When Mary Gambrell received the phone call, it was very clear to her that she had to document the moment she told her mother the…
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On this day in 1917, singer and actor Dean Martin was born in Steubenville, Ohio. Image: Dean Martin / Wikimedia Commons He was born Dino Paul…
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz is dominating the French Open tournament this year. He is representing Spain, naturally, alongside the talented Rafa Nadal — but…
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Hans van Harskamp, 61, from Kudelstaart, the Netherlands, had a strong desire to discover who his unknown grandfather was for years. He joined MyHeritage and…
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman — and the third woman in the world — to go into space. As…
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. Some new famous family trees have…
Scott Lieberman, 42, from San Francisco, was born in Chile in August 1980 and adopted within a month by a US couple. The parents also…
In this episode, Kathryn Lake Hogan tells us what we can find in the highly anticipated 1931 Census of Canada and offers some strategies for…
We’re excited to announce the launch of Reimagine, a groundbreaking new mobile app for family photos. Reimagine harnesses the power of MyHeritage’s world-class AI technologies…
We’re excited to announce that MyHeritage DNA is now on sale for the lowest price of the year so far! For a limited time, MyHeritage…
80 years ago, in May 1943, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) became the first professional baseball league of women. The story of how…
The General Slocum Families Trees collaborative project is documenting the 700+ families impacted by the 1904 excursion steamer disaster in New York, when over a…
Over the years, photos pile up. First, it’s the major events: weddings, graduations, prom dates. Then, it’s the small, intimate moments that might have otherwise…
Come see Geni at the National Genealogical Society 2023 Family History Conference in Richmond, Virginia. The conference will take place May 31 – June 3…
Millions of people in the United States have French Canadian ancestry. French settlements stretched down what is today the United States in the 17th and…
The 1930s in Canada were a decade of dust and depression. Canadians faced hard times: Working-class men were “riding the rails” in search of work,…