TEL AVIV, Israel & SURPRISE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#DNA--MyHeritage,
the leading global destination for family history and DNA testing,
announced today its acquisition of Millennia Corporation, makers of the
popular genealogy desktop software Legacy
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Family Tree and genealogy webinar platform, Legacy
Family Tree Webinars. This is MyHeritage's ninth acquisition to date.
With hundreds of thousands of devoted users since 1997, Legacy Family
Tree consistently ranks among the top three most popular and highly
rated genealogy software products in the industry. The Legacy Family
Tree Webinar platform — which has amassed a large and dedicated fan base
since 2010 — draws speakers who are leaders in their field and covers a
wide variety of topics, including genealogical research methodology,
DNA, and historical records, representing a full array of educational
genealogy content.
MyHeritage, which has developed a world-class, global mobile and Web
platform for family trees, historical records and DNA testing, used by
more than 90 million users worldwide, will now offer its services to
Legacy's users.
Legacy Family Tree will retain its full staff and continue developing
its software and webinar platform, backed by MyHeritage's resources.
Millennia Corporation and MyHeritage have started joint work on a new
version of the Legacy Family Tree software — version 10 — which will
include the optional capability to sync family trees to MyHeritage’s
website and use the free MyHeritage mobile app to make remote updates to
their family trees on the Legacy software. Legacy Family Tree version 9
has already integrated matching to MyHeritage's 40 million family trees
and to its historical records collection — which surpassed 8 billion
records this week.
Legacy Family Tree Webinars will continue to feature diverse and
informative content, and will be promoted to the millions of MyHeritage
users, to increase the webinars' audience. The webinar platform will
also enjoy infrastructure upgrades to support increased concurrent
viewership.
“We are very happy with the Legacy Family Tree acquisition as it gives
us valuable assets that are highly complementary to our own, and a solid
team.” said Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO of MyHeritage. “We look
forward to providing Legacy's software and webinar platform with useful
upgrades, and to welcoming Legacy’s huge user base of experienced
genealogists to enhance their genealogical explorations through
MyHeritage's services.”
“The more I’ve learned about and experimented with MyHeritage, the more
I have felt we need to partner together,” said Geoff Rasmussen, founder
of Legacy Family Tree Webinars. “The technology behind their online
trees and historical records is incredible — second to none. MyHeritage
has positioned itself to become the leader of the future of the
genealogy industry and we can be a part of it. It’s the perfect match:
our software and webinars combined with their resources, technologies,
and international reach will help both of us accomplish our mission — to
help the world find their ancestors.”
“I’m excited for us to join forces with MyHeritage,” said Dave Berdan,
President of Millennia Corporation. “MyHeritage clearly cares for
genealogists and continues to invest in desktop genealogy software, in
contrast to one of its major rivals that has done the opposite, shutting
down its desktop genealogy software and then selling it off. As we’re
passionate about genealogy, our team is happy to have found in
MyHeritage kindred spirits and we’re excited about the value that we can
create together to benefit millions of genealogists worldwide.”
About MyHeritage
MyHeritage is the leading global destination for family history and DNA
testing. As technology thought leaders, MyHeritage has transformed
family history into an activity that is accessible and instantly
rewarding. Its global user community enjoys access to a massive library
of historical records, the most internationally diverse collection of
family trees and groundbreaking search and matching technologies.
Launched in November 2016, MyHeritage DNA is a technologically advanced,
affordable DNA test that reveals ethnic origins and previously unknown
relatives. Trusted by millions of families, MyHeritage provides an easy
way to find new family members, discover ethnic origins, and to treasure
family stories, past and present, for generations to come. MyHeritage is
available in 42 languages. www.myheritage.com
About Millennia Corporation
Millennia Corporation is located in Surprise, Arizona. The company
provides top-quality genealogy software so people can find, track, and
share their family history. It is also the publisher of the
award-winning FamilyTreeWebinars.com webinar
series, now with more than 750 hours of quality genealogy education. For
additional information on Millennia or its products, visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com.
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Contacts
MyHeritage
Aaron Godfrey, +1-347-5427902
VP Marketing