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A Review of MyHeritage.com

MyHeritage.com offers a free download of Family Tree Builder 4.0. This website is run by a company out of Israel. It is actively growing and has many International members from all over the world. The software allows you to build your own family tree and set up a website just for your family members. There is an additional Premium program that you can purchase as well. In addition to really clean and easy to use program, MyHeritage.com has a lot of great features that can help you as you do your genealogy. There is an active blog where you can … Continue reading →

A Review of Genealogyarchives.com

Genealogyarchives.com is another site available to help you with your genealogy. This site has compiled several different collections to make information easier to find. Many of the records go up to the date 2005 which will make searching for immediate family’s dates much easier. This site is a membership based site, but it does have a seven day free trial that you can use to test it out. The membership is only $39.95 per year, which is a reasonable rate. The site also works uniquely, you can type in your information, and it will work to build your own family … Continue reading →

A Review of OneGreatFamily.com

OneGreatFamily.com is a website that offers the service of tapping into other people’s family tress to complete your own genealogy work, This site is a subscription based site that offers several unique features for people interested in doing genealogy. One of these features is the shared family tree feature. Once you enter in your research as far back as you can go, it begins scanning names that are already entered in and when it finds a match it begins filling in the information automatically for you. This is a great feature, but you should always double check to make sure … Continue reading →

Doing Genealogy on a Mac

I have spoken to many people who are reluctant to switch to using a Mac because they are concerned about finding software that is compatible with a Mac. In particular the PAF software used by familysearch.org has not been updated since 1996. You can choose several options that will allow you to complete your genealogy on a Mac. One option is to run Bootcamp or another software program that allows you to simulate Windows on the Mac. This will allow you to run PAF or any other software that is available only for Windows computers. To do this you must … Continue reading →