In this week’s roundup, a thought-provoking look at how information disappears, jobs at the New Jersey State Archives, a DNA book to add to your reading list, and more!

In this week’s roundup, why white gloves can damage old documents, DNA capsules, a fascinating community history stitched into an 1888 quilt, and more!

SHAFTSBURY — In 1888, the community of the Center Shaftsbury Baptist Church faced a problem that might be familiar to any small-town congregation – the ministerial committee was short $12.93.

In this week’s roundup, good news for New Jersey genealogists, a project to help users find reliable information about their Ukrainian ancestors, and more!

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Ukrainian developer Volodymyr has developed and launched the Mystok platform, which uses artificial intelligence to process archival documents, birth records, pre-revolutionary press, and digitized re...

In this week’s roundup, a genealogy-adjacent murder mystery, library treasures preserved in synthetic DNA, one very well-documented American family, and more!

To mark America’s 250th anniversary, the Library of Congress has created a cutting-edge molecular data storage device featuring treasures from the Library’s collections, which is being placed in a tim...

The Brooklyn family traces its roots to Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, who arrived in the New World 400 years ago. Today, descendants connect through reunions, Zoom calls and a massive genealogical database.