MyHeritage.com is a family tree website that merged with Geni in 2012 and incorporates BackupMyTree.
Searching[]
It has good search facilities. Some of the user-submitted trees are visible to outsiders; see, for example, Gio Wiederhold's ancestors.
Some free access[]
Occasionally it gives free access to some of its records for a few days. If you stay online and just "Edit search" you can often go long after the cutoff time getting the same free access.
2018[]
"To celebrate Valentine’s Day, MyHeritage has a special gift for all. For a limited time, we are providing free access to love-related records in our massive historical records collection. No Data subscription is required, so you may search many US States, European and worldwide collections for your ancestors’ marriage records!
Free access is open now, through midnight, February 15."
March 2020[]
"In honor of Irish Heritage Month, MyHeritage is giving FREE ACCESS to All Irish Records (up until March 22)."
April 2020[]
Free access to all US censuses for several days in honor of the 2020 US census (1 April).
MyHeritage DNA[]
The company has started offering DNA testing.
A brief "sale" in April 2018 reduced the kit price from $NZ135 to $NZ95.
A brief sale in October 2019 was similar: "OnlyNZ$97" from NZ$129 or (as Dick Eastman reported it in $US) "The Columbus Day DNA Sale price is $49 + free shipping instead of the usual price of $79. "
Black Friday in 2022 was celebrated with its lowest ever price for DNA kits. $US38, $NZ59 - and free shipping for two or more.
November 2023 saw further reduction: a recent Dick Eastman newsletter advised that MyHeritage DNA kits were $36. The relevant anonymous article was headed "The MyHeritage DNA Kit Is Now Available for Just $36, Which Is Equal to the Lowest Price Ever". The website said the price ($64 in New Zealand) - apparently about 40% of the regular price - "includes applicable taxes and excludes shipping charges".