In 1811, Huntsville became the first incorporated town in Alabama, the beginning of a long, event-filled history for the beautiful Southern city. These beautiful photos illustrate Huntsville's historic past, including ... Read More

A new Web site shows a lot of promise as a way to build collaborative family trees. Built as a way to connect families - both across miles and generations ... Read More

Even with the advent of computerized indexes and digitized images, people aren't always easy to locate in the census. They may have been overlooked by the census taker or been ... Read More

The Master Genealogist is arguably the most powerful and flexible genealogy software program on the market. The downside of all this flexibility is that some genealogists find all of the options ... Read More

It's been a great week for people with roots in the British Isles as ScotlandsPeople announces the publication of the 1841 Scotland census and Ancestry.com puts up a complete index ... Read More

I was sad to hear that Holly Hansen is leaving as Editor-in-Chief of Everton's Genealogical Helper magazine. Anyone who has met or worked with Holly knows how dedicated she is ... Read More

While most genealogists will say their pursuit of ancestry answers is driven by curiosity or passion, some people are reportedly in it for a bit more. DNA tests, especially, are ... Read More

Family Tree Maker is one of the oldest and most widely-used genealogy software programs on the market. Currently owned by MyFamily.com, the most recent version is Family Tree Maker 2006. ... Read More

At a time when more and more states are restricting access to vital records, it is nice to see some still being posted online. Granted, they are death certificates, so ... Read More

A new Web site has launched in beta which offers free space (currently up to 10MB) for writing your own autobiography, posting photos and videos, and even a section for ... Read More

Continuing with my quest to get the scoop from all of you computer users out there on the best genealogy software programs, I'd like to hear how you feel about ... Read More

As Jews around the world celebrate Passover, which begins at midnight this Wednesday, April 12th, the topic of discussion at most Jewish tables will turn to history -- the story ... Read More

Yes and no. Some diseases, such as cystic fybrosis, sickle cell anemia, and hemochromatosis, are purely genetic. Most, however, are a combination of genetic makeup and environmental factors. You aren't ... Read More

After three years of blogging about genealogy - gasp! - the comments feature has finally been added to our blogs. My first thought was that this would be a great ... Read More

An interesting newcomer to genealogy magazines is Internet Genealogy published by Moorshead Magazines. I have to admit that I was skeptical when I heard of the plans to publish an ... Read More

It's hard to believe that it has already been a year since the death of Pope John Paul II. One of the world's most well-loved pontiffs is still remembered by ... Read More

A new Web site geared toward helping Americans trace their Swiss ancestry launched last week - in an effort to reach out to the more than one million Americans with ... Read More