Genealogy
A couple of things have recently made me aware of the wealth of public information that is available regarding genealogy.
The first was that in searching for our family roots in Japan, I had indirect communication with the Museum of Japanese Emigration To Hawaii in Suo-Oshima that we had visited on a previous trip. A volunteer at that museum sent me a packet of copies of old records about family members. Almost all of it came from Ancestry.com, and not from the museum archives. That meant I presumably would have found the information myself had I had access to that resource.
My original purpose was just to create a genogram family tree, and I first used what was available at the time -- a standalone shareware program. As internet genealogy sites came online, one stood out for enabling output of a vertical genogram format, and for having a basic free membership, so I transferred the standalone file to Geni. The relatively high cost of the "pro" version of that, and all other services kept me from going all in with full access.
In making a recent edit to our genogram on Geni, I learned that MyHeritage had acquired Geni several years ago, and parts of both are integrated. (Genograms will remain separate as they are based on different models.) Having two separate genograms sounds like a pain, but there is a paid membership category for a data subscription only. In trying to figure out the best way to use the services, I noticed that LDS FamilySearch members can get free access to MyHeritage, Ancestry, and other services.
Carol Imai, have you used FamilySearch? If so, I wonder if you would be willing to use the LDS links to see what data is available from MyHeritage and Ancestry?
A couple of things have recently made me aware of the wealth of public information that is available regarding genealogy.
The first was that in searching for our family roots in Japan, I had indirect communication with the Museum of Japanese Emigration To Hawaii in Suo-Oshima that we had visited on a previous trip. A volunteer at that museum sent me a packet of copies of old records about family members. Almost all of it came from Ancestry.com, and not from the museum archives. That meant I presumably would have found the information myself had I had access to that resource.
My original purpose was just to create a genogram family tree, and I first used what was available at the time -- a standalone shareware program. As internet genealogy sites came online, one stood out for enabling output of a vertical genogram format, and for having a basic free membership, so I transferred the standalone file to Geni. The relatively high cost of the "pro" version of that, and all other services kept me from going all in with full access.
In making a recent edit to our genogram on Geni, I learned that MyHeritage had acquired Geni several years ago, and parts of both are integrated. (Genograms will remain separate as they are based on different models.) Having two separate genograms sounds like a pain, but there is a paid membership category for a data subscription only. In trying to figure out the best way to use the services, I noticed that LDS FamilySearch members can get free access to MyHeritage, Ancestry, and other services.
Carol Imai, have you used FamilySearch? If so, I wonder if you would be willing to use the LDS links to see what data is available from MyHeritage and Ancestry?
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