Re: Sharon, Our main servers are secure and internally backed up, so there’s no chance that your data will suddenly be lost. What this service does offer is insurance if you make changes which you later may want to undo. Some people prefer to do backups themselves via manual GEDCOM files, which is fine. The benefit of our method is that it makes backing up more convenient (it’s automated), and makes restoration easier as well. Having a backup on a server offers some benefits over one on a computer, too: for instance, if your computer were to break, or if you are frequently using more than one computer. Our new backup keeps not only the GEDCOM files but also all the photos. If you have many photos, backing them up yourself every month is possible, but can be tedious, and this is where the backup service can come in handy. Please note that even if you do not buy the backup service, if something breaks with your tree and we can restore it from our latest internal backup, we will do that for you or any customer as a courtesy, free of charge.

There is also a problem with the back up system being offered. The back up files will be gedcom, right? First of all, I can download the gedcom files free so why would I pay for that? Secondly, if you load a gedcom file onto a My Heritage site it will let you see it but not edit it. So I would have to start again anyway!

Thanks!