More family matches!

I have a My Heritage site for my genealogy. At first I did not like it but I think it was because I didn't understand much about it. I had been getting some smart matches off and on but not on a consistent basis until today when I went and looked at my site. I have over 2300 smart matches to confirm and there are a ton of record matches as well!! I am thinking that it just too some time for My Heritage to search for my matches. Now I'm wondering if a data package would be worthwhile?? I already have ancestry.com, Genealogybank.com, and fold3.com. Do I really need a data package for My Heritage?? Is the information any different??

I am, however, very excited about the new connections I am making!!

You can view my My Heritage site at http://www.myheritage.com/site-199052461/thomas-seigfreid.

You can see my ancestry.com family tree at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/48698875/family?cfpid=20145262727&selnode=1

You can also find me at wikitree.com at http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Home

Happy cousin finding!!

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