Excellent for entering and updating genealogic data 01 December 2014 Reviewer: Mmendel from Israel
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I started to use My Heritage and their Family Tree Builder just this year, having transferred my GEDCOM data from another, older program. MyHeritage's web access makes it easy for other members of my family to gain access and update their entries and that makes things much more efficient. The FTBuilder also allows entry of foreign names (particularly Hebrew) and information that other programs did not. The Smart Matches have been very helpful and sometimes surprising in their results. I did have some issues with Log In between FTB and the My Heritage website, but the support team has been helpful. On the "downside": There are some unexpected expenses as you go through the system: if you want to access some of the genealogical data that the program directs you to, it appears that you have to pay a $10/mo fee, and that seems to me to be excessive. The backup service is also fairly expensive and that's after you've paid for the full version. Still, this is a robust genealogy program and its web based format is making it possible for me to maximize the contributions and cooperation of family members to build a real family tree for us.
In summary, I would recommend My Heritage to a friend.
