MyHeritage is a family and genealogy oriented social network on the Internet . It allows its users or registered members to create a family website, share photos and videos, organize family events, create family trees, and search for ancestors. With more than 64 million users, it is one of the largest Web sites in the genealogy and social media sectors.
Summary
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- 1 History
- 2 Services
- 3 External Links
- 4 Sources
History
In 2003 , Gilad Japhet, the current CEO of MyHeritage, and a group of genealogy fans introduced MyHeritage in the living room of Japhet’s home in the small town of Bnei Atarot , outside Tel Aviv , Israel .
In eight years, the company grew to become a community of more than 72 million members with 1.5 billion online profiles. There are 27 million family trees on the site, which is available in 40 languages, making MyHeritage the second largest genealogy company in the world, and the fastest growing family social network in the world.
In 2008 , the company raised $ 15 million when venture capital firm Index Ventures joined Accel, which had previously invested in the company. In 2008, MyHeritage acquired Kindo , another family social network on the Web that was popular in Europe. In 2010 , MyHeritage acquired OSN (Verwandt.de) a popular family social network in Europe operating in Germany .
Services
- Family Pages.
- Labeling of photographs.
- Similar to celebrities.
- Genealogical research.
- Line and Book of Time.
