What was your favorite fairy tale growing up? On this day in 1785, Jacob Grimm was born in Hanau, Hesse-Kassel. As one half of the…
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We’re happy to introduce the new List view for photos on MyHeritage, designed for convenient editing and sorting of the details in your family photos.…
2021 was an exciting and challenging year. This year we saw private citizens jet off to space, COVID vaccines administered worldwide, major events slated for…
Fast Facts Form Image Questions Online Search How to Read Resources Happily for genealogists, the 1880 census continued this interest in “nativity.” Besides asking the…
Fast Facts Form Image Questions Online Search How to Read Resources This was the first census to count all individuals as “whole persons,” the 14th…
Fast Facts Form Image Questions Online Search How to Read Resources The 1860 census questions were essentially the same as a decade before. It’s notable…
Do you have inventors in your family tree? On this day in 1800, inventor and chemist Charles Goodyear was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Goodyear invented…
If your ancestors traveled to New York from outside the United States during the years 1892–1954, there’s a good chance they passed through Ellis Island.…
Villers-Guislain was occupied by Commonwealth forces from April 1917 until the German counter attacks (in the Battle of Cambrai) at the end of November 1917.…
As the year comes to a close, we’re looking back at 2021 on Geni. We’re proud of the many new enhancements to Sources introduced to…
There’s no time like the holidays to connect to your roots and celebrate traditions with your family. Many of the popular customs we practice today…
On this day in 1943, author Beatrix Potter died at the age of 77. Although best remembered for her beloved children’s book, The Tale of Peter…
We’re wrapping up another amazing year of free online events at MyHeritage — and getting ready to launch the new one! In December and January,…
Fast Facts Form Image Questions Online Search How to Read Resources Genealogists might think of this as the “hallelujah!” census. Not only was each free…
Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O’Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971), known professionally as Dido ( DY-doh), is an English singer and songwriter. She attained international…
You can view the list of possible duplicates in your family tree and easily merge them if needed. Source: geneanet
We’re celebrating an extraordinary milestone at MyHeritage: we’ve surpassed one million annual subscribers! We’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one…
On this day in 1706, French mathematician Émilie du Châtelet was born. Image: Émilie du Châtelet / Wikimedia Commons Du Châtelet was born Garbielle Émilie…
In addition to being a regular Family Tree Magazine column, Photo Detective was also a long-running blog hosted on our website by Maureen A. Taylor…