There’s a real sense lately that we’re living in unprecedented times. However, if you want to dive into the earlier times and learn about your family history, you can now do so for free. Amid the ...

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ELON, N.C. -- Your long-lost relatives could be waiting for you in a small brick room in Elon. The Elon Genealogy & Family History Center, at 712 South Williamson Ave., gives patrons access to sites ...

As the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment approaches, Ancestry wants you to stay in touch with your roots. The genealogy service offers a free search in 2020 so users can discover ...

Today, Ancestry ® spotlights an important, yet often overlooked, part of American history by unveiling the world’s largest digitized and searchable collection of Freedmen’s Bureau and Freedman’s Bank ...

Ancestry.com has released a new free database of tens of thousands of old newspaper records about formerly enslaved people. The company hopes it will help fill historical gaps for Black Americans. If ...

For many of us, genealogy is a fascinating way of understanding more about who we really are, allowing us to uncover forgotten ancestors, shocking family secrets and unusual quirks of history. But ...

The U.S.C. Shoah Foundation has partnered with the genealogy giant, and an initial rollout faced a glitch. But some survivor families don’t want their histories public. By Adam Popescu Steven ...