This Independence Day, we’re opening up a treasure trove of history. From July 3–5, 2025, enjoy free access to 151 million pages of historical U.S. newspapers on OldNews.com!
OldNews.com is MyHeritage’s historical newspaper site: a treasure trove of digitized pages from local and national papers around the world. It’s an amazing resource for anyone tracing their roots — packed with birth announcements, obituaries, old ads, local gossip columns, and headlines that shaped the country.
Newspapers bring real color to your family tree. They help you go beyond names and dates to see how your ancestors lived, what mattered to them, and what their world looked like.
So if you’re curious about your great-grandparents’ wedding, want to know how your hometown celebrated the 4th of July a century ago, or just love old headlines — this is your chance to dive in for free.
To add to the holiday fun, we’ve created a couple of playful AI videos imagining what history might have looked like behind the scenes:
Quill pens, awkward moments, and big egos — here’s how things might have gone down behind the scenes at the signing of the Declaration of Independence:
What if 1776 had social media? We imagined how folks back in Britain might have taken the news…
Fun to watch, fun to share — and perfect for a little July 4th laugh 🙂
