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MyHeritage Has a Stay At Home Sale
Apr 9
MyHeritage is offering a Stay At Home Sale to encourage you to stay home. The discount on their MyHeritage DNA kits will be valid through the month of April 2020. MyHeritage says that your health and safety are of the utmost importance to them. In light of the unfolding global situation, MyHeritage strongly encourages all their users to pr...
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MyHeritage Introduced U.S. City Directories
Mar 12
MyHeritage introduced a huge collection of historical U.S. city directories. The collection was produced exclusively by MyHeritage from 25,000 public U.S. city directories published between 1860 and 1960. It comprises 545 million aggregated records that have been consolidated from 1.3 billion records, many of which included similar entries for...
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MyHeritage Introduced 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon
Feb 18
MyHeritage announced the 24-hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon. It is an unprecedented event hosted by MyHeritage and featured on Legacy Family Tree Webinars. Registration is required. The marathon will begin on Thursday, March 12, 2020, at 5 P.M. Eastern U.S. time (Friday, March 13 at 9 A.M. Sydney time) and end on Friday March 13, at 5 P.M....
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Nine New Reports Added to MyHeritage DNA Health + Ancestry Test
Dec 19
MyHeritage has announced a major addition to their MyHeritage DNA Health + Ancestry test. They have added 9 new health reports. MyHeritage recommends that people who are estimated to have a genetic risk for a certain health condition seek additional information and screening from their healthcare providers. The 9 new reports are: High Bl...
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MyHeritage Reveals Boris Johnson is Related to EU President
Dec 10
MyHeritage announced that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is distantly related to the newly elected President of the European Union, Dr. Ursula von der Leyen. This revelation could make Brexit appear to include a family feud. That said, it seems unlikely that these two would have to share a Christmas dinner together. MyHeritage researchers ...
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MyHeritage Added 18.6 Million Records
Nov 7
MyHeritage announced that it added that it added 18.6 million new records in October of 2019, in seven new collections including Australia, Spain, the former Soviet Union, Latvia, the United States, Germany, and Denmark. Australian Death Notices 1860-2019: This collection of over 7 million records contains death notices, and obituaries fro...
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MyHeritage Acquires Promethease and SNPedia
Oct 8
MyHeritage announced the acquisition of SNPedia and Promethease, through acquiring the company that owned and operated them, River Road Bio. This will expand MyHeritage's intellectual property in medical genetics. This marks MyHeritage's first consumer health acquisition and their 10th acquisition since MyHeritage's founding. Promethease w...
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MyHeritage Added Nord Civil Marriage Records
Sep 10
MyHeritage announced that it has added a robust collection of 5.4 million civil records of marriages from 1792-1937 in the department of Nord. These records are now available in MyHeritage SuperSearch. The collection includes a detailed searchable index created by MyHeritage that is not on other websites. Nord is the most populous departmen...
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MyHeritage Explains How to Navigate Your DNA Health Report
Aug 13
MyHeritage has loads of information about how to navigate your MyHeritage DNA Health Reports. The new MyHeritage DNA Health + Ancestry test offers an extensive range of genetic insights through detailed health reports for 27 conditions. There are two ways to access your reports. One is through an email that MyHeritage will send you after th...
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MyHeritage Updated its Mobile App
Jul 9
MyHeritage has updated the MyHeritage mobile app. It is available for iOS and Android, for both smartphones and tablets. You can download the app for free. MyHeritage added several new features to their app that will help you improve your family history research. Those features include: Family Timelines, the ability to view family trees tha...