For African Americans, tracing family history can be a long, emotional journey filled with roadblocks. Our country's history of slavery and segregation makes it more challenging for African Americans ...

Want to start tracing your family tree, but have no idea how to get started? The Federal Consumer Information Center has some booklets that may help you find your way through what can often be a ...

If you’ve just returned from a tree lot and plan to pull out boxes of decorations this afternoon, you may find it hard to imagine that Christmas trees took well into the 19th century to be widely ...

A pensioner is claiming a world record for the biggest family tree after tracing nearly 10,000 relatives and ancestors. Roy Blackmore says he had discovered that his ancestors include farmers, monks, ...

There are thousands of volunteer genealogical societies worldwide that can help you start your search. Websites such as Cyndi's List (www.cyndislist.com) contain thousands of links to get you started.