A memorial profile of Lavenia Brown Bumpus (1843-1895), showing how much a short life sketch can preserve for descendants.

A memorial profile of Lavenia Brown Bumpus (1843-1895), showing how much a short life sketch can preserve for descendants.
Free virtual genealogy talks this week from three Ontario Genealogical Society branches, open to everyone.
Curious how AI can support your family history work? A first look at what ChatGPT can realistically do for genealogists.
A century after the 1926 Miami hurricane, a look at how that disaster's records can help Florida family historians.
National Hispanic Heritage Month is here — a good reminder that Catholic parish registers can reach centuries before civil records begin.
A simple filter trick makes it much easier to place your DNA matches in the right branch of the family tree.
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Roberta Estes compares her new Family Finder NGS results to earlier tests and shares tips for prepping for the upgrade.
A decade after she was found, forensic genetic genealogy is helping investigators try to finally name the Madisonville Jane Doe.
A foundation named for a murdered Utah woman is helping other cold case families find answers through investigative genetic genealogy.
A mother's fight to recover her son's remains after 9/11 highlights the NYPD's Investigative Genetic Genealogy Squad.
Remains found in a wooded area have been identified as a woman who died more than a century ago, in 1907.
FIGG tech is helping ID 9/11 victims.
Inside the New York lab still working to identify 9/11 victims' remains using evolving genetic genealogy techniques.
Twenty-five years on, forensic teams are still using DNA science to identify 9/11 victims and give families long-awaited closure.
A decade after her remains were found under a CA bridge, forensic investigative genetic genealogy has finally given a Jane Doe her name back.
NJ State Police want help identifying a woman found dead in East Orange over 40 years ago.
A dated class photo can do more than bring back memories. It can help prove where your family lived between census years.
A look at what planting and haying season looked like on a Pennsylvania farm in 1850, through one family's story.
Ancestry is offering free access to 326 million UK wartime family history records, a big win for researchers with British roots.