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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
