Comparing the Genealogy Giants 2020: Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast, and MyHeritage

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   Thanks for all the info on the genealogy websites expansions.\n\nThanks for the update!!\n\nThanks for this very interesting webinar\n\nThanks to Sunny for all the work she put into preparing the seminar.\n\nTHE best webinar for me until now. Thank you\n\nThe webinar was very interesting in giving in depth information on the major genealogy sites and available info on these sites.\n\nThere is so much to each of the four giants that we could only learn here about a few aspects of each\n\nThis review of all The Giants is very helpful!\n\nThis was an excellent webinar. I am so grateful to Sunny Morton for researching this information for us. It is especially helpful since many repositories are closed and we are at home more because of the pandemic, and will consequently spend more time doing on-line research.\n\nthis was great\n\nThis was my fist time listening to Sunny Jane Morton and I loved it. She’s an excellent speaker who is concise, articulate and pleasant, besides being an expert on Genealogy. Now I have more webinars to watch!\n\nThis webinar is an excellent overview of the four giants in the genealogy community. Sunny brought out information on each company with skill and understanding of her subject. I was introduced to so much information that I will be reviewing this webinar to make sure I didn't miss anything!! I thoroughly enjoyed this webinar and look forward to viewing other projects by Sunny Morton. Great webinar, knowledgeable speaker!! \n\nToday's choices are always difficult to make when it comes to all the sources out there. Knowing a bit more about each Giant was very interesting. Great presenter as well. Thanks.\n\nTons of great information, as alaways!\n\nTons of information!!! Will take a week or more to just hit the highlighted areas on the actually site. Thank you!!\n\nUseful information to help you determine which site has the kind of records you are looking for.\n\nVery clear, organized. Good pace.\n\nVery fascinating!\n\nVery good information\n\nVery good knowledge of every site\n\nVery helpful :-) Thanks!\n\nVery helpful insights.\n\nVery helpful to see each company's strong points. The suggestion to switch subscriptions was helpful too. You can use a GEDCOM to go from one site to another. I'd like a webinar with more information on how to do that. Thanks.\n\nVery informative, I think my effectiveness in using the sites will increase.\n\nVery informative.\n\nVery informative. Instead of searching all 4 for redundant data. I know which one holds the path of least resistance\n\nVery interesting, thanks a lot!\n\nVery thorough and thus very helpful\n\nVery well done\n\nVery well done, clean graphics, good voice.\n\nVery well done. Glad I'm a member so I can go back and listen for details I'm particularly interested in. Excellent handout. Thank you\n\nVery well researched and organized and presented.\n\nVery, very helpful! So good to "discover" Sunny Morton. Thank you so much. Very good to know what new collections specifically have been added and thus where one can immediately head to - right away. Speaker is excellent - clear, concise, easy to take notes from, good examples and high energy to boot. Looking forward to the November Newspapers webinar. Great that she referenced it in the presentation as I had not noticed it.\n\nWell done with good information\n\nWell organized and a lot of useful information! Can't wait to read the handout!\n\nWill go back and listen to the 2018 webinar comparing Better insights into what's available (will try library editions Great point about trees getting wider \n\nWill check out more on My Heritage State newspapers, city directories (great insight into what life was like in intro pageas\n\nWonderful webinar on comparing the genealogy giants.\n\nWonderful!!

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   Learned about so many features I didn't know existed. Fantastic.\n\nLearned of some records I didn't know were available. I know I wouldn't have the time to do this kind of research.\n\nLot of good info to help compare various sites and to learn about new resources.\n\nLots of good info!\n\nLots of good information and presented well by Sunny Morton. \n\nLots of great hints and ideas for my research!\n\nLots of great info.\n\nLots of great information\n\nLots of information; Sunny is very informed. However, I use only 2 of the systems she talked about, making about half of the information useless for me.\n\nLots of new info\n\nlots of up to date information \n\nLots of useful info. I'm especially looking forward to checking out the Tree-to-Tree Hints on FindmyPast and the StoryScout on Ancestry. Thank you.\n\nLoved it, thanks Sunny. \n\nMarvelous. There goes the rest of my life!\n\nMaterial clearly presented, well organized and easily understood.\n\nMy first webinar, excellent information!\n\nneeding to listen to the recording and get handouts\n\nOverwhelming great\n\nParticularly appreciated hearing about new collections that I might have missed at each website. Very helpful.\n\nReceived great take aways from Sunny's presentation and will begin acting on some of them now. Loved the advice to use a site for 1 period of time, take a break, then return to get new information. Learned I'm not using my subscriptions to the fullest. How did she say one can squeeze more hours into their day? ;) Thank you to all involved in putting this great presentation together.\n\nShe was very Interesting, & stuck to the point. Thank you very much. best regards, Thomas\n\nSo great!!\n\nSo many great webinars; so little time! Thanks for another great one.\n\nSo useful!\n\nSunny always does a great job.\n\nSunny does incredible research on her topic, and presents it in a informative and fun way.\n\nSunny gave a lot of very helpful information regarding the Big 4 genealogy websites. Will check the handout for more links. Good job!\n\nSunny has done this webinar before but she does a great job of focusing on all the new features since the last update yet providing newbies with basic information too\n\nSunny is a great presenter on any topic! Thanks.\n\nSunny is a joy to listen to.\n\nSunny is always a very informative speaker with a wealth of information to share. Excellent presentation.\n\nSunny is very informative and presents it very well\n\nSunny is very informative. She is wonderful to listen to with her excitement on the subjects. \n\nSunny Morton is an knowledgeable, energetic and interesting presenter.\n\nsuper! thank you\n\nThank you\n\nThank you

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3. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   Great concise information! I have to explore now.\n\nGreat content!\n\nGreat info\n\nGreat information \n\ngreat information and tips\n\nGreat information and very engaging speaker\n\nGreat information well presented.\n\nGreat information!\n\nGreat information.\n\nGreat information. Really appreciate the research that went into this webinar. Thank you.\n\nGreat Information; very comprehensive.\n\nGreat insights to one of the modern-day genealogy mysteries!\n\ngreat overview of the Big 4! Much research to look forward to! Thanks!\n\nGreat presentation - picked up several good ideas to go on with\n\nGreat Presentation - TONS of great updates to the top databases! \n\ngreat presenter. Good information. Great host in Geoff.\n\nGreat recap of the giants new stuff. I'm definitely going back to watch Sonny's 2018 webinar on the giants.\n\nGreat Thanks\n\nGreat to get an overview of the latest differences in these giants\n\nGreat to have all those links in the handout!\n\nGreat update!\n\nGreat update! Thanks!\n\nGreat webinar compairing the different genealogy websites Very informative.\n\nhandy information\n\nI always look forward to this annual webinar subject! I did find I had difficulty keeping up today, could it be due to Covid fog??? Fortunately I can go back and rewatch it as many times as I would like.\n\nI am a genealogy dabbler. I did, however, enjoy and learn something from this webinar and will certainly try out some of the tips given.\n\nI am new Genealogy research. This program was very informative. I will be taking Sunny's advise and review her 2018 webinar,\n\nI could keep up with Sunny as I was taking notes.\n\nI enjoyed the presentation, especially some of the suggested websites which I have not used. I have been doing genealogy for quite some time and started and currently have my genealogy on two websites. \n\nI enjoyed the webinar and it was helpful to find out what the genealogy giants have to offer in terms of records. I now know where to go to look for the types of records that I'm looking for.\n\nI found several things to check into. A big plus if I can remember them when I run out of genealogy I want to do!\n\nI found this very informative about the new information available at the giant websites.\n\nI had a conflict so could only watch part of program. I plan to watch it over during the week.\n\nI learned a few new tips, so this was definitely worth my time! Thanks. \n\nI learned a lot from the webinar. Thank you for having a great speaker(Sunny) \n\nI love the comparisons, and the new info about these sites. Well done.\n\nI thought that Sunny Morton's lecture was terrific! \n\nI want to Thank you for all your hard work compiling this webinar. I thought I was keeping up to date on what was being offered on these sites. Boy was I wrong. I was only aware of about 25% of what you covered. I have my work cut out for me. Thanks again. \n\nI was looking for more of the nuts and bolts. Apparently that was done in 2018 and this was the latest additions to these websites. This was good too.\n\nInteresting\n\nInteresting!\n\nInteresting!\n\nIt was great, but, so much information at once. It could easily have been longer (or two). Thanks for making it available!\n\nit was really great\n\nKnowledgeable speaker and very engaging discussion of new record acquisitions.

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4. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   1st Webinar - enjoyed it! Will take a look at 2018 version as suggested. Thanks. \n\nA good overview of the different sites. Thank you\n\nA great overview of the collections. Much new information even on sites that I use regularly.\n\nA learning experience for sure. Sunny Morton covered so many differences among the four top genealogy sites. It was a great webinar. Thank you.\n\nA lot of good information.\n\nA lot of information to digest. Great hints and things to consider when choosing a Genealogy website.\n\nA lot of options. Great seminar.\n\nA TON of information and new additions to the big Genealogy Websites. Awesome amount of new offerings!\n\nAlways a winner! Thanks Geoff & Sunny. :)\n\nAlways find her presentations informational and well done. Thanks!\n\nAmazing new resources for research!\n\nas always got quite a few tips which I will follow up today, thanks for a great job!!\n\nAwesome\n\nawesome so helpful\n\nAWESOME! I missed the beginning, so need to rewatch it, I'm sure many times. As always, she is fantastic! Thank you.\n\nAwesome. \n\ncan't wait for the Newspapers webinar\n\nCoulda / shouda brought a lunch!!! I would have listened for hours - very very good info - very down to earth and understandable!! Thanks so very much!!\n\nenjoyed it\n\nenjoyed Sunny' very informative lesson today. if i only get time to do genealogy**** with doing visits to care home ... i run short of time & energy. \n\nEnjoyed the overview. \n\nEnjoyed the webinar.\n\nExcellent\n\nexcellent\n\nExcellent -- now I want to subscribe to all!\n\nExcellent but almost too fast.. Lots of review time here.\n\nExcellent comparison and info about new collections. Will be very beneficial for people like me who are looking for helpful information prior to deciding which subscriptions to get. Annual subscriptions are very pricey for pensioners, hence the need to prioritize subscriptions. Also for us Canadians, we take a huge hit with the exchange rates as well.\n\nExcellent consolidated overview presentation of updates and changes to these major resource and source finding websites, plus very useful handout! Thank you Sunny!\n\nExcellent content :) :)\n\nexcellent delivery\n\nExcellent presentarion\n\nExcellent presenter and presentation as always. Thank you very much.\n\nExcellent Presenter! Sonny was very prepared and efficient in covering these updates.\n\nExcellent recap of additions to the 4 giants. Thanks.\n\nExcellent review\n\nexcellent speaker and knows her topic extremely well. I have never used My Heritage for City Directories and didn't know about how they listed all finds. Always used Ancestry and it is cumbersome.\n\nExcellent update on genealogy giants! Thank you, Sunny!\n\nExcellent webinar. I have used all 4 of these sites but you gave me new insight as to what they are offering currently! Thank you so very much. Now I have to join the webinar page so I can get your handout! Thank you so much! I really enjoy your webinars. So full of useful information.\n\nExcellent!\n\nexcellent!\n\nExcellent! Very helpful.\n\nExcellent. Going back to 2018 & watch the 'nuta ans bolts'\n\nExciting times we live in, when the access to online family history records is increasing at such a phenomenal pace! Thank you and best wishes from Norway!\n\nFabulous information! I learned so much today.\n\nFantastic - you can tell Sunny is an expert\n\nFantastic webinar with lots of great information to boost my using of the Genealogy websites.\n\nfirst time viewer so much info had to make notes-hope I can read later Thankyou \n\nGained some valuable info on sites I might consider for acquiring further family info, e.g. Newspaper Collections by States, US city directories, British & Irish newspapers, Newspaper Marriages & Obits. \n\nGave very excellent info, and slowly enough so I could write helpful notes.\n\nGlad to have a refresher course on the web sites. Thank you\n\nGood Information for future searches.\n\nGood to know about updates/upgrades that I might not have been aware of and therefore not accessed! Info on the development of DNA links helped me understand why people are added/deleted from my DNA lists on Ancestry. Hadn't thought of having just a part of a tree on a site -- great tip!\n\nGreat ! learned a lot from each of the web-sites.\n\nGreat comparison and info about new features at each site.\n\ngreat comparison update

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