Looking for an ancestor? MyHeritage has many research options. However, there are 10 that are must-haves for any researcher. Join me as we explore what databases you need to know about and how to research them so you can find that ancestor.
Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women's history. She holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women's St...
Really EXCELLENT! Very well organixed for taking useful notes. \n\nShe is always so clear in her explanation and advice. \n\nSince I wasn't aware of these databases, I'll have to view this webinar again.\n\nSpoke very clearly; good information; seemed a little short.\n\nThank you - this was very helpful for me, as I'm a very new subscriber to MyHeritage.\n\nThank you for showing me things to make my My Heritage membership more valuable.\n\nThank you Gena Philibert-Ortega for another very informative & educational webinar - excellent presentation!!!\n\nThank You!\n\nThank you...good highlights of some of the various records!\n\nthanks\n\nThe presenter generated some very useful ideas on collections I was not aware of. I would have liked more details in the notes, but that may be a quibble. \n\nThe presenter highlighted important collections that provide different data bases within My Heritage that can add value to any researcher's challenges.\n\nthe presenter is knowledgeable and personable and disseminates information in a most easy-to-understand format. thank you very much.\n\nThe presenter was very knowledgeable and explain things at the right level.\n\nThere were some interesting new places to check out. \n\nThey are always good.\n\nThis was very helpful and informative.\n\nThis was wonderful! I learned so much about My Heritage that I didn't know. Thanks, Gena!\n\nTotally blown away by the density of info that is available in these sources.\n\nVery clear visually and soundwise.\n\nvery good\n\nVery good information\n\nVery Good information . I am just beginning too use My Hertiage\n\nVery good information. Glad I watched live.\n\nvery helpful\n\nvery helpful\n\nVery helpful to a relatively inexperienced researcher dealing with matters far distant from New Zealand where I live. Thanks.\n\nVery Helpful! Thanks\n\nVery helpful. Thank you\n\nvery informative\n\nVery informative and well done! An hour VERY well spent!\n\nvery informative\n\nVery informative.\n\nVery informative. Learned a lot. Inspired to go searching! Thank you.\n\nvery informative. Learned items I didn't know of.\n\nVery informative. Nice to know how to navigate the website.\n\nVery interesting, I will need to consider subscribing to My Heritage. \n\nVery interesting, lots of useful information. \n\nVery thorough!\n\nVery useful. Great presenter.\n\nWell Presented\n\nWell presented. Very clear. Good illustrations.\n\nWhat a great start to the year with this excellent overview of the major databases at My Heritage!\n\nWonderful webinar. Thank you. I didn't realize MyHeritage had all those collections. Can't wait to start checking them out.\n\nWOW! Thank you! Your tips have been a big help! : )
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Legacy Family Tree
6 years ago
I always learn something new on these webinars. Thank you.\n\nI did not know about these collections, wonderful find. Can't wait to do my searches on these collections.\n\nI did not know MyHeritage had an Education Center. I just signed up for emails. \n\nI enjoy this speaker. \n\nI enjoyed the webinar very much. It reminded me of the additional options available for searching for my ancestors.\n\nI had no idea that My Heritage had so many collections. Thank you for enlightening me. Can't wait to start exploring them.\n\nI have a much better understanding of My Heritage offerings! \n\nI have been doing research for over 20 years and still learned new things. Great presentation.\n\nI have been researching for 35 years and it is never too late to learn new research techniques and very helpful to revisit the often used techniques. A+++ Athna-May Bliss Porter\n\nI learned lots. Thanks so much for your information.\n\nI really am excited about the 10 items that I hadn't thought about and might learn additional tidbits about relatives. Thank you for the eye-opening webinar.\n\nI so appreciate this webinar! For some reason I was finding if difficult to research within My Heritage, although I have been a member for years. Now I'm weeing the errors of my ways!\n\nI'm new to MyHeritage so the webinar gives me many ideas of features I need to learn to use. \n\nIt was excellent. It gave me a list of collections that I have to research. Thank you.\n\nIt was good\n\nI've attended a number of webinars given by Gena. She's great.\n\nLearned a lot of new searches that are possible.\n\nLearned about other places to find things I didn’t know ????\n\nLearned lots of new ways to find ancestor information on My Heritage. \n\nLots of information in a short time!! Hopefully more like this from MyHeritage\n\nLots of places to check out - way more than I thought MyHeritage had!!!!\n\nLove that she went by her syllabus!\n\nLoved this. So much information that I'd never used.\n\nmany new ideas for searches at My Heritage. Thank you!\n\nMarian & Gena, this is the best webinar I have ever seen, out of ~50. Every minute of this one was a goldmine! I’m glad I didn’t watch it afterwards at 2x speed as I usually do - although the voices are fun that way. Thank you so much!\n\nmy first attendance at a My Heritage webinar and I am glad I did. I am registered for others\n\nNIce Presentation on My Heritage Sources\n\nNice tour about the highlights of MyHeritage! Love these webinars!\n\nOh this was a wonderful webinar! Thank you!\n\nPresented well.
LT
Legacy Family Tree
6 years ago
A ton of good information. Great webinar.\n\nAll great --- easy connection, good narrative and slides. Learned a lot about this database that I had not explored.\n\nAlways an informative seminar from Gena- thank you!\n\nAlways enjoy listening to Gena. Her review of the catalogs is excellent as she looks at it from the user standpoint.\n\nAwesome! Thanks for the time preparing this webinar!\n\nBrilliant webinar with lots of fantastic information to review and use.\n\nEasy to understand. Information valuable for a beginner as well as advanced student\n\nEven though I use MyHeritage frequently, I learned something new about some of the key data bases they have. Very informative.\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent - I've been confused/frustrated in searching only to find that I'm referred back to free sites that I already use. Now with this webinar, I understand WHY that is so, and the variety and details available on searching MyHeritage. Very useful webinar, Gina is always clear as a bell, handout is practical!! Highly recommended.\n\nExcellent as always\n\nExcellent information\n\nExcellent information!!!\n\nExcellent presentation. Presenter's voice & demeanor is pleasing to the ear!\n\nExcellent tips!\n\nExcellent! What great information from a great speaker. Now I know what other great things there are to do on My Heritage! Thank you!!\n\nExcellent!! Great information and tips given by Gena Philibert-Ortega on 10 Must Have MyHeritage Databases.\n\nExcellent, I always learn something from Gena. \n\nExcellent.\n\nFantastic\n\nGena had so many clues that will help me with my deliberately missing ancestors.\n\nGena is a great speaker and presenter. \n\nGena is always a fabulous presenter!\n\nGena Philibert-Ortega is one of my favorite genealogical speakers and didn't disappoint today - great info, presented with excellence!!! Thank you!\n\nGena was easy to understand. I liked her showing examples and go-tos. Time well spent.\n\nGood presenter\n\nGood useful information. Presenter very energetic. I like that.\n\nGot disconnected will watch again. Fabulous\n\nGreat\n\nGreat information\n\ngreat information about using myheritage\n\nGreat information! It's good to know what else is out there to look into. \n\nGreat information, plan to revisit the site and explore. Thank you!\n\nGreat intro conversation. I liked the speaker's approach to connecting with others through Comments, and her not assuming that her listeners were familiar with all the benefits of using MyHeritage resources. Well done!\n\nGreat list of 10 Must haves and how to use. Thank you\n\nGreat overview and handout of the available databases at MyHeritage.\n\nGreat overview of the databases on My Heritage!\n\nGreat presentation \n\nGreat presentation, easy to understand with a lot of new information for me at least.\n\nGreat presentation. Provided information I needed to help me understand MyHeritage and how to target my searches. \n\nGreat seminar to kick-off the new year. Gena is an excellent presenter & provided some new ideas that I haven't used in the past. Thanks so much!\n\ngreat stuff thanks\n\ngreat topic for my research; great speaker!!!!\n\nGreat Webinar - made me aware that I am not using my MyHeritage subscription enough. \n\nThanks for a wonderful webinar.\n\nHas made me aware of collections I never knew about.\n\nhelpful on how to search
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Really EXCELLENT! Very well organixed for taking useful notes. \n\nShe is always so clear in her explanation and advice. \n\nSince I wasn't aware of these databases, I'll have to view this webinar again.\n\nSpoke very clearly; good information; seemed a little short.\n\nThank you - this was very helpful for me, as I'm a very new subscriber to MyHeritage.\n\nThank you for showing me things to make my My Heritage membership more valuable.\n\nThank you Gena Philibert-Ortega for another very informative & educational webinar - excellent presentation!!!\n\nThank You!\n\nThank you...good highlights of some of the various records!\n\nthanks\n\nThe presenter generated some very useful ideas on collections I was not aware of. I would have liked more details in the notes, but that may be a quibble. \n\nThe presenter highlighted important collections that provide different data bases within My Heritage that can add value to any researcher's challenges.\n\nthe presenter is knowledgeable and personable and disseminates information in a most easy-to-understand format. thank you very much.\n\nThe presenter was very knowledgeable and explain things at the right level.\n\nThere were some interesting new places to check out. \n\nThey are always good.\n\nThis was very helpful and informative.\n\nThis was wonderful! I learned so much about My Heritage that I didn't know. Thanks, Gena!\n\nTotally blown away by the density of info that is available in these sources.\n\nVery clear visually and soundwise.\n\nvery good\n\nVery good information\n\nVery Good information . I am just beginning too use My Hertiage\n\nVery good information. Glad I watched live.\n\nvery helpful\n\nvery helpful\n\nVery helpful to a relatively inexperienced researcher dealing with matters far distant from New Zealand where I live. Thanks.\n\nVery Helpful! Thanks\n\nVery helpful. Thank you\n\nvery informative\n\nVery informative and well done! An hour VERY well spent!\n\nvery informative\n\nVery informative.\n\nVery informative. Learned a lot. Inspired to go searching! Thank you.\n\nvery informative. Learned items I didn't know of.\n\nVery informative. Nice to know how to navigate the website.\n\nVery interesting, I will need to consider subscribing to My Heritage. \n\nVery interesting, lots of useful information. \n\nVery thorough!\n\nVery useful. Great presenter.\n\nWell Presented\n\nWell presented. Very clear. Good illustrations.\n\nWhat a great start to the year with this excellent overview of the major databases at My Heritage!\n\nWonderful webinar. Thank you. I didn't realize MyHeritage had all those collections. Can't wait to start checking them out.\n\nWOW! Thank you! Your tips have been a big help! : )
I always learn something new on these webinars. Thank you.\n\nI did not know about these collections, wonderful find. Can't wait to do my searches on these collections.\n\nI did not know MyHeritage had an Education Center. I just signed up for emails. \n\nI enjoy this speaker. \n\nI enjoyed the webinar very much. It reminded me of the additional options available for searching for my ancestors.\n\nI had no idea that My Heritage had so many collections. Thank you for enlightening me. Can't wait to start exploring them.\n\nI have a much better understanding of My Heritage offerings! \n\nI have been doing research for over 20 years and still learned new things. Great presentation.\n\nI have been researching for 35 years and it is never too late to learn new research techniques and very helpful to revisit the often used techniques. A+++ Athna-May Bliss Porter\n\nI learned lots. Thanks so much for your information.\n\nI really am excited about the 10 items that I hadn't thought about and might learn additional tidbits about relatives. Thank you for the eye-opening webinar.\n\nI so appreciate this webinar! For some reason I was finding if difficult to research within My Heritage, although I have been a member for years. Now I'm weeing the errors of my ways!\n\nI'm new to MyHeritage so the webinar gives me many ideas of features I need to learn to use. \n\nIt was excellent. It gave me a list of collections that I have to research. Thank you.\n\nIt was good\n\nI've attended a number of webinars given by Gena. She's great.\n\nLearned a lot of new searches that are possible.\n\nLearned about other places to find things I didn’t know ????\n\nLearned lots of new ways to find ancestor information on My Heritage. \n\nLots of information in a short time!! Hopefully more like this from MyHeritage\n\nLots of places to check out - way more than I thought MyHeritage had!!!!\n\nLove that she went by her syllabus!\n\nLoved this. So much information that I'd never used.\n\nmany new ideas for searches at My Heritage. Thank you!\n\nMarian & Gena, this is the best webinar I have ever seen, out of ~50. Every minute of this one was a goldmine! I’m glad I didn’t watch it afterwards at 2x speed as I usually do - although the voices are fun that way. Thank you so much!\n\nmy first attendance at a My Heritage webinar and I am glad I did. I am registered for others\n\nNIce Presentation on My Heritage Sources\n\nNice tour about the highlights of MyHeritage! Love these webinars!\n\nOh this was a wonderful webinar! Thank you!\n\nPresented well.
A ton of good information. Great webinar.\n\nAll great --- easy connection, good narrative and slides. Learned a lot about this database that I had not explored.\n\nAlways an informative seminar from Gena- thank you!\n\nAlways enjoy listening to Gena. Her review of the catalogs is excellent as she looks at it from the user standpoint.\n\nAwesome! Thanks for the time preparing this webinar!\n\nBrilliant webinar with lots of fantastic information to review and use.\n\nEasy to understand. Information valuable for a beginner as well as advanced student\n\nEven though I use MyHeritage frequently, I learned something new about some of the key data bases they have. Very informative.\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent - I've been confused/frustrated in searching only to find that I'm referred back to free sites that I already use. Now with this webinar, I understand WHY that is so, and the variety and details available on searching MyHeritage. Very useful webinar, Gina is always clear as a bell, handout is practical!! Highly recommended.\n\nExcellent as always\n\nExcellent information\n\nExcellent information!!!\n\nExcellent presentation. Presenter's voice & demeanor is pleasing to the ear!\n\nExcellent tips!\n\nExcellent! What great information from a great speaker. Now I know what other great things there are to do on My Heritage! Thank you!!\n\nExcellent!! Great information and tips given by Gena Philibert-Ortega on 10 Must Have MyHeritage Databases.\n\nExcellent, I always learn something from Gena. \n\nExcellent.\n\nFantastic\n\nGena had so many clues that will help me with my deliberately missing ancestors.\n\nGena is a great speaker and presenter. \n\nGena is always a fabulous presenter!\n\nGena Philibert-Ortega is one of my favorite genealogical speakers and didn't disappoint today - great info, presented with excellence!!! Thank you!\n\nGena was easy to understand. I liked her showing examples and go-tos. Time well spent.\n\nGood presenter\n\nGood useful information. Presenter very energetic. I like that.\n\nGot disconnected will watch again. Fabulous\n\nGreat\n\nGreat information\n\ngreat information about using myheritage\n\nGreat information! It's good to know what else is out there to look into. \n\nGreat information, plan to revisit the site and explore. Thank you!\n\nGreat intro conversation. I liked the speaker's approach to connecting with others through Comments, and her not assuming that her listeners were familiar with all the benefits of using MyHeritage resources. Well done!\n\nGreat list of 10 Must haves and how to use. Thank you\n\nGreat overview and handout of the available databases at MyHeritage.\n\nGreat overview of the databases on My Heritage!\n\nGreat presentation \n\nGreat presentation, easy to understand with a lot of new information for me at least.\n\nGreat presentation. Provided information I needed to help me understand MyHeritage and how to target my searches. \n\nGreat seminar to kick-off the new year. Gena is an excellent presenter & provided some new ideas that I haven't used in the past. Thanks so much!\n\ngreat stuff thanks\n\ngreat topic for my research; great speaker!!!!\n\nGreat Webinar - made me aware that I am not using my MyHeritage subscription enough. \n\nThanks for a wonderful webinar.\n\nHas made me aware of collections I never knew about.\n\nhelpful on how to search