Category Archives: Europe

New genealogy website from the Belgium State Archives

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Belgian State Archives has launched a new website dedicated to genealogy. It holds about 38.6 million official documents. According to a Brussel Times article, “On this new platform, you can search for useful sources to learn more about your … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch adds new record collections for Armenia, Belgium, France, Germany and Hungary

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Gail Dever

FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in July 2022 with over 35 million new, name-searchable genealogy records from 49 countries. Over a million records each were added for Armenia, Belgium, France, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and the United States (Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington). Thousands more were added for Austria, the Dominican Republic, England, Germany, Mexico, New … Continue reading →

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State Archives of Kyiv Region continues to add digitized records to its website

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Gail Dever

There’s no end to the determination and resilience of Ukrainians. Case in point: Employees of the State Archives of Kyiv Region are working remotely to ensure archival documents are scanned. A couple of days ago, 4,290 additional files of WWII … Continue reading →

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MyHeritage adds millions of Jewish historical records

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage yesterday announced the publication of 5.8 million records from 28 collections of Jewish historical records. The collections span the 18th to 21st centuries and contain vital records such as birth, marriage, death, as well as tax, voter, immigration, and … Continue reading →

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The missing Dutch research in this season’s first episode of Finding Your Roots

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Gail Dever

This past week, PBS aired two new episodes of Finding Your Roots. Many found the first episode with actress Rebecca Hall and filmmaker Lee Daniels to be particularly good. Unlike last season, host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. spent less time … Continue reading →

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New collections on FamilySearch include France and Italy

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Gail Dever

FamilySearch added four new collections and expanded many others during the past week. The new collections are: France, Eure, Census, 1836 323,633 records. Germany, Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1580-1974 14,780 records. Italy, Lecce, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1901-1941 … Continue reading →

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Ancestry, MyHeritage and FamilySearch collaborate to make millions of Norwegian church records searchable online

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Gail Dever

Thanks to a multi-year collaborative project with Ancestry, MyHeritage, and FamilySearch, Arkivverket (National Archives of Norway) now has 80 million names in its Digital Archives. Last week, MyHeritage announced it had released its collection, Historical Norway Church Records, 1815–1938, that … Continue reading →

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French genealogy site Filae launches English version

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Gail Dever

Filae, the Paris-based genealogy website, is now available in English and it “facilitates access to 1.5 billion names from French records.” It is one of the two largest commercial genealogy websites in France. “The launch of Filae.com is just the … Continue reading →

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Ancestry digitizes millions of Holocaust archives — and makes them available to the public permanently

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Gail Dever

As part of Ancestry’s philanthropic initiative to make culturally important records available to everyone, the genealogy company announced yesterday it has digitized millions of Holocaust and Nazi persecution-related archives. These new records are accessible globally to the public – members … Continue reading →

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