Cemeteries, the final stop on our journey from this world to the next, are monuments (pun intended!) to some of the most unusual rituals to ward off spirits, and home ... Read More

A different species of homo walked this earth as recently as 18,000 years ago, long after Homo habilis, Homo erectus, even 10,000 years after the Neanderthals had died out. Homo ... Read More

Learn how to turn delicious family recipes and memories into a family cookbook that will be treasured for generations. Includes tips for soliciting recipes, things to include, and steps for ... Read More

If you live in the UK and missed the premiere episode of the new family history series -- Who Do You Think You Are? -- on BBC TWO, you can ... Read More

Mitochondrial DNA -- it sounds scary. But it is really just a DNA sequence which can be used to trace the female lines in your family tree - your mother, ... Read More

One of today's hottest design trends and conversation topics, feng shui actually began in fourth century B.C. when the Chinese invented the compass and used it as an aid in ... Read More

Washington State launched a new Digital Archives Archival Management System today, with the goal of making the historical electronic records of State and Local government more easily accessible to the ... Read More

Most genealogists, historians and Civil War buffs have visited the free online database of the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. What you may not know is that the computerized ... Read More

Knowing which diseases run in your family can save lives, so the government is working to make medical family histories easy for anyone to put together, according to the U.S. ... Read More