On one side of my family tree are pioneers who helped form communities in the New World. On the other side are immigrants who crossed the Atlantic many years later. Both share a common experience: ...

ALBANY — A proposal that would dramatically reshape how the state Department of Health maintains and releases records that include birth and death certificates has prompted an outcry from genealogists ...

Are you searching for family history in Co Armagh? We might have another breadcrumb to add to your trail. Roots Ireland has just added 26,210 Armagh records to their database. Dating from the 17th to ...

A new partnership will digitize historical records from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to help preserve them, protect their ownership and incorporate them into genealogy search ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Want to find when your great grandmother was born? Or the date your grandparents tied the knot? These records and more may be part of 9.3 million pieces of historical vital data ...

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