Boston University's new genealogy program will be expanded to include an online format this coming fall. Developed in coordination with nationally recognized experts, the Certificate in Genealogical Research is an...

I never thought I would say this about a cell phone, but the iPhone my husband gave me for Christmas finally has me enjoying my phone. It makes it so...

The most popular handwriting style in Elizabethan Europe is a script commonly known as the Secretary Hand. This handwriting appears in official documents such as wills, deeds, and parish records,...

2.4 million people in Wales were recorded in the census taken on the night of April 2, 1911. Today the records of those people living in Wales in 1911 are...

There's been a bit of discussion on genealogy mailing lists recently regarding historical overlay maps available for Google Maps. This technology has actually been in use for some time, with...

Iconic quarterback Joe Namath; Nobel laureate Dr. Eric R. Kandel; comedian and producer Jerry Seinfeld; and music superstars Gloria and Emilio Estefan were the distinguished honorees recognized on May 19,...

An additional five counties have been added to the National Archives of Ireland's Census of Ireland 1911 Web site. Census returns for Cork, Donegal, Galway, King's County (Offaly) and Wexford...

When surnames first came into popular use in 14th-century Europe, many people came to be identified by what they did for a living. A blacksmith named John, became John Smith....

Google's logo today is just part of a carefully orchestrated publicity campaign unveiling what many scientists are calling the Holy Grail of human evolution; a nearly intact fossil of a...

It's fun to sit on my couch in my pjs and search for my ancestors, but when I can find the time I always prefer the firsthand thrill of the...

The popular Footnote history Web site is taking genealogy to the masses with its new I Remember app at Facebook. The free Facebook application enables Facebook users to view any...

Search by name for obituary listings from the Spokesman Review, published in Spokane, Washington. This free obituary database currently includes over 17,000 records from January 2008. A few older records...

I received a lot of wonderful gifts for my 40th birthday this year - a stupendous surprise party from my husband, gifts from more friends than I thought I even...

The first confirmed death from the recent swine flu epidemic in Mexico, Maria Adela Gutierrez (English translation), worked as a door-to-door census taker for the tax board according to Mexican...

A new database released by Ancestry.com documents immigrants crossing into Canada from the United States between 1908 (the year Canadian officials began recording the names of immigrants crossing into the...