It might be French based but it does cover Europe better than the others. Regards
Chris >From my Motorola G6+ On Sun, 8 Sep 2019, 19:15 Cindy Custer, <[email protected]> wrote: > Geneanet is a French site – no good for German research! > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On Behalf Of *Andrew Robbie > *Sent:* Sunday, September 08, 2019 2:11 PM > *To:* 'Legacy User Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > > > Thanks Chris – very useful. Good sharing! > > > > Andrew > > > > P.S. I’m always learning, so should share… Israelian Israeli J > > > > > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Chris Hill > *Sent:* Saturday, September 7, 2019 6:56 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > > > Hi > > > > On the very bottom line where there are the three people you can specify > as shortcuts. Double-click on the 1 before the first name - don't think it > is the right click but my PC is currently down. It will show you the stats > and a few options. Does not seem to be in the help index, or not obvious. > > > > MyHeritage is Israelian, as I recall, and probably started with good > European links, but has grown to try and match Ancestry. > > > > FindMyPast is UK based and good for UK information, and has been extending > to cover the ex-UK colonies and USA. > > > > GenealogyBank seems to be USA only in terms of content. > > > > FamilySearch is the LDS site and is very strong on USA and Europe, and > growing elsewhere, with the target of building a single tree for the world > (which FindMyPast has also suggested for UK based on users trees). > > > > The other sites are obviously Ancestry which good for USA, UK, Europe, > Canada, Australia and NZ. Genealogist is a UK site and Geneanet is a > European site. > > > > My biggest issue is that all have some common information and then each > have different collections of various information, so you need to search > through many of them, certainly in the UK. > > Regards > > Chris > > From my Motorola G6+ > > > > On Sat, 7 Sep 2019, 22:34 Andrew Robbie, <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Chris/Cathy/et al, > > > > Curious – where exactly is that hints status info? Chris mentioned “*right > click on the 1 button in the bottom right line*” – which ‘1’ button on > which window/view is that on? Images are appreciated, even if not > recommended on this forum… J > > > > And regarding these services, who can chime in regarding their usefulness > in certain regions, periods, etc. of research? I know mileage may vary > based on your lineage and study geos/timelines… > > > > My take > > > > *MyHeritage*: Seems to be merged/merging with FamilySearch now… > > > > *FamilySearch*: I like the XXXX-XXX unique numbering system, and Legacy’s > Family Search tool (accessed from the D icon) that helps manage and > merge Legacy records with Family Search. I must admit, I don’t see many > hits in this category anymore, maybe since I have all my FS IDs covered > now. Others’ opinions? > > > > *FindMyPast*: Mainly advertises as UK and NAM, but I find most of my hits > only come from UK. I need Australia and New Zealand hits also. Anyone got > other perspectives? > > > > *GenealogyBank*: does show info in config that this is mostly American > history for past 300 years (this is useful to know before subscribing). I > do not subscribe to this service currently. I do find that it shows many > hundreds of hits, maybe due to simply name match (no dates considered) but > are these hits useful? Also, no Canada hits despite advertising US and > Canada coverage. Anyone got any other observations? > > > > Thanks, > > Andrew ROBBIE > > > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Chris Hill > *Sent:* Saturday, September 7, 2019 5:58 AM > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > > > Hi > > > > Yes, I asked the question about the speed of Hints appearing or not, > after I reset my tree to reset the Hints list. > > > > The first response was that the Hints list is not the list of > individuals in the tree, mine was 3,000 vs 11,850, but it is driven by the > number of individuals that you have opened in the Family or Pedigree views. > That has become obvious to me over the last couple of weeks and the list is > now 4,187 long. > > > > The other response was on the speed in which they are processed. My > stats, right click on the 1 button in the bottom right line, now show > > > > My Heritage: Pending 1655 Waiting 2146 Processed 386 > > GenealogyBank : Pending 537 Waiting 3056 Processed 595 > > FindMyPast : Pending 0 Waiting 1 > Processed 4186 > > > > Pretty well, the FindMyPast responses are immediate, while MyHeritage > and GenealogyBank are delayed. I was told that MyHeritage has put delays on > how fast it will process them, presumably as a way of controlling the load > on its servers. One question is 'what does Waiting mean' - has Legacy > flagged it as being ready to ask or has it actually been sent but not > responded, which would ask the question of what happens if the response > back is made while Legacy is closed and does Legacy reissue the request. > > > > Looking at the stats dynamically I can see that both the Waiting and > Processed values increasing while the Pending is decreasing. In terms of > responses, while writing this email over 10 minutes, I can see that My > Heritage has processed another 5 requests and GenealogyBank another 2. > Neither of those seem to be a sensible way to deal with requests. > > > > Regards > > > > Chris > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: [email protected] > > To: "Legacy User Group" <[email protected]> > > Sent: 07/09/2019 09:48:51 > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > > > Thank you Cathy for your reply back in July about the slowness of > MyHeritage hints. I was hopeful that the subsequent release of 9.0.0.318 > would improve the situation but not so. Below is a support ticket I raised > yesterday and the support response. I would be interested to know if other > users are having a similar experience with MyHeritage hints and if anyone > has any explanations or suggestions about this issue. (I have subscriptions > to Ancestry, FMP and MyHeritage but the latter is very good for direct > access to living cousins.) > > Regards Ambrose (GSV member) > > > > Support Ticket query (6 Sep 2019): Now that we have a new version > :9.0.0.318 of Legacy I had hoped that MyHeritage hints would be back > working as it did from the start of Legacy 9 until about the start of May. > Unfortunately not. I can see that the Realtime Hint Processing Monitor has > been enhanced with a Waiting (being throttled) column being added plus new > or amended Help. In the previous version of Legacy I had to turn off > MyHeritage hints as it kept crashing with ‘Legacy Family Tree Hints has > stopped working’ every 5 minutes. This reset MyHeritage Hints and I now > have 4574 in the Waiting (being throttled) column. I have had it running > continuously today for 11 hours and the Waiting number has reduced by 87 or > about 8 per hour. I am using a very fast PC and internet connection. At > this rate it will take 570 hours to complete or 2 months if I leave Legacy > running for 10 hours per day (despite the advice to close Legacy when not > in active use). > > Is this the way MyHeritage Hints is now meant to work? The really > disappointing aspect of this is that you don’t see the hint immediately > that you add or amend an individual. It just adds numbers to Pending and > then almost immediately moves the number to Waiting. It really is pretty > pointless having a hint arrive weeks later with no notification that it has > turned up. > > I took a MyHeritage subscription 2 years ago at Geoff’s special guaranteed > lifelong (???) price to make the most of MyHeritage Hints. The subscription > is due for renewal next Tuesday but if this throttling is the new normal I > don’t see much value in renewing it. > > > > Support Response: All we have been told is that the hints may take some > time to show up. The hints continue to work in the background, and when new > hints are found, they will be displayed. We do care about your feedback and > I have forwarded your concerns to our developers. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Ian Thomas > > Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2019 7:55 AM > > To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > I check Hints frequently - and have all 4 types turned on (even though one > of them requires a paid subscription to the company, and is no use to me). > Of course, I have the Deluxe version, 9, latest update always. > > Over the period that Cathy Pinner has detailed, I have used Legacy at the > very least weekly, sometimes daily and for several hours. I "refresh" the > Hints, etc. > > In that period of time, I have seen MyHeritage Hints only 3 times. As > someone mentioned in the last couple of days, FindMyPast generates them (in > spades). > > Server outages, etc: why would anyone think that had anything to do with > the problem with MyHeritage Hints? > > Ian Thomas > > Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner > > Sent: Tuesday, 23 July 2019 7:58 PM > > To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > The slowness of MyHeritage hints has nothing to do with the server > problems although it started around the same time. MyHeritage tweaked the > API for the hints which did something which is still being investigated. > Programmers and testers have been working on Hinting and some aspects will > be better in the next update but MH hints are still very slow. > > FindMyPast hints are the quickest and I find the most useful. You may find > them useful even if you don't have a subscription as the Hint itself tells > you the database and you may have access to a similar one. > > Cathy > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>> > Tuesday, 23 July 2019 5:10 PM > > Hints from MyHeritage to Legacy have not been working for me since the > server problems started more than 2 months ago - very disappointing! Any > suggestions to fix this? > > MyHeritage hints worked perfectly from the start of Legacy 9 up to May > this year and hints from FamilySearch and FindmyPast have worked perfectly > all the time. > > The support response earlier this month was “We are still working on this. > Some users are reporting that hints are working great and some are > reporting the same problem you are. We are working on a new update that we > hope will address this. This update is in testing now.” > > Regards Ambrose > > > > *From:*LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Ian Thomas > > *Sent:* Tuesday, 23 July 2019 4:18 PM > > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage > > Occasionally I see MyHeritage hints – very occasionally. > > Just wondering why this is, or whether other people on this list are also > seeing the same. > > Not sure if this link is persistent, but here is the latest Hint I have > seen – > https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-b55206f65aa8968d4e36513bce25ecb1 > > Regards, Ian > > Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia > > > > > > -- > > > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > > [email protected] > > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > > Archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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