This summer, surf the waves or the World Wide Web. Beat the heat with these projects. We live in a golden age of genealogy. Thousands…
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With 9 billion data points, Geneanet has millions of real genealogies… but a few fictional ones too! With the arrival on our screens of the…
Summer is here, and with it comes the perfect time for family gatherings, outdoor activities, and diving into family history discovery. We are excited to…
We developed the Deep Nostalgia feature to give our users the powerful experience of seeing an ancestor in a still photo move, look around, and…
In this episode, genealogist and writer David Fryxell highlights some of the best Google tools for genealogists to use, including Google Scholar, Google Drive, and…
It’s been only three months since launch, and OldNews.com is already on its way to becoming the top website for historical newspapers from around the…
The General Slocum Families Trees collaborative project is documenting the 700+ families impacted by the 1904 excursion steamer disaster in New York, when over a…
Monika Fleming discovered she was adopted at age 30. 37 years later, she uploaded her DNA to MyHeritage — and was matched with a half-brother.…
With so many genealogy websites available for your family history quest, how do you know which sites are the best? Leave it to our genealogy…
Eighty years ago this week, Allied forces landed on five beaches in Normandy and set out to join up with paratroopers who had landed overnight.…
In April and May 2024, we published 123 million historical records from 18 collections. The newly added records are from the United States, Canada, Australia,…
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project “Save our Graves” to capture graves before they are…
The upcoming 80th anniversary of D-Day is an opportunity to reflect on the colossal impact that day had on our world. It’s also a good…
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have…
In this episode of the Family Tree Magazine podcast, Steve Little of the National Genealogy Society chats with Andrew Koch about AI tools like ChatGPT…
When was the last time you read a biography or work of historical fiction and felt a kindred connection with the main character? By the…
We’re excited to announce the addition of 11.6 million new Nordic newspaper pages to OldNews.com, the innovative website for historical newspapers, by MyHeritage. OldNews.com enables…
Newspapers are one of the most valuable sources of information for family historians because they offer so much more than dry facts. The 4 people…