Glenn Close Happy birthday to Glenn Close! Today the star turns 72. The versatile actress was born on March 19, 1947 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her father was a…
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Grover Cleveland Today we remember Grover Cleveland, who was born on this day in 1837. Cleveland served as the 22nd and 24th President of the…
Listen to this Family Tree Magazine Podcast episode here: This month’s theme: online records This month, we’re talking about finding online records with your host,…
H.P. Lovecraft On this day in 1937, writer H.P. Lovecraft died at the age of 46. Today, Lovecraft is remembered as one of the most significant…
Albert Einstein Happy birthday, Albert Einstein! Today marks his 140th birthday of one of the most brilliant minds in history. Einstein was born on March 14,…
William Herschel On March 13, 1781, astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. It would be the first planet to be discovered with the aid…
Liza Minnelli Happy 73rd birthday to Liza Minnelli! The legendary performer was born on March 12, 1946 in Hollywood, California to actress Judy Garland and director…
Develop your genealogy skills and build a better genealogy toolbox with the 2019 Spring Virtual Genealogy Conference. Running from March 22 – March 24th, you’ll…
Today the world celebrates International Women’s Day in recognition of past and current achievements of women all over the world. In honor of the day,…
Johann Köler Do you have Estonian roots? On this day in 1826, Estonian painter Johann Köler was born. A leader of the Estonian national awakening,…
Nicéphore Niépce Do you have French ancestry? On this day in 1765, French inventor Nicéphore Niépce was born. Credited as the inventor of photography, Niépce…
I sat down with Sunny Jane Morton, who is delivering the keynote address for the 2019 Spring Virtual Conference in March, and asked her to…
We’re back from RootsTech in Salt Lake City, Utah! From February 27 – March 2, 2019, thousands of genealogists and family history enthusiasts gathered at…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning On this day in 1806, English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born. During her lifetime, Browning was considered to be one of…
Heitor Villa-Lobos On this day in 1887, Brazilian composer and conductor Heitor Villa-Lobos was born. Remembered as one of the best known South American composers…
Henry the Navigator Do you have Portuguese ancestors? On this day in 1394, Henry the Navigator was born in Porto, Portugal. The third child of…
Findmypast has announced the release of more than 1.2 million baptismal, marriage, burial and congregational records covering 103 Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati…
Today at RootsTech, the British Isles genealogy giant, Findmypast, announced that it will help The National Archives (UK) to digitize and bring online the 1921…
Leading genealogy website MyHeritage has released a new feature that revolutionizes how you explore your DNA matches. “Until now, family history enthusiasts used two distinct…
So many times over the years, I’ve wished I could post little notes on my family tree, warnings and reminders and identifiers. Things like “unconfirmed…