Jewish genealogy is getting a boost thanks to the combined efforts of two companies in Israel. A genealogy and social network search engine is being launched by Haaretz.com and partner Famillion with the goal of uniting Jewish people all over the world.

Haaretz.com is the online edition of Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, while Famillion is a start-up genealogy company seeking to build a giant digital family tree. Famillion’s focus is on the link Read more »

Photos of long-dead ancestors are some of the most cherished possessions of families around the world, especially genealogists. For many families, these heirlooms have been scattered across the country or around the world, and lost forever. Or, maybe not.

A number of collaborative websites have been around for several years that offer “found” and shared photos of named individuals, and even more Read more »

Two of the Internet’s better-known genealogy database websites are teaming up to offer free online access to more than 16 million grave records. Find A Grave and WorldVitalRecords.com announced their partnership on Friday.

While WorldVitalRecords.com has been building online databases for just over a year, the Find A Grave project dates back to 1995. Read more »

One of the fastest-growing database-rich genealogy websites, continues to enjoy increased popularity. WorldVitalRecords.com says Quantcast.com ranks it in the top 10,000 of the most popular sites on the entire Internet, number 9,100 to be exact.

The Provo, Utah-based WorldVitalRecords.com reports its number of unique visitors has increased more than 400% since January 2007. Read more »

The names of nearly one million British Army pensioners from World War One have made their debut online via Ancestry.co.uk, part of genealogy giant The Generations Network.

The completion of the British Army World War One Pension Records collection coincides with the 90th anniversary of the Read more »

Many genealogists rely on software programs to organize their family tree data. One genealogy software company is taking the concept a few steps further by offering products that can enhance your family research.

In addition to standard software for family tree compilation, Nova Scotia-based Progeny Software also offers a variety of other products that might Read more »

Finding records of ancestors who suffered through the bonds of slavery can be especially challenging, but at least one online database offers an unbelieveable amount of information for enslaved people of African ancestry who once called Louisiana home, even before it was a state.

This incredible resource is a database that was 15 years in the making, and Read more »

Genealogy researchers may have a way of making some money from old documents they spent years gathering. Rather than let them collect dust, a relatively new website gives genealogists the option of sharing those documents with the world.

Next month, AncestryBank.com marks its one year online anniversary. It Read more »

Thanks to the internet, genealogy research gets easier everyday. Of course, it’s still no substitute for good old-fashioned library work, but online research can reveal many clues never before accessible.

It’s great to find important ancestral information, generation by generation, but it’s even more important to document what you’re finding. If you’re just starting out, you’ll need to start filling out a Read more »

Many family historians start their genealogy research with census records. Since they often know where ancestors lived in the most recently available census for 1930, they know where to start looking. In the not too distant past, that meant a trip to the nearest library with census microfilm and the page by page search for grandparents and other relatives.

These days, the ease with which one can now do census research, is Read more »