More than 77 million historical records from the greater London area are being digitized and published online due to a partnership between the London Metropolitan Archives and Ancestry.co.uk. The first ... Read More

It's been a long time coming, but RootsMagic 4 is finally here! Bruce Buzbee announced the official release in his RootsMagic Blog on Wednesday. I've been putting various beta versions of ... Read More

Footnote.com has just released a new Great Depresssion collection, the flagship of which is an interactive 1930 Census. Footnote already hosts an interactive 1860 census as part of their Civil ... Read More

The U.S. Library of Congress has begun uploading some of its audio and video archives to iTunes and YouTube in an effort to make its materials easier for the public ... Read More

It's no secret that a number of genealogical and historical societies have been struggling in recent years with membership decline. Many say the Internet and proliferation of online databases and ... Read More

I know a lot of you have probably heard of and enjoyed Roots Television, but for all of you out there who have never checked it out the site has ... Read More

An estimated 20 million sets of details on the capture, death or burial of servicemen from over 30 nations during World War I have just been discovered "virtually untouched since ... Read More

The New York Times has added a fantastic new interactive map which displays historic U.S. immigration patterns since 1880; what countries the immigrants came from and how much of the ... Read More

I'm always amazed just how much you can actually learn about your family history through DNA if you really dig down into the details. Alex Haley, the famous author of ... Read More

Most of us involved in researching our family tree have interviewed at least a relative or two. Asked questions about their parents, grandparents, school life and wedding day. Learned some ... Read More