We have a heartwarming story to tell about Lauren and Jean-Marc in this holiday season. Thanks to Geneanet’s international community, the Soldbuch — military service…
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Research fuels just about everything genealogists do. Whether you are working your way back several generations to complete your family tree or just yearning to…
The first Christmas of the Great War — later called World War I — was marked by a number of spontaneous, unplanned yet nearly identical…
Wesley Saucier uploaded her DNA to MyHeritage with the goal of learning more about her father’s origins. She never expected to find the half-sister her…
Serious genealogists recognize that they are never truly “done” when it comes to chasing down leads for their ancestors. However, while researching your roots, do…
When did feminist activists start burning bras to protest the oppression of women? If you consult historical newspapers to find an answer to this question,…
In this episode, we revisit the April 2023 interview with Kathryn Marks, in which she offers a walk-through of the Passenger Search database as a…
As the festive season approaches and the countdown to Christmas begins, we at MyHeritage are thrilled to announce the final day of our Last Chance…
We recently published a blog post highlighting the importance of setting up Two-Factor Authentication for your MyHeritage account. We explained some of the additional measures…
You have finished filling out your family tree just in time for the holidays and are eager to share it with the rest of your…
More than 800,000 vintage postcards are available free online at Geneanet, including more than 6000 Christmas and New Year cards. This year, find an unusual…
We are pleased to announce the addition of an exclusive collection of marriage certificates from North Rhine-Westphalia from 1874 to 1899. This unique collection is…
We are excited to announce the launch of the MyHeritage Wiki: the new, community-led online encyclopedia for genealogy and DNA. The new wiki is hosted…
With Geneanet, you can generate your family book automatically from your family tree. It’s easy to do and you can download the result for free!…
A haplogroup is a series of mutations found in a chromosome. It is therefore detectable in the DNA of an individual and may be different…
Online family tree sites are terrific tools for organizing your family history, collaborating with other relatives and sharing your findings. Most let you build a…
In November 2023 we published 17.4 million historical records from 36 historical record collections from Australia, Belgium, the Channel Islands, England, France, Germany, Scotland, Sweden,…
In this episode, we look at some of the most memorable interviews from 2023, including Lisa Alzo sharing her family history research plan and Denise…