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…
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The ground on which their forebears spent centuries is now trod by people of other ethnicities. The actual people who spent their time in these…
As you research your family history, you’ll probably collect many paper files, such as old letters, birth certificates and family Bible records, plus digital records…
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…
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Source: geneanet
We are delighted to announce that we have partnered with the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People to publish an exclusive collection…
As a genealogist, you’ve probably collected many family photos. You may even have put some of them on the big genealogy websites and linked them…
We’re excited to share that we’ve just completed an additional update to the data for our ultimate genetic genealogy tool, Theory of Family Relativity. Theory…
Leading up to Father’s Day, we asked you to send in your photos of father-child, grandfather-grandchild, or other father-relative pairs that share a striking resemblance.…
Liv Rundgren Tyler (born Liv Rundgren, July 1, 1977) is an American actress, producer, singer and former model. She is best known for her portrayal…
The completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 was a watershed moment in the history of science and medicine. The ability to sequence human…
We are delighted to announce that we recently added 1 million emigration registers from Norway from 1867–1973. During the 19th and 20th centuries, an estimated…
For this Father’s Day, we asked the community to share the best advice they had ever received from their dad or father-figure in their life.…
Genealogists like to maximize their research time. With so many productivity tools and apps available for note taking, to-do-lists and project management, it can be…
When you start exploring the MyHeritage website for the first time, you may be taken aback by all its tools and features. You want to…
On this day in 1929, country singer June Carter Cash was born. Image: Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash / Wikimedia Commons She was born…
We’ve all been there: a son is named after a father; granddaughters are named after their grandmother; a child is named after an earlier sibling…
As the world changes and technology develops at a dizzying pace, certain skills that were once necessary for survival are being all but forgotten. It’s…