Questions tagged [myheritage.com]

Questions related to the use of this commercial genealogy company's site.

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How to handle smartmatches on myheritage.com - true similar interests vs trolling for huge trees?

I participate in myheritage.com. It has a feature called smartmatches that show you where they surmise other trees have common ancestors with your tree. I find this feature both useful and annoying. I try to 'confirm' the smartmatches (their term…
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How could I make myheritage print tree with step-dads?

There is nice tree printing mode for posters in myheritage.com. I use "ancestors" mode to print all ancestors for my daughter. But it prefers "birth" dads to step-dads, but in our familiy tree printing there is places where we actually prefer…
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What's the difference between the World Vital Records and My Heritage databases?

I understand that My Heritage acquired World Vital Records in 2011. Do the two sites have the same databases, or does one provide more information than the other?
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Contacting MyHeritage users without premium account

Does anybody knows a trick of how to contact other users of MyHeritage if I am not using a premium account? Just purchasing the premium account for an email contact is an overkill for me.
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Deleting fact in MyHeritage "New Fact" panel?

How can I delete a fact that is listed in the "New Fact" panel? Right now I have a list of 18 "BAPTISM" facts in the right hand pane from which to choose from. Can I somehow delete 17 of them?
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