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Jan-PeterJantzen
Jan-PeterJantzen ✭
January 2, 2022 edited July 16, 2024 in Family Tree

Hi!

Can I synchronize my MyHeritage tree with my FamilySearch tree? Or import the respective GEDCOM file from MH to FS?

Thanks in advance,

Jan-Peter

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 2, 2022

    There is a significant difference between MyHeritage and FamilySearch (besides the paywalling): the tree on FamilySearch is communal and collaborative. Nobody has their own tree here; we all just link into the single, open-edit tree.

    There is another part of FS, the Genealogies section, where you can upload your GEDCOM file; it serves essentially as a searchable/viewable cloud backup for your genealogy work. There is a mechanism for transferring your file into Family Tree, but I strongly suggest avoiding it at all costs: the process is unfortunately badly flawed, failing to recognize duplicates, and not giving you enough information to make good decisions. It is much faster and easier in the long run to manually synchronize your information, one profile at a time.

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  • Jan-PeterJantzen
    Jan-PeterJantzen ✭
    January 2, 2022 edited January 2, 2022

    Thank you, Julia!

    Are you related to the man - Albert - with that famous formula, a cornerstone of neurophysiology?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Szent-Gy%C3%B6rgyi

    Sincerely,

    Jan-Peter


    Dr. med. habil. Jan-Peter A.H. Jantzen, MD, PhD, DEAA

    Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical School at Mainz

    Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas

    Petersenstrasse 23

    D-30926 Seelze, Germany

    % +49-511-401222

    & +49-160-96680280

    jan-peter.jantzen@t-online.de

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 3, 2022

    There was a Beta project a few years ago (2018, I think) for LDS members to synchronize their work on MH and FS. I don't know if it is still active as I have not seen anything about it in quite some time.

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  • Jan-PeterJantzen
    Jan-PeterJantzen ✭
    January 3, 2022

    Thank you!

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