Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) has released a new resource highlighting the wealth of information hidden in ...

The U.S. Census recognizes birth or naturalization as the avenues to citizenship. “Citizenship,” the Census declares to this day, is defined not by how long your family has lived here but where you ...

“We use them primarily for sharing family stories,” she says. “The tree is really the framework on which to hang the ...

In a disparaging attack on Somalia in which he said he didn’t want people of Somali descent in the United States, President ...

History can be full of surprises and, as historian Elaine Clonts Russell will confirm, research can reveal inconvenient truths that challenge long-held beliefs.

John Leeke and his daughter, Ananda, discovered their family's roots in the African Methodist Episcopal church, which likely helped their ancestors escape slavery, upending their Catholic faith and ...

The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the ...

A fraud investigation and criticism from President Donald Trump have put the national spotlight on a community that fled a civil war.

The Hayes Presidential Library & Museums is offering a genealogy class focused on using census records to trace family history. The class, "17 Decades of Information to Enhance Your Family Tree ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to change the way the U.S. Census Bureau collects data, seeking to exclude immigrants who are in the United States ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1790, The first United States Census began as required by the United States Constitution. Thomas Jefferson supervised the first Census. A little under 4 million people were ...

On Aug. 1, 1790 — 235 years ago Friday — the first Constitutionally-mandated U.S. Census was completed. While those of us who love data enjoy poring over the results of each decade’s census, the ...