San Luis Obispo County investigators have solved a decades-old cold case, using forensic genealogy to identify a suspect in the 1983 murder of Dorothy "Toby" Tate. “Our job is to speak for the victims ...

A nagging question she had pondered for years inspired professor Naseemah Mohamed’s latest course: What knowledge could she give students that they would carry with them beyond college? As an ...

HOLLAND, MI — Former Grand Rapids Press reporter Shandra Martinez said she has interviewed thousands of people over her journalism career. After over 30 years behind the news desk, however, she ...

The author reflects on how Thanksgiving gatherings were a time for family storytelling and sharing history. Author Lee Hawkins encourages people to use holidays to interview elders and preserve family ...

Gay Byrne was among the generations of inner-city Dubliners who benefited from having relatives employed by St James’s Gate Brewery. “People in our area who worked in Guinness’s always had a special ...

I. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? CAN YOU NAME ALL OF YOUR GRANDPARENTS OR GREAT GRANDPARENTS? GO BACK TEN GENERATIONS. YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 2000 CUMULATIVE ANCESTORS, 2000. THAT’S AMAZING. DIGITAL CONTENT ...

In early America, local governments, the courts and the clergy collected vital data like births, marriages and deaths. But these records weren’t the only tools people used to track their family ...

Barbara Rae-Venter, a 76-year-old patent attorney living in Marina, California, thought she'd spend her retirement leisurely playing tennis, traveling, and indulging in her favorite pastime: ...

The Pomona Valley Genealogical Society lasted 70 years, but it’s now history. Its June 14 meeting was its last. Blame the pandemic, Zoom, aging membership and the popularity of the internet that has ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Just hours after Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, a New Orleans historian began tracing the roots of the Chicago-born clergyman, and found them leading straight to the city’s ...

Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) has published a guide highlighting ten useful and free Irish genealogy websites to assist individuals researching their Irish ancestry. The guide forms part of ...

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