MyHeritage.com: My Favorite Tool for Jewish Genealogy

by Robin Selinger

I joined MyHeritage as a subscriber in 2018, and have had a wonderful experience using it to research my own family tree and to assist others as a “search angel.” It’s my favorite online resource for genealogy research.

MyHeritage made it easy for me to build my tree. With help from “Smart Matches” and “Instant Discoveries,” I added new family members—plus parents, spouses, siblings and children—with matches to historic records and other family trees. Most of my ancestral lines are documented back five generations; many extend to the 1700s, and a handful back to the 1500s... READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

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