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New: Star in Your Own Traits Video
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (924+ words) Now you can create a fun, free, personalized Traits Video that highlights some of your most prominent traits! The video is created with AI and showcases your strongest traits with a witty, playful twist " like steam coming out of your…...
Historical Records That Hold Clues About the People Who Built America
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (938+ words) The story of the United States is often told through the lens of great battles and famous names, but the true foundation of the nation was laid by millions of ordinary people. These were the farmers, blacksmiths, merchants, and laborers…...
Tracing Irish Ancestors: A Guide to Famine-Era Genealogy
2+ week, 3+ day ago (912+ words) The famine permanently changed Ireland's population and created one of the largest migrations in modern history. For many families, tracing ancestors from this period begins with organizing known relatives and building a family tree. A famine cottage in Athea, County…...
MyHeritage Founder and CEO Gilad Japhet at RootsTech 2026
2+ week, 1+ day ago (296+ words) RootsTech 2026 brought together thousands of genealogy enthusiasts from around the world. MyHeritage Founder and CEO Gilad Japhet returned to the stage to share the latest developments across the company. Watch the full session here: Gilad opened with a simple question:…...
Introducing Country Coding for Family Trees
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1452+ words) A family tree often tells a rich story, but it isn't always easy to see the geographical aspects of the story at a quick glance. To help you better visualize your family history, we've added country coding for family trees....
Introducing Scribe AI: Transcribe, Interpret, and Receive Fascinating Insights About Your Family’s Historical Documents and Photos, and MyHeritage Records
4+ week, 17+ hour ago (1465+ words) Caution is advised! This feature is highly addictive and genealogists we've given early access to this feature have become hooked, and can't stop uploading more and more items for analysis! It would be fair to say that Scribe AI is…...
MyHeritage Adds 190 Million Historical Records in February 2026
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (312+ words) In February 2026, MyHeritage published 190 million historical records across 18 new and updated collections from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden, and other countries. The collections include extracted newspaper records, death records, military records, and more. Many of…...
Sweden Birth, Marriage, and Death Collections Now Complete on MyHeritage
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (585+ words) All 3 collections were indexed by MyHeritage from scanned images of the original documents, and the images are available to view alongside each record. Record Matches from these collections are delivered directly to individuals in users" family trees " and with the…...
MyHeritage Adds 210 Million Historical Records in January 2026
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (407+ words) Search them to discover a family treasure! Here are more details about each of the collections added. Sweden Marriages, 18501945 This collection contains records of banns and marriages from Sweden, between the years 1850 and 1945. Records typically include the names of the…...
Discover Stories of Your Spanish Ancestors: Names and Stories from Newspapers OldNews.com
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (435+ words) We're pleased to announce the release of a new historical record collection on MyHeritage: Spain, Names & Stories in Newspapers. This collection includes 285 million structured records extracted from Spanish newspapers. The records were created using advanced AI technology developed in-house by…...