I have used the browser based "Family Tree" "Tree" view "Modern" to add many family records. Very convenient! On several occasions, "Smart Match" icons appeared in some boxes. However, they are very rarely present and I've not found a way to make them visible. On one occasion I clicked on one and it successfully matched a record to entries already created by a distant family member that I'd never met. So I see the system is working behind the scenes - but links are showing rarely if ever so I can't access it. The "Family Tree" "Smart Matches" page reports "No matches are currently available" (yes I'm only a few days in). I am using Chrome on a Windows XP box.
When I first started my family tree (basic user), I immediately saw several smart matches. Very exciting! I looked them over and then closed the window to try to figure out how to add the new information. Now the smart matches don't show up at all and in the Smart Matches window it says that I don't have any. Why?
Smart Matching on basic family sites can take up to a week to process. Can I ask you to hang in there and if you don't see matches in a few more days to let us know?
After 70 years, I have found relatives belonging to my Father whom I never knew.They live in England, I live on the other side of the world in Australia.
We have now developed a great relationship and hopefully this will continue to grow as we get to know each other better.
Thanks to My Heritage for helping make this possible.
It is wonderful to hear your story. It must be a very happy holiday for you.
Thanks so much for taking the time to let us know of your success. I hear a lot of stories from people who have found relations they weren't aware of and I know how exciting that can be.
I assume you found each other through Smart Matching - did you know you were contacting a long lost relative when you got in touch with each other or did you find out only after conversing?
Have you been to visit or do you plan to? (If I lived in England I would be thrilled to have an Australian relative to visit right about now ;)
Best of luck in your researches and future contacts from the whole team...
i have been looking for my dads side ofthe family i know my dad wa born in kansas city ,mo in 1942 his name is rolley dale turner now iam stuck on my grandfather rolley houston turner that side of the family are all dead my mom and dad have passed recently also . please help if u can
You can research your family history using the following methods:
1. Use our specialized genealogy search engine MyHeritage.com Research, found here:http://www.myheritage.com/research. It utilizes a unique approach: each search that you run there, will be applied on 1,500 different genealogy databases and websites (including MyHeritage.com) and you will receive consolidated results. Each search takes time but will save you months of manual searches.
2. Use the MyHeritage.com Smart Matches feature. This unique feature compares your family tree to the millions of other family trees on MyHeritage.com and discovers family trees that match (overlap) your tree. This is found in the Family Tree > Smart Matches page of your family site, or in the Family Tree Builder software. If you are using Family Tree Builder, be sure to publish your family tree first as this increases the quality and quantity of your Smart Matches.
3. Use the Smart Research feature in Family Tree Builder (Premium feature). It will research your entire family tree automatically in more than 100 of the world's best genealogy websites and databases.
4. Submit a question to other genealogists on our genealogy forums, here:http://www.myheritage.com/genealogy-forums
Med det nya smart matches-systemet tycker jag det har blivit mycket krångligare att se om träffarna stämmer. Tidsödande och många steg. Beror det på att jag har överskridit mina 250 medlemmar och ej uppgraderat?
För närvarande har jag väldigt litet tid över för släkten och väntar med uppgradering tills jag har tid.
Fick nyss en med 88% vilket gjorde att jag blev nyfiken, men annars...
1. In your Family Site, in the Family Tree > Smart Matches page. Here you will be able to view the information in the matched tree, as well as send a message to the other Site Manager, requesting membership in his Family Site, for example.
2. In Family Tree Builder, in the Smart Matches section. Here you will be able to view the match, send a message to the other Site manager, and if you are a Premium user - use the auto-merge function, to add the new information to your tree.
In the future we will add the option of adding links between two trees on MyHeritage.com.
1. In your Family Site, in the Family Tree > Smart Matches page. Here you will be able to view the information in the matched tree, as well as send a message to the other Site Manager, requesting membership in his Family Site, for example.
2. In Family Tree Builder, in the Smart Matches section. Here you will be able to view the match, send a message to the other Site manager, and if you are a Premium user - use the auto-merge function, to add the new information to your tree.
In the future we will add the option of adding links between two trees on MyHeritage.com.
I would appreciate just knowing how to turn smart matching OFF. I get gobs of notifications and most of them are the same ones over and over. How do we stop getting the same ones, especially if they are not relevant?
Sorry I realize this is an old subject by now, but you suggest marking matches as rejected in FTB. I have done that and they are still showing up in my Smart Match list. What do I have to do to make the ones I reject disappear?
