Happy birthday to Winona Ryder! Today the actress turns 48. Image: Winona Ryder / Karon Liu, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Ryder was born Winona Laura…
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18.6 million new historical records have been added in October 2019 from seven new collections from all over the world, including Australia, Spain, the former…
The Genealogical Research Death Index assists individuals with locating New York State (NYS) death records that fall within defined genealogy years, exclusive of New York…
They’ve competed side by side in the world’s toughest football matches to bring honor to their flag and glory to their nation. Brazilian national icons…
On this day in 1914, Dr. Jonas Salk was born. Salk discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. Image: Jonas Salk / San Diego…
Photographs showing the extraordinary lives of German prisoners of war at a stately home have gone on display. Donington Hall, in Leicestershire, was used to…
Bride Park Cottage, the house in which American Civil War veteran Patrick Cleburne was born, has gone up for sale in Ovens, County Cork. Cleburne…
The face of a Medieval man whose remains were found in Aberdeen has been reconstructed. The man – known as skeleton 125 – was one…
The Tower of London is perhaps best known as a dungeon and burial ground where Anne Boleyn, Thomas More and various other friends and exes…
Easily find additional information and quickly grow your your family tree. • In your ancestry: Compare your direct ancestry with the Geneanet database and grow…
Combles village was entered in the early morning of the 26th September, 1916, by units of the 56th (London) Division and the French Army; and…
If you’ve never asked your grandma or grandpa what they wore for Halloween, you’re missing out. Sometimes we think that all those old photos are…
At the 2019 Temple and Family Leadership Instruction meeting, Elders David A. Bednar and Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles invited wards…
On this day in 1838, American school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was born. Taylor is remembered for her death-defying stunt on her 63rd birthday when she became the…
Andrew Carroll is never far away from the slim black portfolio he calls “the football.” Inside are more than two dozen original letters, creased and…
Henry VIII’s legendary marital troubles paved the way for copycat divorces, new evidence has suggested. Records from the 16th Century have been largely lost. But…
Ireland used to receive around 6,000 applications for citizenship a year before the 2016 referendum. But last year alone it received 25,000, some from British…
Copies of a letter written by Christopher Columbus describing his first impressions of the Americas have become so rare and valuable, they’re being stolen and…
Do you remember watching The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson? Today we remember legendary talk show host Johnny Carson on what would have been his 94th…
As the average lifespan has grown over the past several decades, learning about your health and how to preserve it has become increasingly more important.…