YouTube video by Ancestry

With so many genealogy websites available for your family history quest, how do you know which sites are the best? Leave it to our genealogy experts!

I used MyHeritage ScribeAI to analyze a vintage photo of my Brazilian 2nd great-grandfather, Mathias Rodrigues Vasques.

YouTube video by The Formidable Genealogist

Remembering John Foster and the Maryland Flying Camp Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again – Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): We all have ancestors who were alive in 1776, and some of them may have celebrated the signing of the Declaration of Independence or even served in the military during the War.

The MyHeritage ScribeAI Family History Research Tool is Incredibly Helpful

RootsTech 2026 focused on new Ancestry products like AncestryPreserve, features such as AI-powered insights and transcriptions, and fully text-searchable Revol

We offer remote access to select undigitized archival materials through our Virtual Reading Room. This service allows you to view materials remotely through a scheduled Zoom appointment. A Virtual Reading Room appointment is a one-hour Zoom session with a staff member. During the session, staff operate a document camera and page through your requested materials, allowing you to view records without visiting the library in person.

Genealogy research and commentary by Marian Burk Wood, speaker and author of "Planning a Future for Your Family's Past," available from Amazon.com.

When we begin exploring our family history, we often start with the basics, simply collecting names, dates, and records. A tidy pastime, perhaps. A way to give shape to the past and connect us to o…

Sometimes captions on the back of photographs leave us wondering what the writer was thinking. The handwritten note on the back of this card photograph tells us just enough to be frustrating. The writ...

Do you want to use A.I. but concerned about safety, accuracy, security, or a host of other worries? Learn more about these legitimate concerns, how to mediat…

As part of my ongoing look at the Revolutionary War in honor of America’s 250th birthday, I turned to the service of my 5th great‑grandfathe...

The House of Commons Education Committee has published a new report into the practice of forced adoption between 1949 and 1976

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The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is an annual challenge put out to bloggers, to publish a post from A-Z, every day in April, except for Sundays.

YouTube video by Genealogy with Amy Johnson Crow

The Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) Hawaiʻi State Archives division received a gift from the Consulate General of Portugal in San Francisco which contained several thousand immigr...

It recently occurred to me that many of you might not know that I write a regular column in Family Tree magazine here in the U.K., called ‘Dear Paul’. What is ‘Dear Paul’? Well, it’s…

What aren’t you using at Ancestry? How can you get more from your membership? Join Crista (Ancestry’s Corporate Genealogist) and me as we discuss what you ma…

Genealogy Methods and Techniques: A Practical Guide to Research Dr Karen Cummings eBook ISBN: 9780719846090 I was pleased to receive an ...

LibGuides Home: Connecticut Archives, 1629-1820: Connecticut Archives Home

New England Planters Database – searchable records of Planters who settled in Nova Scotia