valentines day

• Family History
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In honor of Valentine’s Day this year, and in celebration of our recently released photo color restoration feature, we asked you to share your enhanced, colorized, and/or color-restored wedding...

• Historical Records
• Holidays

Long before the days of Tinder or Match.com, people used local media to look for love. The earliest known matrimonial ads published in newspapers are from the 17th century...

• Holidays

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, and what better time to reminisce about the great romances in your family? Everybody loves to look at wedding photos. It’s such a...

• Holidays

In honor of Valentine’s Day this year, we asked you to share the epic love stories from your family with us, and to let us know #HowTheyMet. You did...

• Holidays

All love stories begin with a single moment, and the best love stories come from our very own families.  In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re asking you to tell...

• Family History
• Genealogy

While many are in search of love this Valentine’s Day, we thought we’d take a step back in time and see what love looked like before text messages, emojis...

• Holidays

Modern-day Valentine’s Day traditions are largely attributed to the legend of Bishop Valentin of Terni. He is believed to have helped marry some forbidden lovers, such as soldiers who...

• Family
• Holidays

How many valentines did you receive this year? How many did you send? Some 190 million valentines are sent each year, according to the US Greeting Card Association. And,...