Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday of September, is a day dedicated to honoring the contributions of workers in the United States and Canada.…
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A major update of our database has just been completed, with 9 million new Belgian vital records indexed, referencing over 25 million individuals! Here are…
Back at RootsTech 2024 we unveiled an entirely new profile page experience on MyHeritage and introduced Hints, which present new details from your matches within…
Whether your summer was filled with family outings or furthering your family history research, there’s never been a better time to discover your origins and…
Image: Napoleon Bonaparte / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, CC0 On August 15, 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. In 1804, he…
In this episode of Best Websites, Lisa Louise Cooke talks with Brooke Schreier Ganz from Reclaim the Records, a group that aims to make genealogical…
In June and July 2024, we published 308 million historical records from 30 collections. The newly added records are from the United States, Canada, Austria,…
Soon Geni will be heading to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. The conference will take place August 18 –…
Happy birthday to Dustin Hoffman! Can you believe the actor turns 87 today? Image: Dustin Hoffman / Wikimedia Commons Dustin Lee Hoffman was born on August…
We are thrilled to have participated in the popular British morning show Good Morning Britain this Tuesday morning, August 6, 2024! MyHeritage VP Marketing Aaron…
Have you been watching the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics? Athletes from all around the world have come together in Paris, France to compete for the…
In this episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast, author Rhonda Lauritzen offers tips for writing your ancestors in an engaging, unique way. Feature: Writing…
You might not know where—or when—your next “semester” of genealogy will take you. But these five projects will get you ready. Students around the country…
Just before the close of 2023, we released AI Record Finder, the world’s first AI chat-based search engine for historical records. It provided a new…
On July 26, exactly 100 years after Paris hosted the last Olympics in 1924, thousands of athletes and fans will arrive in the City of…
With the Olympics starting this week, there’s no better time to celebrate your heritage with MyHeritage. Our Gold Medal DNA Sale starts today, July 25th,…
On this day in 1783, Venezuelan military leader and politician Simón Bolívar was born. Called “The Liberator,” Bolívar was instrumental in Latin America’s successful struggle for independence…
Immerse yourself in the fascinating history of Olympic champions by exploring their genealogies at Geneastar. Some of these sports figures may be your distant cousins!…