tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post4966835032297518943..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Using MyHeritage Record Matches to Add Family History ContentRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-65514277294372254442013-12-28T11:13:04.318-08:002013-12-28T11:13:04.318-08:00Hi Randy. I was reading your post about MyHeritag...Hi Randy. I was reading your post about MyHeritage. I rec'd a notice from NEHGS about a deal they are offering for MyHeritage right now. And, don't you know they have referenced your blog as a place to find information. <br />So, I'd like to ask you personally, is it worth the $119 for the year. I don't mind spending the money. I already subscribe to Ancestry, Fold3 and Genealogybank. <br />From what you have written I'm assuming your answer will still be yes.<br />Thanks,<br />DianeDiane Gould Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362418860289987479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-64472979796791178822013-10-28T11:25:13.375-07:002013-10-28T11:25:13.375-07:00Randy, thanks for this post and the answer you hav...Randy, thanks for this post and the answer you have provided regarding subscription prices, which is accurate. I will only add that MyHeritage also allows the purchase of a bundle (data subscription + PremiumPlus) at a discounted price.<br /><br />Daniel Dillman, thank you for your feedback. What you describe is indeed a bug, that we have confirmed and will fix very shortly. The "Extract Info" functionality compares information from the census record to the family tree profile, and currently doesn't let you add residence information from two different census years into the profile. The temporary workaround in this scenario is not to use the Extract page but to edit the profile and manually add the new information. This will be fixed quickly.<br /><br />With regards to the newspaper matching, its accuracy is indeed lower than 97% (the avg. accuracy of MyHeritage matching of structured records), as Randy noted and as you experienced. However, it is still the only matching technology for newspapers available on the market; and any correct match it will find for you may be one you would not have found yourself. So despite the errors I encourage you to review your newspaper matches and glean all the value that you can.<br /><br />Best regards,<br />Gilad<br />Founder of MyHeritageGiladnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-41419037821887775892013-10-26T18:07:00.720-07:002013-10-26T18:07:00.720-07:00Small World, again! We lived in Emporia, KS, where...Small World, again! We lived in Emporia, KS, where I was a University Professor for 15 years. Read the Emporia Gazette faithful. Your article was from the year I was born, however... ;-)Dr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-17785556305969815242013-10-26T10:13:31.362-07:002013-10-26T10:13:31.362-07:00More on this: I find that the Find-A-Grave matchin...More on this: I find that the Find-A-Grave matching is excellent, and the records I've matched have supplied a bunch of missing or limited date information. However, the newspaper matching has been rather poor in my experience. The OCR is abysmal, generally. So the success rate is rather hit-or-miss depending on your existing data and which type of records you're matching.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407854481964964535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-40643281808294259242013-10-26T10:10:25.537-07:002013-10-26T10:10:25.537-07:00Randy, I've also been doing a lot of this late...Randy, I've also been doing a lot of this lately, and I've found a problem with using the Census data in this manner. Specifically, when a person is found in more than one Census (US Census in my usage), and you accept the address data for one Census, when you add the next Census in this manner it changes the date but does not allow you to change the address data. It appears to just over-write the existing Census with the new one, although I believe it does add the new citation separately.<br /><br />Have you tried this? What was your experience with that situation?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407854481964964535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-68696044527310335412013-10-26T10:03:58.555-07:002013-10-26T10:03:58.555-07:00The best information I can find about access to re...The best information I can find about access to records on MyHeritage is $120 per year for an annual Data subscription. If you have a WorldVitalRecords subscription, that counts as a Data subscription (you might have to call them to make it work).<br /><br />That is on top of your MyHeritage subscription of $75 for a Premium subscription (tree limit of 2500 tree people) or $120 for a PremiumPlus subscription (unlimited number of tree people). Randy Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-11192931947891641662013-10-26T09:04:28.995-07:002013-10-26T09:04:28.995-07:00If you have a paid subscription to My Heritage, do...If you have a paid subscription to My Heritage, do you get those documents for free or is there a charge when you get to the source web site? If I were to subscribe to My Heritage, how much money would I end up spending to get documents they have found?Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256855136448978468noreply@blogger.com