In the 19th century, poorer families living in cities in Europe had a higher rate of children who weren’t biologically related to their legal fathers.…
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More than a million photographs and negatives spanning the 20th century arrived at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville last month. Dennis T. Clark, dean…
Many claim that the best way to experience a culture is through local cuisine. The same can be said of your heritage. The best way…
In the first half of November, MyHeritage added 18.8 million new records from 10 new collections: Chile Electoral Rolls 2013, 1801 Norway Census, 1865 Norway…
Names give us a way to identify each other and ourselves. Often, they are family names that have special meaning for us. Welsh names are…
We recently announced a collaboration with the world-famous football club Ajax from Amsterdam to provide the players with fascinating discoveries about their family history. We…
Of all the confrontations in World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad was the largest. Understanding what happened at this important battle will help you…
Happy birthday to Ed Asner! Today the actor turns 90. Image: Ed Asner / Department of Defense, William D. Moss Asner was born on November 15,…
Caterpillar Valley was the name given by the army to the long valley which runs West to East, past “Caterpillar Wood”, to the high ground…
On November 14, 1840, French impressionist painter Claude Monet was born. Image: Claude Monet / Wikimedia Commons The French painter is remembered as the founder of…
Do you remember reading Treasure Island or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? On this day in 1850, author Robert Louis Stevenson was born. Image: Robert Louis Stevenson…
What did a lamb stew from ancient Babylonia taste like? Kind of like a lamb stew from present-day Iraq, as it turns out. A team…
Since 1992, when Italy legalized dual citizenship, a large majority of Italian-Americans have been eligible to become Italian citizens by descent. Find out below whether…
President William Henry Harrison died in 1841 after just 31 days in the White House. But the sword he carried at the Battle of Tippecanoe…
The image archive, kick-started by an anonymous private collector, houses over 45,000 historic images of the city, from pre-Gold Rush to the 1990s. It’s a…
Who exactly were the Aurignacians, who lived in the Levant 40,000 years ago? Researchers from Tel Aviv University, the Israel Antiquities Authority, and Ben-Gurion University…
A woman has snapped up a rare 1960s photo of her mother at work for a Black Country chain makers after spotting it on the…
If you have English roots, you can search a variety of English historical documents to learn about your ancestors’ identities and stories. Since the 1830s,…
World War II happened on a global scale. It was so big and complex that it can be difficult to think about it in terms…
It’s Veterans Day in the U.S. Today we honor all the men and women who have served in the armed forces. In honor of the holiday, we…