Thanks to ancestry kits, two families in California learned they have a distant ancestor whose identity has never been found.

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 ...

Family Tree Maker by Ancestry.com lets anyone build a family history, without having to know much about genealogy. Family Tree Maker is more than software--it's a hobby. PCMag PCMag.com and PC ...

When my husband and I decided to set our roots in the city of Carver, little did we know that my roots began here much earlier. After some conversations with my father and a little excursion to a ...

Kentucky law enforcement agencies are increasingly using forensic genealogy to identify crime victims and suspects.

Interested in researching your family tree? Genealogist Molly Schweinfurter can help. The Redwood Falls native will teach a Beginner’s Genealogy Workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 28, at the ...

After all, looking at genealogy isn't something one has to do, like paying for car repairs. People do it because they want to. Still, if you're looking for ways to research your family tree and ...