The Lake County Genealogical Society invites those interested in starting or who are new to searching for information about their family history to free virtual sessions held on the second Thursday of ...

A new regular column about genealogy. Interest in genealogy and family history soared after the 1976 publication of Alex Hailey’s groundbreaking book “Roots: The Saga of An American Family” and the ...

LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT CAN HELP. YOU EVER WONDER WHERE YOU COME FROM OR WHO YOU COME FROM? WELL, FINDING THAT INFORMATION ISN’T ALWAYS EASY, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK FAMILIES. BUT RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART ...

Where: Southside Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. In this series, we celebrate special interest groups. Whether you get together to play tennis, board games, take long walks, eat lunch, create art, ...

Jerry Smith started tracing his genealogy after his ailing father gave him a suitcase full of family photographs. His father had inherited them from his mother, and his mother had inherited them from ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Family history DNA tests are pegged to be hugely popular gifts this Christmas – but are they worth it if you're one of the 30 percent or so of Americans with ancestors who didn't come ...

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society is pleased to announce that the Sahyun Library is reopening on Tuesday, August 3, following over a year-long closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Genealogical analysis has proven a useful method to understand the origins and frequencies of hereditary diseases in many populations. However, this type of analysis has not yet been used for the ...

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a decades-old series of murders in California and ...

Blair County Genealogical Society president Jim Snyder Jr. sorts through papers Friday at the Roller Hojeth Memorial Library in Hollidaysburg. The society has started a fundraiser to create an ...