Do you have a young historian in your family? We are hosting a Young Family Historians Essay Contest where students can write about an ancestor who faced a challenge and how they overcame it. Essays are due April 1st! Learn more about the contest: hubs.ly/Q033WC930

Join the JHC, historian Jonathan Sarna, and shoe designer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Stuart Weitzman to learn about the vital role of the Massachusetts shoe industry in the Jewish immigrant experience of the 19th and 20th century. Register now: hubs.ly/Q038BbnV0

In our latest from Vita Brevis, researcher Sheilagh Doerfler discovers that her ancestors had lived in one of her favorite places in Maine to visit. #genealogy vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/new-places-p...

On Tuesday, we hosted our first hybrid event in our newly renovated building! Justene Hill Edwards presented her latest book, "Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank" in conversation with moderator Kenyatta Barry! #genealogy #BlackHistoryMonth

Tune in to see @shamrockgen.bsky.social at #RootsTech2025! Melanie will be presenting on the migration of the Irish to Canada before and during The Great Famine. Register here: hubs.ly/Q034KTpg0 #genealogy

Attending #RootsTech2025? Join @dlgenealogist.bsky.social hybrid lecture on getting started in researching your Scottish ancestors! Register here: hubs.ly/Q034KZLM0 #genealogy

Last Thursday, I returned to my place of solace, @americanancestors.bsky.social for first time in two years and it was really nice to be back! #genealogy #familyhistory

My @americanancestors.bsky.social #Genealogy lecture "Researching the Great Migration of New England 1620-1640" is now available from Legacy Family Tree webinars familytreewebinars.com/webinar/rese..., is free for the next week. Honored to have over 1,700+ attend, please watch and RT

📣Tomorrow: Tues. 01/28 at 1pm ET Join @americanancestors.bsky.social and the editors of JEWISH COUNTRY HOUSES for a free, virtual lecture about the role of the country house within European Jewish history 🏡 Register: tinyurl.com/5fzu7mht #BrandeisPress #JewishHistory @tauberbrandeis.bsky.social

American Ancestors is officially open to the public! 🎉 Come visit us at 97 Newbury Street and start your research! Learn more: www.americanancestors.org/about/visit

Yes, you heard that right!! Soon you will be able to visit the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center in person, in our newly ~renovated~ space. Come say hi!

Breaking news for the #genealogy world: American Ancestors is reopening to the public on January 21st! Check out the link below for more details.

Exciting #Genealogy news @americanancestors.bsky.social will be open again after extensive renovations on January 21, 2025! RT #GenealogyNewsflash

We’re excited to announce that after extensive renovations, American Ancestors in Boston will reopen for members and non-members on January 21, 2025!  For our daily schedule, location, and details, visit hubs.ly/Q030ZpmH0. We look forward to seeing you in January!

How can a person born in Puerto Rico be considered a citizen of Denmark? Genealogist Christopher Child untangles a complex web of politics and history to explain how one family became naturalized as U.S. citizens, and the path they took to get there. vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/complicated-...

There is still time to register for the American Ancestors "Writing and Publishing Your Family History" course. Classes are recorded. www.americanancestors.org/events/writi... #genealogy #familyhistory