An August 17, 2006 article in the Wall Street Journal explores the wealth of online genealogy data. The search by Lan Nguyen for her husband's ancestors, outlined in the article ... Read More

A new screening tool has been developed that uses family history to identify individuals at risk for hereditary breast cancer, according to a new study published in the October 15, ... Read More

It's been more than two years since the city of Logan, UT, acquired the 82,000 piece Everton Collection, one of the largest privately held genealogical collections in the country, but ... Read More

As I was doing some obituary searching today I ran across a new database on Ancestry.com. The collection of birth notices, marriage announcements and obituaries covers the years 1851 to ... Read More

Blogs are a popular method for writing and sharing just about anything these days. Mostly because it's easy - you just open up your blog software and start to write. ... Read More

More than 1,100 laptop computers have vanished from the U.S. Department of Commerce since 2001, most of them laptops assigned to the U.S. Census Bureau. At least 250 are believed ... Read More

Family history can be found just about everywhere - even in the phone book. Sean Coughlan in BBC News Magazine reports on historic phone directories being put online. "The humble phone ... Read More

During National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), America celebrates the culture and traditions of U.S. residents who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations ... Read More

Cath Moorley (nee Rowley) lives in England, where 62-years-ago she met and became close friends with Cpl. Melvin F. Wagner, a gunner on a B17 bomber called "Sherry's Cherries," with ... Read More

The free online searchable genetic database offered by the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation has added mtDNA data from more than 4,000 individuals. This is an expansion on its more than ... Read More

People are often asking me for suggestions for good ways to chart or display their family tree. There's a father of 20 from New Tredegar, south Wales, who obviously needs ... Read More

15-year-old Annie Moore, the first passenger to set foot on Ellis Island, stepped off the gangplank just ahead of her younger brothers on January 1, 1892, and was greeted with ... Read More

21-year-old Mariah Mills knew from a young age that she was adopted. She loved her adoptive parents as much as a daughter could, but was also always curious about the ... Read More

It was five years ago, but I think I'll always remember it like it was yesterday. While I was sitting in the Atlanta airport waiting for my connecting flight to ... Read More

Google has added the ability to search through more than 200 years of historical newspaper archives to its Google News service. Google News Archive Search generates a timeline of stories ... Read More

Most of my ancestors were farmers. Lots and lots of farmers. But there are also a few doctors, blacksmiths, newspaper journalists, teachers, accountants and coal miners. Pretty much all of ... Read More

The Origins Network is offering free access to both British Origins and Irish Origins today to celebrate U.S. Labor Day. Free access runs until 3:00am EST on September 5, 2006. ... Read More

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) recently proposed a reduction in the number of hours that their research rooms are open to the public. These changes would eliminate ... Read More

People who evacuated in the path of Hurricane Katrina a year ago tried to grab what they could. Despite the loss of their homes and neighborhoods, however, many say that ... Read More