“Where are you from?” It’s a simple question for most people. But when you’re researching family history, answering becomes a long and sometimes arduous adventure. After talking with second cousins ...

This month’s article begins with a huge thank you to the Friends of Otis Library. At their June meeting, the Friends voted to contribute $6,195 for a variety of purposes that will strengthen our ...

Ancestry.com has released a new free database of tens of thousands of old newspaper records about formerly enslaved people. The company hopes it... This database could help descendants of enslaved ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Need help filling in that family tree? There are resources you may not know about that can help you research your heritage and connect with family members. And it’s as close as ...

Talk with family members and gather names, dates and places, advised Long Island genealogist April Lynne Earle.

The genealogy research company Ancestry has digitized millions of historical records related to the Holocaust and published them online in a free, searchable archive. The company announced the release ...

Whenever I would ask family members about our ancestry, the furthest they would be able to go back was maybe be 50 years. I guess none of my family members was ever bitten by the "genealogy bug," as ...

Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island ...

Ancestry.com.au announces free access to all immigration and travel databases from 31 August – 6 September New Zealand, 31 August 2011 – Ancestry.com.au, New Zealand’s leading online family history ...

If you're interested in learning more about your ancestors, you may be one of many people who've used ancestry.com to trace your genealogy. Now that website has released a new, free database of tens ...