Share the results of your genealogy research through your family book!
2024. november 18., hétfő 0:00:55
With Geneanet, you can generate your family book automatically from your family tree. It's easy to do and you can download the result for free! Here's how.
Resources for Australian Genealogy
2024. november 15., péntek 13:13:02
Researching your Australian roots? Our roundup of genealogy resources will help you go further!
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in October 2024
2024. november 5., kedd 6:09:54
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in October 2024: Randall TERRY, American politician and activist Dana WHITE, American businessman who is the CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Jules […]
Save our Graves: Cemeteries added to Geneanet in October 2024
2024. november 5., kedd 5:48:19
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project “Save our Graves” to capture graves before they are lost. More than 6 million graves are already available! Here are the cemeteries added in October 2024: Australia Lakeside Memorial Park, Kanahooka, New South Wales, 32 graves (christine765) Nowra Cemetery, […]
10 Good Reasons To Publish Your Tree On Geneanet
2024. november 4., hétfő 0:00:33
You come to Geneanet often and visit many trees, because you know about a strong point of the site: more than 9 billion ancestors are indexed. This richness exists thanks to all those who have taken the plunge and chosen to publish their family tree. So... why not publish your tree in turn? Here are ten good reasons to upload your tree. If you have already published your family tree on Geneanet, feel free to share your experience in the comments.
The European Roots of Halloween
2024. október 29., kedd 18:29:46
These days, the orange color of pumpkins - a variety of North American winter squash - is always associated with Halloween. But did you know that Halloween means All Hallows Eve, the night before All Saints Day? How about the pagan Samhain harvest festival? Learn about Halloween's European origins and pick out a vintage Halloween card to send to your family & friends!
Resources for Austrian Genealogy
2024. október 22., kedd 1:00:40
October 26 is Nationalfeiertag - Austrian National Day! To celebrate, here are some resources for Austrian genealogy, many of which may help you as you research your ancestors. Check our curated list, you may find resources you haven't used before!
Save our Graves: Cemeteries added to Geneanet in September 2024
2024. október 8., kedd 14:05:36
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project “Save our Graves” to capture graves before they are lost. More than 6 million graves are already available! Here are the cemeteries added in September 2024: Australia Brayton Cemetery, Brayton, New South Wales, 41 graves (just3thoughts) Nowra Cemetery, Nowra, […]
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in September 2024
2024. október 8., kedd 13:57:06
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in September 2024: Dominique DUNNE, American actress Tom EMMER, American attorney and politician Carey LOWELL, American actress and former model Tara REID, American actress and model […]
Results of our “Save our Graves” weekend
2024. október 7., hétfő 15:37:19
Many of you participated in our "Save or Graves" weekend, many thanks to all of you! Spotlight on this project and its participants around the world.
Ahnenfest 2024: free access to German records October 3-10!
2024. október 1., kedd 18:06:06
October 3 is Tag der Deutschen Einheit -- German Unity Day -- and October 6 is German-American Day. Let's celebrate “Ahnenfest” – Geneanet's German ancestor festival – with free access for American members to our Premium German collections from Oct. 3-10!
Resources for German Genealogy
2024. október 1., kedd 17:44:00
October 6 is German-American Day! To celebrate, here are some resources for German genealogy which will help you with your research. Many are free of charge!
Indexing Week: over 26,000 NYC births transcribed!
2024. szeptember 27., péntek 11:17:51
From September 7-15, we asked the Geneanet community to help us transcribe index cards from the New York City Geographical Birth Index. 26,279 births were indexed!
Geneanet ‘Save our Graves’ Weekend, October 04-06, 2024
2024. szeptember 20., péntek 16:00:00
On October 4-6, 2024, take pictures of graves in a nearby cemetery.
Download, Print and Share Your Geneanet Family Tree as a List
2024. szeptember 16., hétfő 1:00:00
On Geneanet, you can download, print and share your family tree in a number of charts and lists.
Bidprentjes: Dutch and Belgian death notice cards for genealogy
2024. szeptember 10., kedd 12:02:37
Many countries have a tradition upon the death of a loved one: distributing cards with information about the deceased and the bereaved family members. Geneanet members from Belgium and the Netherlands have uploaded over 215,000 cards -- goldmines for genealogy!
Indexing Week at Geneanet! Help us transcribe the New York City Geographical Birth Index
2024. szeptember 5., csütörtök 15:38:15
From September 7-15, Geneanet is organizing a special week dedicated to the transcription of the New York City Geographical Birth Index. Whether you are a frequent contributor to Geneanet’s indexing projects, or you haven't used our indexing tools yet, discover this unique project which can help you find your immigrant ancestors in NYC!
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in August 2024
2024. szeptember 3., kedd 10:56:24
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in August 2024: Rome ODUNZE, American professional football wide receiver Joshua G. HALL, American lawyer and politician Charles H. SAWYER, American manufacturer, businessman and Republican politician […]
Save our Graves: Cemeteries added to Geneanet in August 2024
2024. szeptember 3., kedd 10:34:58
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project "Save our Graves" to capture graves before they are lost.
Upload Your Pictures To Geneanet With Your GEDCOM File!
2024. szeptember 3., kedd 1:00:00
With Geneanet Upload, import your family pictures and archival records with your GEDCOM file, and easily update your family tree.
Belgium: 25 million individuals indexed at Geneanet!
2024. augusztus 27., kedd 1:00:42
A major update of our database has just been completed, with 9 million new Belgian vital records indexed, referencing over 25 million individuals! Here are the details.
Offer a Beautiful Ancestry Chart To Your Family and Friends!
2024. augusztus 21., szerda 1:00:25
On Geneanet, you can download (in PDF) and print ancestry and descendancy charts for free!
Geneastar: discover the genealogy of sports champions of yesterday and today!
2024. július 22., hétfő 11:00:00
Immerse yourself in the fascinating history of Olympic champions by exploring their genealogies at Geneastar. Some of these sports figures may be your distant cousins!
Geneanet’s “Get a grave photo” service
2024. július 8., hétfő 1:00:55
At Geneanet, we feel that sharing information as well as mutual assistance each play a vital role in genealogy. Discover our revamped mutual assistance tool which has been optimized for grave photos. Put in a request, and get a grave! Just please be ready to help out another member later. Here's how it works.
For Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, a tour of our Canada collections!
2024. június 21., péntek 16:16:30
It is the 190th Fête Nationale du Québec! An opportunity to take a brief overview of the genealogical resources available to trace the journey of your Canadian ancestors…
House of the Dragon: discover the Targaryen family tree!
2024. június 19., szerda 10:05:17
With 9 billion data points, Geneanet has millions of real genealogies... but a few fictional ones too! With the arrival on our screens of the second season of House of the Dragon, we present the genealogy of its heroes, the Targaryen family.
The Slocum Families: Winifred Crager and her larger-than-life, absent father
2024. június 12., szerda 10:14:29
The General Slocum Families Trees collaborative project is documenting the 700+ families impacted by the 1904 excursion steamer disaster in New York, when over a thousand German-American women and children died. In this multipart series, we are telling the stories of some of these families.
D-Day in our fabulous Postcards collection!
2024. június 5., szerda 16:16:38
Eighty years ago this week, Allied forces landed on five beaches in Normandy and set out to join up with paratroopers who had landed overnight. We browsed Geneanet's massive Postcards collection for striking images to commemorate the day, and found these!
Save our Graves: Cemeteries added to Geneanet in May 2024
2024. június 3., hétfő 16:26:26
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project “Save our Graves” to capture graves before they are lost. More than 6 million graves are already available! Here are the cemeteries added in May 2024: Australia Lyrup Cemetery, Lyrup, South Australia, 75 graves (sjdeez) Welshmans Reef Cemetery, Welshmans […]
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in May 2024
2024. június 3., hétfő 12:22:31
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in May 2024: Lash LARUE, American actor Mary-Russell FERRELL COLTON, American artist, author, educator, ethnographer, and curator Charlie COLIN, American musician, bassist for the rock band […]
2024. május 29., szerda 11:18:06
Save our Graves Weekend!
2024. május 24., péntek 15:56:19
This weekend, Save our Graves! We invite all our members to visit a nearby cemetery and photograph graves. Upload them to Geneanet with our GeneaGraves app on your iOS or Android smartphone, or take photos with your digital camera and upload them on the Geneanet site -- other genealogists will index them!
Interview with Susan Doyle, a Save our Graves volunteer
2024. május 15., szerda 11:53:23
May 24-26 is Save our Graves weekend, when we encourage Geneanet members to document local cemeteries. Here is an interview with Susan Doyle, who has photographed over 22,000 graves and memorials in Australia!
Are You Related To Cher?
2024. május 14., kedd 11:14:48
Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. She is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice, for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment and for adopting a variety of styles and appearances. Cher rose to fame in 1965 as one half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher before releasing her first solo top-ten singles "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" and "You Better Sit Down Kids". Throughout the 1970s, she scored the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed", and "Dark Lady", becoming the female solo artist with the most number-one singles in US history at the time.
The Canadian Expeditionary Force enlistments of WWI
2024. május 10., péntek 17:32:23
Between 1914 and 1918, some 630,000 Canadians enlisted for military service, and 424,000 crossed the Atlantic to Europe to serve. Geneanet volunteers have indexed nearly half of this collection over the past five years!
Geneanet ‘Save our Graves’ Weekend, May 24-26, 2024
2024. május 10., péntek 8:00:00
On May 24-26, 2024, take pictures of graves in a nearby cemetery.
Save our Graves: Cemeteries added to Geneanet in April 2024
2024. május 2., csütörtök 10:33:15
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project “Save our Graves” to capture graves before they are lost. More than 6 million graves are already available! Here are the cemeteries added in April 2024: Canada Cimetière de Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Québec, 316 graves (francerivet) Cimetière Saint-Vallier, Saint-Vallier, Québec, […]
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in April 2024
2024. május 2., csütörtök 10:16:38
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in April 2024: Fred THOMPSON, American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality James DENTON, American film and television actor Shawn PYFROM, American actor and […]
New collection: the Saint Helena Medals
2024. április 22., hétfő 8:00:26
During the years of Napoléon I's reign, well over a million men from France and conquered territories in Europe were recruited for the Grande Armée. In 1857, veterans were awarded the Saint Helena Medal by the emperor's nephew Napoléon III. Explore our new collection of over 200,000 men -- a few with photographs!
Resources for Norwegian genealogy
2024. április 12., péntek 12:28:51
Do you have ancestors from Norway? Here is a list of resources as well as some key facts about Norwegian genealogy which will help you unearth the stories of your forbears!
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in March 2024
2024. április 3., szerda 10:23:39
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in March 2024: Lynda DAY GEORGE, American television and film actress Anthony EDWARDS, American actor, director, and producer Mare WINNINGHAM, American actress and singer-songwriter Matt HOBBY, […]
Geneanet Community Helps Auction House Identify Napoléon’s Missing Waistcoat Button
2024. április 1., hétfő 6:00:00
The Hôtel Grout auction house in Paris, assisted by volunteers at Geneanet, has confirmed an old waistcoat button found in their laundry room belonged to the Emperor himself - and explains his repeated wardrobe malfunctions!
Send a vintage Easter card with Geneanet!
2024. március 28., csütörtök 15:26:58
Geneanet has a fabulous collection of over 830,000 postcards to illustrate your tree: villages, churches, landscapes, monuments, street scenes… This month, we went through our collection and created a brand new Easter category for you — choose from over 2600 vintage cards to send to your family & friends!
This week, help us index the US Navy Muster Rolls!
2024. március 14., csütörtök 18:35:46
From March 15-24, Geneanet is organizing a special week dedicated to the indexing of the US Navy's Muster Rolls from the Civil War through the end of the century. Whether you are a frequent contributor to Geneanet's indexing projects, or you haven't used our indexing tools yet, discover this fascinating project with American but also British, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch sailors!
Marie Marvingt, the Bride of Danger
2024. március 6., szerda 15:00:43
March 8 is International Women's Day and this week, we want to tell you about a trailblazing superwoman who is largely forgotten today: sportswoman, pilot and aerospace medicine advocate Marie Marvingt, the Bride of Danger!
RootsTech 2024!
2024. március 2., szombat 20:53:22
RootsTech 2024 is over and we were thrilled to meet our members as well as genealogists just discovering Geneanet!
French ancestry? Geneanet is the #1 genealogy database in France!
2024. március 2., szombat 8:50:25
Do you have French ancestry? Geneanet's rich collections include many not found elsewhere, contributed by members of our community. And our forums are a great place to get help tracking down your French ancestors!
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in February 2024
2024. március 1., péntek 10:04:09
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in February 2024: Travis KELCE, American football tight end Susan OLSEN, American actress and former radio host Maureen MCCORMICK, American actress Barry WILLIAMS, American actor Mike […]
Visit us at RootsTech 2024!
2024. február 20., kedd 16:31:45
RootsTech will take place February 29-March 2 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Come meet with us at booth #507!
Are You Related To Dakota Fanning?
2024. február 20., kedd 16:04:15
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film I Am Sam (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at the age of eight, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history. Fanning played major roles as a child actress in the films Uptown Girls (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Dreamer (2005), Hide and Seek (2005), Charlotte's Web (2006), Push (2009), and the title character in Coraline (2009).
Geneanet: List of Possible Duplicates
2024. február 16., péntek 0:00:41
On Geneanet, you can view the list of possible duplicates in your family tree and easily merge them if needed.
Send a Valentine’s Day card from our vintage collection!
2024. február 13., kedd 17:13:12
Geneanet has a fabulous collection of over 800,000 postcards to illustrate your tree: villages, churches, landscapes, monuments, street scenes... This month, we combed through our collection and created a brand new Valentine's Day category for you -- choose from 800 vintage cards to send to your Beloved!
Women in science are in the spotlight at Geneanet!
2024. február 5., hétfő 0:00:38
To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, discover the genealogy of some famous female scientists from around the world. You may even be related to some of them!
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in January 2024
2024. február 2., péntek 15:46:34
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in January 2024: Adam ANT, English singer, musician, and actor Isaac Charles PARKER, American politician and jurist Michael SCHUR, American television producer, writer, director, and actor […]
Swedish research at Geneanet: the genealogy of Ivar Johansson
2024. január 31., szerda 11:04:12
How do you start genealogical research on Geneanet? What search criteria should you use when tracing your Swedish ancestors, and what results can you expect? Using a concrete case, the reconstruction of the genealogy of Olympic wrestler Ivar Johansson (1933-1971), discover how to optimize your searches on Geneanet and easily trace your family history!
Geneanet in 2023: a look back at a rich year
2024. január 22., hétfő 0:00:58
2023 is over! Now is the time to take stock of this year and recall our key new developments… some of which you may have missed.
Are You Related To Dolly Parton?
2024. január 17., szerda 9:00:36
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is known for her decades-long career in country music.
A simpler and more intuitive interface to customize, configure, and manage your family tree
2024. január 15., hétfő 12:00:02
The customization, configuration, and management options of your family tree have been changed considerably to be simpler and more intuitive.
Do You Have Some Errors in Your Family Tree? Discover our Consistency Checker!
2024. január 9., kedd 0:00:00
Our consistency checker has been recently updated for greater flexibility and efficiency.
Save our Graves: Cemeteries added to Geneanet in December 2023
2024. január 4., csütörtök 13:45:12
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project “Save our Graves” to capture graves before they are lost. More than 6 million graves are already available! Here are the cemeteries added in December 2023: Australia Blue Mountain Cemetery Reserve, Trentham, Victoria, 20 graves (sjdeez) Vaughan Cemetery, Vaughan, […]
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in December 2023
2024. január 4., csütörtök 12:36:20
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in December 2023: Lewis STRAUSS, American government official, businessman, philanthropist, and naval officer Thomas J. HUDNER JR., United States Navy officer and naval aviator Frederic FORREST, […]
Geneanet’s mission: to make genealogy accessible to all!
2024. január 2., kedd 11:33:56
As the new year begins, we'd like to remind you of Geneanet's founding principles and tell you about our New Year's resolutions for 2024.
Thanks to Geneanet, a military passbook from World War I given to his descendant
2023. december 25., hétfő 0:00:00
We have a heartwarming story to tell about Lauren and Jean-Marc in this holiday season. Thanks to Geneanet's international community, the Soldbuch -- military service passbook -- of a World War I German soldier has traveled through time and space and has been given to his great-granddaughter halfway around the world.
The Christmas Truce of the Great War
2023. december 21., csütörtök 11:36:45
The first Christmas of the Great War -- later called World War I -- was marked by a number of spontaneous, unplanned yet nearly identical events in the northern reaches of the Western Front: unarmed soldiers from both sides left their trenches and exchanged gifts and pleasantries with their sworn enemies. A Christmas story.
Send your Christmas cards with Geneanet!
2023. december 13., szerda 9:51:49
More than 800,000 vintage postcards are available free online at Geneanet, including more than 6000 Christmas and New Year cards. This year, find an unusual card to send with just a few clicks!
What is a haplogroup?
2023. december 5., kedd 9:28:00
A haplogroup is a series of mutations found in a chromosome. It is therefore detectable in the DNA of an individual and may be different from one population to another, or even from one individual to another.
Save our Graves: Cemeteries added to Geneanet in November 2023
2023. december 1., péntek 9:51:36
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project “Save our Graves” to capture graves before they are lost. More than 6 million graves are already available! Here are the cemeteries added in November 2023: Australia Cobbitty Anglican Church Cemetery, Cobbitty, New South Wales, 201 graves (just3thoughts) Mystic […]
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in November 2023
2023. december 1., péntek 9:44:50
Have you ever heard of Geneastar? Geneastar is a Geneanet website that focuses on the genealogy of famous people. Some new famous family trees have been added to Geneastar in November 2023: Rosie HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY, English model Jason STATHAM, English actor Penn JILLETTE, American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author Theron T. POND, American […]
The tree comparison tool has been updated!
2023. november 29., szerda 16:44:23
A few days ago, we announced the launch of Hints to allow you to easily find missing information in your online tree. This new feature was accompanied by another major development: the complete overhaul of the "Match Your Family Tree" section. Discover a brand new service… which is really two!
“Napoléon” on the silver screen… and at Geneanet!
2023. november 24., péntek 15:51:58
Ridley Scott's film about the emperor Napoléon Bonaparte -- and his empress Joséphine de Beauharnais -- starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby, is the cinematic event of the season. Want to learn more about Napoléon's era? Geneanet is the right place, as we are France's #1 genealogy site, with many Premier Empire resources you might not know about!
Geneanet DNA: how to backup your data
2023. november 20., hétfő 9:00:36
On December 20, 2023, the entire Geneanet DNA section of our site will be permanently deleted. In order to backup the analysis of your DNA matches, we invite you to download before this date your list of DNA cousins (including your notes) and the data concerning the matching chromosome segments of your DNA cousins. Here's how to do it.
Geneanet DNA features will be discontinued
2023. november 20., hétfő 9:00:28
Three and a half years since the launch of Geneanet DNA, it's time to take stock. We have made the difficult decision to end this feature set which unfortunately hasn't had the success we had hoped for.
A new feature at Geneanet: hints!
2023. november 13., hétfő 15:11:14
Perhaps you know about Automatic matches, those small red check marks visible on your tree which signal new information is available about your ancestors. We have completely revamped this service to help you save even more time: make way for hints!
Eugene Bullard, the first African-American Combat Pilot
2023. november 10., péntek 18:35:52
For Veterans Day -- also called Remembrance Day or Armistice Day -- we tell the story of Eugene J. Bullard, the first African-American combat pilot, who flew for France in World War I -- but was refused a transfer into the US Army Air Corps due to prejudice. Learn about his adventurous life: jockey, stowaway, vaudeville performer, boxer, infantryman, pilot, jazz drummer, nightclub impresario, and spy -- then soldier again, then Free French and civil rights activist!
Save our Graves: Cemeteries added to Geneanet in October 2023
2023. október 31., kedd 10:37:58
Because cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, Geneanet has launched the project “Save our Graves” to capture graves before they are lost. More than 6 million graves are already available! Here are the cemeteries added in October 2023: Australia Big Hill Uniting Church Cemetery, Big Hill, New South Wales, 41 graves […]