Today we remember acting legend Maggie Smith, who has passed away at the age of 89. Image: Maggie Smith / Mike Lidgley, Flickr CC0, public…
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From September 7-15, we asked the Geneanet community to help us transcribe index cards from the New York City Geographical Birth Index. 26,279 births were…
It was Lily Collins during the premiere of Season 4 of Emily in Paris and Angele at the Olympics closing ceremony who heralded this autumn’s…
Happy birthday to Mark Hamill! Today the Star Wars star turns 73. Image: Mark Hamill / Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 Hamill was born…
Content Warning: This article contains real depictions of death that some may find upsetting. Family memorabilia and the trappings of past lifetimes live on in…
On this day in 1973, top women’s tennis player Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match. King’s triumph on…
On October 4-6, 2024, take pictures of graves in a nearby cemetery. Source: geneanet
On this day in 1911, British novelist and poet William Golding was born. Image: William Golding / Wikimedia Commons, Nationaal Archief (CC BY-SA 3.0 NL,…
Throughout the centuries, a common military tactic has been to capture soldiers and civilians from the opposing side during or immediately after an armed conflict.…
In December 2023, we shared the story of Kim Catford, who was abandoned as a baby in his birth country of Vietnam and adopted by…
We’re excited to announce the addition of an important new historical record collection: France, Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890–1970. This valuable collection offers an…
In this episode of Best Websites, Lisa Louise Cooke chats with Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings, a long-running genealogy blog packed with genealogy tips, stories and…
On the night of June 11, 1962, Alcatraz prison, famously deemed “impossible to escape,” faced its most dramatic challenge. Inmates Frank Morris, John Anglin, and…
53 years after he was placed for adoption, Mark Nicholas Balls of Paderborn, Germany met his biological mother and two full brothers in Ireland. A…
We’re happy to share that we’ve added two new features that will enhance the way you search for historical records on MyHeritage: refining search results…
Happy birthday to Colin Firth! Today the actor turns 64. Image: Colin Firth / Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Firth was born on…
Many countries have a tradition upon the death of a loved one: distributing cards with information about the deceased and the bereaved family members. Geneanet…
We are delighted to announce that MyHeritage has acquired MesAieux.com, a popular family history service specializing in French Canadian genealogy. This is an exciting time…
Last year, a heartwarming 6-generation family photo went viral, featuring every generation of women between 98-year-old MaeDell Snow Taylor and her great-great-great-granddaughter, Zhavia. Multi-generation photos…
Mark your calendars for an exciting Facebook Live event! MyHeritage is bringing together 3 renowned DNA experts — Roberta Estes, Diahan Southard, and Janna Helshtein…