On this day in 1589, Henry III of France died at the hands of a religious fanatic. Image: Henry III of France / Rijksmuseum, Wikimedia…
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Genealogy library, genealogical society indexes, family pictures, cemeteries, archival registers… It may be difficult to find your way through the large number of data provided…
Karte Zur Geschichte Preussens. Published by Bibliographisches Institut 1890. A common challenge Prussian family researchers face is uncertainty when searching for records back in the…
We’re delighted to introduce Photo Tagger, a free new feature on the MyHeritage mobile app that lets you easily tag multiple photos of the same…
Last year, MyHeritage founder and CEO Gilad Japhet came across a spectacular old family album at an auction in Israel. He asked our Research team…
Would you like a second citizenship to go along with your ancestry research? While you’re climbing your family tree, you might find some unexpected “fruit”:…
Anna Sardis grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in a family of Greek immigrants. She always knew that she was born in Greece, but what she…
On this day in 1806, abolitionist Maria Weston Chapman was born. Image: Maria Weston Chapman / Wikimedia Commons Chapman was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts to…
There are a number of resources available for finding your immigrant ancestors. In this first of two articles, learn how to search the most typical…
Remember reading A Farewell to Arms? On this day in 1899, author Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Image: Ernest Hemingway / U.S. National…
In March of 2018, MyHeritage launched a pro bono initiative called DNA Quest to help reunite adoptees with their biological families. During the course of…
Families come in all shapes and sizes. MyHeritage users can now specify up to three sets of parents for any individual in the online family…
We are proud to announce that we added 22 record collections with 12.8 million historical records from across the globe, including the U.S., Canada, Belgium,…
In this episode, Lindsey Harner walks through 5 questions that can help you solve the puzzle of an ancestor’s conflicting birthdate across many different records.…
The Tour de France is a beloved tradition in France dating back to 1903, when a bicycle race was first organized to increase newspaper sales.…
It’s on the one-dollar bill, and on the cover of every U.S. passport. It’s on plaques above the entrances to U.S. embassies and consulates all…
It’s one of our biggest sales of the year! From July 10–17, we are offering our DNA kits at 50% the original price. Shop now…
We genealogists spend most of our time digging into the past. But, at some point, it’s a good idea for us to turn around and…
On June 30, 1922, a calamity occurred for the people of Ireland: in the opening engagement of the Civil War, a massive explosion and fire…