Happy birthday to Gene Hackman! Today the actor celebrates his 90th birthday. Image: Gene Hackman / Christopher Michael Little, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) He was…
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Celebrate Black History Month with these lesser-known facts about the contributions to world history of Africans and people of African descent. When some people think…
Happy birthday, Tom Selleck! Today the popular actor turns 75. Image: Tom Selleck / Alan Light, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Thomas William Selleck was born on…
We’re excited to announce the 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon, an unprecedented event hosted by MyHeritage and featured on Legacy Family Tree Webinars. The marathon will…
February provides an opportunity to celebrate Black History Month and reflect on the life-changing contributions that those of African descent have made to the world.…
On this day in 1884, Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer Auguste Piccard was born. Piccard is best remembered for his studies of the Earth’s upper…
FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in January of 2020 with over 24.4 million new indexed family history records from all over the world. New…
Have you used the HTML version of the family tree on Geni? GeneaVlogger and Geni curator Jarrett Ross has released a new video on how…
Today we remember legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant, who died yesterday at the age of 41. Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, along with seven others…
The tragedy of the Holocaust extends far beyond the unfathomable number of lives that were lost and the thriving communities that were wiped out without…
What does my name mean? How common is my name? If you’ve ever found yourself asking these questions, then you are in luck. Using FamilySearch’s…
The name “Dud Corner” is believed to be due to the large number of unexploded enemy shells found in the neighbourhood after the Armistice. The…
An ancestral home is a house, village, or region where your family lived in the past. Visiting an ancestral home—walking where your ancestors walked, putting…
On this day in 1848, carpenter James Wilson Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill near Coloma, California. His discovery would mark the beginning of the California…
Today we remember Queen Victoria, who died on January 22, 1901. Her 63-year reign is frequently referred to as the Victorian era and was a period…
On this day in 1845, Norwegian painter Harriet Backer was born. A pioneer for female artists, Backer became one of the most prominent Norwegian artists during…
For many participants in DNA Quest — our initiative to provide adoptees with free DNA kits to help them search for their biological families —…
DeGeneres was born on on January 26, 1958, in Metairie, Louisiana, to Elizabeth Jane (née Pfeffer, born 1930), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres…
Happy birthday to Buzz Aldrin! Today the legendary astronaut turns 90. Image: Buzz Aldrin / NASA The famous astronaut was born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. on…
Have you thought about the fact that while genealogists are historians — it is an integral element of our quest for knowledge — historians may…