MyHeritage is generally well-regarded for its user-friendly platform and extensive database, which many customers find invaluable for tracing their ancestry and connecting with relatives. Users appreciate the regular updates and the powerful search capabilities that facilitate discoveries. However, concerns arise regarding customer service, particularly related to billing issues and the difficulty of reaching support. Some users have reported feeling overwhelmed by the volume of information and have encountered challenges in verifying data. Overall, while the service is praised for its features, improvements in customer support and communication are necessary to enhance user satisfaction.
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Some of the screens don't totally load large enough to see them. One can not expand the margins either. And the family tree options are tad frustrating. The fan option with the hand...awful, that grab and release is annoying. I find clicking on the BACK arrow does not take me to the previous screen, but another screen. I would like to be able to move between screens without having to start the 'selected option', all over again.
Since joining My Heritage, the information I have obtained regarding my past family members and ancestry has been more than I could have imagined going back almost 30 generations. Even though it can be addictive, it is also most rewarding and valuable for future interested generations to have at hand and explore..
Thanks to the information on MyHeritage, I was able to thoroughly research my maternal family history. I have been doing research with MyHeritage for over 2 years, it has been a wonderful period full of discoveries. Professional data, contact with people researching their roots from practically all over the world, the database is constantly updated.
MyHeritage was a real discovery for me! I took a DNA test and learned so much about my origins — some results were truly surprising. Thanks to the service, I found relatives I had never heard of before and even saw rare photos of my ancestors. It was a very interesting and heartwarming experience that brought me closer to my roots. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about their family.
My DNA had very strange results, at odds with my 40 years of research. To help me, Myheritage gave DNA tests to my half brother and children. Once the results arrived, knowing how stressed I was, they contacted me, helped find my birth father's family, and paid for me to meet my unexpected family.I can't set date below but it was around 2018.
Rubin was very kind and patient throughout the whole process. He explained everything clearly and made sure I understood every step. His professionalism and friendly attitude made the experience perfect from start to finish. Highly recommended
In a nutshell, it works well. Value for money, maybe a 7 out of 10, after a while I found I would need additional add ons like Newspapers to get the full picture which incur extra fee's. To create the basic tree My Heritage works very well, to add all the leaves takes much longer and needs more $$$ spent. Starting from scratch the building of a family tree can be a rewarding experience, as you get deeply involved this site has some limitations, still I consider it a useful site to be connected with.
I have the following problems: In family trees, there are for example two (or more) different dates of birth/marriages or deaths. It's not possible to enter them into the family tree until they are verified in the registry record.
In the case of additional children and siblings that I don't want to include further in the family tree, I miss the option to mention them in a note, so that they would be visible but not subject to Smart/Record Matches searches.
If I make a mistake by accident and assign a person to someone else or if some person is accidentally listed twice, then it's very difficult to fix this error.
MyHeritage is a wonderful experience. I like the weekly suggestions with newspapers, finds, and etc. Sometimes they come faster than I have the time to look at all of them, but when I get a chance the hints are helpful and appreciated.
I've been with My Heritage for a while now and enjoy the looking through the helpful hints they send me. This has helped me yo follow one branch of my tree to 1520. And other branches I hadn't realised, like a French ancestors family before he came to marry a Yorkshire lass and make England his home.
I was initially impressed with the new ancient origins feature and am still now even more certain of my origin by using this. In fact what I previously knew from before has now been practically confirmed to me so I am very happy about this. However, upon further investigation and navigating the same way as a few years ago whilst using the site, I discovered another feature which is crucial proof to my connection to a certain group of people is no longer available. It was the subtribe group and had very important information showing their religious tribes and already displayed how them and I are connected. I feel cheated now. This is all because of a written law wrote by men, not by the God of my people. The tribes and identity or rather the blood connection would pass through the father originally, not the mother. If you can get this feature back up then you will receive a 10 out of 10 from me and probably many others who think the same. I need you to restore this feature.
I think the title speaks for itself. What could you offer costumers like me who have reached their personal goal with the family tree. My current premium package is far too expensive to just maintain what you have fulfilled.
Basically, I think it's a good program - but for searching for data, I think Famylisearch is better. The best thing about this program is that no one else can access the family tree you've created. It works very well to show matches with other researchers, so it's much easier to decide whether you're on the right track with your research or not. I like that the program puts the matches together smoothly despite the names entered in different languages. However, for example, when entering data, it would be much easier to enter the date continuously, not this year-month-day system. Overall, I'm very satisfied with the program.
This is my favourite Family History site to use because it is easy for me to navigate. It is the most user friendly app that I have consistently used and recommended to others as well. I am currently 68 years young, and honestly not very savvy when it comes to computers or using my iPad. The simplicity of this app however has given me confidence, and I use it regularly.
I've gotten matches and documents from My Heritage that I haven't been able to get from some of the other apps that I used. Especially dealing with Maryland records such as birth, marriage, and death. I was extremely surprised to find birth records for some of my family members that midwives were present at the birth giving me another surname that is in my genealogy tree
When I open review it starts to download with the correct title and then when it opens the site is blank!
I have reported this several times. It only happens on 'My Heritage" site and nothing else.
This does not happen every time but about 25% of my reviews are like this?
My heritage is amazing, I have found out so much family history and ancestry through matching on other trees and dna, I have learned from distant relatives and followed my tree back several centuries, it has made me feel more grounded and connected
It's easy to use. The interface is welcoming. My favourite functions are:
- Theory of Relativity - it helps me see potential whakapapa lines that would take me months to break
- Adding family members is easy on laptop and my mobile phone
- The records and grave information - soo good
-being able to read digital images and zoom in and out. High quality images
My Heritage has been a great resource in completing our family history. It has been a wonderful resource for locating information on extended members of our families. The regular emails on searches also, whilst containing new information, act as a stimulus to get active again.
Fun discovering new relatives. Growing up although some of the persons were around, we had no idea we were related. Discovering my grandfather having the name McDougall, it took us a while to find out that his mother never gave him the name of his father that was Rigg, but she gave him her father's name McDougall. A surprise.
Answer: My issue was the automatic renewal without any kind of courtesy reminder prior to the effective date, as other businesses do. Advising one year in advance is a poor business practice. When I contacted them immediately on the renewal effective date, they refused to cancel and offered me a 25% discount. They eventually gave me the full refund but it was due to me turning it over to AMEX to resolve. I do however agree with the advice to base your renewal on your own personal experience.
Answer: You can find your site subscriptions via MyHeritage homepage - pull-down menu on the right upper corner button "Settings". Then click on "My purchases", and button "Site subscriptions". Click "View details". The details contain section "Cancel subscription". Maybe you can get advice by mail from MyHeritage support team (support@myheritage.com).
Answer: If you are looking to get as many connections to your tree that you can, use My Heritage. If you want flexibility in who is added to your tree, use Ancestry.
Answer: Dear Jonathan, Yes I have the same problem, I wrote to My Heritage and they have still not responded to my request for assistance. They are highly Sloppy and unprofessional in responding to customer request for assistance. Even though they have and excellent Technical Team. Fortunately I have another Computer with Windows 8 as a result of which I am able to continue working with my Website. But recently a few problems have cropped up with the recent upgrade of the My Heritage Program and have sent in a request for assistance and till today 3-5 months later I have no response. Apparently the company believes that they can play games with the customers. I firmly believe that they have somehow gone into self destructive mode.
Answer: Probbably you should like to know what are additional charges - described on MyHeritage site: Help Center > Account and Subscriptions > Subscriptions Whats the difference between a FAMILY SITE SUBSCRIPTION and a DATA SUBSCRIPTION? A Family Site Subscription (Premium or PremiumPlus) entitles you to increased storage on your family site for people in the family tree, photos, videos and documents. A Data Subscription entitles you with the access to billions of historical records in all the collections in SuperSearch. You also get unlimited access to Record Matches, including confirming and rejecting matches, if you have a family tree on MyHeritage.com. In addition, you can save and extract information from historical records you find in SuperSearch or get with Record Matches directly to your family tree.
Answer: If you have any problem with My Heritage you should email support@myheritage and state that you with to terminate the programme. They will tell you how to go about it. Hope that helps Sandra.
Answer: I believe a direct ancestor is someone without whom you would not be here. All your other ancestors are indirect.
Answer: Julija L. A: Probbably you should like to know what are additional charges - described on MyHeritage site: Help Center > Account and Subscriptions > Subscriptions Whats the difference between a FAMILY SITE SUBSCRIPTION and a DATA SUBSCRIPTION? A Family Site Subscription (Premium or PremiumPlus) entitles you to increased storage on your family site for people in the family tree, photos, videos and documents. A Data Subscription entitles you with the access to billions of historical records in all the collections in SuperSearch. You also get unlimited access to Record Matches, including confirming and rejecting matches, if you have a family tree on MyHeritage.com. In addition, you can save and extract information from historical records you find in SuperSearch or get with Record Matches directly to your family tree.
Answer: Hi After posting my complaint about MyHeritage on here I got a very quick response from some one called Dave at the company. He told me to send an email to support@myheritage.com and add the subject Dave: sitejabber. He responded a couple of days later - I emailed on a Saturday - and the auto repeat on my subscription was cancelled and my money refunded within days. Hope this helps.