YourFolks

YourFolks, operating primarily under the French-language brand MesAieux, is a Canadian genealogy platform focused on tracing French-Canadian and Quebec ancestry. The service provides access to a large database of historical records, including Canadian censuses, marriages, births, and deaths, as well as a dedicated collection of pioneer ancestors from New France. Its website offers tools for building family trees, searching ancestor profiles, exploring surname origins, and accessing a database of over 100 million individuals. The platform is designed to be intuitive and accessible, with mobile apps for iOS and Android, and features such as photo animation and consistency checking. MesAieux has joined the MyHeritage family, a global leader in genealogy. This acquisition integrates MesAieux's Quebec-focused resources into MyHeritage's broader platform, which boasts 38.6 billion historical records and 58 million family trees. Users can now create family trees on MyHeritage while benefiting from MesAieux's specialized content on French-Canadian pioneers and historical data. The brand continues to serve the Canadian market and French-speaking users worldwide, maintaining its French-language interface and Quebec-centric offerings. The platform's pioneer section lists thousands of individuals born outside New France who settled in Quebec, providing a valuable resource for genealogists tracing their roots to the early settlers. MesAieux also offers popular genealogical profiles of notable figures, reflecting its engagement with the community. As part of MyHeritage, YourFolks/MesAieux remains an active and evolving service in the genealogy space.

YourFolks, known in French as MesAieux, was established as a genealogy website focusing on Canadian ancestry, particularly the French-Canadian population of Quebec. The platform built a reputation for its extensive database of historical records, including Canadian censuses, parish registers, and a specialized collection of pioneer ancestors from New France. It offered users tools to create family trees, search for ancestors, and explore surname origins, with a user-friendly interface and mobile applications. At some point, MesAieux was acquired by MyHeritage, a global genealogy company. The official website now prominently announces that "MesAieux a rejoint la famille MyHeritage" (MesAieux has joined the MyHeritage family). This acquisition integrated MesAieux's Quebec-focused resources into MyHeritage's vast platform, which includes 38.6 billion historical records and 58 million family trees. Users are encouraged to visit MyHeritage to build their family trees, while MesAieux continues to provide specialized content on Quebec pioneers and historical data. The brand maintains its French-language interface and Quebec-centric offerings, serving the Canadian market and French-speaking genealogists worldwide. Its pioneer database lists thousands of individuals born outside New France who settled in Quebec, a key resource for tracing early French-Canadian lineages. The platform also features popular genealogical profiles of notable figures, reflecting its active community engagement. As part of MyHeritage, YourFolks/MesAieux remains an active service in the genealogy space.

• MesAieux joins the MyHeritage family

A French-language genealogy platform specializing in Quebec and French-Canadian ancestry, now backed by MyHeritage's global resources.

• MesAieux genealogy platform

  Online platform for building family trees and searching historical records, with a focus on Quebec and French-Canadian ancestry.

• Pioneer ancestor database

  A collection of profiles of pioneers born outside New France who settled in Quebec.

• Canadian census records

  Searchable Canadian census data for genealogical research.

• Surname origin search

  Tool to discover the origin and history of family names.

• Mobile apps

  iOS and Android applications for portable family tree access.

1. 1La Généalogie Simplifiée - MesAieuxmesaieux.com
2. 2Généalogie des premiers ancêtres | Québec et Nouvelle-Francemesaieux.com
3. 3YourFolks - Wikidatawikidata.org