RootsTech is the world’s largest family history conference that offers workshop classes, keynote speakers and an expo hall to help people learn more about genealogy and family history.

Penn objects to federal judge demands for lists revealing workers’ Jewish faith, ancestry or ties to Jewish organizations. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa) ...

A nationwide program is searching for the names of 10 million people who were enslaved in the United States over nearly three centuries.

What began as a family history project led one woman to the edge of a murder investigation, and other amazing family ...

Urban historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas teamed up with Ancestry on the March tour, which honors women whose contributions to Chicago — and the world — are often overlooked.

A son of a Filipina mother and Dutch father, Jonathan Wing always drew strength from family stories. He’s now helping others ...

People who join a genealogy group find like-minded people who become friends outside of the confines of a genealogy group ...

Patrons of the Riley County Genealogical Society now have access to a much larger pool of sources, thanks to the society’s new affiliation with FamilySearch.

Adrian Stone, 52, from Bristol, has been holding workshops teaching skills to help people trace their family trees. The workshops include exploring plantation slave registers, discovering the journeys ...

In a world consumed in loneliness, meaninglessness and despair, family history provides a surprising source of connection, purpose and even joy.

Through conversations, Duane was able to trace his genealogy back through some of the hardest points in history to trace ones ...

Experts have explained how DNA evidence may still be vital to solving the case and locating the suspect in the Nancy Guthrie ...