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How do I get Record Matches?

Record Matching intelligently compares the 6 billion family tree profiles on MyHeritage to over 30 billion historical records on the MyHeritage historical records search engine and automatically finds matches for you.


If you have Record Matches, you will see a notification appear on the sidebar of the homepage in your family site alerting you that you have matches.

Click on the notification to enter the results page or click on the ‘Discoveries’ tab.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​



You don’t need to do anything to get Record Matches. We do the work automatically behind the scenes and notify you if matches are found.


Processing over more than 30 billion records to find ones relevant to your tree takes time, so please be patient if you haven’t received records yet.


You’ll receive an email when matches are found and you’ll see them on your family site.


Please note:


The Record Matches feature runs for free for everyone who has one or more family trees on MyHeritage.


Viewing the matches is free, but viewing full records and their scanned images or newspaper articles requires a Data Subscription which is the same subscription used to view records in the MyHeritage historical records search engine, – our search engine for historical records.


To learn more about this topic, read this article on the MyHeritage Knowledge Base: How do I get Record Matches? On MyHeritage Knowledge Base, you'll find additional articles, webinars, and how-to videos that can help you master your genealogy skills.

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