An Overview of European Record Collections on MyHeritage

DNA testing in genealogy is an important new tool for us to use in our research. This introductory session will detail the types of DNA tests available and the results a test taker can expect from ethnicity estimates to DNA matches and how we can use these to find relatives…

Many products and services at MyHeritage are designed to help genealogists spend their time efficiently. This session will demonstrate how having a tree on MyHeritage opens an incredible array of services which work seamlessly and automatically to find relevant and new information for genealogists to incorporate into their research.

MyHeritage has partnered with archives and institutions to publish a wealth of new collections for Scandinavia and Finland. This session will describe and demonstrate these incredible resources and provide strategies for using these new collections. There has never been a better time to do Scandinavian and Finnish research.

Many people can trace their ancestry to he Austro-Hungarian Empire, or at least the countries that were part of the empire at one time. It can be confusing, however, to keep track of these regions, especially those that are not on modern maps. This session will help you to understand the empire's wide reach, and will explain to best tools to use in your search for places.

It takes a few special tricks to find places in Germany and points east. The researcher can save time by consulting the best sources. This lecture includes several samples from the problems Dave has been asked to solve over the years.

MyHeritage discovers your DNA matches, individuals with which you share DNA from a common ancestor. how are we able to detect that? How are we able to predict the degree of relationship given the amount of DNA shared? And how do we match your DNA against such a large genetic…

When you login to see your matches at MyHeritage DNA, your initial excitement at your sudden popularity (who knew you had thousands of DNA cousins?) is often quickly replaced by confusion as you try to figure out how you are all related. In this easy-to-understand 45 minutes you will learn…

Newspapers are a valuable resource for genealogy research. Don’t think your ancestors were not important enough to appear in the paper OR that it is too difficult to find anything in newspaper records. Learn how to leverage the historic newspapers at MyHeritage to locate your ancestors, understand their daily lives…

Have you taken a DNA-test to find an unknown parent or grandparent? Or have a DNA-test discovered a big family secret, like dad not being dad? Which family members can you expect to find with a DNA-test? How can you find dad with a DNA-test with no clue on who…