For most people living in the US who are looking to trace their family history, most long lost relatives of recent years can be found in United States repositories. However, what happens when you discover the country your ancestors originally immigrated from?
Since the advent of the internet, there are quite a large amount of records available online but not all. There are also massive amounts of information on microfilm for viewing at your local family history center, but again, not all records worldwide have been put to film. This leaves only one option; performing research within the community your family originally hails from.
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MyHeritage Press Release-
Our latest addition made the MyHeritage Genealogy Search Engine more powerful, as we have expanded our database to include now 1,526 genealogically relevant databases, representing more than 12 billion names.
You can get to it by going to http://www.myheritage.com/research or you can still access it directly from our software Family Tree Builder.
We have expanded our database by 150+ new sources. Some of the new sources are:
· Facebook
· Digg
· Spock people finder
· Michigan Census
· German Emigrants Database
· BMD Registers UK
· USA Gov search
· Western Michigan Newspapers
· Palatines to America
· US Social Security Death Index
· Prague Police Headquarters Conscriptions (1850-1914)
· Consolidated Index of Sephardic Surnames
· Arizona Birth and Death Certificates
· European Patent Office
MyHeritage Research accesses only genealogical resources which helps researchers find those
websites and databases most relevant to their unique family histories. This allows you a much
quicker and efficient search, so you don’t have to wade through volumes of non relevant
records.
You can perform a name search using different spelling options: Exact, Soundex, or our
unique Megadex spelling variations. Megadex allows you to choose from the most commonly
used spelling variations of last names, cutting down on the time needed to research name
variations. Read more about Megadex here:
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/megadex.php
Using the Advanced Search option, you can add birth and death dates. Based on the
information you enter, our search engine will automatically select the databases most
relevant to your search.
There is a lot more information on the Advanced Search on our genealogy blog!
http://www.myheritage.com/blogs/genealogyblog/2009/02/easy_searching_myheritage_adv
a.html
In addition, MyHeritage allow you to store and annotate your searches for further reference.
These tools allow you to focus on the results of your search, not the mechanics.
We hope those extensions will make it easier for everyone to research their family history
and improve the family tree.
About MyHeritage
MyHeritage was founded by a team of people who combine a passion for family history with the development of innovative technology. It is now one of the world’s leading online networks for families, and the second largest family history website. MyHeritage is available in 34 languages and home to more than 28 million family members and 300 million profiles. The company recently acquired Kindo, a family social network, and is based in Bnei Atarot, near Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, visit www.myheritage.com.
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- Courtesy Legacy News
FamilySearch continues its massive record digitization projects. They have just added over 6 million new indexed records and 1.4 million new images to its Record Search pilot program.
The West Virginia birth, marriage, and death records, and the South Dakota state censuses for 1915 and 1925 are now complete. Many thanks to the thousands of online FamilySearch Indexing volunteers who helped make these wonderful records available. See the chart below for more details. The new records can be searched for free at FamilySearch.org (Click Search Records, then Record Search pilot).
Record Search visitors might also notice the following changes to the pilot site after the latest update.
- Region map flyover now lists the number of collections in a region
- Rotate an image clockwise or counterclockwise in the viewer
- New full screen view in the image viewer
- Search form now displays the collection being searched
- Image navigation- moved previous, next & go to buttons to the bottom of the page
- Collection list page is now a single column
- Image only collections are identified
- Changes to print selected area
New records include:
- 1920 U.S. census
Illinois - Cook County birth certificates and registers
South Dakota - 1915 state census
South Dakota - 1925 state census
West Virginia - birth, marriage, and death records are now indexed and complete
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By Dave Murray @ Monday, September 22, 2008 12:23 PM http://www.itexaminer.com/
An international network of consumer watchdogs is sweeping the internet targeting genealogy and family history research in the search for scammers.
The International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network is looking for sites that seek to deceive shoppers, investors and researchers with false claims, scams and overhyped promises.
Apparently there are all sorts of sites out there where researchers claim to provide your family tree. However some customers are claiming that if a family tree ever arrives in the mail, it appears to be made up by the scammers.
The sites targeted and trapped by the sweep will be given notice to clean up the information they provide consumers. Others might be asked to take down their site.
Consumer watchdogs have been fairly successful lately in targeting sites who think they can avoid consumer law. In Australia. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recently launched a criminal investigation into a site called Designer Brand Outlet. While it promised discount designer clothes only to deliver fakes or not supply the product at all.
The ACCC closed the site and there are Federal Court injunctions issued against its owners.
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