Alfred the Great, King of Wessex from 871 and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 to 899, is widely touted as establishing England’s first Royal…
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Photographer Justin Hamel stumbled on a Great Depression-era mural one day in a New York post office, and was intrigued to learn there are 1,200…
Happy birthday to Sean Connery! Today the actor turns 90. Image: Sean Connery / Nationaal Archief Connery was born Thomas Sean Connery on August 25,…
The cemetery was begun by the 1st Norfolks in August 1915 and used by other units (including the 8th Norfolks) until August 1916. Source: geneanet
Do you have family ties to Dutch royalty? On this day in 1772, William I of the Netherlands, the first King of the Netherlands, was…
The fleur-de-lis, a stylized flower with French origins, has been used for centuries because of its design and symbolism. Whether used as a royal coat…
What’s in a name? More than you might expect! Family names can hold clues to a family’s origin or family relationships, interests, occupations, locations, and…
Have you visited the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri? On this day in 1910, architect Eero Saarinen was born. Image: Eero Saarinen / Library…
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which stated “the right of citizens of the United States to vote…
Mother-and-daughter genealogy team Diana Elder (AG) and Nicole Dyer join Lisa to discuss the process of becoming a professional genealogist. Our DNA expert Diahan provides…
Mountbellew Workhouse Orphan Girls Project’s search for descendants of Tully sisters and others, from Galway, in the US. Source: geneanet
More than 150 Jewish gravestones have been unearthed during construction work in the Polish town of Lezajsk in recent months, in what is thought to…
While most of England was on lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, archaeologist Matt Champion was working solo at Oxburgh Hall, a moated Tudor mansion in…
In 1936, photographer Dorothea Lange made headlines with her stunning portrait of Florence Owens Thompson, a 32-year old pea picker in Nipomo, California. The image—known…
Kacey Lee Musgraves was born August 21, 1988, in Golden, Texas, to Craig and Karen (née Abrams) Musgraves. Craig is the owner of a small…
If your family has been removed from your Armenian heritage for a generation or more, you may be looking for ways to build your family…
With Geneanet DNA, let’s build the first European DNA database together Source: geneanet
Flatiron Copse was the name given by the army to a small plantation a little to the east of Mametz Wood. The ground was taken…