BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are genealogists unearthed the fact that Kate Middleton and Chris de Burgh have a family connect, via William Fairfax,…
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Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson was born on March 16, 1954, in San Francisco, California, the third and youngest child of John Wilson (d. 2000), from Corvallis,…
Do you have inventors in your family tree? On this day in 1847, inventor and engineer Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Image:…
A new study of the genetic history of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island off the western coast of Italy, tells how genetic ancestry on the island…
It is a 16th-century manuscript with beautiful illustrations that had been overlooked for years in Manchester University’s library, obscured by a catalogue description that was…
A forgotten passageway used by prime ministers and political luminaries – and closed up by Victorian labourers – has been uncovered in Parliament. Historians working…
Perhaps nothing inspires humility like the legacy of the Titanic: the so-called “unsinkable ship” that did, in fact, sink on its maiden voyage on April…
FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in February of 2020 with over 33 million new indexed family history records and over 40,000 digital images from…
Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss! Today marks the 116th birthday of the beloved children’s book author. Image: Theodore Seuss Geisel / Library of Congress Theodore Seuss…
We are pleased to announce the publication of a huge collection of historical U.S. city directories — an effort that has been two years in…
On this day in 1901, chemist and activist Linus Pauling was born in Portland, Oregon. Regarded as one of the most influential scientists in history, Pauling is…
We’re delighted to announce the release of Fan View — a new view for your family tree on MyHeritage. It joins the 3 views already…
Every year of RootsTech, from the very beginning, thousands of people have travelled to Salt Lake City, visited the Salt Palace, and come out describing…
Today we remember music legend Johnny Cash on what would have been his 88th birthday. One of the best-selling music artists of all time, Cash’s…
RootsTech is finally here and we couldn’t be more excited! We’ve planned a phenomenal lineup of lectures and sessions, of course, but we’ve also put…
In Quebec, gravestones did not come into common use until the second half of the 19th century, so historical cemeteries contain many unmarked graves. Inspired…
The statue commemorating Gabrielle Petit, the young Belgian woman who spied on the German military during World War I and was executed in 1916, stands…
The Oscar and Emmy winner will topline Blood Relative, a crime drama centered on a genetic genealogist. Her involvement lifts a cast contingency on the…
In the summer of 1348, the Black Death arrived in southwest England. The deadly disease rapidly swept through the country, ultimately killing between one-third and…
To survive in the big bad world of business, you need staying power. We wanted to know which businesses around the world have stood the…