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Profile of the Day: Mary, Queen of Scots

On this day in 1542, Mary, Queen of Scots was born in Linlithgow, Scotland. Image: Mary, Queen of Scots / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia…

MyHeritage Online Events for December

As 2020 comes to a close, we’re ending off the year with a bang here at MyHeritage! One of the silver linings of this year…

Monthly Record Update for November 2020

FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in November of 2020 with over 38.4 million new indexed family history records and over 200,000 digital images from…

MyHeritage In Color™ Just Got Better

Earlier this year we released an amazing feature for colorization of black and white photos –MyHeritage In Color. It was based on deep-learning technology licensed…

Profile of the Day: Pedro II of Brazil

On this day in 1825, Pedro II of Brazil was born. The second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, Pedro II was nicknamed…

New Languages available on FamilySearch.org

One of FamilySearch’s goals is to help people worldwide discover how they are connected in the human family’s shared Family Tree. Now, it will be…

Profile of the Day: Bette Midler

Happy birthday to Bette Midler! Today the iconic singer and actress turns 75. Image: Bette Midler / Nationaal Archief Midler was born on December 1,…

Profile of the Day: Mark Twain

What’s your favorite Mark Twain book? On this day in 1835, the author and humorist was born in Florida, Missouri. Today he is still considered to…