Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who chose the name of Francis, is the 266th pontiff ...

Dental calculus is the richest known source of ancient DNA in the archaeological record. That stubborn mineralized plaque, once treated as little more than an unpleasant byproduct of life, has become ...

FamilySearch and other family history companies shared at RootsTech's tech forums about new AI-backed tools that surge genealogy research output.

CHICAGO (AP) — A day after former presidents, sitting governors and local Chicago residents alike attended a vibrant, televised celebration for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the family and friends ...

Project leaders say the names and details gathered will be added to a publicly accessible database designed to help ...

Writer Tom Junod grew up in the long shadow of Big Lou—a dazzling, ruthless womanizer—and spent a decade excavating the myth ...

In a RootsTech interview with the Church News, Elder Mark A. Bragg encouraged members to feel good about their efforts, offered three key principles and testified the “Lord’s hand is involved.” ...

At RootsTech 2026, Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin spoke from her experience as a deaf person, saying inclusion ...

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No matter who you are, you have to have come from someone before you. All of us are the byproduct of our ancestors and bloodline, and every future generation will be the same. That’s true for just ...

From the Times-Call photo archive via Longmont Museum: “At least when it all came crashing down, no one was underneath it. Steve Bentley, 544 Baker St., surveys the remains of his camper, which was ...