Thousands of historic photographs of Kilkenny’s many shopfronts have been made accessible thanks to a new initiative by the library service and Kilkenny County Council.…
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A buried pit that could be a mass grave has been found in a cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma — and researchers think it could hold…
As 2019 comes to a close, we take a look back at all the wonderful things we have been able to accomplish in the past year.…
MyHeritage has just added seven new collections encompassing 16.2 million records from all over the world: Netherlands, Notarial Records; Inwards Unassisted Passengers to Victoria; Jewish…
Martinpuich was captured by the 15th (Scottish) Division on 15 September 1916, lost in April 1918, and retaken in August 1918. Martinpuich British Cemetery was…
On this day in 1823, the popular holiday poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” was first published in the Troy New York Sentinel. Today the poem is…
Two significant historical record collections from Germany have been added to MyHeritage: the Hesse Birth Index (1874–1911) and the Hesse Marriage Index (1849–1931). These collections…
Home DNA Kits have been one of the bestselling products on Amazon during the holiday season in the past several years. Why are so many…
In 1834, a 22-year-old Yoruba man who would come to be known as Manuel Vidau was captured as a prisoner of war and sold to…
An extensive archaeological excavation of Scotland’s first railway track is planned for next year. Wooden rails from the 297-year-old Tranent-Cockenzie Waggonway were uncovered in a…
American slavery is commonly understood to have peaked in the late 18th century and was outlawed by the U.S. in the mid-19th century following the…
A Michigan man recently identified as the newborn boy snatched from his mother in 1964 by someone posing as a maternity-ward nurse was found through…
January Jones was born on January 5, 1978, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is named after January Wayne, a character in Jacqueline Susann’s potboiler…
On September 3, 1939, Britain declared war on Germany. By the end of the war, 2.9 million men and women had fought for the British…
A: As more and more genealogists are taking advantage of DNA testing in their family history, our databases are growing and more mysteries are marked…
What comes to mind when you think of Sweden? Swedish design, northern lights, beautiful cities, or something else? Sweden is full of history, culture, stunning…