My Heritage Celebrates One Million Subscriber Milestone

I acquired an e mail this week from MyHeritage celebrating their one millionth subscriber.

Congratulations MyHeritage and the MyHeritage workforce!

That is certainly a landmark – from a storage startup by Gilad Japhet in 2003 to worldwide genealogical juggernaut in only a few years. MyHeritage is considered one of solely two family tree firms that mixes DNA testing with analysis subscription companies.

Based on MyHeritage:

In the present day, we’re trusted by 96 million customers worldwide. Our web site is obtainable in 42 languages and is house to 82 million household timber, 16.1 billion historic data, and 5.6 million DNA kits in our DNA database.

That’s unbelievable and we genealogists are the beneficiaries.

Why does this matter?

Family tree is a Staff Sport

Each one that subscribes and researches, which means each conventional data or mixed with DNA outcomes, is another one that may, simply may, make a breakthrough on considered one of my ancestral strains.

They is likely to be somebody who has, and posts, images of my ancestors that I don’t have.

They could know tales and snippets of details about my ancestor’s lives that by no means made it down my facet of the tree.

And, after all, that’s another particular person to check (or add) their DNA. I’ve discovered shut cousins there who don’t have their DNA anyplace else.

All of this stuff have occurred to/for me at MyHeritage, and in flip, I’ve supplied lots of data for different individuals too.

DNA Plus Information

It’s not essential to be a subscriber to make the most of DNA at MyHeritage. DNA matching, a 250 particular person tree or much less and a few options are free, Nonetheless, there are particular advantages to subscribing along with having DNA outcomes and utilizing the free companies at MyHeritage.

Limitless tree constructing
Report Matches
SuperSearches
Instantaneous Discoveries
Good Matches
Photo Enhancer

Subscribers obtain the entire fundamental and superior DNA instruments together with;

Shared matches together with shared surnames and geography
DNA match labels
AutoClusters (one of my favorites)
Ethnicity sharing
Genetic Groups
Triangulation
Theories of Family Relativity (another favorite)

It’s price noting that MyHeritage has many European DNA testers together with a plethora European analysis data. In truth, they only added an enormous variety of French records which I’m methodically sifting by in search of my Acadian and Huguenot ancestors.

Check out the MyHeritage research collections catalog, here. I significantly respect the digitized newspaper assortment. I can’t inform you how a lot I’ve discovered there that isn’t out there elsewhere. Which collections could be essentially the most helpful to you?

You possibly can try the MyHeritage complete subscription for free for 14 days, here. The whole subscription provides you all of the analysis advantages and instruments that MyHeritage has out there. That’s the subscription I’ve. I find it irresistible and use it nearly day by day.

Your genealogical arsenal isn’t full with out it.

When you’ve by no means used MyHeritage earlier than, they supply a free, searchable Knowledge Base, here, to get you began. You possibly can even get began with a Basics tutorial, here.

DNA

5.6 million individuals have both examined their DNA at MyHeritage or uploaded their DNA to MyHeritage from one other vendor.

When you’ve already examined your DNA elsewhere, you’ll need to upload your DNA file to MyHeritage, here, so you may fish in a number of DNA ponds and reap the distinctive advantages supplied by MyHeritage. I’ve supplied complete step-by-step download/upload instructions for all distributors, here.
When you haven’t DNA tested but, now’s the right time to order your test whereas they’re on sale. You possibly can order here.

Let me know what you discover!

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DNA Purchases and Free Uploads

FamilyTreeDNA – Y, mitochondrial, and autosomal DNA testing
MyHeritage DNA – Autosomal DNA check
MyHeritage FREE DNA file upload – Add your DNA file from different distributors free
AncestryDNA – Autosomal DNA check
23andMe Ancestry – Autosomal DNA solely, no Well being
23andMe Ancestry Plus Health

Family tree Merchandise and Companies

MyHeritage FREE Tree Builder – Family tree software program to your laptop
MyHeritage Subscription with Free Trial
Legacy Family Tree Webinars – Family tree and DNA courses, subscription-based, some free
Legacy Family Tree Software – Family tree software program to your laptop
Charting Companion – Charts and Studies to make use of together with your family tree software program or FamilySearch
RootsMagic Software – Family tree software program to your laptop
Newspapers.com – Search newspapers to your ancestors
NewspaperArchive – Search completely different newspapers to your ancestors