JUST...thought EVERYONE would like to know this!! *S*
Lisa
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:47:15 EDT
From: SANGER(a)aol.com
Subject: [LALGS] GenCircles
To: LALGS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Just got this information. This will be a positive thing for genealogists.
You will note that it is now free.
Charles
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Dear GenCircles User,
We have a very exciting announcement to share with you! Pearl Street
Software, maker of GenCircles and Family Tree Legends, has merged with
MyHeritage.com. In the first of many positive developments that will come
from this merger, Family Tree Legends and GenCircles are now 100% free!
Why did you merge with MyHeritage.com?
So we can grow! The development team from Pearl Street Software has joined
the much larger MyHeritage team so we can bring you amazing new tools to
aid
your search. MyHeritage brings vast resources that will enable technologies
like Smart Matching to greatly improve, to the benefit of everyone!
What will happen to GenCircles and Family Tree Legends?
GenCircles, the Family Tree Legends software program, and the Family Tree
Legends Records Collection are now free. That's right - in one
announcement,
we have made the highest-rated genealogy software program, the massively
popular GenCircles site, and over 400 million records in the Family Tree
Legends
Records Collection completely free!
This is a significant day for genealogists everywhere!
What about support?
With the backing of MyHeritage, we can now offer much improved support.
For email support on our various services, please email ftl(a)myheritage.com
<mailto:ftl@myheritage.com> for FTL or gencircles(a)myheritage.com
<mailto:gencircles@myheritage.com> for GenCircles.
What else can we look forward to?
- MyHeritage has made significant improvements to our Smart Matching
technology in the past 6 months and these improvements are being released
now for the first time.
- MyHeritage's Family Tree Builder 2.0 has just been released and
contains many of the technologies found in Family Tree Legends.
Family Tree Builder has support for real-time Smart Matching and is
available in 17
languages. You can automatically import your FTL file into Family Tree
Builder if
you choose to. You can use both programs completely for free - we urge you
to see which one is right for you!
- MyHeritage has launched an initiative to map and connect all of the
world's family trees using Smart Matching technology, and is well on their
way
with more than 100,000 trees!
Can we trust MyHeritage as a good steward for our data?
One of the reasons we chose to merge with
MyHeritage.com was their absolute
respect for users' data. GenCircles built its reputation on respecting its
users and their data - we are proud to say that
MyHeritage.com shares this
respect with us!
This is an exciting day in our company's history and we couldn't have done
it without the help of our amazing users! The joined teams of MyHeritage
and
Pearl Street Software are committed more than ever to providing the best
genealogy products and services, and keeping them free!
Best Regards,
Cliff Shaw
President & CEO
Pearl Street Software
<
http://my.gencircles.com/>
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