The village of Pozieres was attacked on 23 July 1916 by the 1st Australian and 48th (South Midland) Divisions, and was taken on the following…
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Armenia is one of the oldest countries in the world. Its capital city, Yerevan, dates to about 600 BC. Ancient Armenia encompassed the Armenian Highlands,…
On this day in 1802, French author Alexandre Dumas was born. Image: Alexandre Dumas / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons Dumas was born Dumas…
Poodle skirts and ponytails, jeans and slick-backed hair—that’s what many people consider iconic 1950s fashions. These looks were popular for teens, but what did everyone…
Levon Avdoyan grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, on what he thought was traditional Armenian food. In 1972, he moved to Soviet Armenia to study…
Happy birthday to Woody Harrelson! Today the actor celebrates his 59th birthday. Image: Woody Harrelson / LBJ Library photo by Gabriel Cristóver Pérez Harrelson was…
We want to alert MyHeritage users about a malicious attempt to steal credentials that we identified several hours ago and is still ongoing. Perpetrators whose…
Did your ancestors immigrate to the United States and trek West during the 19th century? If they did, chances are they could be one of…
Today we remember actor Robin Williams on what would have been his 69th birthday. Image: Robin Williams / Eva Rinaldi, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)…
Hiring a professional genealogist can be a big investment, both personally and financially. Whether you’re looking for help with record retrieval, translation, or a full-blown…
The Brooklyn Historical Society launched a user-friendly online portal that contains the institution’s collection of nearly 1,500 maps of Brooklyn dating back to 1562. Source:…
Archaeologists have uncovered a huge World War One tunnel system where dozens of soldiers’ remains are believed to be entombed. Source: geneanet
A fascinating medieval graveyard full of 14th century bodies has been uncovered during the ongoing Trams to Newhaven project. Source: geneanet
A new genetic study suggests that Polynesians made an epic voyage to South America 800 years ago. Source: geneanet
Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia, on July 26, 1964, the daughter of Helga Mathilde Meyer (1942–2000), an opera singer and voice teacher from Germany,…
As a veteran genealogist, cemeteries are my favorite tourist attraction. I admit, when most people plan a recreational activity that will be fun for the…
Have you ever wondered when we started wearing denim jeans or where all those sci-fi novels came from? As it turns out, these and many…
You can upload family pictures through your Geneanet family tree or you can click “Family Tree > Your Archive & Pictures” in the main Geneanet…
French food and cooking styles have been developed for generations. Historically influenced by surrounding areas like Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium, France eventually developed…
The 20th century brought major transformations in Western fashion, but these changes didn’t appear immediately. Trends of the late 19th century (like Edwardian fashion) lingered…