A decade ago, tracing one’s ancestry was an activity associated with bored and perhaps elderly individuals who had nothing but time and tons of photo albums on their hands. In recent years, it’s ...

How far back can you trace your family’s lineage? Great grandparents? Great-great grandparents? Have you ever wondered how deep into the past you could go if you really tried? If so, Ancestry.com ...

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.

Fascination in family trees is soaring with up to 1.5 million people expected to research their ancestry this month, claims publication GenealogyInTime. Revelations about black sheep in the family ...

This March take the next step in your Irish genealogy search with AncestryDNA®. During Irish Heritage Month, we all feel a bit closer to our Irish roots and this year you might be curious to learn ...