Today we remember folk singer Woody Guthrie on what would have been his 108th birthday. Image: Woody Guthrie / Library of Congress He was born…
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Happy birthday to Harrison Ford! Today the actor turns 78. Image: Harrison Ford / Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Ford was born on…
In 2015, a genealogist who had compiled an archive of records of the Irish Jewish community spanning 400 years presented copies of the 16 volumes,…
Picture of Hemi Pomara posing in London in 1846 was discovered at the national library of Australia by researchers. Source: geneanet
The last known members of the Indigenous Beothuk people of Newfoundland were thought to have died out 200 years ago. Source: geneanet
Researchers under the leadership of Prof. Minna Rozen, then of Tel Aviv University, worked from 1988 to 1990 travelling across Turkey taking over 100,000 photos…
Following a four-year modernisation and digitisation project and a AU$16 million backing from the federal government, the National Library of Australia (NLA) has launched the…
Do you have immigrant ancestors who came to the United States? If you do, then looking for their passenger arrival records could provide you with…
We’re happy to announce that we’ll be offering free access to all birth records on MyHeritage from July 10–16, 2020! Search birth records on MyHeritage…
The United States borders both Canada and Mexico. If you have immigrant ancestors who entered the United States through Canada or Mexico—or even had ancestors…
Happy birthday, Tom Hanks! Today the popular actor turns 64. Image: Tom Hanks / U.S. Department of State Thomas Jeffery Hanks was born on July…
We just added 8.3 million historical records in June from six new collections from the U.K., Spain, and New Zealand. Four million records from a…
Sometimes all you need to help others with family history is a computer, a few minutes, and an internet search engine. Over the last month…
Happy birthday to Ringo Starr! Today the legendary musician turns 80. Image: Eva Rinaldi / Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY-SA 2.0) The Beatles drummer was born…
Linda Maria Ronstadt was born on July 15, 1946, in Tucson, Arizona, the third of four children of Gilbert Ronstadt (1911–1995), a prosperous machinery merchant…
On this day in 1907, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was born. Known for her many self-portraits, Kahlo is often regarded as one of Mexico’s greatest…
During the 1800s and early 1900s, millions of people immigrated to the United States. But the mostly “open door” policy slammed shut during the mid-1920s,…
Over the centuries, France’s government and culture has changed many times. These changes often affected record keeping. The good news is that historical change in…
On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the 8th Division attacked Ovillers and the 34th Division La Boisselle. Source:…