On the night of June 11, 1962, Alcatraz prison, famously deemed “impossible to escape,” faced its most dramatic challenge. Inmates Frank Morris, John Anglin, and…
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53 years after he was placed for adoption, Mark Nicholas Balls of Paderborn, Germany met his biological mother and two full brothers in Ireland. A…
We’re happy to share that we’ve added two new features that will enhance the way you search for historical records on MyHeritage: refining search results…
Happy birthday to Colin Firth! Today the actor turns 64. Image: Colin Firth / Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Firth was born on…
Many countries have a tradition upon the death of a loved one: distributing cards with information about the deceased and the bereaved family members. Geneanet…
We are delighted to announce that MyHeritage has acquired MesAieux.com, a popular family history service specializing in French Canadian genealogy. This is an exciting time…
Last year, a heartwarming 6-generation family photo went viral, featuring every generation of women between 98-year-old MaeDell Snow Taylor and her great-great-great-granddaughter, Zhavia. Multi-generation photos…
Mark your calendars for an exciting Facebook Live event! MyHeritage is bringing together 3 renowned DNA experts — Roberta Estes, Diahan Southard, and Janna Helshtein…
From September 7-15, Geneanet is organizing a special week dedicated to the transcription of the New York City Geographical Birth Index. Whether you are a…
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…
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…
In August 2024, we published 84 million historical records from 16 collections. The newly added records are from the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland,…
Get ready for an exciting month of learning with Webtember 2024! Legacy Family Tree Webinars is back with another month-long, free online genealogy conference. Each…
In this episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast, Lindsey Harner offers tips for navigating census records before 1850. Feature: Strategies for Using Pre-1850 US…
We’re back from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where we had the opportunity to attended the 44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. The conference was held August…
Learn more about (and from!) your family this month. These five suggestions will get you started. Kids across the United States have started a new…
Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday of September, is a day dedicated to honoring the contributions of workers in the United States and Canada.…
A major update of our database has just been completed, with 9 million new Belgian vital records indexed, referencing over 25 million individuals! Here are…