Tracing your ancestry back to the dawn of time can be one of the most interesting and mind-boggling experiences — and the Internet has only made it easier. Long gone are the days of trekking down to ...

Learn how census records can reveal surprising details about your ancestry at Hayes Library’s genealogy workshop on Nov. 16.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Need help filling in that family tree? There are resources you may not know about that can help you research your heritage and connect with family members. And it’s as close as ...

Ancestry.com has released a new free database of tens of thousands of old newspaper records about formerly enslaved people. The company hopes it will help fill historical gaps for Black Americans. If ...

The month of March is all about celebrating strong ladies, so I’ve spent the last few days learning the fascinating history behind the Women’s History Month and reading quotes from powerful women in ...

Have you ever wondered about your family’s past? Where they all came from and what their lives were like? If you want to find out, we had help! Jennifer Utley is the Director of Research at Ancestry ...

Jessica Trotter went from working on a heritage Girl Scouts badge in elementary school to tracing back her lineage three centuries. Now, Trotter, 44, of Lansing, is helping others do the same by ...

The U.S.C. Shoah Foundation has partnered with the genealogy giant, and an initial rollout faced a glitch. But some survivor families don’t want their histories public. By Adam Popescu Steven ...