There are a number of resources available for finding your immigrant ancestors. In this first of two articles, learn how to search the most typical…
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Remember reading A Farewell to Arms? On this day in 1899, author Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Image: Ernest Hemingway / U.S. National…
In March of 2018, MyHeritage launched a pro bono initiative called DNA Quest to help reunite adoptees with their biological families. During the course of…
Families come in all shapes and sizes. MyHeritage users can now specify up to three sets of parents for any individual in the online family…
We are proud to announce that we added 22 record collections with 12.8 million historical records from across the globe, including the U.S., Canada, Belgium,…
In this episode, Lindsey Harner walks through 5 questions that can help you solve the puzzle of an ancestor’s conflicting birthdate across many different records.…
The Tour de France is a beloved tradition in France dating back to 1903, when a bicycle race was first organized to increase newspaper sales.…
It’s on the one-dollar bill, and on the cover of every U.S. passport. It’s on plaques above the entrances to U.S. embassies and consulates all…
It’s one of our biggest sales of the year! From July 10–17, we are offering our DNA kits at 50% the original price. Shop now…
We genealogists spend most of our time digging into the past. But, at some point, it’s a good idea for us to turn around and…
On June 30, 1922, a calamity occurred for the people of Ireland: in the opening engagement of the Civil War, a massive explosion and fire…
The ground on which their forebears spent centuries is now trod by people of other ethnicities. The actual people who spent their time in these…
As you research your family history, you’ll probably collect many paper files, such as old letters, birth certificates and family Bible records, plus digital records…
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project “Save our Graves” to capture graves before they are…
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Source: geneanet
We are delighted to announce that we have partnered with the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People to publish an exclusive collection…
As a genealogist, you’ve probably collected many family photos. You may even have put some of them on the big genealogy websites and linked them…
We’re excited to share that we’ve just completed an additional update to the data for our ultimate genetic genealogy tool, Theory of Family Relativity. Theory…
Leading up to Father’s Day, we asked you to send in your photos of father-child, grandfather-grandchild, or other father-relative pairs that share a striking resemblance.…