Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-22 Thread Mary Bordi
More on MyHeritage-- I use my iPad a lot on the CCA site (viewing the records) and Ancestry. Ancestry has an app that allows editing your tree and looking at and choosing Ancestry hints. I also have an app for Reunion, the program I use on my Mac. MyHeritage has an iPad app...and if you read

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-22 Thread Frank or JoElayne Johnson
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com On Dec 21, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't used My Heritage, so I can't speak too much about it.  Hopefully, this explains the background behind the email.  For those doing Azorean genealogy, I seriously doubt

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-22 Thread pico
a newspaper.The entire remainder of my research comes from Portuguese resources, of course.Thanks for your advise.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Genealogist916-550-1618 Original Message Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com From: Mary Bordi geneal...@hununu.org Date

[AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-21 Thread Mary Bordi
Has anyone else gotten a solicitation from FTDNA to join MyHeritage.com? Is anyone currently a member? It appears that FTDNA and MyHeritage are joining forces and I was wondering about them. Mary Bordi -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-21 Thread pico
the most advanced combination of genealogical research tools available in the market.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Genealogist916-550-1618 Original Message Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com From: Mary Bordi geneal...@hununu.org Date: Fri, December 21, 2012

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-21 Thread Shirley Sereque
On 12/21/2012 4:30 PM, p...@dholmes.com wrote: Yea, I got one also and since I don't know a thing about MyHeritage, I am wondering if they offer much in the way of value. Looks like everyone who got their DNA tested through FTDNA must have received their email. Hi, all! Yes, I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-21 Thread Mary Bordi
Well, ever curious, I signed up for their special offer. As far as I can see its not really worth it. But then I've only been signed up a few hours. What you get is a data plan that lets you search the records. It looks very pretty but I found it quite different from Ancestry. My main

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-21 Thread rcapodc
Mary, Thanks so much for the info. Keep us updated on what you think about the site, it's very valuable info to all of us. Rosemarie -Original Message- From: Mary Bordi Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 6:06 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-21 Thread Cheri Mello
OK, here's how it works Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) is one testing company. It is where we house our Azores DNA Project (Madeira, Cape Verde, Brasil, are there too). Ancestry DNA (Ancestry.com or Ancestry.ca) is trying to break into the DNA market. They have been really good with publishing

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MyHeritage.com

2012-12-21 Thread Mary Bordi
On Dec 21, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't used My Heritage, so I can't speak too much about it. Hopefully, this explains the background behind the email. For those doing Azorean genealogy, I seriously doubt that it will be helpful for us. At first