Today we remember Harriet Tubman, who died on this day in 1913. After escaping from slavery herself, Tubman helped lead hundreds of others to freedom…
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Florentine navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci was born on this day in 1451 (some scholars say 1454). Image: Amerigo Vespucci Vespucci was born to Nastagio…
We kicked off this month with some wonderful sessions and exciting announcements at RootsTech, which we hope you all enjoyed! And we’ll be continuing with…
At the beginning of this year, we launched our first-ever full-length online course, Introduction to Genealogy. Since then, more than 10,000 people have registered for…
This article is sponsored by Artifcts.com. A few years ago, my parents began downsizing from my large childhood home to a smaller “grandparent nest.” It…
Do you have royal connections? On this day in 1702, Queen Anne, sister of Mary II, became Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Image:…
A little west of the crossroads known to the army as ‘Windy Corner’ was a house used as a battalion headquarters and dressing station. The…
The Geneanet family tree edit form has been fully redesigned and improved to facilitate data entry and to highlight some informations. Source: geneanet
We’re happy to introduce a new feature on MyHeritage: the Family Tree Timeline. The Timeline is a visual representation of one individual from your family…
On this day in 1781, Jewish American educator and philanthropist Rebecca Gratz was born. Image: Rebecca Gratz / Princeton University Art Museum, Wikimedia Commons Gratz…
Perhaps you already know about Geneanet’s YouTube channel in English. But as the old saying goes, “If you want something done right, do it yourself!”,…
We’re thrilled to introduce LiveStory, a groundbreaking new feature from MyHeritage that allows you to create animated videos of your ancestors telling their life story.…
We are thrilled to announce that we are launching our first-ever podcast, Blast From My Past. The podcast will feature the incredible true stories of…
On this day in 1954, actor, director, and producer Ron Howard was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. Image: David Shankbone / Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY 3.0)…
We’re pleased to tell you about a very special limited-time offer we’re launching this week: from March 1, 2022, until March 8, 2022, you can…
2022 is off to a great start! Over the last two months, we’ve added 277 million new records from 34 new collections. From France, we’ve…
The Release How to Prepare Form Image Census Questions History How to Search How to Read the Census Resources The release of a US census…
RootsTech 2022 is coming up fast! In just one week, the world’s largest genealogy conference will be here once again. Last year, the conference was…