap and where they are unique.  Perhaps where they are
unique interests you, perhaps it does not.  I know no place that does this
for us, and my half-committed attempts to do it myself showed only that its
a monumental exercise and that the catalogs of each site are not always
easy or available.

I've been a member of Ancestry for years now, and it remains the most
complete site out there.  I also use FamilySearch (free!) and recently
joined Newspapers.com.  One strategy I've though of doing is to rotate my
memberships -- let Ancestry elapse (not renew) and join MyHertiage.  Use
that for a year or so, let it elapse, move to the next.

One other thought is to focus on a certain area (e.g. vital records,
immigration records, newspapers, etc.).  Nearly all lines of my family save
one come from Rochester, NY, and when looking for obituaries, I did a
focused review of the catalogs of GenealogyBank, Newspapers.com,
NewspaperArchive and Ancestry.  I attempted to catalog only the newspapers
for the counties/cities/towns the Rochester metro area.  From this I knew
that Newspapers.com was the best site for me to start with.  A similar
strategy may be employed for other types of records.

Or, if you want to start a project to export each site's catalog and make
it available to compare and contrast, I'd be willing to help.  :)

Scott



On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Linda Hodges <lindahodg...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Family search has records

Ancestry has records

Find my past has records

My heritage has records

Fold 3 has records





YES, they may overlap.

YES, some may have sets others don't.



Want to see what they have with out paying?



Use their catalog search to see the record sets they offer.



Go to your local library/FAMILY History Library.  Most libraries have FREE
ACCESS, to one or more of the pay sites.





We need to understand RECORDS can be found many places, as can trees.  Yes,
tress can be wrong, but so can records. Boops can also be incorrect.



People lie.  Yes even your ancestors and mine.



Women were pregnant before marriage.



Men cheated on their wives and had babies with other women.



Women cheated on husbands and then said the baby was hubby's.



Men lied about their age to go to war.



Both sexs lied about being widowed.



And the list goes on.



Use trees as HINTS to point you in a direction you may not have thought of.



All facts found are only as good as the researcher who reported them at
that time.













On Sep 5, 2017 9:45 AM, "Philip Solida" <psol...@gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry site
records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while repeating
what you already have, would not.



On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges" <lindahodg...@gmail.com> wrote:

My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.







On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez" <donna...@tx.rr.com> wrote:

Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family trees"?
 Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value to the
serious family researcher seems dubious.

Regards,

Donna
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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Dennis Birke]

I agree – this is an interesting conversation!

 

Subscriptions to Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com strike me as a good 
combination.  Newspapers.com seems to offer a lot that Ancestry.com does not 
have.  You get a lot of “bang for the buck”.

 

Do others have recommended combinations of genealogy sites that provide a lot 
of information with minimal duplication?  

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Scott Hall
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 9:29 AM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

 

Such an interesting conversation!  It would be very nice if there were a 
side-by-side comparison of each site's catalogs such that you could see where 
the sites overlap and where they are unique.  Perhaps where they are unique 
interests you, perhaps it does not.  I know no place that does this for us, and 
my half-committed attempts to do it myself showed only that its a monumental 
exercise and that the catalogs of each site are not always easy or available.

I've been a member of Ancestry for years now, and it remains the most complete 
site out there.  I also use FamilySearch (free!) and recently joined 
Newspapers.com.  One strategy I've though of doing is to rotate my memberships 
-- let Ancestry elapse (not renew) and join MyHertiage.  Use that for a year or 
so, let it elapse, move to the next.

One other thought is to focus on a certain area (e.g. vital records, 
immigration records, newspapers, etc.).  Nearly all lines of my family save one 
come from Rochester, NY, and when looking for obituaries, I did a focused 
review of the catalogs of GenealogyBank, Newspapers.com, NewspaperArchive and 
Ancestry.  I attempted to catalog only the newspapers for the 
counties/cities/towns the Rochester metro area.  From this I knew that 
Newspapers.com was the best site for me to start with.  A similar strategy may 
be employed for other types of records.

Or, if you want to start a project to export each site's catalog and make it 
available to compare and contrast, I'd be willing to help.  :)

Scott

 

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Linda Hodges <lindahodg...@gmail.com 
<mailto:lindahodg...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Family search has records 

Ancestry has records

Find my past has records

My heritage has records

Fold 3 has records

 

 

YES, they may overlap.

YES, some may have sets others don't.

 

Want to see what they have with out paying?

 

Use their catalog search to see the record sets they offer.

 

Go to your local library/FAMILY History Library.  Most libraries have FREE 
ACCESS, to one or more of the pay sites.

 

 

We need to understand RECORDS can be found many places, as can trees.  Yes, 
tress can be wrong, but so can records. Boops can also be incorrect.

 

People lie.  Yes even your ancestors and mine.  

 

Women were pregnant before marriage.  

 

Men cheated on their wives and had babies with other women.  

 

Women cheated on husbands and then said the baby was hubby's.

 

Men lied about their age to go to war.

 

Both sexs lied about being widowed.

 

And the list goes on.

 

Use trees as HINTS to point you in a direction you may not have thought of. 

 

All facts found are only as good as the researcher who reported them at that 
time. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Sep 5, 2017 9:45 AM, "Philip Solida" <psol...@gmail.com 
<mailto:psol...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry site 
records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while repeating what 
you already have, would not.

 

On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges" <lindahodg...@gmail.com 
<mailto:lindahodg...@gmail.com> > wrote:

My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.  

 

 

 

On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez" <donna...@tx.rr.com 
<mailto:donna...@tx.rr.com> > wrote:

Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family trees"?   
Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value to the serious 
family researcher seems dubious.

Regards,

Donna
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lindahodg...@gmail.com writes:

 
Family search has records 
Ancestry has records
Find my past has records
My heritage has records
Fold 3 has records
 
 
YES, they may overlap.
YES, some may have sets others don't.
 
Want to see what they have with out paying?
 
Use their catalog search to see the record sets they offer.
 
Go to your local library/FAMILY History Library.  Most libraries have FREE 
ACCESS, to one or more of the pay sites.
 
 
We need to understand RECORDS can be found many places, as can trees.  Yes, 
tress can be wrong, but so can records. Boops can also be incorrect.
 
People lie.  Yes even your ancestors and mine.  
 
Women were pregnant before marriage.  
 
Men cheated on their wives and had babies with other women.  
 
Women cheated on husbands and then said the baby was hubby's.
 
Men lied about their age to go to war.
 
Both sexs lied about being widowed.
 
And the list goes on.
 
Use trees as HINTS to point you in a direction you may not have thought of. 
 
All facts found are only as good as the researcher who reported them at that 
time. 
 
 
 
 
 

On Sep 5, 2017 9:45 AM, "Philip Solida"  wrote:
Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry site 
records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while repeating what 
you already have, would not.

On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges"  wrote:
My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.  
 
 

On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez"  wrote:
Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family trees"?   
Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value to the serious 
family researcher seems dubious.

 Regards,

 Donna
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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Scott Hall]

Such an interesting conversation!  It would be very nice if there were a
side-by-side comparison of each site's catalogs such that you could see
where the sites overlap and where they are unique.  Perhaps where they are
unique interests you, perhaps it does not.  I know no place that does this
for us, and my half-committed attempts to do it myself showed only that its
a monumental exercise and that the catalogs of each site are not always
easy or available.

I've been a member of Ancestry for years now, and it remains the most
complete site out there.  I also use FamilySearch (free!) and recently
joined Newspapers.com.  One strategy I've though of doing is to rotate my
memberships -- let Ancestry elapse (not renew) and join MyHertiage.  Use
that for a year or so, let it elapse, move to the next.

One other thought is to focus on a certain area (e.g. vital records,
immigration records, newspapers, etc.).  Nearly all lines of my family save
one come from Rochester, NY, and when looking for obituaries, I did a
focused review of the catalogs of GenealogyBank, Newspapers.com,
NewspaperArchive and Ancestry.  I attempted to catalog only the newspapers
for the counties/cities/towns the Rochester metro area.  From this I knew
that Newspapers.com was the best site for me to start with.  A similar
strategy may be employed for other types of records.

Or, if you want to start a project to export each site's catalog and make
it available to compare and contrast, I'd be willing to help.  :)

Scott

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Linda Hodges 
wrote:

> Family search has records
> Ancestry has records
> Find my past has records
> My heritage has records
> Fold 3 has records
>
>
> YES, they may overlap.
> YES, some may have sets others don't.
>
> Want to see what they have with out paying?
>
> Use their catalog search to see the record sets they offer.
>
> Go to your local library/FAMILY History Library.  Most libraries have FREE
> ACCESS, to one or more of the pay sites.
>
>
> We need to understand RECORDS can be found many places, as can trees.
> Yes, tress can be wrong, but so can records. Boops can also be incorrect.
>
> People lie.  Yes even your ancestors and mine.
>
> Women were pregnant before marriage.
>
> Men cheated on their wives and had babies with other women.
>
> Women cheated on husbands and then said the baby was hubby's.
>
> Men lied about their age to go to war.
>
> Both sexs lied about being widowed.
>
> And the list goes on.
>
> Use trees as HINTS to point you in a direction you may not have thought
> of.
>
> All facts found are only as good as the researcher who reported them at
> that time.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2017 9:45 AM, "Philip Solida"  wrote:
>
>> Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry
>> site records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while
>> repeating what you already have, would not.
>>
>> On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges"  wrote:
>>
>>> My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez"  wrote:
>>>
>>> Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family
>>> trees"?   Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value
>>> to the serious family researcher seems dubious.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Donna
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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

[Linda Hodges]

Family search has records
Ancestry has records
Find my past has records
My heritage has records
Fold 3 has records


YES, they may overlap.
YES, some may have sets others don't.

Want to see what they have with out paying?

Use their catalog search to see the record sets they offer.

Go to your local library/FAMILY History Library.  Most libraries have FREE
ACCESS, to one or more of the pay sites.


We need to understand RECORDS can be found many places, as can trees.  Yes,
tress can be wrong, but so can records. Boops can also be incorrect.

People lie.  Yes even your ancestors and mine.

Women were pregnant before marriage.

Men cheated on their wives and had babies with other women.

Women cheated on husbands and then said the baby was hubby's.

Men lied about their age to go to war.

Both sexs lied about being widowed.

And the list goes on.

Use trees as HINTS to point you in a direction you may not have thought of.

All facts found are only as good as the researcher who reported them at
that time.






On Sep 5, 2017 9:45 AM, "Philip Solida"  wrote:

> Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry site
> records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while repeating
> what you already have, would not.
>
> On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges"  wrote:
>
>> My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez"  wrote:
>>
>> Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family trees"?
>>  Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value to the
>> serious family researcher seems dubious.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Donna
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Maybe they do... but are they different, or just a rehash of Ancestry site
records? Lots of new and different records may have value, while repeating
what you already have, would not.

On Sep 5, 2017 9:07 AM, "Linda Hodges"  wrote:

> My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.
>
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez"  wrote:
>
> Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family trees"?
>  Without complete documentation from primary sources, then value to the
> serious family researcher seems dubious.
>
> Regards,
>
> Donna
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Re: [LegacyUG] Is MyHeritage Worth It?

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My heritage has RECORDS!!! It's not just trees.



On Sep 5, 2017 9:04 AM, "Donna Rodriguez"  wrote:

Is MyHeritage yet another conglomeration of undocumented "family trees"?
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Regards,

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