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News: Major Announcements Made at RootsTech 2019 Ancestry Announcements: Historical records: Ancestry just released over 5 million Mexico Catholic records and 1 million new France Census and Birth, Marriage, Death records and have several U.S. statewide projects underway, from New York to Hawaii.\xa0They also released US WWII Draft Cards from seven states. By early next year, the full set of WWII Draft Cards \u2013 all 33 million \u2014 will be exclusively available on Ancestry and Fold3. MyTreeTags\u2122:\u201cMyTreeTags\u2122 allows you to add tags to people in your family tree to indicate whether your research on them is confirmed or verified, or to record personal details, like \u201cnever married.\u201d You can also create your own custom tags to note that a person immigrated from Denmark or worked as a blacksmith. You can even use filters as you search your tree to see everyone with the same tag. \xa0MyTreeTags\u2122 is one way we can help you save time and enrich your ancestor profile.\u201d You can join the MyTreeTags\u2122 and New & Improved DNA Matches beta at\xa0 New & Improved DNA Matches: \u201cWe have redesigned the DNA Matches experience to help you make more discoveries, faster. Now you can easily sort, group and view your DNA Matches any way you\u2019d like. \xa0New features include color coding and custom labeling offering you more control over how you group and view the matches, quicker identification of your newest matches and new ways to filter your matches. :\xa0\u201cThruLines\u2122\xa0shows you the common ancestors who likely connect you to your DNA Matches\u2014and gives you a clear and simple view of how you\u2019re all related. \xa0When you link your public or private searchable family tree to your AncestryDNA results, new chapters of your family story may be revealed. ThruLines\u2122 will roll out gradually to all customers who qualify beginning today.\u201d Source: \xa0 MyHeritage\xa0Announcements: \u201cA new genetic genealogy tool that groups together DNA Matches that likely descend from common ancestors in a compelling visual chart. This easy-to-use tool helps you explore your DNA Matches more efficiently in groups rather than as numerous individuals, and gain insights about branches in your family tree.\u201d \u201cIn March 2018 , a pro bono initiative in which we pledged to donate 15,000 DNA kits to adoptees and those seeking to reunite with family members who were placed for adoption. Within a few months, all the DNA kits we allocated for this initiative were sent out. Applicants opened up to us to share their emotional stories of searching, their hopes for future reunions, and the sense of belonging they felt thanks to their participation in DNA Quest\u2026Following the success of the initiative, we have decided now to extend DNA Quest and donate 5,000 additional MyHeritage DNA kits, for free, to eligible participants.\u201d MyHeritage has completed a 5-year project of digitizing every cemetery in Israel. It is now the first country in the world to have almost all of its gravestones preserved and , with images, locations, and fully transcribed records. They\u2019ve put up all this content for free, too. (LDS members only) \u201cWe are pleased to announce the return of the GEDCOM Import feature to Geni! This has been one of the most requested features on Geni and we\u2019re excited to finally make it available to everyone. GEDCOM is a standard file format used to save, transfer, and transport family tree information. Long-time users may recall that Geni previously allowed users to start a tree using their GEDCOM files, however we disabled this feature in 2011 to avoid duplication of profiles in the World Family Tree. Our new and improved importer has been rewritten to import a few generations at a time, continuing only on branches where there are no matches to existing profiles on Geni.\u201d \u201cYou can now import a GEDCOM file as a new tree, a new branch if you already have a tree, or onto any existing profile on which you have full permissions to edit and add onto. No longer will you need to endure the slow process of adding each individual one at a time to the tree. Now anyone can quickly add trees which didn\u2019t exist before on Geni, saving you valuable time and allowing you to focus instead on new research.\u201d \u201cThis unprecedented feature helps you make the most of your DNA Matches by incorporating genealogical information from all our collections of nearly 10 billion historical records and family tree profiles, to offer theories on how you and your DNA Matches might be related. If you\u2019ve taken a MyHeritage DNA test or uploaded your DNA results to MyHeritage, this revolutionary technology may offer astounding new information on your family connections.\u201d \xa0 GEM: Digging Deep into the Theory of Family Relativity\u2122 with Ran Snir Ran Snir \xa0is the product manager responsible for products. He leads a really talented team of developers and engineers and designers to create and optimize DNA users entire journey. He led the development of the Chromosome browser for Shared DNA Segments feature at MyHeritage DNA, from concept to production and launch.