http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/02/photographs-enrich-your-family-history/ Sun, 19 May 2013 14:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/02/photographs-enrich-your-family-history/#comment-19317 Yagmur Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:22:41 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=20707#comment-19317 Most genealogy stfoware, including Legacy, has a free download version. Before purchasing any of them for your boyfriend, I'd strongly suggest you try them out. Even if you're not interested in genealogy, you should be able to tell whether it is too simple or overly-complex, whether it does searches, etc. Most, I believe, will not allow searches of commercial databases. Most databases of genealogical information are not free. The big exception is the IGI, which can be extremely useful and extremely frustrating. Some of the data on it comes from formal sources but much is user-generated and prone to horrible errors. The best on-line site to access the genealogical sources is Ancestry.com. Some dislike it, and the user-generated content is of debatable value, but it has the broadest range of data available. It is an invaluable tool for anyone serious about genealogy. You do not say where your boyfriend's family comes from but it comes in US/Canada/UK or Worldwide editions. Good luck. Most genealogy stfoware, including Legacy, has a free download version. Before purchasing any of them for your boyfriend, I’d strongly suggest you try them out. Even if you’re not interested in genealogy, you should be able to tell whether it is too simple or overly-complex, whether it does searches, etc. Most, I believe, will not allow searches of commercial databases. Most databases of genealogical information are not free. The big exception is the IGI, which can be extremely useful and extremely frustrating. Some of the data on it comes from formal sources but much is user-generated and prone to horrible errors. The best on-line site to access the genealogical sources is Ancestry.com. Some dislike it, and the user-generated content is of debatable value, but it has the broadest range of data available. It is an invaluable tool for anyone serious about genealogy. You do not say where your boyfriend’s family comes from but it comes in US/Canada/UK or Worldwide editions. Good luck.

]]> http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/02/photographs-enrich-your-family-history/#comment-17018 Carol, The Archivist Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:41:58 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=20707#comment-17018 Informative article with valuable suggestions, James. Thanks for sharing! Informative article with valuable suggestions, James. Thanks for sharing!

]]> http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/02/photographs-enrich-your-family-history/#comment-16950 Sharon Barry-Taylor Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:27:44 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=20707#comment-16950 So excited to have found you ! I have appointed myself the family historian recently. So to have this kind of help is invaluable to me ! Sharon X So excited to have found you ! I have appointed myself the family historian recently. So to have this kind of help is invaluable to me !
Sharon X

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