A decade ago, tracing one’s ancestry was an activity associated with bored and perhaps elderly individuals who had nothing but time and tons of photo albums on their hands. In recent years, it’s ...

Two genealogy sites are adding troves of historical materials about enslaved people in the U.S. to databases, which could give many of their descendants a fuller picture of their families' histories.

Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island ...

The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records. By Corey Kilgannon Since online genealogy ...

This March take the next step in your Irish genealogy search with AncestryDNA®. During Irish Heritage Month, we all feel a bit closer to our Irish roots and this year you might be curious to learn ...