On this day in 1858, Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was born in New York City, New York. Image: Theodore Roosevelt…
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Q: I’ve been searching for my Irish fifth-great-grandfather, who was born in 1748. How can I find out more about him? Q: I’ve hit a…
BillionGraves is a free website with a bold goal: to preserve digitally at least a billion gravestones. To date, volunteers have uploaded over 40 million…
Are you a fan of The Princess Bride? On this day in 1962, star Cary Elwes was born in Westminster, London, England. Image: Cary Elwes…
Stories of African American history and culture are told powerfully and authentically at many black history museums. Some focus on the brutal history of slavery…
If this article caught your eye, you probably have an interest in indexing or in online historical records. Maybe you’ve made indexing a part of…
Did you know that you can share your old postcards on Geneanet? Thanks to the Geneanet members, almost 440,000 postcards are available for free! Source:…
When looking through your old family photos and enhancing the facial features with the MyHeritage Photo Enhancer, you might have noticed an interesting phenomenon. There…
Bazentin was in German hands until 14 July 1916 when the 3rd and 7th Divisions captured the two villages (and the communal cemetery) and held…
Wondering how to find the best places to search for your ancestors? Puzzling over where to begin and what to do next? FamilySearch is building…
Happy birthday to Ryan Reynolds! Today the star turns 44. Image: Ryan Reynolds / Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Reynolds was born on…
We are pleased to announce the publication of three important Welsh historical record collections on MyHeritage: Wales, Parish Births and Baptisms; Wales, Parish Marriages and…
Are you looking for more records to advane your family history research? If you have heritage from another country—and many people do!—chances are that just…
Happy birthday to Jeff Goldblum! Today the actor turns 68. Goldblum was born on October 22, 1952 in West Homestead, Pennsylvania to Jewish parents, Shirley…
Every year, genealogists, family history enthusiasts, and industry-leading companies come together for the largest genealogy conference in the world—RootsTech. It’s truly a genealogist’s dream, with…
Today we remember singer and songwriter Tom Petty on what would have been his 70th birthday. The lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and…
Genealogy is based on sharing and we propose to participate in the collaborative indexing of the Wyoming, USA, Death Index so it will be searchable…
Happy birthday to John Lithgow! Today the actor turns 75. Lithgow was born on October 19, 1945 in Rochester, New York to Sarah Jane Price…
Author Joy Neighbors joins Lisa to talk about cemetery research and how you can use gravestone symbols to discover more about your ancestors. Plus, our…
We’re happy to announce that Mac users with operating systems Catalina and High Sierra can now download and use MyHeritage Family Tree Builder, for free!…