Based near Tel Aviv in Israel Founded in 2005 Acquired a number of similar sites GenCircles 2007 (Pearl Street Software) Kindo 2008 (London) Online Social Networking 2010 (German) ZOOF 2010 (Dutch) Polish family network 2011 Voted a Top website for sharing & storing family research (Family Tree Magazine 2011)

Statistics 60 million members 848 million profiles 20 million trees 130 million photos 210+ countries

Family tree builder v 5.1 To date over 27 million downloads Easy to use Impressive array of options for free software Some features require the premium version

As with other social networking sites you need to manage your privacy settings The options are:  Public site – all information open though living individuals masked as Private for guests  Private site – accessible only to members  Mixed site – private information restricted to members

Receive by Access through your Family Tree Home page

Search 1500 databases simultaneously

Can be notified automatically by Prompt for important family events However, in our case only Eric’s side of the family gets events listed – the wife’s tree misses out!

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MyHeritage has acquired World Vital Records – its seventh and largest acquisition Announced eight days ago – full integration by 2012 MyHeritage now has access to over 3 billion historical records Marks a significant move into the US Of importance to Australian and New Zealand researchers is that World Vital Records also holds about 35 million records for Australasia