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Every country has its comfort foods—those dishes that not only satisfy, but also provide a sense of well-being. Shepherd’s pie is one such recipe. This…
Defining what is your heritage means understanding your inherited sense of family identity. Explore these questions and activities to strengthen and better express your own…
On this day in 1814, Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, was born in Dinant, in what is today Belgium. Image: Adolphe Sax / Bibliothèque Nationale…
This is the third post in our Genealogy Basics series, in which MyHeritage walks you step-by-step through building your family tree. As we discussed in…
Emily Jean Stone was born on November 6, 1988, in Scottsdale, Arizona, to Krista Jean Stone (née Yeager), a homemaker, and Jeffrey Charles Stone, the…
During the last indexing week, you were almost 2,000 participants and you have indexed more than 200,000 records. To mark the Armistice of 11 November…
In celebration of Family History Month, we ran a contest throughout the month of October for a chance for one lucky winner to receive a free…
Throughout our lives, we accumulate a lot of items—old journals, faded photos, treasured heirlooms, day-to-day documents. And in the wake of losing a loved one,…
Remember watching Gone With the Wind? On this day in 1913, star Vivien Leigh was born in Darjeeling, India. Image: Vivien Leigh / Wikimedia Commons Leigh…
Two hundred thousand years ago, the earliest shared ancestors of every living human on Earth rested their feet at a verdant oasis in the middle…
A Victorian bottle thought to have been used to ward off evil spells has been found at the birthplace of a “witch”. Angeline Tubbs, known…
A resident was left shocked when workers renovating his home found a WWII bunker hidden underneath the driveway. Labourers at Surj Singh’s home in Bradford,…
Baby names come and go, like hairstyles, trouser-lengths and Brexit deadline extensions. Sure, Noah is extremely popular right now, as it was 12,000 years ago…
Scientists have re-created the face of a female Viking warrior who lived more than 1,000 years ago. The woman is based on a skeleton found…
On this day in 1879, vaudeville performer and cowboy humorist Will Rogers was born. Rogers is remembered as “America’s Cowboy Philosopher.” Image: Will Rogers /…
In 1619, a group of kidnapped Africans forcibly disembarked from ships on the shores of colonial Virginia. They were not the first people to be…
Wondering how to best use your new FamilySearch account? Here are five simple tasks you can try. 1. Take a name to the temple. Ordinances…
Have you read The Red Badge of Courage? On November 1, 1871, author Stephen Crane was born in Newark, New Jersey. Image: Stephen Crane /…