After retiring from nursing, Allyson Stephenson found a new calling — preserving headstones and sharing the stories behind them. She now posts online, where she’s known as the ‘Crazy Cemetery Lady.’

Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

Scientists have new proof that Thomas Jefferson had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country.

The veterans' plaques and memorial markers were cut up and sold to a scrap yard.

A historic discovery was made at Granary Burying Ground as the City announced Thursday that the restoration of a nearly 300-year-old gravestone belongs to a free black man from Boston who died in 1728...

John Pumphrey was still a boy when he enlisted in the Continental Army in 1777. After archaeologists discovered his remains, a genetic genealogy analysis identified 20,000 DNA matches for living relat...

Memoir tells how the Jewish and Catholic parents of actor Isabelle and Caroline Huppert fell in love amid the rise of the Nazis. She explains why she wanted her ‘children’s children’ to know the story

The William G. Pomeroy Foundation® presents National Historic Marker Weekend 2026, taking place Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26.

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Christian Rainer told the BBC he found his grandfather within seconds using the online tool, which also helped clear other members of his family.

Visitors to Storyville navigated the red-light district with help from these illustrated guides.

The Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity at Binghamton University will celebrate Harriet Tubman Day with a special presentation from Michele Galvin, a great-great-grandniece of Tubman.

Researchers in Boston are diving deep into his family tree to connect the missing links.

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Join Dr. Sara French and genealogy volunteers from the Daughters of the American Revolution for an interactive workshop designed to help those working on family history find...

Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...

New York has taken an important step forward in ensuring that NYG&B members, researchers, and the wider genealogy and family history community have continued access to the State’s vital records.

The late Pableaux Johnson, a New Orleans fixture, was known for bringing people together at his beans-and-rice dinners.

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides core government functions necessary to preserve, protect, and make accessible records from all three branches of the federal government...

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