MyHeritage.com provides a simple public search capability that uses first and last name. They also provide their own genealogy search engine, MyHeritage.com Research. It is a free search engine made specifically for genealogy and provides a more advanced search capability.
How to Search MyHeritage.com for Family Trees
- Best Way to Search: Go to Active Searches for easier searching. At the Active Searches page, you need only to enter your ancestor data once to search all the websites listed at the left. Active Searches is a free service that creates the optimal searches for your ancestor data.
- Manually search MyHeritage.com yourself. This will open a new window so you can refer back to the search hints above.
MyHeritage.com Website Capabilities
See the definition of terms for any questions on the meaning of the entries.
| x | free searches |
| x | free viewing of pedigrees |
| paid viewing | |
| free downloads of pedigrees | |
| paid downloads | |
| x | contact information for submitter |
| x | ability to see all the names submitted by a particular researcher |
| ability to restrict searches to updates since a specific time | |
| searches with spouse's name | |
| searches with parent's names | |
| x | searches by place of birth |
| searches by place of marriage | |
| x | searches by place of death |
| x | searches by country |
| searches by state, province, or political subdivision | |
| x | searches by date |
| ability to specify date ranges for searching | |
| x | searches by exact spelling of name |
| x | searches by metaphone |
| searches by soundex | |
| * | ability to automatically find possible matches in your ancestry |
* If you submit your family tree to this website.