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Tracing your ancestry back to the dawn of time can be one of the most interesting and mind-boggling experiences — and the Internet has only made it easier. Long gone are the days of trekking down to ...

Starting Friday, March 11, and running through St. Patrick’s Day March 17, people are able to access Irish genealogical records online for free at Ancestry.com. The site is offering millions of ...

ELON, N.C. -- Your long-lost relatives could be waiting for you in a small brick room in Elon. The Elon Genealogy & Family History Center, at 712 South Williamson Ave., gives patrons access to sites ...

Two genealogy sites are adding troves of historical materials about enslaved people in the U.S. to databases, which could give many of their descendants a fuller picture of their families' histories.

There’s a real sense lately that we’re living in unprecedented times. However, if you want to dive into the earlier times and learn about your family history, you can now do so for free. Amid the ...

More than seven million Pennsylvania death records now are available online. The initiative is the result of collaboration between the Pennsylvania State Archives and Ancestry.com. This collection ...