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Did your ancestors fight in the American Revolutionary War? On this day in 1750, American Revolutionary War General Henry Knox was born. Image: Henry Knox /…
Women are often the unsung heroes during war, especially prior to World War I. (It was during that conflict they were finally permitted to enlist.)…
The 39th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy is coming up soon! The conference will take place July 28 – August 2 in Cleveland, Ohio. Come…
Today we remember pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart on her 122nd birthday. Image: Amelia Earhart / San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive Amelia Mary Earhart was…
Happy birthday to Daniel Radcliffe! Today the Harry Potter star turns 30. Image: Daniel Radcliffe / Gage Skidmore, (CC BY-SA 2.0) Radcliffe was born on July…
On this day in 1849, American poet and activist Emma Lazarus was born. Lazarus is best remembered for the sonnet “The New Colossus,” and today, her iconic words,…
If you’ve taken an autosomal DNA test at 23andMe, AncestryDNA, or Family Tree DNA, you likely have a long list of genetic cousins. After sequencing…
Happy birthday, Benedict Cumberbatch! Today the star turns 43. Image: Benedict Cumberbatch / Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY-SA 2.0) Cumberbatch was born on July 19,…
Legendary astronaut John Glenn was born on July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio. Glenn made history when he became the first American to orbit the…
Immigrant ancestors tend to capture researchers’ imaginations more than others. The idea of our ancestors coming to a foreign land, with nothing but the clothes…
Today we celebrate Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on what would have been his 147th birthday. Image: Roald Amundsen / National Library of Norway, Flickr He was…
Here in New England where winters are long, we embrace summer and often carry cameras to capture moments in the sunshine. When you think about…
Do you have Dutch ancestry? Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn was born on this day in 1606 in Leiden in the Dutch Republic, now known…
September 2019 has everyone’s favorite unlucky day: Friday the 13th. Historians can’t exactly pinpoint when the superstition began, but some attribute it to the 1907…
Since releasing our new enhancements to Geni relationship paths, users have been having a blast finding new and surprising connections in the World Family Tree. Now…
On this day in 1817, American essayist and poet Henry David Thoreau was born. Image: Henry David Thoreau / Wikimedia Commons He was born David…
On this day in 1767, John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, was born. Image: John Quincy Adams / Library of Congress…