Mention the 1960s, and a few things are top of mind — activism, war, counterculture, protests — and Roz Payne, a filmmaker, photographer and activist…
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2020 is off to a great start! MyHeritage has already added over 50 million records in the month of January alone: an addition of 21…
Today we remember American illustrator Norman Rockwell, who was born on February 3, 1894. Image: Norman Rockwell / Library of Congress Rockwell was born in…
The Woman Who Beat Phileas Fogg Around the World — and Championed Human Rights Way Ahead of Her Time
The Woman Who Beat Phileas Fogg Around the World — and Championed Human Rights Way Ahead of Her Time
When Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days was published in 1872, the idea of circumnavigating the world in such a…
You can only try pahovana piletina in two places. One is Vojvodina, Serbia, where the unique style of fried chicken was born. The other is…
In 2016, archaeologists excavating sections of a southern Virginia interstate unearthed dinnerware and a brick hearth at a Civil War encampment called Redoubt 9. Near…
After arriving in the Americas, Christopher Columbus penned a letter about his find to Spain’s King Ferdinand, a letter that would later be published to…
The archives that were for years stored in the Thomas Cook offices in Bretton and more recently at Lynch Wood have been sold to the…
The UK National Archives have provoked outcry from academics by announcing a new trial restricting readers to 12 documents a day, despite concerns it may…
You may have noticed that a new prompt, titled “Unfinished Attachments,” appears with some sources attached to people in your family tree. This prompt appears…
Happy birthday to Gene Hackman! Today the actor celebrates his 90th birthday. Image: Gene Hackman / Christopher Michael Little, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) He was…
Celebrate Black History Month with these lesser-known facts about the contributions to world history of Africans and people of African descent. When some people think…
Happy birthday, Tom Selleck! Today the popular actor turns 75. Image: Tom Selleck / Alan Light, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Thomas William Selleck was born on…
We’re excited to announce the 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon, an unprecedented event hosted by MyHeritage and featured on Legacy Family Tree Webinars. The marathon will…
February provides an opportunity to celebrate Black History Month and reflect on the life-changing contributions that those of African descent have made to the world.…
On this day in 1884, Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer Auguste Piccard was born. Piccard is best remembered for his studies of the Earth’s upper…
FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in January of 2020 with over 24.4 million new indexed family history records from all over the world. New…
Have you used the HTML version of the family tree on Geni? GeneaVlogger and Geni curator Jarrett Ross has released a new video on how…
Today we remember legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant, who died yesterday at the age of 41. Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, along with seven others…
The tragedy of the Holocaust extends far beyond the unfathomable number of lives that were lost and the thriving communities that were wiped out without…