Dennis Richmond Jr. with personal photos. Photo by Hortena Richmond By Dennis Richmond, Jr. This month, my family’s history is officially on display at the Grinton I. Will Branch of the Yonkers Public ...

Over the past year, UD has reacted to pressure under a second Trump administration, while tuning a “long-term strategy” on ...

It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some ...

The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) conducted by the National Zoological Park in Delhi on Monday, National Bird Day, recorded a total of 1,310 birds across 18 species in the zoo’s wetlands. Of the 1,310 ...

Professional genealogists have highlighted overlooked census forms that unveil the texture of Irish life in the early 20th century. Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) has released a new resource ...

With preparations for the 2030 census already underway, President Trump said Thursday he has instructed his administration to start work on a “new” census. In a social media post, Trump also called ...

With preparations for the 2030 census already underway, President Trump said Thursday he has instructed his administration to start work on a "new" census. According to a social media post by Trump, ...

Zeybart/Getty Images An apparent attempt by the U.S. Census Bureau to follow an executive order by President Trump targeting gender identity led to the public losing access for days to certain key ...

Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records ...

“You had better remove the records,” Secretary of State James Monroe warned President James Madison during the War of 1812 as British troops advanced toward Washington to burn it down. The U.S.

Hans von Spakovsky was an authority on a wide range of issues for Heritage—including civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration. The federal decennial census is not currently ...

Some of the newspaper articles describe the buying and selling of enslaved people, while others offer rewards for the return of runaways. Ancestry Thanks to the rise of commercial genealogy platforms, ...