As wonderful as old documents and records can be for helping us put together the pieces of our family history, they can never tell us the whole story in the ... Read More

If you celebrate Christmas, do you exchange gifts on Christmas eve or Christmas morning? Have you ever wondered why we decorate with mistletoe and holly? Or why we place colored ... Read More

My 90-year-old father-in-law has been seriously ill the past two weeks; something which has been consuming mine and my husband's time, focus and energy. Serious setbacks like this always seem ... Read More

Most of you probably played it as a child. You would whisper a short sentence into someone's ear, and they would then turn and whisper it to the person seated ... Read More

Fraktur art in America combines family history with folk art in a beautiful, rich tradition - a document any genealogist would be ecstatic to find passed down in their family. ... Read More

Another great resource for individuals researching their African ancestors has launched online. "Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database," the result of a two-year interactive project spearheaded by Emory University, documents ... Read More

The first record collection indexed through the World Archives community indexing project was posted online today by Ancestry.com - nearly 60,000 records from the Wisconsin Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880. This index ... Read More

Looking for a special, but inexpensive holiday gift? Check out these step-by-step instructions for creating your own heirloom ornaments from family photos. Available in different sizes and shapes, and decorated ... Read More

An interesting article in today's Chicago Tribune discusses the roots of Michelle Obama and the path her family history traces back to slavery on a large rice plantation in lowcountry ... Read More