Happy birthday to George Lucas! Today the filmmaker turns 76. Image: George Lucas / Nicolas Genin, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Lucas was born on…
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22 years ago, on May 14, 1998, the very last episode of iconic sitcom Seinfeld went on the air. Seinfeld, largely hailed as the greatest…
To celebrate Mother’s Day, we asked the community to share their favorite memories of their mother or a mother-figure in their lives. From the submitted…
Many have drawn the parallel between what we are going through today and the Spanish Flu of 1918. Thankfully, we’ve had 100 years of progress…
World War II, also referred to as the Great Patriotic War in Russia, began in 1941 and ended in 1945. Some argue that the Russian…
Do you remember watching The Golden Girls or Maude? Today, we remember star Bea Arthur on what would have been her 98th birthday. Image: Bea Arthur…
They were both born in 1955, and both invented groundbreaking technology that would shape the future of communication and computing… and it turns out, they…
We live in momentous times! As we experience what life brings, keeping a record of our activities and current events will help us, as well…
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, a social reformer and the founder of modern nursing. A pioneer of her field,…
An American who was sent to Japan after Pearl Harbor, she was one of 345 people from 14 countries who helped preserve cultural treasures. Source:…
The last of Newfoundland’s Beothuk was thought to have died in 1829 but new research indicates the bloodline did not die out – as Mi’kmaq…
A magnet fisherman out with his two young sons at a river in Coventry reeled in almost 60 mysterious cubes thought to show a sacred…
Cyclone Harold has uncovered a treasure trove of US military relics from World War II, giving military historians an insight into the war efforts that…
Archaeologists working with the West University of Timişoara (UVT) have discovered a collective grave estimated to date back to 1737-1740, the period of the plague…
Do you have Spanish ancestry? On this day in 1904, surrealist painter Salvador Dalí was born. Image: Salvador Dalí / Library of Congres He was…
Some new options are now available for your DNA matches so you can easily see names and places shared with your DNA relatives. Source: geneanet
Have you ever set a goal to index a certain number of records? Or organized a group around a specific indexing project? Many indexing groups…
Indexing is a service that reaches families worldwide—and it can be done at home or as a group. It helps further the Lord’s work by…
Around the world, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have made astounding contributions to indexing on an individual, ward, and stake…
Family crests and coats of arms are powerful family symbols passed down through generations. They were commonly used throughout the 11–17th centuries, and they can…