Import my tree from My Heritage
I have a larger tree at My Heritage.com. How do I import from that website.
I was able to do it with Ancestry.com but can't find here to do same. Thank you Ingrid
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@Ingrid Gertrude Layton
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Ingrid
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Do you really need to, import your "Tree" from "My Heritage_com"; and, upload that "Tree" of yours into "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch"?
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Have you tried "Searching" in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" to see if ANY of you Ancestral lines are ALREADY there? If not, you should. You might be surprised.
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We do not have our OWN "Tree" in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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We ONLY have "Branches", that are interconnected, in this SINGLE "One" World "Tree", for all of us, that is "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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"Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" is NOT like, "Ancestry_com"; or, "MyHeritage_com"; or, the like.
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We DO NOT have "Private"/"Personal" 'Trees' in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" like other "Web" Sites; and/or, 'standalone' personal programmes.
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We do not even, own; or, manage; and, are NOT even responsible for, the "Deceased" individuals/persons in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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"Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" is built on a "Open Edit" Platform - hence, why any registered User/Patron can "Edit" (ie. Add, Delete; and/or, Change) ANY "Deceased" individual/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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If you still want to include you Ancestral lines in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch"; then, 'Create' (ie. 'Enter') the individuals/persons in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" one at a time - on a one by one basis.
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Many of the individuals/persons most probably ALREADY exist in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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Only one or two generations of the "Living" (and, maybe some of the "Deceased") individuals/persons may be required to be entered/input in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch"; before, some of the "Deceased" individuals/persons from Ancestral lines ALREADY existing in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch", are discovered.
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Use the "Find" facility/function/feature to Search "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch", you may be surprised to find some (if not, many) of them already there.
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Many well established and documented (eg. "Sourced") individuals/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" have been RUINED by the upload of (personal) 'Trees' from Other "Websites"; or, private ('standalone') "Databases", into "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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As an aside ...
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You could upload your (Own) 'Tree', as a 'standalone' and viewable (ie. researchable) "Pedigree" in the "Genealogies" part of "FamilySearch"; but, such 'Trees' are NOT "Editable"; and, can only be "Deleted"/"Removed" (and, "Replaced", by an updated version of the same 'Tree', if one so desires).
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I hope this puts things into perspective.
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Brett
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@Ingrid Gertrude Layton First, I know it is easy to add sources from MyHeritage to FamilySearch, and you can import a PORTION of your FamilySearch tree as a GEDCOM file to your MyHeritage so that they are more synchronized. I am not as knowledgable on the opposite importing of MyHeritage to FamilySearch. Here is an article I found recently explaining this the best that I could find.
There is also a blog article from FamilySearch:
https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/making-free-myheritage-church-account/
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Thanks @Brett .!
You are always so helpful and insightful. Thank you for pointing out how the FamilySearch tree operates as opposed to others out there on the web. I agree it is good to double check to see if lines are already there since it is an open edit platform unlike others such as MyHeritage, Ancestry, etc. I also appreciate your instruction on how to proceed if one chooses to go through with an "import" like this.
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@Ingrid Gertrude Layton & @Amber Marstella Rothamer
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Ingrid & Amber
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You can; but ...
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Please Do NOT upload a GEDCOM File in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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Upload GEDCOM File in the "Genealogies" Part of "FamilySearch", that is fine; but, please NOT into "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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Some of the reasons that Users/Patrons (like myself) DO NOT even want the ability to upload a GEDCOM File into "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" are:
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(1) It is most likely that individuals/persons in a GEDCOM File are ALREADY in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch"; and, most Users/Patrons DO NOT even take the time to look to see if any one in their GEDCOM File is already in "Family Tree", in some instances, negating the need to even upload the GEDCOM File.
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(2) There has been (many) cases where Users/Patrons, using the "Compare" process (of the upload) have "Dismissed" a "Possible" Match with an individual/person already in "Family Tree"; so that, their "Record", from their GEDCOM File, is loaded into "Family Tree", regardless; just so that, their "Record" appears in "Family Tree" (and, in some instances, for Members of the Church, so they can do the "Temple" Work, despite the fact that the "Temple" Work is ALREADY done with the "Possible" Match with the individual/person already in "Family Tree").
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(3) Even with the "Compare" process (of the upload), there has been (many) cases where Users/Patrons have uploaded THEIR version of an individual/person in their GEDCOM File, on top of (ie. Over) an individual/person ALREADY in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" that has been there for MANY years and is well documented and "Sources" - in many instances obliterating all of the documentation and "Sources".
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(4) If an individual/person is ALREADY in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch", there is NO need to up uploaded one's version of an individual/person from one's own GEDCOM File - just take note of the the 'FamilySearch Person Idenmtifier' (PID) of the individual/person that is ALREADY in "Family Tree"; and, one can go back later to ensure what information/detail is recorded and attached for that individual/person. Just DO NOT uploaded one's version of an individual/person in their GEDCOM File, on top of (ie. Over) an individual/person ALREADY in "Family Tree" - obliterating all of the documentation and "Sources" ALREADY in place/on record.
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(5) The "Hours" (sometimes "Days") of work, by other Users/Patrons, that can be needed to CORRECT the DAMAGE done by the upload of a GEDCOM File can be disheartening (as you can tell, I have been there ...).
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I am sorry ... 'off my soap box' ...
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As I have already suggseted ...
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Enter (ie. 'Create) the individuals/persons in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" one at a time - on a one by one basis.
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Many of the individuals/persons most probably ALREADY exist in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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Only one or two generations of the "Living" (as, possibly some of the "Deceased") individuals/persons may be required to be entered/input in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch"; before, some of the "Deceased" individuals/persons from Ancestral lines ALREADY existing in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch", are discovered.
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Use the "Find" facility/function/feature to Search "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch", you may be surprised to find some (if not, many) of them already there.
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Many well established and documented (eg. "Sourced") individuals/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" have been RUINED by the upload a GEDCOM File into "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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I hope this puts things into perspective.
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Brett
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Soap boxes are acceptable. 😉 I completely understand where you are coming from.
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@Ingrid Gertrude Layton I tagged our FamilySearch Family Tree group in your original question because I feel like this conversation we've been having would prove useful in that group as well. Just an FYI. 😉
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