How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free, Lee Hawkins examines his family’s legacy of trauma and bold resilience as a ...

You don’t owe your entire family history to every random person just because they ask, and you shouldn’t feel guilty for withholding complicated or painful details. You said that you “hate ...

What family history and lessons do you want to outlive you? As we age, these questions become all the more important and urgent. After all, everyone has a shelf life. Providing a legacy to your ...

The reason for doing so might be that you wish to hand along what you know about your family history to your offspring and related relatives. In the past, there used to be a relatively common ...

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

The Ypsilanti community cares a lot about its history and preserving it. New services to do so are coming to the Ypsilanti ...

And Henrietta Lacks's story was always in the back of her mind. "Knowing what my family history has been, I don't want anybody else's family to have that same history. I don't want them to feel ...

If you aren't careful, or even if you are, you could end up spending a small fortune while researching your family history. Just ask Lana Rushing, who owns a public relations firm in Los Angeles.

Take an exciting and rewarding journey into your own past with the family history research timelines, easy-to-use tools for delving into four fascinating areas of your family history.