Europeana is a digital doorway to European cultural heritage that everyone with European roots will find interesting and enlightening. Funded by the European Commission and Ministries of Culture in 21 member states, the Europeana website is home to nearly: 19 million...

Your local library may offer free genealogy magazines and ebooks. Why choose them over print? So many reasons! No more late fees. Read on the go. Choose your font size. So go ahead: check out digital versions of that Genealogy Gems Book Club title you’ve been...

Jump start your Canadian genealogy research and celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday! Here are tips for you to start your Canadian genealogy research. Already started? Take it to the next level with resources at Library and Archives Canada. Canada is celebrating...

This free video (below) introduces Trove, The National Library of Australia’s online catalog and digital archive for all things Australian.  If you have roots in Australia, I hope you are using Trove. When I first covered it in the Genealogy Gems podcast a while...

Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 188 has published. It’s packed with news, tips and inspiration that can help your family history research now. Check it out! The newest episode of the free Genealogy Gems Podcast is now available. Host Lisa Louise Cooke shares her...

On the trail of biological parents, this researcher made a life-changing discovery next to a microfilm reader at the National Archives. When we head to the microfilm reader section of our favorite research library, our greatest hope is usually to learn something new...