MyHeritage.com is offering free access to U.S. immigration records from June 1–5. This includes 56 immigration collections with 206.1 million records covering passenger lists, arrivals, and naturalization documents. To start searching, go to: www.myheritage.com/us-immigrati...

The FamilySearch Center at 1400 Westfall Road in Rochester, NY will be hosting an open house on Saturday, June 13, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public. #Genealogy

Document retrieval services available from Minnesota Genealogical Society. Always a great service if you can't go in person! #genealogy

Did your ancestors work in one of Scotland’s lighthouses? Search the lightkeeper registers held on Scotland’s People. The registers cover people employed by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses between 1837 and 1921. #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory 🗃️ 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/news-and-art...

FACT OF THE DAY. 26 May 1940. The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) began. Over the next 9 days, 385,000 Allied soldiers were rescued after a catastrophic defeat by German forces during the Battle of France. They left all their equipment behind.

Remembering Our Military Service Members on Memorial Day www.theshamrockgenealogist.com/2026/05/reme... #MemorialDay #genealogy #familyhistory

May 25, 1776: The Maryland Convention directs that “every Prayer and Petition for the King’s Majesty…be henceforth omitted in all Churches and Chapels in this Province.” The body makes this rejection of royal authority despite having voted this week against independence for the colonies. 1/3

Join us for the APG Member Meetup on Wednesday, 27 May 2026 from 4:00–5:00 p.m. at the Allen County Public Library. Let us know that you are planning to attend by completing our signup form at members.apgen.org/members/form...

May 25, 1776: Congress authorizes creation of a regiment to be made up of German-speakers, heeding Washington’s advice. The 8th Maryland Regiment will be unusual in drawing men from multiple states: initially four companies from Maryland and four, later five, from Pennsylvania.

#PoisonBookProject is a fascinating venture our Conservator recently brought to our attention - a database of 19th century arsenical green book bindings. Find out more - if you dare: sites.udel.edu/poisonbookpr... #LibraryofBham #WinterthurMuse @udelaware.bsky.social

May 25, 1776: Soldiers are at work on Castle Island in Boston Harbor to rebuild fortifications destroyed by the British before their evacuation. "The Soldiers from Boston and Dogestter [Dorchester] Have Ben hear to help Build a fort all most Every Day since we come Heare,” Pvt. David How notes.

Finished the index! Need to double-check page numbers and think through a few headings and sub-headings, but it is pretty much done. Now, if you will please do me a favor and pre-order the book. 😉 bookshop.org/p/books/a-gl...

🌳 WikiTree Member Q&A Session: 24 May 2026 Join us for our monthly WikiTree Member Q&A session today at 11am ET ✔️ Navigating the website ✔️ Creating and maintaining profiles ✔️ Growing your family branches Details: www.wikitree.com/g2g/2028516 #CollaborativeGenealogy

#OnThisDay in 1923, the Irish Civil War ended. If your ancestor fought in the Irish Volunteers, later known as the Irish Republican Army, here's how to find his record: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

May 23, 1776: Martha Washington is inoculated for smallpox by a doctor shortly after she arrives in Philadelphia with her husband, George. The general has done much to encourage inoculations as infections have ravaged American armies in both New England and Canada.

Join us for our 2026 Juneteenth program and rediscover James W.C. Pennington (1808-1870), a truly remarkable figure of Black religious and political history who has been unjustly overlooked in contemporary scholarship.

The Boston Landmarks Commission has received a complete Article 85 Demo Delay application for 117 & 123-127 Heath St. (The Eblana Brewing Co.) in Jamaica Plain. Staff has determined that this property does have historic significance. To submit a public comment click here: ow.ly/AjPP50Z2QX9

The German #Genealogy Group recently added more records to its brides and grooms databases. 2,101 brides and 91 grooms - missing from the original index - were added to the Kings County 1870 databases. All the website databases are free. To start searching, go to: www.germangenealogygroup.com

In honor of Memorial Day, MyHeritage.com is offering free access to its U.S. military record collections from now through Tuesday, May 26. MyHeritage has 35 U.S. military record collections with over 200 millions records. To get started searching, go to: myheritage.com/us-military-... #genealogy

The Saratoga Springs Public Library will be having a Local History Fair this Friday, May 22, from 1-5 p.m. Meet representatives from area archives, museums, historical societies and historical sites. There will also be two presentations. Registration is not required. #genealogy

I have recently posted about the new titles that have been added to the New York State Historical Newspapers website. Many titles were added to Oneida County as well as for Madison, Suffolk and Jefferson. To see all the titles, go to my post at: www.newyorkgenlinks.com/2026/05/18/n... #genealogy

Jewish studies colleagues, I have a question. Is here someone whose center got the Rothschild Hanaviv funding this year? or a postdoc who was funded? It would be useful to know what kind of projects get funding. (Hanaviv does not publish a list of the funded projects.)

#genealogy #FamilyHistory tip: Search on a female ancestor's married name in FamilySearch full-text search. You might find her mentioned in a relative's will. I was able to find a female ancestor's maiden name this way, mentioned in her father's will (her marriage record is lost/missing).

Found another Will for my Colnbrook #OnePlaceStudy for John Bullock one of the major land owners in Poyle. The Will has its own surprise. The testator appears to be sane. Why say that when one is already dead? Is he scared of being buried alive? This is the first for me after about 400 #wills.

There’s still time to help preserve Indiana’s Veterans Bounty Land Records! IGS has raised $2,225 so far toward the $23,000 goal. Every county donation helps protect these records for future generations. Questions? [email protected] #IndianaGenealogy #FamilyHistory

Two sets of leather covered canteens, or camp chests, were bought by General Washington, on May 3, 1776. www.si.edu/object/georg...

The Call for Papers is now open for our 2027 Conference 'Land and Life - Researching our Rural Ancestors'. For more information see here: www.agra.org.uk/news-call-fo... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Revolutionary War veteran Joseph Plumb Martin, who left his home at 15 to join the Continental Army, died #onthisday in 1850. In 1830, he published a memoir of his military service and shared the experiences of enlisted soldiers. From our collection: https://bit.ly/3GxzA6B

Eliza Carpenter, born in Virginia in 1849, enslaved, ultimately owned her own stables where she bought, trained, & rode race horses. The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper mourned her passing & celebrated her extraordinary equestrian prowess in 1924.

Always check the original record where possible, there may be more information than a transcript or online source. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #TopTip

A Stay at Ellis Island Hospital Could Determine Whether an Immigrant Had a Chance to Start a New Life in America www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-st...

We hold quite a few #BusinessArchives, including the Caledon Shipyard, Draffens, James Scott & Sons (Jute Manufacturers at Mid Wynd Works), William Low & Co and much more. No matter how big or small, we will take archives relating to any Dundee business. #Archive30

Researching #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory or a #OnePlaceStudy in #Shropshire? Ancestry has just added a new record set, Shropshire, England, Wills and Probate, 1858-1940. These are registered copies of wills held by Shropshire Archives. Very useful following last year’s Probate Search price hike!

Hey, #Boston friends! I'll be giving a talk on David Walker at Boston Public Library on 21 May, and I'd love it if you were able to join me! The talk is free, and you can sign up at the link below! 🗃️

Medford's "Mother" of the Boston Tea Party recognized with modern honor www.wcvb.com/article/sara... #Rev250 #RevolutionaryWar #WomensStoriesinHistory

#genealogy AmericanAncestors-dot-org Database News: Three New Databases for 10 Million Names dbnews.americanancestors.org/2026/03/23/t...

I have started reading the fascinating Charles Booth's London Poverty Maps book which is about the survey undertaken between 1886 & 1903 which offers unrivalled insight into the lives & living conditions of Londoners. The colour coded Poverty Maps show the distribution of rich & poor, street by /1

April 13, 1776: The North Carolina Provincial Congress names a committee to draft a new constitution to formally replace royal governance. Yesterday the delegates took the historic step of calling on the Continental Congress to declare the colonies independent. 1/2

April 12, 1776: “A most unnatural murder” is reported from near Roanoke Island, N.C., where a visitor from New Jersey stabbed to death a boatman ferrying him. Local inhabitants “subdued the villain.”

Denbighshire ancestors? Good news! The first 6.5k new records for the 1851 census have been added to our FreeCEN database, since the start of this year. Search now: www.freecen.org.uk #VolunteerTranscribers

On this day in 1945, Canadian troops liberated 876 people from Camp Westerbork in the Netherlands. A transit camp, it was used as a staging area before the concentration camps. Anne Frank was in Westerbork in 1944 before she was sent to Auschwitz.

Recently we have been working on a big project to catalogue and index Dundee school records to make them accessible to the whole community. To hear more about these records and the project in general, come along to the launch: www.eventbrite.co.uk... #CommunityArchives #Archive30

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰? Most of the DNA we use in genetic genealogy is not genes!

Frances Perkins was a principal architect of the New Deal. As FDR’s Secretary of Labor (1933–1945) & the first woman to serve in a US cabinet, she was one of the most important figures shaping the New Deal’s landmark labor & social welfare programs. She was born #OTD in 1880. (1/2)

#NewJerseyGenealogy #FamilyHistory 1955 and 1956 New Jersey marriages are now available at the Archives.

In the early 1900s, people weren't getting smallpox vaccines and the disease started to make a comeback. Boston's Public Health Dept published this pamphlet with horrifying photos of the consequences to encourage vaccination cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

7 April 1908 | A Polish man, Wiktor Poborczyk, was born in Warsaw. A paramedic. In #Auschwit from 4 September 1941. No. 20401 He was transferred to KL Neuengamme. He survived the war. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

Users Love Scribe AI on MyHeritage blog.myheritage.com/2026/03/user... #genealogy

6 April 1919 | French Jewish woman, Andrée Levy, was born in Strasbourg. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 10 February 1944. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8