Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter speaks of the new strategic partnership between MyHeritage and FamilySearch which 'will bring billions of global historical records and family tree profiles spanning hundreds of years to MyHeritage - sophisticated search and record matching capabilities will become available on FamilySearch.org, far more effective than anything available previously on that site ...'
Read more at:
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2013/10/follow-up-myheritages-and-familysearchs-new-strategic-partnership.html
The arrangement is a "strategic partnership" not a merger - a merger would mean one party would purchase the other which isn't happening.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, Thomas, a terminological inexactitude. Thanks, Mole
ReplyDeleteThe distinction between a "merger" and an "acquisition" has become increasingly blurred in various respects (particularly in terms of the ultimate economic outcome), although it has not completely disappeared in all situations. From a legal point of view, a merger is a legal consolidation of two companies into one entity. This gives more clarity and I agree with your original assessment Mole, Andrew
ReplyDeletefurther to my comment, the single entity in this case being the common data base.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like bad news to me. Does it now mean that information that I contributed freely to FamilySearch, to freely share with other genealogists, will now be sold to others by MyHeritage?
ReplyDeleteThat is what happened when they entered into a "strategic partnership" with GenCircles -- see here MyHeritage.com — another scam site? | Hayes & Greene family history for details.
Steve, according to Dick Eastman all records which were free before will remain so. All records requiring a sub will still require a sub. Nothing changes, apparently. There are some FAQ at https://familysearch.org/blog/en/myheritagefamilysearch-partnership-announcementfrequently-asked-questions/
ReplyDeleteRegards, Mole